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1623: Kratzer area
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<h1>Kratzer valley</h1>
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<p>The Kratzer valley is the main valley south from Schwarzmoossattel. However,
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it is not the one followed by the path down to Bräuning Alm, which
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traverses the east slopes of Bräuning Nase to reach a small col and slopes
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west of Kratzer. The narrow valley itself may be entered at the top (north) end
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by dropping below the path just after it leaves the Schwarzmoossattel. The
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inner reaches are then relatively inaccessible, as they are separated from the
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dwarf-pine covered slopes up to Bräuning Alm by a cliff band. Similarly,
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cliffs on the other side isolate it from the SW slopes of Vorderer
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Schwarmooskogel.</p>
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<p>Consequently, few of CUCC have explored the valley since the initial trip of
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1976, and most of the caves hereabouts have been entered by the local cavers
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(at the north end). The locals were exploring and numbering caves around the
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time when CUCC looked in the valley, and there is a suspicion that some of the
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"Austrian" numbers refer to the same caves looked at by CUCC. However, the
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supposed correlation between CUCC and kataster numbers mentioned in the
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Austrian caving journal does not seem to be correct, from evidence gathered on
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a visit in 1990, so CUCC's caves appear here with their original CUCC numbers,
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pending more investigation.</p>
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<p>There is a suspicion that one of the German groups may have explored some
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other entrances near the bottom of the valley (marked with red paint, but not
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in the kataster), but we have no documentation on these.</p>
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<p>If the valley is followed down, it leads into a closed depression with a low
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point at 1527m, not at all obvious from the map. A steep climb up leads to a
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more level section, where a path materialises, to meet the marked path 201
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(Stögerweg) as the north branch of a T-junction at c 1580m. Straight on
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(initially south for a short way) is the Stellerweg area <a
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href="../smkridge/via201.htm">approach route</a>, whilst right (west) is the
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route from <a href="../egglgrub/index.html">Egglgrube</a> and the
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Bergrestaurant. The first part of this path into Kratzer from the south appears
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to be well-used <b>only</b> because of people missing this T-junction and going
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some way before realising the error.</p>
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