# 1623:204 -- Treeumphant Passage area

204
(CUCC 1999/03)

# Steinbrückenhöhle

4/S x

## Treeumphant Passage through to Cave Tree Chamber and beyond

Survey -- 204 index

### The Colonnade

Bonsai Crawl emerges into The Colonnade, a wide walking passage with a boulder floor, at a sharp turn. To the right the passage comes to a chamber-like crossroads. To the left is an initially walking-sized tube, Sucker, and to the right a low draughting crawl, Flopsy the Bunny Rabbit's Lair, which connects back to Insignificant Chamber. The Colonnade continues straight on, and a stream joins from the left. Further along on the left is a pile of stones which must originate from a passage [C2000-204-43 Dig]. The passage then becomes small with a possible aven [C2000-204-44 X], a tight rift [C2000-204-45 B], and a crawl down and to the right. The crawl emerges into a chamber, with a possible way on over rocks directly ahead [C2000-204-49 C]. The chamber gets larger to the right, where there are two tight rifts leading off [C2000-204-46 C], [C2000-204-47 C] and an aven [C2000-204-48 X]. Water was flowing down one of these, possibly to the waterfall entering the chamber in No Pain No Gain. At this time in 2000 it had not rained on the surface for 8 days. Back where Bonsai Crawl enters, the passage goes straight on with a number of minor passages to the sides. These are: a crawl to the left which slopes slightly upwards to a pit with a small body sized tube going of at the bottom[C2000-204-54 C], continuing over the pit a flat out crawl continues upwards[C2000-204-53 C]; some distance further on, another crawl on the left [C2000-204-16 B] leading from a trench in the passage; a small passage on the right [C2000-204-17 C] that links to [C2000-204-21 C]; and a crawl high up to the left [C2000-204-18 C]. A short distance further a walking-size passage goes to the left [C2000-204-19 C]. The main passage then forks: to the left is [C2000-204-20 C] whilst to the right the passage continues past a high up crawl [C2000-204-21 C], and then possibly [C2000-204-22 C]. The main passage then pops out intoTreeumphant Passage.

### Treeumphant Passage

The Colonnade meets Treeumphant Passage at a narrow angle. In one direction Treeumphant Passage ends just next to its entrance at a boulder slope. Ascending this leads to a fork; the left branch is blind and the right branch ends shortly afterwards in a choked chamber. In the other direction, Treeumphant Passage continues over large boulders going slightly up hill. There is a walking passage off to the left which goes to Crowning Glory, as well as a high up crawl to the right [C2000-204-25 C] and then a tight high passage to the left [C2000-204-26 C]. The passage then increases in height approaching a sharp turn to the right. Here a walking size passage [C2000-204-28 A] continues straight on, and there may be an aven in the ceiling [C2000-204-27 X]. The main passage passes possibly diggable holes at floor level [C2000-204-29 Dig], and continues into Great Oak Chamber.

### Great Oak Chamber

Treeumphant Passage disappears into an approx 5m drop [C2000-204-32 B] in Great Oak Chamber and there is an aven above [C2000-204-33 X]. There may be passage continuing straight across the chamber [C2000-204-31 B], as well as a passage to the right [C2000-204-30 C]. Just before the drop there is a bouldery slope up to another smaller walking size passage. There is an oxbow to the left, with a possible passage leading offit [C2000-204-34 B], as well as an aven [C2000-204-35 X]. There are a couple of possible digs to the left slightly further on [C2000-204-36 C], [C2000-204-37 C] before the passage enters Cave Tree Chamber.

### Cave Tree Chamber

There is a climb down of about 2m into Cave Tree Chamber, which has a bouldery floor on the left, and a pitch on the right [C2000-204-39 B]. An aven extends above [C2000-204-38 X], and the passage may continue over the pitch [C2000-204-40 A]. It would be advisable to protect this traverse.

### Crowning Glory

A phreatic passage with a stream flowing down it, which heads upwards from a passage ofTreeumphant Passage. Near the begining a high up crawl heads of to the left[C2000-204-8 C]. Another 20m leads to a bolder infall which can be climbed over, or the stream can be followed around to the right. A 2m scramble climb is reaced, and Bolder Coaster, on the left, can be acessed by traversing from the pitch head. Further up the passage bolder infall from the left leads to Treeumphant Passage[C2000-204-9 A]. The summit of a bolder is soon reached, as the passage becomes smaller. Going down the bolders goes into a chamber, with an aven[C2000-204-11 X], and a 4m climb up at the end, followed by a pitch, which has been started down[C2000-204-10 A].

### Germknödels Revenge

Germknödels Revenge is the short connection between 204e and the Treeumphant end of Boulder Coaster. 204e is a low square hole in the face of a cliff. From here a low passage leads down and to the right. A short climb down and up again brings one to the top of the pitch. The (awkward) passage from 204f is a small tube sloping uphill at ~45° on the right, and a possible QM from across the top of the shaft.

A backup and Y-hang are followed by a rebelay or short deviation next to a window into a parallel shaft (There may be undocumented QMs in this shaft). The pitch narrows below the deviation, to a rebelay where it bells out to several metres diameter. The remaining drop is in a fine open shaft, passing a ledge a few metres off the floor, into Crowning Glory Chamber

204f is a hole in a pile of boulders a few metres up the surface gully from 204e. A small tube descends towards 204e via a couple of bouldery squeezes. The tube becomes steeper with a black space beyond. A light shone down this tube reveals that it connects to the top of the pitch reached from 204e.

### Boulder Coaster

Boulder coaster A walking sized passage goes from Crowning Glory passage to Crowning Glory Chamber where 204 e and 204 f drop in from Germknödels Revenge, daylight being just visible. A rift intersects the chamber, at the north end[C2000-204-12 C],[C2000-204-13 C]. The obvious way out of the chamber continues for 15m before choking, passing under avens [C2000-204-18 X] and [C2000-204-19 X] at a cross junction. To the left is too tight, and to the right, along with the next passage to the right join up at a chamber with an aven[C2000-204-20 X]. The passage continues from the botom of the chamber and passes a pocket on the right with an aven[C2000-204-21 X]. The passage continues to a a staggered cross roads, to the right there is a sandy crawl[C2000-204-14 B]. The other two ways on later rejoin, the left route has a phreatic tube going into the roof[C2000-204-22 X]. Continuing downslope, the passage splits in two, to the left is[C2000-204-15 C]. The right way leads to a chamber with a pitch[C2000-204-16 A] and an aven[C2000-204-23 X]. The passage continues opposite the entrance, in walking sized downhill passage, passing a crawl to the left [C2000-204-17 C], then a too tight passage to the right. Further down, the passage turns a sharp left, then turns around to the left, after which a small passage goes of to the left[C2000-204-56 C]. Further on a passage is reached, with a climable aven[C2000-204-55 X]. The passage to the right soon turns left, going downhill to a junction. Straight on is a small passage[C2000-204-57 C]. Turning left leads to a junction with the downhill passage of the previous chamber. Continuing downwards, a small passage leads to the left[C2000-204-58 C]. Further down Helterskelter Pitch is reached. At the pitch head passages go to the left and right but are too tight. The pitch is 8m deep and can be climbed down, and spirals around on itself, ending in bolders, and a visible way on through the bolders[C2000-204-59 B].

### Sucker

An initialy walking passage, which degenerates to crawling passage, which leads from The Colonade. After 15m, a 1m diameter tube continues straight on[C2000-204-33 B], whilst the explored route turns right. After another 30m a small passage bears to the right[C2000-204-24 C]. A further 15m leads to a small chamber with large dubious bolders on a sloping floor. Straight on is [C2000-204-25 C], and there is a pitch in the floor[C2000-204-101 B], which can be stepped over. This leads to a key hole passage with a rift disappearing on the right[C2000-204-32 C], which may be descendable. The key hole passage then turns right, straight on at this point a small stream enters, where there is an aven above[C2000-204-27 X], and a flat out crawl entering from the right[C2000-204-26 C] , this ends in a mud floored chamber with an aven[C2000-204-28 X]. Continuing along the key hole passage, a passage intersects, and the keyhole passage becomes blocked. To the right, another passage intersects which quickly becomes too tight in both directions, the passage continues straight on to a small partially mud filled passage[C2000-204-29 C]. To the left a body sized passage continues to a T juction with continuations[C2000-204-30 C], [C2000-204-31 C].

### Chocolate Salty Balls

Duncs... [C2000-204-34] [C2000-204-35 Dig] [C2000-204-36 C] [C2000-204-37] [C2000-204-38] [C2000-204-39 C] [C2000-204-40 C] [C2000-204-41] [C2000-204-42 X] [C2000-204-43 Dig] [C2000-204-44]

### Survey

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