# Cambridge Underground 1986-7: Caves of Loser

Cambridge Underground 1986-7 pp 7-8

## CAVES OF LOSER

updated by Mike Martin

No. | Name | Year Explored | Comments | Depth
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
| Hirlatzhöhle | 1976 | Tourist trip |
| Fledermaushöhle | 1976 | Entrance crawl | 90m
| Elmgrubenschacht | 1976 | Tourist trip |
| Elmhöhlensystem | 1976 | Tourist trip |
| Nagelsteghöhle | 1976/78 | Resurgence |
| Mammuthöhle | 1976 | Tourist trip |
80 |  | 1977 | Shaft | -14m
81 |  | 1977 | Horizontal tube |
82 | Bräuninghöhle | 1977 |  | 236m
83 |  | 1977 | Shaft to boulder pile | -55m
84 |  | - | Draughting tube, unexplored |
85 |  | 1977 | Free climb, too tihgt | -50m
86 |  | 1977 | Snow plugged rift | -25m
87 |  | 1980 | Rift cave | -112m
88 | Not allocated |  |  |
89 |  | 1979 | Choked rift | -25m
90 |  | 1977 | Choked rift | -20m
91 |  | 1977 | Choked rift | -20m
92 |  | 1977 | Choked shaft | -90m
93 |  | 1977 | Choked rift | -35m
94 |  | 1977 | Spiral free climb choked | -35m
95 |  | 1977 | Free climb to tube | -10m
96 |  | 1977 | Draughting slot | -105m
97 | Schneewindschacht | 1977 |  | -265m
98 |  | 1978 | Shaft, two pitches | -47m
99 |  | 1979 | Spiralling shaft | -30m
100 |  | 1977 | Shaft | -15m
101 |  | 1977 | Meandering phreas | -15m
102 |  | 1977 | Shaft, snow-plugged | -20m
103 |  | 1977 | Shaft, choked | -30m
104 |  | 1977 | Choked shaft | -30m
105 |  | 1977 | Shaft to floor | -41m
106 | Eislufthöhle | 1977-9 |  | -506m
107 | Gemsehöhle | 1978 |  | -280m
108 |  |  | Horizontal entrance (to 41?) |
109 | Not allocated |  |  |
110 |  | - | Choked tube |
111 | Not allocated |  |  |
112 | Not allocated |  |  |
113 | Sonnenstrahlhöhle | 1980/85 | Rift cave to phreas (152) | -330m
114 | Not allocated |  |  |
115 | Schnellzughöhle | 1980-2 | Joins 41, 142, 144 | 971m
135 |  | 1983 | Choked Shaft | -20m
136 | Steinschlagschacht | 1983-4 | Shaft | c -240m
137 |  | 1983 | Shaft | -47m
138 |  | 1983 | Large Shaft | -40m
139 |  | 1983 | Shaft, two pitches | -30m
140 |  | 1983 | Shaft | -95m
141 |  | 1983 | Shaft | -30m
142 |  | 1982-5 | joins 41 |
143 |  | 1983 | Shaft | -124m
144 |  | 1983 | Shaft (joins 41, 115) | -285m (-971m)
145 | Wolfhöhle | 1983-4 | Rift Cave | -426m
146 | (Tobogganhöhle) | - |  |
147 | Not allocated |  |  |
148 |  | 1984 | Horizontal tube, unexplored |
149 | Not allocated |  |  |
150 |  | 1985 | Draughting tube, too tight | -2m
151 |  | 1985 | Draughting Chamber | -3m
152 | Bananahöhle | 1985 | Joins 113 |
153 |  | 1985 | Draughting Hole, unexplored |
154 |  | 1985 | Draughting Hole, unexplored |
155 |  | 1985 | Draughting Hole, unexplored |

### Major Achievements

- Stellerweghöhle system, depth -971m.
  - 41 - Originally explored by Germans, first entrance explored by CUCC.
  - 115 - Lowest entrance to system.
  - 142 - Easiest route into middle of system.
  - 143 - Top shaft, audible connection but too tight.
  - 144 - Top shaft, connecting to Stellerweghöhe at -281m.
- 106 Eislufthöhle -506m
- 145 Wolfhöhle -426m
- 113/152 Sonnenstrahlhöhle -330m
- 107 Gemse -280m
- 97 Schneewindschacht -265m
- 136 Steinschlagschacht c -240m
- 82 Bräuning +20,-216m

Webeditor's note: as a certain amount of the original summary was in error, which could be particularly misleading in this context, a small number of typos and factual erros have been fixed for the web/CD-ROM version. Readers are referred to more recent and/or complete information for all CUCC's caves, via the index.

Cambridge Underground 1986-7, Table of Contents
1985 Expedition info:
Logbook
Cambridge Underground Expo Report:
Austria 1985
A Bird's Eye View, Tina White
Guidebook to the 144-Stellerweg connection
Index to all publications
Back to Expeditions intro page
CUCC Home Page
Index to Cambridge Underground