The Lünersee, a dammed lake, lies at about 1970m at the end of the Brandnertal. It can be reached mechanically by the Lünerseebahn or on foot via the Böser-Tritt. You can take a nice, easy but eventually boring walk around the lake. Several beautiful walks start from the lake's edge. You can climb up to the Lünerkrinne and even over it and on to the Heinrich-Hueter Hütte and down to the Rellstal or up to the Saulajoch or Saulakopf. You can go up to the Totalp and on to the Scesaplana or the Gemslücke; up to the Sud-Schaffgafall;up to the Schweizertor and the Lindauer-Hütte. Or you can go over the Gafalljoch at the southern end and down into Switzerland.
1 At the Douglass-Hütte, you can enjoy rest on the terrace...
2 ... or go inside and eat a good Kaiserschmarren.
3 Setting out across the dam, towards the Lünerkrinne and other walks, such as to the Sud-Schafgafall or the Saulajoch.
4 But sometimes...
5 ... you are better off carousing a bit inside the Douglass-Hütte.
6 A nicer day, above the dam and the Brandnertal
7 Strange walls of the Lünerkrinne. What is Siv pointing at?
8 Walking on past the steeper walls
9 Jagged rocks of the Lünerkrinne
10 Viewed from across the lake, the Lünerkrinne looks like this (just to the right of center).
11 Lünerkrinne crags in clouds -- or is the other way around?
12 At the Lünerkrinne itself is a passage leading over to the Lünerweg and the Gipfköpfleweg and many fun walks.
13 Brittle rocks on the wall of the passage
14 Zimba seen from the Lünerkrinne
15 Looking back from the Lünerkrinne over the Lünersee
16 Panoramic view
17 Himself on the other side of the Lünerkrinne
18 Along the way, one sees many mountain flowers, such as these lovely Stengelose Enzian.
19 And many tiny Enzian
20 Pretty yellow flowers
21 Loads of bluebells
22 Masses of Alpenrose (wild azalea)
23 In 1980, there was still lots of snow.
24 Scesaplana (center) and Seekopf in the clouds; the Totalp-Hütte is right in the middle, on top of its knoll.
25 Clouds coming in over the Douglass-Hütte
26 Clouds over the Lünersee
27 White...
28 Sparkling water of the Lünersee
29 View from below the Lünerkrinne towards the Kanzelköpfe (left) and Scesaplana (right), the highest mountain in the area at 2965m
30 Looking from below the Lünerkrinne towards the south side of the lake and the Gafalljoch
31 Looking towards the Schafgaffal (left) and Lünerkrinne (center), over a low-level lake
32 The water was very low in 1991: Sud-Schafgafal in center background.
