Spitzingsee

Spitzingsee called a mountain lake in the Alps in southern Bavaria and has a place on this lake district of Schliersee.

Location

The Spitzingsee is about five kilometers south of Schliersee and a few hundred meters south of the Spitzingsattels at 1084 m altitude in the mountains Schliersee, Mangfallgebirge, Bavarian Alps. With 28.3 hectares, it is the largest high Bavaria. The lake depth is a maximum of 16.30 meters ( southern basin ). The northern basin is up to 10.4 meters deep. The drain is the Red Valepp that at the Emperor Klause (forest house Valepp ) united with the White Valepp and flows as Grundache and finally as Brandenberger Ache in the Inn in the Tyrol. The Spitzingsee has 7.51 km ², a relatively large catchment area.

The lake is owned by the Free State of Bavaria, for the management of the Bavarian Administration of State-owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes is responsible.

Village

The place Spitzingsee lakefront has about 200 inhabitants and belongs to the municipality of Schliersee.

Surrounding mountains

The famous peaks of Mangfall mountains around the Spitzingsee hot Jägerkamp, Aiplspitz, Rauhkopf, Taubenstein, Croda Rossa (1884 m), Ruchenkoepfe, Stolzenberg, redhead, Rosskopf, Stümpfling, floor cutting and Brecherspitz.

The Alpine Club managed houses in this region are the Schönfeld hut, the pigeons stone house that Rotwandhaus that Bleck stone house, Albert Link hut and the bottom cutting house.

Ski resort

The Spitzingsee ski area consists of the two sub- areas Stümpfling Rosskopf in the southwest and Taubenstein in the east of the lake. Between the valley runs in high season, a free shuttle bus in fifteen- minute intervals.

The main area around the Stümpfling can be reached by two chair lifts and one surface lift, and offers many easy runs. For several years, several million euros were invested in the modernization. So two old double chair lifts have been replaced by high speed quad chairlifts with hoods and built a new children's lift; most slopes with artificial snow. The lifts Upper Firstalm and crusher peak were dismantled.

The Taubenstein area is supplied by a cabin orbit from 1971 that carries pedestrians outside the ski season. There are some heavy tracks with drag lifts. After decades no longer has invested significantly, this area offers the charm of skiing like in those days. The descent has a long flat piece with slight counter slope, which can be abbreviated with a rope tow. There is no artificial snow; operating in this area ends in some years as early as February. The descent is then used by numerous ski mountaineers from the Croda Rossa area.

Parking is available at Kurvenlift, at the Stümpflingbahn at the Taubensteinbahn (gondola) for free. From the Upper Firstalm from also carries a 2.5 km long winter toboggan run to the Spitzingsattel parking.

Gallery

Looking towards Lower Firstalm

View over Spitzingsattel to Schliersee

View from Ross head on the Spitzingsee

View from the place across the lake

View over the lake to the place

Albert Link Hut