Lago di Misurina
Discover Lago di Misurina
Last updated on September 10, 2026Geography and Significance
The lake lies at 1,754 metres in a high basin surrounded by three of the great Dolomite groups: the Sorapiss to the south, the Cadini di Misurina to the west, and the approaches to the Tre Cime to the north.
It is shallow, roughly two and a half kilometres around, and takes its colour from the sky rather than from depth.
The surrounding slopes are spruce and larch forest up to the treeline, giving way to scree and bare rock above.
The air is the landscape's least visible feature and its most consequential: dry, thin and still, and the reason the asthma institute is here rather than anywhere else.