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<center><h2>Stellerweghöhle Guidebook: Main (41a/b) Entrance</h2></center>
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<p align="right">Pete Lancaster and Andy Waddington
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<p>41b : Alt 1638.0m<br>
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41a : Alt 1624.5m
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<h3>Location</h3>
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<p>The entrances open in the southern slopes of <span lang="de-at">Vorderer
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Schwarzmooskogel,</span> reached by marked path number 201 from the
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Bergrestaurant and car park at the top of the <span lang="de-at">Loser
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Panoramastrße.</span> This is followed over
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<span lang="de-at">Egglgrube,</span> past the
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<span lang="de-at">Kratzer</span> Valley and along the well-marked
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<span lang="de-at">Stogerweg</span> perched on the hillside above
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<span lang="de-at">Weiße Wand.</span> Shortly beyond the draughting
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hole of 1623/32
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<a href="../../noinfo/smkridge/32.htm"><span lang="de-at">Windloch</span></a>,
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the path drops steeply down the hillside. The two entrances are found 50
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vertical metres up the hillside, by following orange paint marks from a
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clearly marked permanent survey station "P3".
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<p><a name="X0000-41-00">The</a> upper entrance (41b) is in a large rift
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about 30m to the east of the lower (41a) which is a strongly
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outward-draughting tube in a shattered gully. Following this tube down leads
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to a chamber with a snow bank, which is below the open shaft of the upper
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entrance. The amount of snow varies from year to year, and may obscure the
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lower ways on.
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<p>Furthest right in the entrance chamber is an ascent to a point 20m above
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the 41b entrance, and a choke near the surface.
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<p>Almost opposite the point of entry, heading east, is a narrow ramp
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down, <b lang="de">Extrablatt,</b> which leads to the
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<a href="off41.htm#germanr">German Route</a>, apparently explored in 1972
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(before CUCC's arrival in the area).
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<p>The widest exit, roughly north, has holes in the floor and immediately
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crosses a ramp. Up the wide ramp to the left leads to the main way on,
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whilst down to the right connects with <span lang="de">Extrablatt</span> and
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the German route. Straight on quickly opens out with two more ramps down right into the German route, whilst keeping high and left gives several ways
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back up to the main route.
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<h3>CUCC's <a name="C1980-41-00">main way</a> on (1980)</h3>
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<p>The passage to the left in the entrance chamber was taken as the main way
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on, found by CUCC in 1980. Depending on conditions, this may require an <a
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name="C1980-41-01">ice traverse</a> above a ramp. The way is a fine arched
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passage which is followed up dip until a <a name="C1980-41-02">right turn</a>
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reveals a large 45° ramp. This drops back into the straight on passage
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from the entrance chamber, and continues down towards the German route.
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Crossed by a traverse, the continuing way involves a step over a hole in the
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floor, then three more descending ramps in a short distance, all of which go
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to the same place as the first ramp. The whole of the cave in this entrance
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series is of phreatic origin, developed along an inclined joint plane.
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Although there are various ramps and small side leads, the main way on is
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fairly obvious, following the easiest route across.
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<p>The only significant lead on the left of this area is a connection to
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the 1623/142 entrance. This leads in a few metres to the pitch descended
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by CUCC from the far side, to reach a Dripping Chamber. Apparently this
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can be passed by a traverse on the right.
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<p>The main passage continues for 40m or so, crossing another small ramp,
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blind both up and down, to a further traverse above a larger descending
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ramp, <b>DIN-Rampe,</b> which descends for 50m until a pitch blocks the way
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forward. Directly across this pitch is a window into the passage at the
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start of the German Route.
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<p><a name="p21">Crossing</a> the <a name="C1980-41-13">DIN-Rampe</a>, the
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passage descends via a climb and traverse to a 21m
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<a name="C1980-41-14">pitch</a>, but this may be bypassed by keeping right
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and following the ramp down. At the bottom, left along the strike leads to
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<b lang="de">Megalodonten-Schlinger</b>, the chamber reached from the foot of
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the pitch. From here, a <a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-18">variety of
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ways</a> are possible.
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<p>Opposite the point of entry and heading north is a ramp up. The main routelies to the right a short way up this [<a name="C1980-41-21"
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href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-21">C1980-41-21</a>]. This brings one to a steeply
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descending phreatic passage, <b>BUS,</b> with bridging climbs which are
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followed by lined traverses across two ramps. Care is required here as severe
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abrasion was noted on derigged ropes from these traverses, which had been in
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regular use as direct aid in 1980. The next ramp [<a name="C1980-41-25"
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href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-25">C1980-41-25</a>] has no immediately obvious way
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on at the other side and was descended using a ladder since it is far too
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muddy to use SRT safely. To the right via a small pitch
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[<a name="C1980-41-30" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-30">C1980-41-30</a>] is the
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1980 route down the <b>Big Pitch</b>. It has become unclear whether the
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route used in 1981 and subsequently is to the left on this first ramp -
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[<a name="C1980-41-31" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-31">C1980-41-31</a>]. If
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so, two small pitches lead to the best hang.
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<p>Although there is no obvious way across the ramp which led to the Big
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Pitch, it can be followed upwards, and shortly a way on becomes apparent,
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heading north along the strike, and ascending slightly. This shortly
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intersects another large ramp. The way across this continues as
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<a href="off41.htm#alice"><span lang="de">Alice im Wunderland,</span></a>
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whilst descending it to the right is the 1981 route to the Big Pitch. After
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30m, the ramp splits. To the right seems to be the way used by CUCC, whilst
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to the left is somewhat narrower and the way used by Arge. Both ways drop
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into the same larger passage - to the right leads to a wide lip of the Big
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Pitch. Straight ahead from the left (Arge) passage leads in a narrower
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passage to the Big Pitch on its north side, here a 95m descent.
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<p>Left in the passage reached from either version of the ramp is an
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inlet passage explored by CUCC in 1984, ending in an aven below
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<a href="../143.htm">1623/143.</a>
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2001-08-16 13:43:09 +01:00
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<p><a href="41bp.png"><img src="41bp2.png" width=535 height=575></a>
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<h3><a name="bigpitch">The Big Pitch</a> (1980)</h3>
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<p>The Big Pitch is 100m in a large elliptical shaft and wonderfully free and
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airy until a rebelay 25m from the bottom (1980 rigging). It lands in a rift
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with a small stream. An obvious route lies downstream, and can be followed in
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a sharp passage, <b>Wet 'n' Wild,</b> until the stream disappears into a hole
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[<a href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-35">C1980-41-35</a>]. Climbing up, a higher
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level can be followed for 90m, some of which is traversing above the canyon.
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The water is regained after a 9m pitch which is quickly succeeded by a 20m
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pitch. Narrow rift passages link this with a series of short (9, 5, 6, and
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6m) pitches of which the last three have tight takeoffs. The last lands in a
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bigger space with a bouldery floor.
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<h3><a name="41bigrift">The Big Rift</a> (1980-81)</h3>
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<!-- more info from sketch elevation in letter from Steve Perry to
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Julian Griffiths, dated "May 5" (presumably 1981), found AERW 1999.10.02 -->
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<p>A short climb up over boulders breaks out into a large dry rift <b>The Big
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Rift</b> (100m high and 5m wide). A 7m gully (which needs care owing to loose
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rock, though mainly small stuff) and 24m pitch are followed by a 6m pendulum
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to the head of a 13m pitch which reaches the floor. A boulder strewn scramble
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and 7m free climb down leads to a 16m pitch. 3m later is a 4m pitch from a
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big boulder, then 8m forward to a 10m pitch. This ends is a 6m traverse to a
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manky bolt for the next 17m pitch which reaches floor, again, and 8m along
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this is another 17m pitch. These last two are wet in clean washed limestone,
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with the roof lowering to 10m in places. Two short (2.5m) climbs down reached
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the 1980 limit
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[<a name="C1980-41-38" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-38">C1980-41-38</a>]
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which proved to be another 17m pitch. This drops into
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<a href="deepwy.htm#jncha">Junction Chamber</a> to join the route from
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Schnellzughöhle. The whole of the Big Rift becomes serious in the event
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of a flood.
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