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1623: plateau approach
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<h1>Loser plateau - the walk-in</h1>
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<p>From the <a href="../tollrd.htm">Loser Panoramastraße</a>
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Bergrestaurant car park, take the path leading from the NE corner, which is
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slightly shorter, and soon joins the main path (numbered 201, and marked with
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red and white paint at frequent intervals).</p>
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<div class="centre"><a href="piclinks/bgwalk.htm"><img src="tinypix/bgwalk.jpg"
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width="223" height="123" alt="View from Loser towards the plateau" /></a>
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<a href="piclinks/2011st.htm"><img src="tinypix/2011st.jpg"
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width="155" height="86" alt="Tony Rooke on path 201" /></a></div>
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<p>Following this gently undulating path for ten to fifteen minutes leads to
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<a href="egglgrub.html">Egglgrube</a>. Ahead and to the right is a 10m
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cliff rising from the pasture to an area of karren and dwarf pine. To the
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left is a valley containing several obvious sinkholes, with a junction path
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signposted "Bräuning Zinken" (Weg Nr. 257) leading to <a
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href="br-alm.html">Bräuning Alm.</a></p>
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<table class="imgtable">
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<tr><td><a href="piclinks/2012nd.htm"><img src="tinypix/2012nd.jpg" width="163"
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height="120" alt="" /></a></td><td><a href="1623/l/almtal.htm"><img
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src="1623/t/almtal.jpg" width="155" height="118" alt="" /></a></td></tr>
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Path 201 approaching Egglgrube</td><td>Valley to
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Bräuning Alm</td></tr></table>
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<p>Take this left turn, up the west side of the grassy valley to a
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collection of six huts (seven from 1995) on level pasture near a number of
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small springs. The route to Bräuning Zinken passes these huts to reach
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the col to the left of the biggest peak - however this area is of little
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speleological interest. Our path crosses to east side of the valley and
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continues past a small limestone scarp on the right.</p>
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<table class="imgtable">
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<tr><td><a href="1623/l/tc77b.htm"><img src="1623/t/tc77b.jpg"
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width="151" height="88" alt="" /></a></td><td><a href="1623/l/tc1977.htm"><img
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src="1623/t/tc1977.jpg" width="158" height="108" alt="" /></a></td></tr><tr
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class="caption"><td colspan="2">Bräuning Alm</td></tr></table>
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<p>Above this scarp is another flat area of pasture, the site of CUCC's <a
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href="tcamps.htm#id1977camp">advance camp</a> of 1977. The path also climbs
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this scarp a little further on, turning right (not very obvious) out of the
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continuing main valley. If the valley is followed up (this was our normal
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route in 1976 and 1977), the same destination can eventually be reached by a
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slightly rougher walk, as the path fades out in limestone pavement.</p>
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<tr><td><a href="1623/l/kuntal.htm"><img
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src="1623/t/kuntal.jpg" width="158"
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height="110" alt="" /></a></td><td><a
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href="piclinks/colwi.htm"><img src="tinypix/colwi.jpg" width="187"
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height="112" alt="" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr class="caption"><td colspan="2">Schwarzmoossattel approach</td></tr></table>
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<p>The main path leads to short climbs up and breaks out onto a ridge between
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the above-mentioned valley and the much deeper <a href="kratzer.html">
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Kratzer valley,</a> access to which is difficult at this point owing to steep
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limestone scars. Continuing, the path converges with the 1976 route coming in
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from the left at a small col, then contours below the small peak of
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Bräuning Nase to the left. Ahead is the site of CUCC's <a
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href="tcamps.htm#id1979camp">bivouac of 1979</a>, and, slightly beyond, the
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broad col of Schwarzmoossattel.</p>
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<p>The plateau lies directly ahead over this col, and may be reached by any
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of several routes through dwarf pine, with various amounts of scrambling.
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The whole area is pathless and very rough, though a few routes are marked
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with sporadic cairns.</p>
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<p>Following the path round to the left (WNW) soon leads to a big cairn and
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a short scramble down to the old <a href="tcamps.htm#topcamp">Top Camp</a>, which
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has been used by CUCC between 1988 and 2000. This is adjacent to the only reliable
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water supply we have found, situated below the dramatic Bräuning wall.
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Please take care not to pollute the spring! Note that this camp site is
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still within the area designated as a "Naturschutzgebiet" (Nature
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Reserve) and permission is required to camp there.</p>
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<p>The path continues below the Bräuning wall to the west, eventually to
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reach the inaccessible pasture of <a href="gschwand.html"> Gschwandt
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Alm</a> north of Loser.</p>
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<p>Turning right off the path shortly before old top camp cairned
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routes across the plateau lead eventually to the 76 bivouac and the Stone Bridge.</p>
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