Alplersee

The Alplersee lake (also called Alplensee ) is an almost circular lake and is located at 1,506 m above sea level. M. on the northern slope of the Rophaien in the Swiss community Sisikon, Canton of Uri. In summer, the crystal clear water heated to bath temperature.

Hiking

You can reach the lake from the village of Uri Sisikon from, either on foot over the Alps slugs or stock or by Riemenstalden via Chäppeliberg (possible up there Postbus journey ) and from there on the forest path to the Rinderalp Alplen. From Alplersee lake from is reached in about one and a half hours of Rophaien, a summit with views of the Urirotstock chain and the deep underlying Uri.

Particularity

The lake has no above-ground drainage. Where its water flows, is still unknown.

Sage from Alplen

Love spells:

"Once was a lad of Alplen on the northern slopes of the mountain range on the Alpler gate until after Bourguillon in the Achen mountains, almost a day's journey away, z'Stubeten. When he returned, the girl gave him two beautiful apples and said he would eat it himself, and then they could give anyone. This he carried up by Alplen and saved them to, and now the boy had three evenings in succession visit the girl until he was dead tired and it disgusted him. At last he threw the apples a ' Pintner ' into the lining. Once the pig had eaten those apples, it stormed off and over the mountains and galloped up to the house of that girl in the Achen mountains and even climbed on the wall up into the chamber of the girl. "