Reschenseelauf

Reschenseelauf is a 15 km race around Reschensee in South Tyrol, at Italy's northern edge near the Austrian border. It takes place in July, starting and finishing beside the old church tower in the lake at Graun. The scene is straightforward: runners gather next to a stone bell tower rising from the water, with mountains surrounding the reservoir and the route tracing the lake shore. The course completes a loop of South Tyrol’s largest lake on a well-maintained path used by runners, walkers, and cyclists. The bell tower was part of Curon, a village submerged in 1950 when the valley was converted for a hydropower reservoir; the bells were removed, but the tower remained visible and became the race’s landmark. The event attracts participants seeking a mountain-lake run over a typical city road race, and the lap presents a single objective: circumnavigate the water and return to the tower.