How to reach the Dragon Lake
The Lech dl Dragon is a glacial lake in the holiday village of Selva Gardena in Val Gardena. Located at an altitude of 2,680 m in the Sella Group in South Tyrol, the Dragon Lake is only a temporary water body.
One of the most mystical and undoubtedly most beautiful lakes in Val Gardena is the Lech dl Dragon. The ice reservoir is located on the Val Gardena side of the valley in the middle of the Dolomites at the foot of the Sella Group. There are numerous legends about the lake, especially as the water is not always there. The lake is fed by glacier water and disappeared completely in the 1970s. In the years 2003 to 2007 the turquoise green lake at the Sellamasiv in the Dolomites could be observed, until it disappeared almost completely again in 2009.
A dragon in Val Gardena
Since 2011, the lake seems to be forming again about 300 m further east and it indicates that this lake will become even bigger than all the others have observed so far. The disappearance and emergence of the ice lake has been on people’s minds for generations. So it is hardly surprising that numerous legends and legends entwine around the Lech dl Dragon. It is said that the sounds of the dynamic glacial lake, which can be heard in Selva and in the alpine pastures of the Gardena Pass, come from a dragon flying in the sunset of the Dolomites.
The Lech dl Dragon can be visited together with a beautiful hike. Starting at an altitude of 1923 m at the Gardena Pass car park, you can reach the lake in a four-hour hike. The best months for this hike are August and September.