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<h1>Area 1623: Loser-AugstEck plateau</h1>

<p>Within the Austrian kataster, area 1620 is the Western Totes
Gebirge. Area 1623 is the Loser - Augst-Eck plateau, bounded to the SE
by path 234 from the Wildenseehutte down to Altausseer See, to the south
by the lake itself, then to the SW by the road to Blaa-Alm. The Western
edge is marked by the valley of Gr&uuml;ne Bichl, and the northern limit
is a rather arbitrary line across the limestone between the
Sch&ouml;nberg and Neid Augst-Eck, not far beyond Tunnockschacht, then
down to the Wildenseeh&uuml;tte. To the west and north of this line is
area 1626.</p>

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 height="138" alt="Clearer View from Br&auml;ning Nase" />
 
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<p>Access to the area is relatively easy at its southern edge, as the <a
href="tollrd.htm">Loser Panoramastra&szlig;e</a> (a toll road) climbs the
southern slopes of Loser to reach a large parking area and self-service
restaurant at 1600m just below Augst See. From here, good paths reach both the
southern slopes of Vd. Schwarzmooskogel, and also north to a col overlooking
the extensive pathless central plateau. Both the further reaches of the central
plateau and the areas around the Sch&ouml;nberg, Gries Kogel and Augst-Eck
ridges are remote - being large pathless areas of rough karren with little or
no water supplies except for snowmelt. The Stone-Bridge bivi site between the Hinter Schwarmooskogel and Neid Augst-Eck makes it practical to expore this area.</p>


<p>Within this area (1623), by far the majority of caves are above
1500m in an area from around Augst See, along the major ridge line of
Schwarzmooskogel towards Augst-Eck (forming a long strip on the SE of
  the area), and across the plateau west of Schwarzmooskogel.</p>

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<img src="images/viewswcaves.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Same view of
Loser plateau looking SW with the caves visible." />
<p class="caption">Plateau visualisation from Aven - looking towards Br&auml;uning Nase and Loser with SMK system caves superimposed</p></div>


<p>There are approaching two hundred caves known at present in the area, so for
convenience, we have broken the area down into  smaller areas, with a number of
related caves in each. Some of these areas are natural - separated by clear
geographic boundaries like big cliffs, or areas of non-karstic rocks. Others
are more arbitrary, and are defined more by route of access than by any real
geographical distinction. Apart from a few caves found in the first couple of
years, CUCC's work has been confined to just the first four of these smaller
areas, though the map overlaps onto most of the others.</p>

<ol>
<li><a href="plateau.html">Main plateau over Schwarzmoossattel</a></li>
<li><a href="smkridge.html">Whole Schwarzmooskogel ridge area</a> which has four approaches:
<ul>
<li><a href="1623/vianip.htm">The walk in to the "Nipple" area</a></li>
<li><a href="1623/via201.htm">The walk in to the Stellerwegh&ouml;hle area</a></li>
<li><a href="1623/via161.html">The walk in to the Kaninchenh&ouml;hle area</a></li>
<li><a href="1623/viavsk.htm">The walk in to the Vord. Schwarzmooskogel area</a></li>
<li><a href="1623/via204.html">The Steinbr&uuml;cken path</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="br-alm.html">Br&auml;uning Alm and Kunntal</a></li>
<li><a href="kratzer.html">Kratzer valley and area south of Schwarzmoossattel</a></li>
<li><a href="wilden.html">East of Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel to Wildensee</a></li>
<li><a href="remote.html">&quot;Further&quot; plateau and out to Augst-Eck</a></li>
<li><a href="egglgrub.html">Sommersitz and Egglgrube area</a></li>
<li><a href="loser.html">Loser and around Augst-see (access from Toll road)</a></li>
<li><a href="gschwand.html">Gschwandt Alm and area east of Blaa-Alm</a></li>
<li><a href="aausee.html">North of Altausseer-See and valley to Hochklapf</a></li>
<li><a href="augstb.html">Ramsau/Posern area: Augst Bach valley below Toll road</a> <i>(not shown on map)</i></li>
</ol>

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<img src="maps/newmap.png" width="602" height="627" alt="Map of area 1623, with areas marked" usemap="#areas" ismap="ismap" />
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<area shape="poly" coords="367,99,448,123,505,153,545,165,541,217,518,235,505,268,461,335,461,346,467,350,461,356,464,373,432,439,346,505,263,529,254,508,234,511,237,494,248,440,287,358,284,293,305,261,324,246,324,218,331,207,326,197,336,170,356,146,365,114,360,110 " href="smkridge.html" alt="2: Schwarzmooskogel ridge" />
<area shape="poly" coords="12,440,17,478,51,523,78,541,102,550,141,468,170,475,183,491,219,424,258,378,260,312,264,296,206,294,149,317,101,346,46,366,30,393" href="br-alm.html" alt="3. Br&auml;uning Alm and Kunntal" />
<area shape="poly" coords="183,491,186,502,215,508,237,494,248,440,287,358,284,293,264,296,260,312,258,378,219,424" href="kratzer.html"  alt="4. Kratzer valley and area south of Schwarzmoossattel" />
<area shape="poly" coords="602,0,577,0,526,45,505,153,545,165,541,217,518,235,505,268,461,335,461,346,467,350,478,344,506,353,602,204" href="wilden.html" alt="5. East of Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel out to Wildensee" />
<area shape="poly" coords="0,0,577,0,526,45,505,153,448,123,367,99,346,85,273,81,230,100,143,165,90,200,62,240,48,239,12,284,0,287" href="remote.html" alt="6. Further plateau and out to Augst-Eck" />
<area shape="poly" coords="234,511,224,535,188,548,181,559,152,559,139,574,139,595,116,613,113,626,0,626,0,624,4,612,12,602,26,597,26,595,38,592,45,581,68,566,75,568,102,550,141,468,170,475,183,491,186,502,215,508,237,494" href="egglgrub.html" alt="7. Sommersitz and Egglgrube area" />
<area shape="poly" coords="0,456,12,440,17,478,51,523,78,541,102,550,75,568,68,566,45,581,38,592,26,595,26,593,21,593,8,601,0,613" href="loser.html" alt="8. Loser and around Augst-see" />
<area shape="poly" coords="0,456,12,440,30,393,46,366,101,346,149,317,155,253,138,236,143,165,90,200,62,240,48,239,12,284,0,287" href="gschwand.html" alt="9. Gschwandt Alm and area east of Blaa-Alm" />
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<area shape="poly" coords="0,613,8,601,21,593,26,593,26,597,12,602,4,612,0,624" href="tollrd.htm" alt="Loser Panoramastrasse toll road" />
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<p>&nbsp;</p?
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<img src="images/viewsw.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Perspective view of
Loser plateau looking SW" />
<p class="caption">Plateau visualisation from Aven - looking towards Br&auml;uning Nase and Loser</p></div>


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	<li>Caves in CUCC's area <a href="indxal.htm">1623</a></li>
	<li>Adjacent area <a href="1626/index.html">1626</a></li>
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			`<h1>Area 1623: Loser-AugstEck plateau</h1>`

Update terrain visualisation on areas page 2018-05-29 14:37:53 +01:00			`<p>Within the Austrian kataster, area 1620 is the Western Totes`
			`Gebirge. Area 1623 is the Loser - Augst-Eck plateau, bounded to the SE`
			`by path 234 from the Wildenseehutte down to Altausseer See, to the south`
			`by the lake itself, then to the SW by the road to Blaa-Alm. The Western`
			`edge is marked by the valley of Grüne Bichl, and the northern limit`
			`is a rather arbitrary line across the limestone between the`
			`Schönberg and Neid Augst-Eck, not far beyond Tunnockschacht, then`
			`down to the Wildenseehütte. To the west and north of this line is`
			`area 1626.</p>`
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Better photo links and updated descriptions of plateau 2020-05-05 21:00:26 +01:00			`<div class="centre">`
			`<a href="remote.html">`
			`<img src="tinypix/wildkg.jpg"`
			`height="138" alt="Clearer View from Bräning Nase" />`

			`</a>`


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[svn r3779] Added HTML files. 2001-08-15 19:29:27 +01:00			`<p>Access to the area is relatively easy at its southern edge, as the <a`
			`href="tollrd.htm">Loser Panoramastraße</a> (a toll road) climbs the`
			`southern slopes of Loser to reach a large parking area and self-service`
[svn r5809] More XTHML compliance tomfoolery. 2004-04-23 00:11:39 +01:00			`restaurant at 1600m just below Augst See. From here, good paths reach both the`
			`southern slopes of Vd. Schwarzmooskogel, and also north to a col overlooking`
			`the extensive pathless central plateau. Both the further reaches of the central`
			`plateau and the areas around the Schönberg, Gries Kogel and Augst-Eck`
			`ridges are remote - being large pathless areas of rough karren with little or`
Update terrain visualisation on areas page 2018-05-29 14:37:53 +01:00			`no water supplies except for snowmelt. The Stone-Bridge bivi site between the Hinter Schwarmooskogel and Neid Augst-Eck makes it practical to expore this area.</p>`
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			`<p>Within this area (1623), by far the majority of caves are above`
			`1500m in an area from around Augst See, along the major ridge line of`
			`Schwarzmooskogel towards Augst-Eck (forming a long strip on the SE of`
			`the area), and across the plateau west of Schwarzmooskogel.</p>`

			`<div style="text-align: center">`
			`<img src="images/viewswcaves.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Same view of`
			`Loser plateau looking SW with the caves visible." />`
Better photo links and updated descriptions of plateau 2020-05-05 21:00:26 +01:00			`<p class="caption">Plateau visualisation from Aven - looking towards Bräuning Nase and Loser with SMK system caves superimposed</p></div>`
Update terrain visualisation on areas page 2018-05-29 14:37:53 +01:00
[svn r3779] Added HTML files. 2001-08-15 19:29:27 +01:00
[svn r5809] More XTHML compliance tomfoolery. 2004-04-23 00:11:39 +01:00			`<p>There are approaching two hundred caves known at present in the area, so for`
			`convenience, we have broken the area down into smaller areas, with a number of`
			`related caves in each. Some of these areas are natural - separated by clear`
			`geographic boundaries like big cliffs, or areas of non-karstic rocks. Others`
			`are more arbitrary, and are defined more by route of access than by any real`
			`geographical distinction. Apart from a few caves found in the first couple of`
			`years, CUCC's work has been confined to just the first four of these smaller`
			`areas, though the map overlaps onto most of the others.</p>`
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			`<ol>`
.hg/last-message.txt 2015-04-07 05:01:27 +01:00			`<li><a href="plateau.html">Main plateau over Schwarzmoossattel</a></li>`
			`<li><a href="smkridge.html">Whole Schwarzmooskogel ridge area</a> which has four approaches:`
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.hg/last-message.txt 2015-04-07 05:01:27 +01:00			`<li><a href="1623/vianip.htm">The walk in to the "Nipple" area</a></li>`
			`<li><a href="1623/via201.htm">The walk in to the Stellerweghöhle area</a></li>`
			`<li><a href="1623/via161.html">The walk in to the Kaninchenhöhle area</a></li>`
			`<li><a href="1623/viavsk.htm">The walk in to the Vord. Schwarzmooskogel area</a></li>`
			`<li><a href="1623/via204.html">The Steinbrücken path</a></li>`
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.hg/last-message.txt 2015-04-07 05:01:27 +01:00			`<li><a href="br-alm.html">Bräuning Alm and Kunntal</a></li>`
			`<li><a href="kratzer.html">Kratzer valley and area south of Schwarzmoossattel</a></li>`
			`<li><a href="wilden.html">East of Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel to Wildensee</a></li>`
			`<li><a href="remote.html">"Further" plateau and out to Augst-Eck</a></li>`
			`<li><a href="egglgrub.html">Sommersitz and Egglgrube area</a></li>`
			`<li><a href="loser.html">Loser and around Augst-see (access from Toll road)</a></li>`
			`<li><a href="gschwand.html">Gschwandt Alm and area east of Blaa-Alm</a></li>`
fixing links 2020-05-01 19:37:31 +01:00			`<li><a href="aausee.html">North of Altausseer-See and valley to Hochklapf</a></li>`
.hg/last-message.txt 2015-04-07 05:01:27 +01:00			`<li><a href="augstb.html">Ramsau/Posern area: Augst Bach valley below Toll road</a> <i>(not shown on map)</i></li>`
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Better photo links and updated descriptions of plateau 2020-05-05 21:00:26 +01:00			`<div style="text-align: center">`
			`<img src="maps/newmap.png" width="602" height="627" alt="Map of area 1623, with areas marked" usemap="#areas" ismap="ismap" />`
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			`<area shape="poly" coords="367,99,448,123,505,153,545,165,541,217,518,235,505,268,461,335,461,346,467,350,461,356,464,373,432,439,346,505,263,529,254,508,234,511,237,494,248,440,287,358,284,293,305,261,324,246,324,218,331,207,326,197,336,170,356,146,365,114,360,110 " href="smkridge.html" alt="2: Schwarzmooskogel ridge" />`
			`<area shape="poly" coords="12,440,17,478,51,523,78,541,102,550,141,468,170,475,183,491,219,424,258,378,260,312,264,296,206,294,149,317,101,346,46,366,30,393" href="br-alm.html" alt="3. Bräuning Alm and Kunntal" />`
			`<area shape="poly" coords="183,491,186,502,215,508,237,494,248,440,287,358,284,293,264,296,260,312,258,378,219,424" href="kratzer.html" alt="4. Kratzer valley and area south of Schwarzmoossattel" />`
			`<area shape="poly" coords="602,0,577,0,526,45,505,153,545,165,541,217,518,235,505,268,461,335,461,346,467,350,478,344,506,353,602,204" href="wilden.html" alt="5. East of Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel out to Wildensee" />`
			`<area shape="poly" coords="0,0,577,0,526,45,505,153,448,123,367,99,346,85,273,81,230,100,143,165,90,200,62,240,48,239,12,284,0,287" href="remote.html" alt="6. Further plateau and out to Augst-Eck" />`
			`<area shape="poly" coords="234,511,224,535,188,548,181,559,152,559,139,574,139,595,116,613,113,626,0,626,0,624,4,612,12,602,26,597,26,595,38,592,45,581,68,566,75,568,102,550,141,468,170,475,183,491,186,502,215,508,237,494" href="egglgrub.html" alt="7. Sommersitz and Egglgrube area" />`
			`<area shape="poly" coords="0,456,12,440,17,478,51,523,78,541,102,550,75,568,68,566,45,581,38,592,26,595,26,593,21,593,8,601,0,613" href="loser.html" alt="8. Loser and around Augst-see" />`
			`<area shape="poly" coords="0,456,12,440,30,393,46,366,101,346,149,317,155,253,138,236,143,165,90,200,62,240,48,239,12,284,0,287" href="gschwand.html" alt="9. Gschwandt Alm and area east of Blaa-Alm" />`
			`<area shape="poly" coords="113,626,116,613,139,595,139,574,152,559,181,559,188,548,224,535,234,511,254,508,263,529,346,505,432,439,464,373,461,356,467,350,478,344,506,353,486,382,440,488,331,611,300,626" href="aaussee.html" alt="10. North of Altausser See and up valley to Hochklapf" />`
			`<area shape="poly" coords="0,613,8,601,21,593,26,593,26,597,12,602,4,612,0,624" href="tollrd.htm" alt="Loser Panoramastrasse toll road" />`
			`</map>`
			`</div>`

			`<p> </p?`
			`<div style="text-align: center">`

			`<img src="images/viewsw.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Perspective view of`
			`Loser plateau looking SW" />`
			`<p class="caption">Plateau visualisation from Aven - looking towards Bräuning Nase and Loser</p></div>`



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