Lake Covel

Local reserve

Cariceto on the shores of Lake Covel, a small body of water on the edge of the wide meadowy esplanade of Covel, above the village of Peio.

The local reserve falls within the territory of the Stelvio National Park and is included in the much larger Natura 2000 areas ZSC Alta Val del Monte and ZPS Stelvio.

Address

Municipalities concerned

Peio

Area coordinates

webgis.provincia.tn.it

Surface area

Unità di misura	Valore
hectares	0,64

Informazioni di dettaglio

Identification code

118

Reference database

Local reserves

Protected area classification

Local reserve

Access arrangements

The lake is easily accessible, the Covel basin can be reached by a walk from the village of Peio.
Here is a detailed description of the route.

Contacts

Managing body

Autonomous Province of Trento (IT)

Contact office

Ufficio biodiversita' e rete natura 2000

Additional information

Items of interest

Upper Val del Monte

Special Area of Conservation (SAC)

An example of a solitary and wild alpine valley in which the high-altitude ecosystems are practically intact.
The site is of relevant national and/or provincial interest for the presence and reproduction of endangered animal species, important glacial relicts, exclusive and/or typical of the Alps.

Stelvio

Special Protection Area (SPA)

A vast mountainous area in the central Alps furrowed, in the Province of Trento, by three alpine valleys of glacial origin on the southern slope of the Ortles-Cevedale group.
The head of the valleys is bordered by a circle of peaks reaching up to 3,000 m and the environments are characterised by alternating glacial cirques with alpine lakes and small peat bogs. There are vast glaciers and impressive moraine deposits.
The vegetation is represented by coniferous larch and spruce forests, interrupted by vast pasture clearings of secondary origin, which are followed at high altitudes by subalpine heaths and alpine pastures.

Stelvio National Park

The Stelvio National Park, with its 130,734 hectares, is one of the largest national parks in Italy.
Established in 1935, it is among the first national parks in Italy. It was created to protect the flora, fauna and beautiful landscape of the Ortles-Cevedale mountain range, and to promote the development of sustainable tourism in the Alpine valleys of Lombardy, Trentino and South Tyrol.

I approximately 17,000 hectares of the Trentino sector of the Park include the municipalities of Peio, Rabbi and Pellizzano (Val di Sole).