Lake Luzzone
Lake Luzzone | |||||||
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Coordinates | 717 934 / 158513 | ||||||
Data on the structure | |||||||
Lock type: | Arch dam | ||||||
Construction time: | 1963/1998 | ||||||
Height of the barrier structure : | 225 m | ||||||
Height above the river bed : | 195 m | ||||||
Height of the structure crown: | 1609 m above sea level M. | ||||||
Building volume: | 1 330 000 m³ | ||||||
Crown length: | 600 m | ||||||
Operator: | Officine idroelettriche di Blenio SA | ||||||
Data on the reservoir | |||||||
Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 1606 m above sea level M. | ||||||
Water surface | 1.27 km² | ||||||
Reservoir length | 3.1 km | ||||||
Storage space | 87 600 000 m³ | ||||||
Total storage space : | 88 000 000 m³ | ||||||
Catchment area | 36.74 km² | ||||||
Design flood : | 103 m³ / s | ||||||
Detailed map |
The Lago di Luzzone ( German Luzzonesee ) is a reservoir in the Swiss canton of Ticino at 1606 m above sea level. M. in the Adula Alps .
Location and water flow
The lake is located at the upper end of the Blenio Valley in the area of the municipality of Blenio . The dam can be reached via a serpentine road in the area of the village of Ghirone. The reservoir and the associated power plants are operated by Blenio Kraftwerke AG, based in Locarno .
The water from the reservoir is first processed in the Olivone headquarters, after which it is directed to the Malvaglia reservoir to be used to generate electricity again in the Biasca power plant.
history
The Luzzone arch dam was completed in 1963; 1997-1998 it was increased by 17 meters. The top of the wall is now at 1609 m , the deepest drop in the lake level to 1435 m . The wall was planned by Alfred Stucky . In front of the wall is a covered landfill.
To build the wall, the capacity of the access road to Blenio had to be increased. For this purpose, the street above the old one was built by the Galleria della Töira.
A cable car is also available for winter service.
Climbing wall
In 1999, the longest artificial climbing route in the world was attached to the dam wall with 165 meters (five pitches ) and over 650 climbing holds and hooks . The difficulty for the last, slightly overhanging part of the route is given as 6 + / 7− on the UIAA scale . The wall can only be used against payment of a fee and a deposit.
photos
View from the south bank to the Motterasciohütte and Piz Terri
Web links
- Luzzone dam
- Lakes in Switzerland: Natural and storage lakes, Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, 2007 ( Memento from October 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) → Lakes in Switzerland (XLS or PDF)
- Lago di Luzzone on schweizersee.ch
- Lago di Luzzone at ethorama.library.ethz.ch/de/node
- BOWLING BALL Vs. TRAMPOLINE from 165m Dam! , Case demonstrations by Youtube channel How Ridiculous .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Position and altitude according to Swisstopo (national map of Switzerland)
- ↑ Info from WebArchive, accessed on April 1, 2020
- ↑ Alpine Club Munich (PDF; 198 kB)
- ↑ Info from WebArchive, accessed on April 1, 2020