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1623: Main plateau area
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<h1>The Loser Augst-Eck plateau</h1>
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<p>The area CUCC calls <b>The Plateau</b> is situated north of the
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Bräuning wall. To the west it drops off into Grüne Bichl, a large
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valley (relatively unvisited) which marks one boundary with the adjacent <a
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href="/1626/index.html">1626</a> kataster area. To the north it continues
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further than most are prepared to walk over the rough limestone. Work done
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beyond CUCC's normal limit is considered under <a
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href="remote.html">"Further" plateau and out to
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Augst-Eck.</a> North of this is also area 1626. To the east, the plateau starts
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to rise towards the long Schwarzmooskogel ridge, and we take the break of slope
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as a rather arbitrary boundary with the western slopes of the next area, the <a
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href="smkridge.html">Schwarzmooskogel ridge</a>.</p>
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<a href="/1623/others/l/nasevw.htm"><img src="/1623/others/t/nasevw.jpg"
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width="219" height="138" alt="View from Bräning Nase" /></a>
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<a href="/1623/others/l/nasev2.htm"><img src="/1623/others/t/nasev2.jpg"
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width="219" height="138" alt="Clearer View from Bräning Nase" /></a>
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<h3>Access</h3>
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<p>The <a href="walkin.htm">route to the plateau</a> takes between 25 and
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45 minutes, depending on weather, load and fitness. This is to reach the start
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of the karren at the <span lang="de-at">Schwarzmoosattel</span>; it can take
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another hour or more to reach a particular cave.</p>
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<h3>Description</h3>
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<p>From the Schwarzmoossattel at 1684m, the plateau stretches out to the north,
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looking relatively level. On the map it appears gently undulating, rising from
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steeper slopes above Grüne Bichl to the west, levelling off about 1600m,
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and reaching 1700m in the east where slopes rise to the Schwarzmooskogel ridge.
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Far to the north, the bare limestone peaks of Schönberg, Große and
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Kleine Wild Kogel and Grieß Kogel rise to over 2000m.</p>
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<div class="centre"><a href="../piclinks/wildkg.htm">
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<img src="../tinypix/wildkg.jpg" width="168" height="123"
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alt="View of plateau from near Schwarzmoossattel" /></a></div>
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<p>Once down onto the plateau, the reality is a little different, as
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small-scale relief is made up of pavements and cliffs of up to 10m. One bit
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looks very much like another and an intermittent covering of impenetrable
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thickets of dwarf pine (known as <i>Pinus mugo</i> to botanists, Lärchen
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to the Austrians, and, for historical reasons, 'Bunde' within CUCC) also help
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to make progress and navigation very difficult. Sharp rocks and open shafts
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lie everywhere, awaiting the unwary.</p>
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<div class="centre"><a href="../piclinks/brw-b8.htm">
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<img src="../tinypix/brw-b8.jpg" width="165" height="128"
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alt="Bräuning wall from the plateau near B8" /></a>
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<p class="caption">Small scars and dwarf pine dominate the foreground of this
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view to the Bräuning wall from the plateau below Top Camp.</p></div>
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<div class="centre"><a href="/1623/others/l/82area.htm"><img alt="82 area of plateau"
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src="/1623/others/t/82area.jpg" width="185" height="122" /></a><p class="caption">
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View over eastern edge of plateau to entrance 1623/82 and Hinterer
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Schwarzmooskogel beyond.</p></div>
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<p>Potential new caves are frequent, although the plateau is characterised by
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snow- and scree-choked open shafts. <a
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href="../handbook/look4.htm">Prospecting</a> is time-consuming, and it's worth
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looking <i>very carefully</i> for a painted number or other signs of previous
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exploration (eg. bolts) before entering.</p>
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<p>There has been a very significant number of recorded finds on the plateau, since the earliest years of CUCC's
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work.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href=" via201.htm">Stellerweg</a> area;</li>
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<li><a href=" br-alm.html">Bräuning Alm</a> description
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<li><a href=" walkin.htm">Walk-in</a></li>
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<li><a href=" plateau.html">Plateau</a> description</li>
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<li><a href=" areas.htm">Area descriptions</a></li>
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<li><a href=" kratzer.html">Kratzer</a>.</li>
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