Lago di Zoccolo

Lake Zoccolo, in German Zoggler Stausee, is an artificial reservoir just upstream of the village of Santa Valburga, in the val d'Ultimo, and is the largest artificial lake in that valley. Further upstream, where the Valsura stream flows into the reservoir, lies the village of Pracupola. From here a road leads to the Schwemmalm ski facilities, and paths lead to Lake Quaira and to the Covolo lakes.

The hydroelectric power station linked to the lake was built between 1957 and 1963, like many of the South Tyrolean dams: the val d'Ultimo in particular was the site of an enormous project to create several reservoirs, and to build this lake some farmsteads ended up under water. The discharge capacity of the dam is 7.60 cubic metres per second.

The lake is home to rainbow trout, brook trout, brown trout, Arctic char and marble trout, although the latter has not been abundant since the reservoir was drained in 1988. Fishing is allowed only with a daily permit, which can also be bought on site; diving schools in South Tyrol often use the lake for diving courses.