One of the greatest gifts Mother Nature has granted lovers of the outdoors is our planet’s wealth of alpine lakes. Blessed with fascinating colors and scenic mountainous backdrops, the vast majority of these high-altitude jewels come with a ‘must see’ quality not shared by many of their lower-altitude cousins. National Geographic states that there are no fewer than 117 million lakes worldwide. While we certainly don’t envy the poor dude or dudette tasked with counting them all, narrowing them down to the top seven is certainly no cake-walk either. Nonetheless, below, we take you through seven of the most beautiful alpine lakes in the world that you should consider putting on your must-adventure list. And if these chosen seven happen to be outside of your range, fortunately for all of us we have 116 million, nine-hundred and ninety-nine thousand others, each offering their own, unique adventure.