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The water itself of the lake is highly pure, like glass. The color is a effect of light refraction. A uncommon natural phenomenon turns one of Austria’s most beautiful hiking trails into a 10 meter-deep lake, for half the year.
Situated at the foot of the Hochschwab Mountains, in Tragoess, Styria, Green Lake is one of the most freakish natural phenomena in the earth. During the cold winter months, this place is almost all dry, and used as a country park where hikers love to come and pass some time away from urban chaos. But as soon as temperatures arise, the snow and ice covering the mountaintops begin to melt, and the water pours down, filling the basin below with crystal-clear water.
Water levels go from one-two meters at most, to over 10 meters, in the early summertime. The waters of Green Lake are highest in June, when this extraordinary place is occupied by divers, curious to see what a mountain park looks like underwater. Fish swimming over wooden benches, a grass covered bottom, trees, roads and even bridges make a phantasmagorical setting that feels like it belongs on dry ground. That’s because for half of the year, that’s exactly where it’s at.
Situated at the foot of the Hochschwab Mountains, in Tragoess, Styria, Green Lake is one of the most freakish natural phenomena in the earth. During the cold winter months, this place is almost all dry, and used as a country park where hikers love to come and pass some time away from urban chaos. But as soon as temperatures arise, the snow and ice covering the mountaintops begin to melt, and the water pours down, filling the basin below with crystal-clear water.
Water levels go from one-two meters at most, to over 10 meters, in the early summertime. The waters of Green Lake are highest in June, when this extraordinary place is occupied by divers, curious to see what a mountain park looks like underwater. Fish swimming over wooden benches, a grass covered bottom, trees, roads and even bridges make a phantasmagorical setting that feels like it belongs on dry ground. That’s because for half of the year, that’s exactly where it’s at.
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