Karersee, Alpine lake in Welschnofen, Italy
Karersee sits at 1519 meters altitude at the base of the Latemar massif and extends 300 meters in length. The water displays green and yellow hues that shift depending on the light throughout the day.
Empress Elisabeth of Austria visited the Grand Hotel Carezza in 1897 and walked the surrounding trails. The Elisabethpromenade was then created and still runs along the shore today.
The Ladin population named it 'Lec de Ergobando', meaning rainbow lake, due to the water's shifting colors attributed to local myths.
The lake lies right beside the SS 241 road to the Karerpass, which carries heavy traffic in summer. The shore is fenced off and the banks may not be entered, so the water is viewed from outside the enclosure. In winter the surface often freezes and divers sometimes go under the ice.
The lake has no visible inflow and is fed by underground springs; its surface reaches about 287 m long and 137 m wide after snowmelt, shrinking to a depth of only 6 m by late October, while the deepest point is about 17 m. In winter it usually freezes over.
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