Soinsee

The Soinsee is a mountain lake in Mangfallgebirge belongs to the municipality Bavarian Zell. The 4.97 acre lake is owned by the Free State of Bavaria, for the management of which is the Bavarian Administration State-owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes in charge.

The up to 9.5 meters deep lake is located about five kilometers in a straight line south-west of Bayrischzell at an altitude of 1458 m above sea level. NN. Only from the north can be reached via the lake is closed to normal traffic logging road, otherwise there is only trails in this remote mountain region.

Geologically, the lake was created by a shaped by glacial ice Hochkessel. He has no discernible in-or outflows. The Soingraben emerged only 780 m east of the lake at the Soin -Alm. About five months of the year the lake is frozen.

To the east, overlooking the lake is the Ruchenkopfhütte which allows a beautiful view to the west behind the lake towering Ruchenköpfen. Behind these is still the Croda Rossa recognizable, which is a natural barrier to the further west Spitzingsee.