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This page lists the lengths, depths and horizontal extents of those caves on the plateau for which we have survey centerline data. At present, that's only -75 out of 250 or so, but the missing ones are mostly very small and obscure; +77 out of 250 or so, but the missing ones are mostly very small and obscure; the notable exceptions are some caves explored by other groups (35, LA25, BS17), and CUCC caves 71, 76, 92, 96 and 97. Of the latter 76 (by far the most significant of these) is in the process of being re-explored, and the figures @@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ caves

78Schwaben(schacht)höhle7781.3327.6504.3 82Bräuninghöhle364.3218.0108.7 88Lärchenschacht1775.0211.0400.7 +90Bräu Schacht 9013.012.63.4 +91Bräu Schacht 9115.014.53.9 107Gemshöhle593.1283.476.5 113Sonnenstrahlhöhle520.9205.690.9 115Schnellzughöhle4720.2738.61047.2 @@ -85,8 +87,8 @@ caves

204Steinbrückenhöhle9147.6540.8644.2 205Nordalpenschacht90.838.837.5 2067-Eingangshöhle54.016.243.1 -207Plumpsklohöhle8.31.27.0 -208Quallenhöhle15.69.76.4 +207Plumpsklohöhle8.31.27.0 +208Quallenhöhle15.69.76.4 209Schistock-Absturzschacht16.516.03.8 215Rufverbindungshöhle48.710.821.9 216Nichts 50104.927.059.1 @@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ caves

LA11Lungehöhle642.0375.4159.2 LA12Sternloch341.5331.074.7 LA34Rätselhöhle533.1425.0136.9 -2000-AA-01Dämmerunghöhle10.26.38.0 +2000-AA-01Schönschrifthöhle10.26.38.0 2001-MS-01Bogenhöhle31.511.228.4 2002-01Artischockehöhle63.76.851.3 2002-07Quarries A-C41.834.215.6 diff --git a/noinfo/CAVETAB2.CSV b/noinfo/CAVETAB2.CSV index 507037b0a..5afe064ac 100644 --- a/noinfo/CAVETAB2.CSV +++ b/noinfo/CAVETAB2.CSV @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ 95,"1/S -",,,,"br-alm/95.htm",,,"Bräu Schacht 95",,,3,"CUCC 1977 - Team Enthusiast. ","A 10m climb down to an unpushed and unpromising tube. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"1585m",,,"South of Bräuning Alm, near camp 1 (1977) ? ",,,,"Paint (?)",,"Refindable","Described as insignificant, and seems to have no location info. However there is a photo from 1977 on the old plateau camps webpage where the cave was ""an open shaft just behind the photographer""." 96,"3/S +",,,,"br-alm/96.htm",,,"Bräu Schacht 96",,,3,"CUCC 1977 - Team Enthusiast.","Open shaft of 15m leads to a descending rift. Next pitch of 25m, then a short climb, 6m pitch and 15m pitch into a chamber where the water sinks. The upper level of a small rift leads to an abandoned passage and a series of increasingly muddy freeclimbs to a final squeeze and 5m pitch into a sordid little sump.",,,,,,"

",,,"105m",,,,,,,,,,,,,"c 1600m",,,"In grassy pasture east of Bräuning Alm, next to CUCC's high-level camp of 1977 (camp 1). ",,,"

","Paint","number painted red in 1976, refreshed (probably in orange which elsewhere hasn't lasted well) in 1990.","Refindable","Refound by AERW in 1990; apparently easy to find." 97,"4/S/W x",,,,"plateau/97.htm",,,"Schneewindschacht",,,"1d","CUCC 1977 - Team Enthusiast.","The entrance is the head of a 10m freeclimbable chimney, followed by a 5m climb into a small chamber. Two ways on from the chamber unite in a tiny crawl under a drip. A thrutch through (about the size of Baptistry in Car Pot) is The Nun's Cunt, which ends abruptly at The Vestry, where SRT gear can be put back on while perched above the pitch which follows. Drops of 15m, 20m and 20m, The Bottomless Abbess, lead to a traverse over a blind pitch of about 10m.

The Bottomless Abbess continues with pitches of 15m, 30m, 15m and 15m to a short horizontal section. This breaks out into the side of another shaft where 15m and 10m pitches lead to a more complex area. A short pitch of 6m leads to the Priest's Hole and a gently slanting ramp into a dry, dusty, abandoned phreatic passage. This is interrupted by a large hole in the floor, which would require bolts to cross.

Down the hole, the 25m pitch starts unpromisingly, but soon bells out into a magnificent trench passage. Traversing over a gully leads to a series of short climbs and a fine last pitch The Dissolution. Here the water sinks into an impenetrable crack.

The entrance draughts strongly, but there is no air movement at the end, the most likely way on being the traverse to reach the continuation of the phreatic level at -190m. Unfortunately, the trip to this point is quite severe, since the crawl would render rescue impractical and the Bottomless Abbess rapidly becomes very wet after rain.",,,,,,"

",,,"265m",,,,,"p97","west edge of doline",,"Surface survey",,,83039,35837,"1641m",,,"Out on the plateau.","Head across for the large erratic boulders near 76 (aka 106), then away from the col past the open shaft of 105, turning left at a gap in the scrub which leads down a bare karren corridor to some dolines. Step across one and cast about for a large one with 97 in red paint.","A moderately large doline, usually without snow, has a small triangular opening at the SW end.",,"Tag","""97"" in red paint on doline wall, tag 2004","Surveyed", -98,"1/S +",,,,"plateau/98.htm",,,"Plateau Schacht 98","Dropped Light Shaft",,"1d","CUCC 1978 - Team Youth/Ladders","After top of entrance shaft, it bells out, to land on a lightly boulder-covered floor after 29m. Tight thrutch to one side leads to second pitch of 17m to a flat rock floor with no way on.",,,,"Logbook accounts",,,,,"47m",,,,,,,,,,,,,"c 1630m ",,,"Out on the plateau somewhat further than 97, in a large sloping rockface.",,"A small shaft in a large grike with very sharp rocks at the top",,"Paint",,"Lost","Bolts at entrance; conjectured to be paint marked as well. In a bit of a blank space though." +98,"1/S +",,,,"plateau/98.htm",,,"Plateau Schacht 98","Dropped Light Shaft",,"1d","CUCC 1978 - Team Youth/Ladders","After top of entrance shaft, it bells out, to land on a lightly boulder-covered floor after 29m. Tight thrutch to one side leads to second pitch of 17m to a flat rock floor with no way on.",,,,"Logbook accounts",,,,,"47m",,,,,,,,,,,,,"c 1630m ",,,"Out on the plateau somewhat further than 97, in a large sloping rockface.",,"A small shaft in a large grike with very sharp rocks at the top",,"Paint","Bolts at entrance; conjectured to be paint marked as well.","Lost","In a bit of a blank space." 99,"1/S x",,,,"plateau/99/99.html",,,"Plateau Schacht 99",,,"1d","

","Entrance gully of 5m leads to 20m pitch at 70° over snow, heading roughly back towards Eislufthöhle. At the base is a 'snow-duck' under a rock wall beyond which a small rift-like chamber descends about 3m. Straight ahead at the same level, the rift quickly becomes an impenetrable slot through which can be seen a 2m wide passage with an ice floor running down from right to left at 5-10°. This is the source of the strong draught. Below the slot is another low hole, this leaks a vague draught and leads to a small boulder-strewn ledge with a definite blackness continuing to the left behind more boulders. Energetic but nervous removal of these gave obvious signs of a continuation, but other commitments and rain prevented a return. Note therefore it has been Left Going.",,,,"Logbook accounts",,"Grade 1 3-d sketch by Tony Malcolm, 1979

",,,,,,,"p99",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,"A short way South East of Eislufthöhle Kat.76

E 35876.6 N (52)82903.5 H 1638.9",,"Draughting entrance near Eislufthöhle(1623/76), ignored at first, since it was assumed it would join 76.","

Jenny Black on the entrance slope, 2004

","Tag","Tag placed 1999","Surveyed", 100,"1/S +",,,,"plateau/100.htm",,,"Plateau Schacht 100","Viper Shaft",,"1a","CUCC 1977, Team Youth, and again in 1990 by AERW ","An east-west rift with two obvious points of descent. The more easterly is about 6m deep and can be seen to end in a chamber. The more westerly is a 15m pitch, with a window communicating with the east hole. At base are boulders and a climb down. A crawl leads to an inlet where water appears and sinks into an impenetrable slot with very sharp rock. ",,,,,,,,,"18m",,,,"p100",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,"Just beyond the col, on the left. It is, in fact, extremely near Top Camp, virtually on one of the routes to the Schwarzmooskogel areas. ",0,,,"Tag","red painted number, with 1998 tag ""1623 100 CUCC 1977"" in centre (M6 stud).

This cave was originally only numbered in carbide, so was unmarked for years. It was relocated in 1989, but was not numbered until 1993 since AERW didn't think to carry paint while trying to find old holes. The orange number was fading and chipped in 1995, so was refreshed in red. The surface survey was to the centre of the middle digit of the number.","Surveyed", 101,"1/S +","main a",,"yes","plateau/101.htm",,,"Plateau Schacht 101",,,"1d","

","Entrance is in a rift orientated 40°-220° and hading about 20°. A 5m climb down leads to a horizontal passage going both ways, north leading out into the face of the scarp (101A). South (down dip) leads to a 4m pitch followed by a small crawl in a scree-floored phreatic tube, leading down dip, at about 30°. This drops via a short climb into a meandering phreatic tube with a tiny stream slot fed by an aven on the left. Progress is by crawling in the roof tube, which goes for about 40m until a window in the right wall leads to the base of an aven. The continuing crawl is too small, while a climb down below the aven (undescended) appears to choke.",,,,,,"? MISSING (grade 1)",,,"~12m",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Bräuning Scharte 218°, Grieskogel 012.5°, Bräuning Nase 194.5°, Lost Rucksack cairn 319° (compass #439258: NPC2)",,"Out on the plateau, near a large north-facing fault scarp on 125-305°. Perhaps best located when looking for Wolfhöhle (which is nowhere nearby) in the mist (see 1984 logbook). There was an OAV ski-tourers' marker pole due north of the col, from which the entrance is about 50m away on 35°. Unfortunately, the pole was pretty much invisible from the approach route in 1977, and is now rotting on the ground, only visible from a metre away at best. However, the cave was relocated in 1998. It turns out to be very close to the faintly-marked path which leads past Lost Rucksack Cave towards CUCC 1996-05, and is a short way south of 1623/173.

(GPS: (cliff directly above 101A) GK 5410503 5283483 (FOM 9.2m))",,,,"Tag","extremely faded numbers ""101"" and ""101A"" in red on upper and lower entrances. 1998 tag ""1623 101 CUCC 1977"" on upper entrance, southeast-facing (M6 stud).",, @@ -224,13 +224,13 @@ 178,"1/T +",,"90/8",,"plateau/178.htm",,,"Plateau Höhle 90/8",,,"1d","CUCC 1990 ","Window into very large passage about 10×20m, fluted snow plug, second drops onto end of plug. To NE, passage leads to another large chamber with another shaft coming in at the far end.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Schönberg cross 330°, Bräuning Zinken 239°, Bräuning Nase 229°, Nipple 210°. The last is apparently totally wrong, but the other three lines intersect within a circle about 200m across",,,,,,,,"Lost", 179,"1/S +",,"90/9",,"plateau/179.htm",,,"Plateau Schacht 90/9",,,"1d","CUCC 1990 ","A 7m pitch leading to c5m of low cave.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Bräuning Scharte 218°",,,,,,,,"Lost", 180,"2/S +",,"90/10",,"smkridge/180.htm",,,"Schwa Schacht 90/10",,,"2c","CUCC 1990 ","There is an ice shaft under collapsed boulders. A bedding in the side of this gives access to two adjacent loose pitches. Various impenetrable vocal connections to the surface exist. 30m pitch with ledge and rebelay at -15m leads to Icicle Works - very nice stals and flows. Follow flow down hole Slush crawl then rift. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p180",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,"Located on terrace N of 161b and 161c (French entrance), before a big bowl of choss and rifts.",,,"

","Tag","Red painted ""CUCC 90/10"". Spit placed for tag in 1997. Tag 1999","Surveyed", -181,"1/S +",,"90/11",,"plateau/181.htm",,,"Plateau Schacht 90/11",,,"1b","CUCC 1990 ","12m shaft with snow at bottom and rocky ledge at -5m. Aligned on 120°. Short way off at bottom is soon too tight.",,,,,,,,,"12m",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"HSK 074°, Bräuning Nase 165°, Bräuning Scharte 194°, Bräuning Zinken 216°",,,,,,"Paint",,"Lost","Paint says ""90/11"" in red" -182,"4/S +",,"90/12",,"plateau/182.htm",,,"Bovistundpuderzuckerhöhle","Puffball and Icing Sugar Cave",,"1b","CUCC 1990-1992 - see History for index into logbooks","The main entrance joins with a secondary, slightly smaller entrance in a daylit chamber on top of a snow plug. Sky can be seen through a third entrance in the ceiling, which is surrounded by undergrowth on the surface. A hole down the back edge of the snow plug leads to a slither down a partially iced steep (30°) boulder slope, with a low ceiling which soon rises. A large boulder several metres across is jammed across the slope at a few metres further down, below which the boulder slope continues. An inlet to the left just before an ice formation soon becomes too tight. Carrying on, the slope soon gives way to a traverse above a vadose canyon, with a laddered climb (6m) after about 25m. It is possible to continue along the top of the rift all the way to above the top of shell pitch. It is much more spacious than below but has a couple of bad steps.

From the bottom of the ladder, the passage soon drops down a climb of 2m. Then there is a winding, rifty passageway, named ""Magic Mushroom Passage"" due to the peculiar mushroom-like formations on the walls. These, together with the white dusty look of the walls in places, give the cave its name. After 100m the rift widens, and a traverse develops above a narrower rift below. The upper level may be followed to above the first rope pitch, but the more usual route is to climb down a rock pile into the lower rift (40cm wide), which is known as the Yorkshire Ripper, due to the effect of the sharp, narrow rift on oversuits, and the Yorkshire feel of the cave at this point. After 15m, relieved at one point by a small alcove with an irritating spray of water, the narrow rift widens, after a final flourish, to the head of the first rope pitch (6m).

Shell Pitch

Carrying on from the base of the pitch, the tiny rift in the floor deepens, and traversing along leads soon to the head of Shell pitch (19m). Descending gives a fine view of the chamber, the walls of which contain many large bivalve fossils (hence the pitch's name). From this chamber, a short traverse leads to a junction. Left is an unclimbable aven, whilst to the right is Piezo de Resistance, described below. The main route is currently down Q8 pitch which is broken by a ledge after 16m. After a further 9m and a rebelay, a pendulum through a window to one side leads on. Descending further, the shaft stops after 19m and a further rebelay. There are no passable ways on from the bottom (Strike One).

After the pendulum, a vast army of rebelays lies in wait (Dot to Dot), eventually ending in a larger pitch (25m) the bottom of which, again, has no ways on (Strike Two).

Yet again, a pendulum (at -14m) yields more cave (Bottom Bypass). A dubious 11m hang leads to a ledge. At one end of the ledge, ducking under an arch enters a chamber at the bottom of a high shaft (Lady's Loo), down which a vast torrent pours in wet weather. A further 9m down from the ledge is a floor. Progress can be made along the top of a slimy keyhole shaped rift (Tarzan's Folly) which is irritating to pass, especially with tackle. After 20m, a false floor appears and a few metres further on is The Dark Room, a high chamber with dark, textured walls. A waterfall cascades down from unfathomable heights, and pounds onto a ledge to the back right of the cavern.

Climbing down a slimy slope (which in an ideal world would be lined) the way on is along a rift which exits from the rear of the chamber on the left side. The rift has a couple of false floors in it. The middle level leads to the head of the next pitch: Natural Redundancy (11m) is reached after about 10m. The rope is belayed to a large chock stone at head level, then to a bolt about two inches from a beautifully rounded thread, hence the name. Cyclotron pitch follows immediately, then comes Quark, Strangeness and Charm, a rift passage with many possible traverse levels. In places there are flowstone bosses, and near the roof, some odd tippex stals can be seen. The formations are only notable due to their rarity in the caves of this region.

Cloud ChamberQuark Strangeness & Charm

At the end of QS&C, the passage sweeps round to the left as the floor drops away into Cloud Chamber. The pitch is broken by two rebelays. The grade 5 survey stops about 20m back from the pitch head. The details of the passage leading to the next pitch are uncertain, although the consensus is that it is around 20-30m long, and fairly straight. The lack of information led to the name Amnesia Alleyway. The next pitch is NDE, an acronym for ""Near Death Experience"" , since a party of cavers was flood-pulsed just below this pitch during the initial exploration. This incident also named The Delicate Sound of Thunder, another rift passage with a traverse along to a pitch (Traditional Style - laddered in 1991, marking the end of exploration that year).

After the first 5m slope to a rebelay, Traditional Style drops 12m (with one deviation) to a wide shelf. At the right hand edge is another 12m pitch. This lands in a muddy area which quickly becomes a very muddy steeply descending rift. An 8m pitch (2 bolts, Y-hang) a bit of clambering and a 5m pitch (one bolt) get you to a washing-up-bowl-sized sump at -292m.

5m up on the left hand wall (by the last bit of string) is a muddy crawl. This is below the 'tide-mark' of the sump so is somewhat oppressive. It leads, after 8m to a high parallel rift. A couple of 2m climbs ahead lead back down to another, slightly larger, sump. The rift rises at least 20m, apparently without connecting back to the main descent route.

Piezo de Resistance

From the head of ""Q8"" pitch, an alternative route may be followed along a rift on a fault at 20-200°, hading 80° to the west. Taking the passage to the right, a traverse develops after 10m. Water sinks into a hole in the floor after a further 10m, and beyond this, is a 9m pitch, followed after 10m or so by a longer pitch of 16mm.

Crow's NestThe Chimney

This lands on a ledge with an obvious continuation below, but the route, to keep away from potential water, takes a much more interesting route. It goes up a 6m pitch to the Crow's Nest, a narrow rock rib separating two parts of the shaft. This was originally reached by a bolt traverse round the right hand wall. From the Crow's Nest, The Chimney drops 30m in typical Puffball triangular pitch (elliptical joint-aligned phreas cut down on lower side by vadose action). The rope stays resolutely on the upper side with a series of epic hanging rebelays.

At the bottom a 34m freehang lands in the Darkroom, but the bottom of this is in the waterfall (noted in the Darkroom description), so the route goes through a window near the top of the hang which gives a nice dry 30m hang.",,,,,"In dataset","? grade 5","caves/182/182.svx","1177m","292m","302m",,,,"p182",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,"Bräuning Scharte 180°,Bräuning Zinken 210°, HSK 070°. Journal CU's 1991,92 says VSK 210° but this has to be a typo, maybe 110 ?

Top Camp below the Bräuning wall is on 144° and +01.5° but can't actually be seen from entrance.",,,,,"

Entrance Rift

","Paint",,"Surveyed","Paint mark may still say ""90/12""" -183,"2/S +",,"90/13",,"plateau/183.htm",,,"Elchfalle",,,"1b","CUCC 1990-1992","A small man-sized hole behind a flake in the obvious fault. Boulder almost blocking entrance was pulled clear in 1992. Descend a boulder pile for 5m then sloping start to an 8m pitch. Strong draught at this point. A few metres of boulder-floored passage lead to another short pitch (5m sloping, then 5m vertical). Another very short passage leads to the third pitch of 10m to a flat boulder floor followed quickly by the fourth pitch rigged clear of a tiny stream by bolts on the roof/far wall. This is again c 10m with a deviation half way to land on more boulders. The water quickly sinks in these, and a little way forward, a hole opens onto a pitch of 6m rigged from a Y-hang. The stream comes down at the east end of this chamber, joined by another inlet from the north, and leaves south to another 5m pitch, quickly followed by another 5m pitch to a terminal rift.",,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/183/183.svx","106m","71m",,,,,"p183",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,"From 182, go N up pavement. Just over crest turn left along sporadically vegetated ledge below 2m wall (to S). After 100m, a large fault is met which contains 183. ",,,"Paint",,"Surveyed","Paint mark still says ""90/13""" +181,"1/S +",,"90/11",,"plateau/181.htm",,,"Plateau Schacht 90/11",,,"1b","CUCC 1990 ","12m shaft with snow at bottom and rocky ledge at -5m. Aligned on 120°. Short way off at bottom is soon too tight.",,,,,,,,,"12m",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"HSK 074°, Bräuning Nase 165°, Bräuning Scharte 194°, Bräuning Zinken 216°",,,,,,"Paint","Paint says ""90/11"" in red","Lost", +182,"4/S +",,"90/12",,"plateau/182.htm",,,"Bovistundpuderzuckerhöhle","Puffball and Icing Sugar Cave",,"1b","CUCC 1990-1992 - see History for index into logbooks","The main entrance joins with a secondary, slightly smaller entrance in a daylit chamber on top of a snow plug. Sky can be seen through a third entrance in the ceiling, which is surrounded by undergrowth on the surface. A hole down the back edge of the snow plug leads to a slither down a partially iced steep (30°) boulder slope, with a low ceiling which soon rises. A large boulder several metres across is jammed across the slope at a few metres further down, below which the boulder slope continues. An inlet to the left just before an ice formation soon becomes too tight. Carrying on, the slope soon gives way to a traverse above a vadose canyon, with a laddered climb (6m) after about 25m. It is possible to continue along the top of the rift all the way to above the top of shell pitch. It is much more spacious than below but has a couple of bad steps.

From the bottom of the ladder, the passage soon drops down a climb of 2m. Then there is a winding, rifty passageway, named ""Magic Mushroom Passage"" due to the peculiar mushroom-like formations on the walls. These, together with the white dusty look of the walls in places, give the cave its name. After 100m the rift widens, and a traverse develops above a narrower rift below. The upper level may be followed to above the first rope pitch, but the more usual route is to climb down a rock pile into the lower rift (40cm wide), which is known as the Yorkshire Ripper, due to the effect of the sharp, narrow rift on oversuits, and the Yorkshire feel of the cave at this point. After 15m, relieved at one point by a small alcove with an irritating spray of water, the narrow rift widens, after a final flourish, to the head of the first rope pitch (6m).

Shell Pitch

Carrying on from the base of the pitch, the tiny rift in the floor deepens, and traversing along leads soon to the head of Shell pitch (19m). Descending gives a fine view of the chamber, the walls of which contain many large bivalve fossils (hence the pitch's name). From this chamber, a short traverse leads to a junction. Left is an unclimbable aven, whilst to the right is Piezo de Resistance, described below. The main route is currently down Q8 pitch which is broken by a ledge after 16m. After a further 9m and a rebelay, a pendulum through a window to one side leads on. Descending further, the shaft stops after 19m and a further rebelay. There are no passable ways on from the bottom (Strike One).

After the pendulum, a vast army of rebelays lies in wait (Dot to Dot), eventually ending in a larger pitch (25m) the bottom of which, again, has no ways on (Strike Two).

Yet again, a pendulum (at -14m) yields more cave (Bottom Bypass). A dubious 11m hang leads to a ledge. At one end of the ledge, ducking under an arch enters a chamber at the bottom of a high shaft (Lady's Loo), down which a vast torrent pours in wet weather. A further 9m down from the ledge is a floor. Progress can be made along the top of a slimy keyhole shaped rift (Tarzan's Folly) which is irritating to pass, especially with tackle. After 20m, a false floor appears and a few metres further on is The Dark Room, a high chamber with dark, textured walls. A waterfall cascades down from unfathomable heights, and pounds onto a ledge to the back right of the cavern.

Climbing down a slimy slope (which in an ideal world would be lined) the way on is along a rift which exits from the rear of the chamber on the left side. The rift has a couple of false floors in it. The middle level leads to the head of the next pitch: Natural Redundancy (11m) is reached after about 10m. The rope is belayed to a large chock stone at head level, then to a bolt about two inches from a beautifully rounded thread, hence the name. Cyclotron pitch follows immediately, then comes Quark, Strangeness and Charm, a rift passage with many possible traverse levels. In places there are flowstone bosses, and near the roof, some odd tippex stals can be seen. The formations are only notable due to their rarity in the caves of this region.

Cloud ChamberQuark Strangeness & Charm

At the end of QS&C, the passage sweeps round to the left as the floor drops away into Cloud Chamber. The pitch is broken by two rebelays. The grade 5 survey stops about 20m back from the pitch head. The details of the passage leading to the next pitch are uncertain, although the consensus is that it is around 20-30m long, and fairly straight. The lack of information led to the name Amnesia Alleyway. The next pitch is NDE, an acronym for ""Near Death Experience"" , since a party of cavers was flood-pulsed just below this pitch during the initial exploration. This incident also named The Delicate Sound of Thunder, another rift passage with a traverse along to a pitch (Traditional Style - laddered in 1991, marking the end of exploration that year).

After the first 5m slope to a rebelay, Traditional Style drops 12m (with one deviation) to a wide shelf. At the right hand edge is another 12m pitch. This lands in a muddy area which quickly becomes a very muddy steeply descending rift. An 8m pitch (2 bolts, Y-hang) a bit of clambering and a 5m pitch (one bolt) get you to a washing-up-bowl-sized sump at -292m.

5m up on the left hand wall (by the last bit of string) is a muddy crawl. This is below the 'tide-mark' of the sump so is somewhat oppressive. It leads, after 8m to a high parallel rift. A couple of 2m climbs ahead lead back down to another, slightly larger, sump. The rift rises at least 20m, apparently without connecting back to the main descent route.

Piezo de Resistance

From the head of ""Q8"" pitch, an alternative route may be followed along a rift on a fault at 20-200°, hading 80° to the west. Taking the passage to the right, a traverse develops after 10m. Water sinks into a hole in the floor after a further 10m, and beyond this, is a 9m pitch, followed after 10m or so by a longer pitch of 16mm.

Crow's NestThe Chimney

This lands on a ledge with an obvious continuation below, but the route, to keep away from potential water, takes a much more interesting route. It goes up a 6m pitch to the Crow's Nest, a narrow rock rib separating two parts of the shaft. This was originally reached by a bolt traverse round the right hand wall. From the Crow's Nest, The Chimney drops 30m in typical Puffball triangular pitch (elliptical joint-aligned phreas cut down on lower side by vadose action). The rope stays resolutely on the upper side with a series of epic hanging rebelays.

At the bottom a 34m freehang lands in the Darkroom, but the bottom of this is in the waterfall (noted in the Darkroom description), so the route goes through a window near the top of the hang which gives a nice dry 30m hang.",,,,,"In dataset","? grade 5","caves/182/182.svx","1177m","292m","302m",,,,"p182",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,"Bräuning Scharte 180°,Bräuning Zinken 210°, HSK 070°. Journal CU's 1991,92 says VSK 210° but this has to be a typo, maybe 110 ?

Top Camp below the Bräuning wall is on 144° and +01.5° but can't actually be seen from entrance.",,,,,"

Entrance Rift

","Paint","Paint mark may still say ""90/12""","Surveyed", +183,"2/S +",,"90/13",,"plateau/183.htm",,,"Elchfalle",,,"1b","CUCC 1990-1992","A small man-sized hole behind a flake in the obvious fault. Boulder almost blocking entrance was pulled clear in 1992. Descend a boulder pile for 5m then sloping start to an 8m pitch. Strong draught at this point. A few metres of boulder-floored passage lead to another short pitch (5m sloping, then 5m vertical). Another very short passage leads to the third pitch of 10m to a flat boulder floor followed quickly by the fourth pitch rigged clear of a tiny stream by bolts on the roof/far wall. This is again c 10m with a deviation half way to land on more boulders. The water quickly sinks in these, and a little way forward, a hole opens onto a pitch of 6m rigged from a Y-hang. The stream comes down at the east end of this chamber, joined by another inlet from the north, and leaves south to another 5m pitch, quickly followed by another 5m pitch to a terminal rift.",,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/183/183.svx","106m","71m",,,,,"p183",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,"From 182, go N up pavement. Just over crest turn left along sporadically vegetated ledge below 2m wall (to S). After 100m, a large fault is met which contains 183. ",,,"Paint","Paint mark still says ""90/13""","Surveyed", 184,"1/T +",,"90/14",,"plateau/184.htm",,,"Shiruken",,,"1b","Recorded CUCC 1990, descended by Adam ?","It's a sharp narrow canyon and it's a BASTARD. Hence is called Shiruken (the sharp spikey things Ninjas throw).",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p184",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,"From 183, go south up the fault until an area of exposed limestone is met on the left (about 20m). Go left (E) along this exposure up to where the bunde starts and locate a surface stream canyon. This becomes 184 when it goes underground (and it's marked). ",,,"Paint",,"Surveyed", -185,"2/S +",,,,"smkridge/185.htm",,,"Zweijahreentstehungshöhle",,,"2c","CUCC 1990 ","A narrow slot first bolted in 1988 and descended in 1990. First pitch, Fancy a coffee, descends past a small snow plug down to a large(ish) chamber covered with snow which appears to be about 7m deep. A small section to the left lets in a shaft of light, which changes from a wide beam to a narrow one. A low crawl on the left (ice covered) leads to the second pitch Your place or mine ?, a short (3m approx) drop to a ledge, then a longer (10 to 13m) drop down to the floor. The second pitch is slightly wet, with small amounts of water dripping from the roof. A loose climb leads to a tight crawl and even tighter pitch (Marble Sink revisited, JR), which is now named get yer kit off. This descends into a small chamber, where the limestone changes in colour from yellow to blue. A rift then drops into a boulder covered chamber, with a larger boulder choked to the right and a very, very small hole leading to the left for a few metres. The fourth and probably final pitch has been named Came too soon.",,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/185/185.svx",,,,,,,"p185",,,"Nils","gps96.185 gps96bestfit.185","gps00.185",,,,,,"On pavement on the east side of the col between the two Schwarzmooskogels on the usual (89/90) route from Top Camp to 161.",,,,"Paint",,"Surveyed","Paint says 162 (sigh)" +185,"2/S +",,,,"smkridge/185.htm",,,"Zweijahreentstehungshöhle",,,"2c","CUCC 1990 ","A narrow slot first bolted in 1988 and descended in 1990. First pitch, Fancy a coffee, descends past a small snow plug down to a large(ish) chamber covered with snow which appears to be about 7m deep. A small section to the left lets in a shaft of light, which changes from a wide beam to a narrow one. A low crawl on the left (ice covered) leads to the second pitch Your place or mine ?, a short (3m approx) drop to a ledge, then a longer (10 to 13m) drop down to the floor. The second pitch is slightly wet, with small amounts of water dripping from the roof. A loose climb leads to a tight crawl and even tighter pitch (Marble Sink revisited, JR), which is now named get yer kit off. This descends into a small chamber, where the limestone changes in colour from yellow to blue. A rift then drops into a boulder covered chamber, with a larger boulder choked to the right and a very, very small hole leading to the left for a few metres. The fourth and probably final pitch has been named Came too soon.",,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/185/185.svx",,,,,,,"p185",,,"Nils","gps96.185 gps96bestfit.185","gps00.185",,,,,,"On pavement on the east side of the col between the two Schwarzmooskogels on the usual (89/90) route from Top Camp to 161.",,,,"Paint","Paint says 162 (sigh)","Surveyed", 186,"2/S +",,,,"kratzer/186.htm",,,"Rosenkavalierhöhle",,,4,"CUCC 1990 ","Cairn built by entrances. There are three entrances investigated:

Highest is really tight flat out crawl leading to a tightish but passable rift, draughting. Abandoned in favour of a newly collapsed small hole 10m below, at the foot of a small (5m) cliff. This had a very big rock blocking the entrance and rewarded the huge effort required to move it with nearly 5m of passage to a choke and a choked shaft.

10m further down still is the third entrance. A 6m climb down to a large ramp and a rebelay is the start of a 30m pitch. One way at the bottom is an 8m boulder slope climb up to a choke and small aven. The other way is a 2m climb into moonmilk crawl and some tight thrutching and chokes. All thoroughly investigated and not going anywhere.",,,,,,"

sketch survey by William Stead from 1990 logbook",,,,,,,,"p186",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,"(1994 bearings Bräuning Zinken 284.5°, Loser 235°)",,"Near Schwarzmooskogel just before top camp, 50m higher than path and on opposite hillside, where path by Bräuning Nase meets fault running up the mountain.

1994 log shows location (note that the arrow labelled "approx north" is very approx, as it is actually roughly east):

Following the route depicted, if you reach a sandy depression, you have gone too far.",,,,"Tag","This was numbered 185 at the entrance, but this was fixed in 1997, and a metal tag ""CUCC 186"" bolted on. ","Surveyed", -187,"1/S -",,,,"smkridge/187.htm",,,"Schwa Schacht 187",,,"2c","CUCC 1990-","Nearly vertical bedding plane allows a 5m climb from where 5m+ of pitch can be seen and stones thrown down it indicate more.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Bräuning Nase 246°",,,"Up ridge to Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel from 161, Cairn by entrance.",,,"Paint",,"Refindable","Marked ""CUCC 90"". Near 161a" +187,"1/S -",,,,"smkridge/187.htm",,,"Schwa Schacht 187",,,"2c","CUCC 1990-","Nearly vertical bedding plane allows a 5m climb from where 5m+ of pitch can be seen and stones thrown down it indicate more.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Bräuning Nase 246°",,,"Up ridge to Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel from 161, Cairn by entrance.",,,"Paint","Marked ""CUCC 90"". Near 161a","Refindable", 188,"1/T +","a–d",,"yes","plateau/188.htm",,,"Skinrip Durchgange I-VI",,,"1a","CUCC 1990","From memory, the cave consists of two 3m deep surface shafts of diameter two meters, connected by c. 4m of 0.60m diameter horizontal phreas at the bottom. From the shaft nearer the Hinter-SMK the phreas continued for another 5-6m before I ran away as it was getting a bit tight. It could well be skinrip durchgang from the huge description given on the website, and I just never made it as far as the awkward climb. Survey is Grade II.",,,,,,"It is not yet confirmed, but it seems likely that this is the same cave partially surveyed by Phil Underwood in 1997 entitled 'dodgy compost'.",,,,,"""Austria cave systems manual"" has scribbled note ""this number not CUCC's"" so this probably should revert to number CUCC-1990-18?",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"A line of about six entrances near Top Camp.",,"A fun system of openings in a line, all connected by cave, the last of which is a very tricky climb to get out of and is in the middle of Bunde. It contains some snow and ice blockages, making it unpleasant without gear.","The position of Dodgy compost is indicated on this pic:

","Tag",,, ,,"a",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p188",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Surveyed", ,,"b",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Refindable", @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ ,,"d",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p204d",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", ,,"e",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p204e",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", ,,"f",,"last entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p204f",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", -205,"2/S +",,,,"smkridge/205.htm",,,"Nordalpenschacht",,,"2c","CUCC 1999","The main entrance is rigged off a spit and naturals and drops around 8m, via a natural deviation at a ledge, to a small chamber. A crawl leads off from here at head height for some distance, but closes off. The way on is to continue straight down through the floor of this chamber, through fairly solidly wedged boulders (quite tight) using the rope rigged on the entrance pitch. This lands at the head of a walking sized rift heading steeply down. There are two small passages in the wall where the rope comes down [these connect to the horizontal entrance of Nordalpenhöhle, see below]. Clamber down the rift. At the bottom is the snow plug from the second entrance. It is possible to cross the snow plug. At the far side, the passage closes down and is mud filled with no draught.

The way on is a flat-out crawl under the right wall, immediately before the snow plug. The crawl was dug because it was draughting out quite strongly. Once under the wall, the roof immediately rises to comfortable crawling height and the passage widens. After 5m, roomy phreatic passage is reached, around 5m wide and 3m high. A roof tube leads off to the right. It can also be reached by a roof crawl from further down the passage on the left. The tube leads to two small chambers and ends in a too-tight rift.

The floor of the main passage starts to drop away as the passage turns to the right, leaving a ledge along the left wall. A trickle of water enters at floor level. A pitch is rigged off the ledge using spits in the left wall. This pitch drops 10m and ends in a choked chamber. An exposed traverse on the left, beyond the pitch head, leads to a choked tube. Directly across from the pitch head, a further roof tube also chokes.

The third horizontal entrance begins with a flat out crawl in sticky mud, and reaches a small, low chamber. The low passage continues as hands and knees crawling. This passes a window on the left which looks into the snow-filled shaft (the second entrance). Straight ahead and a little further, an eyehole looks into the chamber which the first entrance pitch lands in. Continuing on, straddling over a rock ridge leads to two further eyeholes which look into the sloping rift passage where the rope ends from the first entrance pitch.",,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/205/205.svx","91m","39m",,,,"p205tag","p205",,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.205",,,,,,"(tagged point might be the start of underground survey, main entrance, ~2m from tag)",,"The main (first) entrance is a 2m x 0.5m shaft around 5m higher and 7m away from a larger, snow-plugged shaft (the second entrance), which in turn is just above a snow field, a little higher than the Eishöhle path. Both entrances lie on an obvious fault line which heads uphill for around 100m. If the fault line is followed up to just past a squeeze through bunde, you can turn left for around 100m to reach the entrance to 1623/136, Steinschlagschacht.

A third, horizontal entrance is found by heading down to the snow filled shaft (the second entrance) and traversing left beneath a small cliff for around 20m. This leads to a low, unobvious hole at foot height, noticed because it was draughting out quite strongly. There is a surface survey to this third entrance from the first entrance.",,"Retag","tag at main entrance ""CUCC 1999-01""","Surveyed", +205,"2/S +",,,,"smkridge/205.htm",,,"Nordalpenschacht",,,"2c","CUCC 1999","The main entrance is rigged off a spit and naturals and drops around 8m, via a natural deviation at a ledge, to a small chamber. A crawl leads off from here at head height for some distance, but closes off. The way on is to continue straight down through the floor of this chamber, through fairly solidly wedged boulders (quite tight) using the rope rigged on the entrance pitch. This lands at the head of a walking sized rift heading steeply down. There are two small passages in the wall where the rope comes down [these connect to the horizontal entrance of Nordalpenhöhle, see below]. Clamber down the rift. At the bottom is the snow plug from the second entrance. It is possible to cross the snow plug. At the far side, the passage closes down and is mud filled with no draught.

The way on is a flat-out crawl under the right wall, immediately before the snow plug. The crawl was dug because it was draughting out quite strongly. Once under the wall, the roof immediately rises to comfortable crawling height and the passage widens. After 5m, roomy phreatic passage is reached, around 5m wide and 3m high. A roof tube leads off to the right. It can also be reached by a roof crawl from further down the passage on the left. The tube leads to two small chambers and ends in a too-tight rift.

The floor of the main passage starts to drop away as the passage turns to the right, leaving a ledge along the left wall. A trickle of water enters at floor level. A pitch is rigged off the ledge using spits in the left wall. This pitch drops 10m and ends in a choked chamber. An exposed traverse on the left, beyond the pitch head, leads to a choked tube. Directly across from the pitch head, a further roof tube also chokes.

The third horizontal entrance begins with a flat out crawl in sticky mud, and reaches a small, low chamber. The low passage continues as hands and knees crawling. This passes a window on the left which looks into the snow-filled shaft (the second entrance). Straight ahead and a little further, an eyehole looks into the chamber which the first entrance pitch lands in. Continuing on, straddling over a rock ridge leads to two further eyeholes which look into the sloping rift passage where the rope ends from the first entrance pitch.",,,,,"In dataset","In 1996-9 NotKH book (to be scanned)","caves/205/205.svx","91m","39m",,,,"p205tag","p205",,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.205",,,,,,"(tagged point might be the start of underground survey, main entrance, ~2m from tag)",,"The main (first) entrance is a 2m x 0.5m shaft around 5m higher and 7m away from a larger, snow-plugged shaft (the second entrance), which in turn is just above a snow field, a little higher than the Eishöhle path. Both entrances lie on an obvious fault line which heads uphill for around 100m. If the fault line is followed up to just past a squeeze through bunde, you can turn left for around 100m to reach the entrance to 1623/136, Steinschlagschacht.

A third, horizontal entrance is found by heading down to the snow filled shaft (the second entrance) and traversing left beneath a small cliff for around 20m. This leads to a low, unobvious hole at foot height, noticed because it was draughting out quite strongly. There is a surface survey to this third entrance from the first entrance.",,"Retag","tag at main entrance ""CUCC 1999-01""","Surveyed", 206,,"a–g",,"yes","noinfo/smkridge/206.html",,,"7-Eingangshöhle",,,"2b",,,,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/206/206.svx",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,"a",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p206",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Surveyed", ,,"b",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, @@ -278,13 +278,13 @@ ,,"b",,"last entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p215b",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag","tag as 215b in 2001",, 216,,,"2000-06",,"smkridge/216.html",,,"Nichts 50",,,"2b",,,,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/216/216.svx",,,,,,,"p216",,"p216x","Nils",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag","tag as 216 in 2001","Surveyed", 217,,,"2000-07",,"smkridge/217.html",,,"Schneepfropfenhöhle",,,"2b","CUCC ?Wookey","? Wookey",,,,,,"? wookey.",,,,,,,,"p217",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,"? wookey","? wookey","? wookey","? wookey","Tag",,"Surveyed", -218,"1/S =",,"1996WK6",,"smkridge/218.html",,,"Hammerkopfabsturtzhöhle",,,"2c","CUCC 1996 (Wookey)","A narrow rift entrance 4m deep leads to a tight squeeze needing caving gear (and maybe some hammering). An estimated 6m drop lies beyond the constriction.",,,,,,"? wookey.",,,,,,,,"p218",,,"Surface survey","gps96.218 gps96bestfit.218","gps00.218",,,,"Grießkogel: 354°, HSK (rightmost peak) 018°",,"Holes CUCC1996WK5 and CUCC1996WK6 are close together, at GPS fix GK 5411291 5282969. (Converted from GPS: E 36414 N (52)82369 H?, Averaged from GPS: E 36417 N (52)82366 H? )","On return from 161d, whilst heading up gully towards the col (and survey point Vd1), turn off left heading for top of VSK.",,,"Retag","tag 2000 as WOOK6","Surveyed","Tag still has old provisional number" -219,"1/S -",,"1996WK5",,"smkridge/219.html",,,"Tertaeingfester",,,"2c","CUCC 1996 (Wookey)","Cave in rift with two vertical ways in, both c 5m deep. There is a tight third way in at an angle. The floor of the rift chokes.",,,,,,"? wookey.",,,,,,,,"p219",,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.219",,,,"Grießkogel: 354°, HSK (rightmost peak) 018°",,"Holes CUCC1996WK5 and CUCC1996WK6 are close together, at GPS fix GK 5411291 5282969. (Converted from GPS: E 36414 N (52)82369 H?, Averaged from GPS: E 36417 N (52)82366 H? )","On return from 161d, whilst heading up gully towards the col (and survey point Vd1), turn off left heading for top of VSK.",,,"Retag","tag 2000 as WOOK5","Surveyed","Tag still has old provisional number" +218,"1/S =",,"1996WK6",,"smkridge/218.html",,,"Hammerkopfabsturtzhöhle",,,"2c","CUCC 1996 (Wookey)","A narrow rift entrance 4m deep leads to a tight squeeze needing caving gear (and maybe some hammering). An estimated 6m drop lies beyond the constriction.",,,,,,"? wookey.",,,,,,,,"p218",,,"Surface survey","gps96.218 gps96bestfit.218","gps00.218",,,,"Grießkogel: 354°, HSK (rightmost peak) 018°",,"Holes CUCC1996WK5 and CUCC1996WK6 are close together, at GPS fix GK 5411291 5282969. (Converted from GPS: E 36414 N (52)82369 H?, Averaged from GPS: E 36417 N (52)82366 H? )","On return from 161d, whilst heading up gully towards the col (and survey point Vd1), turn off left heading for top of VSK.",,,"Retag","tag 2000 as WOOK6","Surveyed", +219,"1/S -",,"1996WK5",,"smkridge/219.html",,,"Tertaeingfester",,,"2c","CUCC 1996 (Wookey)","Cave in rift with two vertical ways in, both c 5m deep. There is a tight third way in at an angle. The floor of the rift chokes.",,,,,,"? wookey.",,,,,,,,"p219",,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.219",,,,"Grießkogel: 354°, HSK (rightmost peak) 018°",,"Holes CUCC1996WK5 and CUCC1996WK6 are close together, at GPS fix GK 5411291 5282969. (Converted from GPS: E 36414 N (52)82369 H?, Averaged from GPS: E 36417 N (52)82366 H? )","On return from 161d, whilst heading up gully towards the col (and survey point Vd1), turn off left heading for top of VSK.",,,"Retag","tag 2000 as WOOK5","Surveyed", 220,"1/T +",,"2000-04",,"smkridge/220.html",,,"Kennedy Alternative",,,"1c","CUCC 2000 (Wookey, Olly B, Andy A)","Descending joint-controlled cave about 10m long, choked at end/bottom.",,,,"2000 log book (2000/08/01)",,"? wookey.",,,,,,,"p220",,,,"GPS post SA",,,,,,,,"Very close to 145b","? wookey","? wookey","? Apparently on Julian Todd's camera","Tag (?)",,"Surveyed", 221,,,,,,,,"?",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, -222,"1/S -",,"1996-04",,"smkridge/222.html",,,"Gösserhöhle",,,"2d","CUCC 1993 (only marked “+""), 1996","Large space at foot of 5m cliff in very broken area. 5 x 1.8m shaft bridged by chockstone, 8m deep to a sloping choked floor.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p222",,,"Surface survey","gps96bestfit.96_04","gps00.96_04 gps00.96_04a",,,,"VSK (probably true summit): 213°, ?? (not Hollweiser - nearest peak across Hochklapf valley): 114°",,"East of HSK summit, in an area of small shafts (north of CUCC 96-02, south of 96-03)",,,,"Retag","A spit with tag ""CUCC 9604"" placed in 1996 and a red ""+"" next to chockstone on east side opposite cliff.","Surveyed","Tag still has old provisional number" -223,"1/S +",,"1996-03",,"smkridge/223.html",,,"Eggenbergschacht",,,"2d","CUCC 1993 (only marked “+""), drawn + tagged 1996, surveyed 2000","Cave appears as narrow slot. Two tight holes after 6m climb down gives p10 to choked floor & quite large chamber 10 x 5m floor area.","Ladder required",,,,,"? wookey.",,,,,,,,"p223",,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.96_03",,,,"VSK (probably true summit): 213°, ?? (not Hollweiser - nearest peak across Hochklapf valley): 114°",,"East of HSK summit, in an area of small shafts (north of CUCC 96-02 and 96-04)","See 2000 survey",,"

","Retag","A spit with tag ""CUCC 96-03"" placed in 1996 and a red ""+"", both on wall of doline facing north.","Surveyed","Tag may still have old provisional number" -224,"1/S +",,"1996-02",,"smkridge/224.html",,,"Toplesscayonhöhle ",,,"2d","CUCC 1993 (only marked “+""), explored 1996, surveyed 2000","Cave is exposed section of canyon formed on a bend. Bridge of roof remains at one point, separating the two entrances. At the bottom of the canyon (~8m deep) about 10m of descending rift is accessible with a climb back up part way along. All choked.","No tackle required",,,,,"? plan, elevation",,,,,,,,"p224",,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.96_02",,,,"VSK (probably true summit): 213°, ?? (not Hollweiser - nearest peak across Hochklapf valley): 114°",,"East of HSK summit, in an area of small shafts (south of CUCC 96-03 and 96-04)","area map notKH p23.",,,"Retag","A spit with tag ""CUCC 9602"" placed in 1996 and a red ""+"", on wall of canyon, facing west.","Surveyed","Tag may still have old provisional number" +222,"1/S -",,"1996-04",,"smkridge/222.html",,,"Gösserhöhle",,,"2d","CUCC 1993 (only marked “+""), 1996","Large space at foot of 5m cliff in very broken area. 5 x 1.8m shaft bridged by chockstone, 8m deep to a sloping choked floor.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p222",,,"Surface survey","gps96bestfit.96_04","gps00.96_04 gps00.96_04a",,,,"VSK (probably true summit): 213°, ?? (not Hollweiser - nearest peak across Hochklapf valley): 114°",,"East of HSK summit, in an area of small shafts (north of CUCC 96-02, south of 96-03)",,,,"Retag","A spit with tag ""CUCC 9604"" placed in 1996 and a red ""+"" next to chockstone on east side opposite cliff.","Surveyed", +223,"1/S +",,"1996-03",,"smkridge/223.html",,,"Eggenbergschacht",,,"2d","CUCC 1993 (only marked “+""), drawn + tagged 1996, surveyed 2000","Cave appears as narrow slot. Two tight holes after 6m climb down gives p10 to choked floor & quite large chamber 10 x 5m floor area.","Ladder required",,,,,"? wookey.",,,,,,,,"p223",,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.96_03",,,,"VSK (probably true summit): 213°, ?? (not Hollweiser - nearest peak across Hochklapf valley): 114°",,"East of HSK summit, in an area of small shafts (north of CUCC 96-02 and 96-04)","See 2000 survey",,"

","Retag","A spit with tag ""CUCC 96-03"" placed in 1996 and a red ""+"", both on wall of doline facing north.","Surveyed", +224,"1/S +",,"1996-02",,"smkridge/224.html",,,"Toplesscayonhöhle ",,,"2d","CUCC 1993 (only marked “+""), explored 1996, surveyed 2000","Cave is exposed section of canyon formed on a bend. Bridge of roof remains at one point, separating the two entrances. At the bottom of the canyon (~8m deep) about 10m of descending rift is accessible with a climb back up part way along. All choked.","No tackle required",,,,,"? plan, elevation",,,,,,,,"p224",,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.96_02",,,,"VSK (probably true summit): 213°, ?? (not Hollweiser - nearest peak across Hochklapf valley): 114°",,"East of HSK summit, in an area of small shafts (south of CUCC 96-03 and 96-04)","area map notKH p23.",,,"Retag","A spit with tag ""CUCC 9602"" placed in 1996 and a red ""+"", on wall of canyon, facing west.","Surveyed", 225,"?",,"90 ADAM",,,,,"Jahrzehnschacht",,,"2c","CUCC 1990",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"On the old path to 161, on a bit where you're walking over soil-like stuff, just near the ankle-breaking hole. Probably around halfway between 146 and 147.",,,,"Tag (?)",,"Refindable", 226,,"a b","1999OB03","yes","plateau/226.html",,,"Skaschacht",,,"1a",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"226b tagged in 2001 as 226, 226a untagged",, ,,"a",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p226a",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Unmarked",,"Surveyed", @@ -369,9 +369,9 @@ ,,,"BS1-16",,,,,,,"UBSS finds - no documentation",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Lost", ,"2/S +",,"BS17",,"noinfo/remote/bs17.htm",,,"Organhöhle",,,6,"UBSS 1990","A deep and serious cave in a very remote location, with numerous Puits en bayonettes, from which rescue would be virtually impossible after a tortuous tube at -100m.

The 1m diameter entrance is followed by a walking sized phreatic passage with further entrances in the roof. This continues to a four-way junction. Straight on soon chokes at a boulder slope. Up to the left, the passage winds back to a further entrance. The way on is down to the right. The 5m high passage continues, passing low crawls on the left and right to a point where the roof lowers and the passage is split horizontally. The lower passage leads to an extensive series of low crawls whilst the upper passage continues to a squeeze past a debris cone with a distinct draught. Past the debris cone the passage splits again. The right hand passage chokes soon after a 12m pitch but the left hand passage carries on as a hands and knees crawl, crosses a blind 4m pit and soon reaches the first pitch.

A fine descent of 66m in a large shaft lands on a boulder ledge with the second pitch following on immediately. This descends 50m to a 15cm wide rift. Although there is a possible continuation beyond, this would require considerable effort to enter and was not pushed. A climb up to a window above the second pitch (krab and sling left rigged) gains a climb down to the boulder-strewn foot of an aven and a horizontal tube going off (not explored). 13m down the second pitch, Fledermaus ledge can be gained, with a passage leading off to Fledermaus pitch, named for the quantities of bat skeletons at its head. This 27m descent reaches about the same level as the base of the second pitch, and is blind except for a small slot in one wall. Traversing over Fledermaus leads to a small chamber with two tubes leading off, both draughting. The left tube becomes too tight, but a pitch can be seen beyond the constriction. The right tube is the Organ Grinder.

The Organ Grinder is 46m of exceedingly tortuous passage - nowhere extremely tight but twisting and turning, rising and falling, requiring a unique combination of contortions. It is best tackled feet first on the way in (head first on the way out) until a flat out crawl near the end which leads to the crux: a U-bend, best approached head first on the descent. This is even more difficult on the return, when it is best tackled feet first. UBSS's times to pass this passage varied from 10 minutes to 3½ hours, with an average of 20 minutes. There is just room to replace SRT gear before the following pitch. The return of an injured person through this tube would be almost impossible without extensive modification of the cave.

The third pitch descends 42m, passing two windows, to a floor with no way on. From the foot of the pitch, a 3m climb up to a ledge reveals two climbs down. One of thse is blind, but the other leads to an undescended pitch of c20m.

Both of the windows in the third pitch connect with Topher's pitch, and the lower one was rigged. From here the pitch is 86m with a large ledge near the bottom. At the foot, a window leads to an aven, whilst in the opposite wall, another window looks onto the fifth pitch, Toccata and Feuge (sic).

Toccata and Feuge is best descended from a ledge above the large ledge in Topher's pitch. Rigged mainly from flakes and threads, it drops in a series of steps, 39m in total. A small hole in the floor drops into a chamber with no passable way on - just two exits, both too tight. 10m back up the pitch, a ledge can be gained and is the start of the Rift Climb. This is a 40m descent, and is best rigged as a self-lined climb. The rift continues for some distance horizontally, but has not been followed. Below the Rift climb, the head of another pitch can be gained, but great care should be exercised in the Rift Climb and this following pitch (The Pitch of the Flying Boulders) as there are many loose rocks, which, when dislodged, fall the full depth of both pitches. From the bottom of Topher's Pitch to the head of PotFB, many fossils of ""large bivalves and snails on sticks"" protrude up to 25mm from the rock.

The PotFB was rigged from a thread and is somewhat awkward for 6m to a rebelay, after which it hangs free. The 32m descent lands in The Hall of the Flying Boulders, which again contains much loose rock, choking the floor level. However, a 2m climb up a mudbank leads to an impressive phreatic passage. A pit in the floor of this passage drops to a chamber with a deep well. Passing this, and a smaller side passage on he left, one soon reaches Another Bloody Pitch with a strong draught at the head. The side passage also joins this pitch. Another Bloody Pitch is 31m, but ends blind. A window part way down reaches a further shaft of 36m, also blind, but this is the deepest explored point, at -295m.

From the head of Another Bloody Pitch, a continuation of the phreatic passage can be seen, but will not be reached without a serious bolted traverse. It is thought that this is the main way on, at c260m depth.",,,," The above description is adapted from the UBSS report in Newsletter Vol 6 No. 3, November 1990. ",,"Grade 3c survey on cover of UBSS Nls 6(3), 11/90",,"235m","295m",,,,,,,,,,,,,"1950m",,,"About 300m along the north side of the ridge running east from Hohes Augst-Eck, about 50m from the summit of the ridge at the foot of a 5m cliff, a 1m diameter tube. [no surface survey info or coordinates].",,,,,,"Lost", ,,,"BS18-nn?",,,,,,,"UBSS finds - no documentation",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Lost", -,"+ (?)",,"HFG-KA88",,"smkridge/hfg-ka88.html",,,,,,"2b","Franco-German group 1988",,,,,"See 2002 logbook entry (2002-08-05)",,,,,,,,,,"gps01.phfg-ka88",,,,,,,,,,,"Close to 163, down a couple of ledges from 2001-08.",,"Nice sloping shaft on a rift/diaclase","Photos taken 2002 but apparently lost","Paint","Hard to read (originally read as BFG-KA88). Also a red splodge which is more likely to be a + than a -","Surveyed", +,"+ (?)",,"HFG-KA88",,"smkridge/hfg-ka88.html",,,,,,"2b","Franco-German group 1988",,,,,"See 2002 logbook entry (2002-08-05)",,,,,,,,,,"gps02olly.hfg-ka88",,,,,,,,,,,"Close to 163, down a couple of ledges from 2001-08.",,"Nice sloping shaft on a rift/diaclase","Photos taken 2002 but apparently lost","Paint","Hard to read (originally read as BFG-KA88). Also a red splodge which is more likely to be a + than a -","Surveyed", ,,,"88H",,,,,,,"GSCB","2b",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Refindable","Has been seen recently (1998)" -,,,"88F",,,,,,,"GSCB","2b",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag","tag VSS188F 2002","Refindable","Has been seen recently (2002)" +,,,"88F",,"smkridge/88f.html",,,,,"GSCB","2b",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps02olly.88f",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag","tag VSS188F 2002","Refindable","Has been seen recently (2002)" ,,,"1987/02",,"plateau/1987_02.html",,,,,,"1c","? GSCB exploration",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"100m up from 157 and 0/5",,,,,,"Lost", ,,,"1989/01",,,,,,,"Probably 195. See 165 for more details.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"North of 165",,,,"Unmarked",,"Lost","May be 195 but seems unlikely; or 196" ,,,"1990-15",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Paint","Numbered erroneously as ""185"" ","Lost","AERW doesn't know where to find it" @@ -386,18 +386,18 @@ ,,,"1999-OB-02",,"plateau/1999-ob-02.html",,,,,,"1d","CUCC 1999 (Olly Betts)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"BN 211 BZ 229 HSK 061",,,,,,,,"Refindable", ,,,"1999_MS_01",,"smkridge/1999_ms_01.html",,,,,,"2b","CUCC 1999 (Mark Shinwell)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps00.99ms01",,,,,,,,,,,,"Surveyed", ,,,"1999_MS_02",,"smkridge/1999_ms_02.html",,,,,,"2b","CUCC 1999 (Mark Shinwell)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps00.99ms02",,,,,,,,,,,,"Surveyed", -,"1/T +",,"2000-AA-01",,"plateau/2000-aa-01.html",,,"Dämmerunghöhle","Twilight Cave",,"1a","Has a ""+"" mark of unknown provenance. Rediscovered and surveyed by CUCC (Andy A and Wookey) 2000","Surface pit 6m deep, choked at bottom.","Maybe some rope, I don't know.",,,"See 2000 logbook entry (August 9th).","In dataset","

Notes in 2000#34","caves/2000-aa-01/2000-aa-01.svx","10.2m","6.35m","7.98m",,,"p2000-aa-01",,,,,,,,,,,,"On path between 171 and 172.","From old Top Camp",,"A photo is alleged to have been taken in 2000 but has apparently been lost.","Tag","Tagged ""2000-aa-01"" in 2000","Surveyed", +,"1/T +",,"2000-AA-01",,"plateau/2000-aa-01.html",,,"Schönschrifthöhle","Calligraphy Cave",,"1a","Has a ""+"" mark of unknown provenance. Rediscovered and surveyed by CUCC (Andy A and Wookey) 2000","Surface pit 6m deep, choked at bottom.","Maybe some rope, I don't know.",,,"See 2000 logbook entry (August 9th).","In dataset","

Notes in 2000#34","caves/2000-aa-01/2000-aa-01.svx","10.2m","6.35m","7.98m",,,"p2000-aa-01",,,,,,,,,,,,"On path between 171 and 172.","From old Top Camp",,"A photo is alleged to have been taken in 2000 but has apparently been lost.","Tag","Tagged ""2000-aa-01"" in 2000","Surveyed", ,"1/? +",,"2000-02",,"smkridge/2000-02/2000-02.html",,,,,,"2c","Has a ""+"" mark of unknown provenance. Relocated by Wookey, Andy W and Julian T in 1996; GPSsed and tagged Andy A and Wookey 2000","? Wookey","? Wookey",,,"See 2000 logbook entry (July 30th)",,,,,,,,,,"p2000-02",,,"GPS post SA",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag","Tagged ""2000-02"" in 2000",, ,"1/S +",,"2000-08",,"smkridge/2000-08/2000-08.htm",,,"Grabenkrieghöhle","Trench Warfare Cave",,"2d","Originally noted, but not descended, by Duncan in 2000. Has quite a history of getting reexplored regularly as people explore it and forget to record that it doesn't go: CUCC 2000 (Duncan), 2002 (MikeTA), 2003 (Mark S), 2004 (Dave L)","Short pitch (~6m) from chossy naturals leads to large (~4m wide) unroofed passage. Uphill leads to rift, which is choked (corresponding to nearby choked surface rift). Downhill passes a wedged rock to a climb down onto a snowbank. Right is blind, left descends and leads to a blind pit with a too-tight continuation (looks diggable though).",,"Plausible dig.",,,,,,"~20m","~10m","~15m",,,,"p2000-08",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,"The large entrance is adjacent to the route used in 2000 onwards across the plateau to Steinbrückenhöhle, shortly before arriving at the stone bridge. It lies almost directly above the huge aven of 7-11 Chamber in 204; the vertical separation, however, is of the order of 120m.",,,"

","Tag",,"Surveyed", ,"1/T +",,"2001-02",,"smkridge/2001-02/2001-02.html",,,,,,"2d","CUCC 2001 MikeTA","Small downhill crawl, choked after around 1.5 body lengths.",,,,"2001 logbook",,,,,,,,,,"p2001-02",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Spit awaiting tag",,"Surveyed", ,"?",,"2001-03",,"smkridge/2001-03/2001-03.html",,,,,,"2d","CUCC 2001 MikeTA","No description extant",,,,"2001 logbook",,,,,,,,,,"p2001-03",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Spit awaiting tag",,"Surveyed", -,"-",,"2001-06",,"smkridge/2001-06/2001-06.html",,,"Erbärmlichbaumhöhle","Sorry Tree Cave",,"2b","Entrance noted CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps01.p2001-06",,,,,,,,,,,"In the vicinity of the Eishöhle portal row",,,"

 

","Tag",,"Surveyed", -,"=",,"2001-07",,"smkridge/2001-07/2001-07.html",,,"Hoffnungschacht","Hope Shaft",,"2b","Entrance noted CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin; partial descent 2002 Wookey","Shaft entrance has good flake to rig off. Ledge at -8m then another at -11, now into wider rift. 2 rope protectors required as rock is very sharp. Bottoms at -22m. Choked floor. Can see through to continuation below but not suitable for exploration in shorts + T-shirt so not pushed. Draughts inwards if at all, not strongly. ","2 hangers, some rope, 2 protectors","Continuation at bottom of shaft",,"See 2002 logbook entry (2002-08-05)",,"? wookey (grade 2 sketch)",,"22m","22m",,"Marked on Olly's GPS as ""RATTLE"", owing to the impressive sound on throwing rocks down",,,"gps01.p2001-07",,,,,,,,,,,"Above Eishöhle portal row area, somewhat east across choss bowl from 237 and 2001-08",,,"Photos taken 2002 but apparently lost","Spit","Tag bolt placed but no tags to hand","Surveyed", -,"+",,"2001-08",,"smkridge/2001-08/2001-08.html",,,"Schneeoberlichtschacht","Snow Skylight Shaft",,"2b","CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin; CUCC 2002 Olly B, Wookey","Descended from single thread over a few rubs to reach bottom. Very photogenic inside. Checked out thoroughly - it doesn't go.","20m rope minimum",,,"See 2002 logbook entry (2002-08-05)",,"? wookey (grade 2 sketch)",,,,,,,,"gps01.p2001-08",,,,,,,,,,,"Above Eishöhle portal row area, close to 237 (""c"" entrance is just 10m away from 237c)","As for 237","""A"" entrance is impressive view down a hole in an alcove to sunlit snow below. Top shaft entrance ""B"" is hidden in bunde above - big 5m diameter shaft. Third ent ""C"" is narrow rift connecting to alcove. ","Photos taken 2002 but apparently lost","Spit","Tag bolt at ""a"" entrance (but no tag?)","Surveyed", -,"-",,"2001-09",,"smkridge/2001-09/2001-09.html",,,"Funkberaterschacht","Electrician's Shaft",,"2b","Entrance noted CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin",,,,,,"Claimed to be in dataset (not clear where)",,,,,,,,,"gps01.p2001-09",,,,,,,,,,,"In the vicinity of the Eishöhle portal row",,,"

 

","Tag",,"Surveyed", -,"+",,"2001-10",,"smkridge/2001-10/2001-10.html",,,"Großarbeithöhle","Big Job Cave",,"2b","Entrance noted CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin","Free-climbable entrance. Chokes to right; may be diggable to left.",,,,"2002 logbook (2002-08-18)",,,,,,,,,,"gps01.p2001-10",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", -,"+",,"2001-11",,"smkridge/2001-11/2001-11.html",,,"Schnürsenkelschacht","Bootlace Shaft",,"2b","Entrance noted CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin. Descended 2002 Olly B","Free-climbable shaft. Doesn't go.",,,,"2002 logbook (2002-08-18)",,,,,,,,,,"gps01.p2001-11",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", -,"=",,"2001-12",,"smkridge/2001-12/2001-12.html",,,"Unnotiggewohnlichkeitschacht","Uncalled-for Vulgarity Shaft",,"2b","Apparently explored previously by VfHM. Rediscovered by CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin but not descended. Descended 2002 Olly B","Large doline entrance can be descended by abseiling or free-climb. At the bottom is a small tunnel which gets smaller - probably too tight, but may be diggable. Can also squeeze through along fault into next, smaller doline, but no further. In the opposite direction is a rift connecting to a second entrance which had a VfHM spit in 2002, where there is a draughting hole in the floor. This gives access to a rift which becomes too tight at ground level; it may be possible to traverse above but it is loose and ""unappealing"".",,"One awkward rift.",,"2002 logbook (2002-08-18)",,,,,,,,,,"gps01.p2001-12",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", +,"-",,"2001-06",,"smkridge/2001-06/2001-06.html",,,"Erbärmlichbaumhöhle","Sorry Tree Cave",,"2b","Entrance noted CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps02olly.2001-06",,,,,,,,,,,"In the vicinity of the Eishöhle portal row",,,"

 

","Tag",,"Surveyed", +,"=",,"2001-07",,"smkridge/2001-07/2001-07.html",,,"Hoffnungschacht","Hope Shaft",,"2b","Entrance noted CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin; partial descent 2002 Wookey","Shaft entrance has good flake to rig off. Ledge at -8m then another at -11, now into wider rift. 2 rope protectors required as rock is very sharp. Bottoms at -22m. Choked floor. Can see through to continuation below but not suitable for exploration in shorts + T-shirt so not pushed. Draughts inwards if at all, not strongly. ","2 hangers, some rope, 2 protectors","Continuation at bottom of shaft",,"See 2002 logbook entry (2002-08-05)",,"? wookey (grade 2 sketch)",,"22m","22m",,"Marked on Olly's GPS as ""RATTLE"", owing to the impressive sound on throwing rocks down",,,"gps02olly.2001-07",,,,,,,,,,,"Above Eishöhle portal row area, somewhat east across choss bowl from 237 and 2001-08",,,"Photos taken 2002 but apparently lost","Spit","Tag bolt placed but no tags to hand","Surveyed", +,"+",,"2001-08",,"smkridge/2001-08/2001-08.html",,,"Schneeoberlichtschacht","Snow Skylight Shaft",,"2b","CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin; CUCC 2002 Olly B, Wookey","Descended from single thread over a few rubs to reach bottom. Very photogenic inside. Checked out thoroughly - it doesn't go.","20m rope minimum",,,"See 2002 logbook entry (2002-08-05)",,"? wookey (grade 2 sketch)",,,,,,,,"gps02olly.2001-08",,,,,,,,,,,"Above Eishöhle portal row area, close to 237 (""c"" entrance is just 10m away from 237c)","As for 237","""A"" entrance is impressive view down a hole in an alcove to sunlit snow below. Top shaft entrance ""B"" is hidden in bunde above - big 5m diameter shaft. Third ent ""C"" is narrow rift connecting to alcove. ","Photos taken 2002 but apparently lost","Spit","Tag bolt at ""a"" entrance (but no tag?)","Surveyed", +,"-",,"2001-09",,"smkridge/2001-09/2001-09.html",,,"Funkberaterschacht","Electrician's Shaft",,"2b","Entrance noted CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin",,,,,,"Claimed to be in dataset (not clear where)",,,,,,,,,"gps02olly.2001-09",,,,,,,,,,,"In the vicinity of the Eishöhle portal row",,,"

 

","Tag",,"Surveyed", +,"+",,"2001-10",,"smkridge/2001-10/2001-10.html",,,"Großarbeithöhle","Big Job Cave",,"2b","Entrance noted CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin","Free-climbable entrance. Chokes to right; may be diggable to left.",,,,"2002 logbook (2002-08-18)",,,,,,,,,,"gps02olly.2001-10",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", +,"+",,"2001-11",,"smkridge/2001-11/2001-11.html",,,"Schnürsenkelschacht","Bootlace Shaft",,"2b","Entrance noted CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin. Descended 2002 Olly B","Free-climbable shaft. Doesn't go.",,,,"2002 logbook (2002-08-18)",,,,,,,,,,"gps02olly.2001-11",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", +,"=",,"2001-12",,"smkridge/2001-12/2001-12.html",,,"Unnotiggewohnlichkeitschacht","Uncalled-for Vulgarity Shaft",,"2b","Apparently explored previously by VfHM. Rediscovered by CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin but not descended. Descended 2002 Olly B","Large doline entrance can be descended by abseiling or free-climb. At the bottom is a small tunnel which gets smaller - probably too tight, but may be diggable. Can also squeeze through along fault into next, smaller doline, but no further. In the opposite direction is a rift connecting to a second entrance which had a VfHM spit in 2002, where there is a draughting hole in the floor. This gives access to a rift which becomes too tight at ground level; it may be possible to traverse above but it is loose and ""unappealing"".",,"One awkward rift.",,"2002 logbook (2002-08-18)",,,,,,,,,,"gps02olly.2001-12",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", ,"=",,"2001-MS-01",,"smkridge/bogen.html",,,"Bogenhöhle",,,"1c","Origin obscure; surveyed 2001 Mark S, Mike Cox",,,,,,"In dataset",,"surface/bogen.svx",,,,,,"tbogen",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,"This cave is somewhat mysterious; it may in fact be the ""second cave with a walk-in entrance"" mentioned in the 157 description, but that is described as being 100m from Laser 0/5, whereas this is more like 30m (or 60m to the further entrance).",,"Tag","Tag, apparently, but what the tag says is unclear!","Surveyed", ,"1/S =",,"2002-OB-01",,"smkridge/2002-ob-01/2002-ob-01.html",,,,,,"2b","CUCC 2002 Wookey, Olly Betts","Unobvious shaft entrance looks choked but can in fact be climbed down 7m to look into largish chamber (~6m across). Needs rope for descent. ","Rope + SRT gear",,,,,"? Wookey / Olly (sketch)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"8m off the left side of the path shortly after leaving 40s before steep section past 40f",,,"Photos of entrance and approach view taken 2002 but apparently lost","Spit","Tag bolt placed but no tags to hand","Refindable", ,"1/S +",,"2002-W-01",,"smkridge/2002-w-01/2002-w-01.html",,,,,,"2b","Almost certainly seen before but documented CUCC 2002 Olly B, Wookey","5m deep rift, snow at bottom. Upper end chokes, lower end continues into narrow canyon going in direction of 40s. There is a vocal connection at the start of this canyon to 217. (Light can just be seen - far too narrow to pass.)",,,,"2002 logbook (2002-08-05)",,"? wookey (grade 3-4)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"20m directly below 229 and 15m away from 40s",,,,"Spit","Tag bolt placed but no tags to hand","Refindable", diff --git a/noinfo/prospecting_guide.html b/noinfo/prospecting_guide.html index 836e23cfc..72a5b62de 100644 --- a/noinfo/prospecting_guide.html +++ b/noinfo/prospecting_guide.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ prospecting guide -

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Notes:

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ 227 (1999OB04)Faultienschacht35503825031649Tag B6CUCC 1976/B6Lost1/S +Small shaft on plateau just over the col. It is believed that this has not been found since 1976, despite a number of searches. B10CUCC 1976/B10Refindable1/S +Lies in maze of karren north of B9. -2000-AA-01Dämmerunghöhle35459826521652Tag1/T + +2000-AA-01Schönschrifthöhle35459826521652Tag1/T + 1996-X01Sheep Cave35426822611733Unmarked1/T +

   1b – Western plateau near 182

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ - + @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ - + @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ - + @@ -198,14 +198,14 @@ - + - - - + + + @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ - + @@ -534,8 +534,8 @@ - - + + @@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ +
89Schwa Schacht 89Lost1/S +Plateau
97Schneewindschacht35837830411641Tag4/S/W x
98Plateau Schacht 98LostPaint1/S +Out on the plateau somewhat further than 97, in a large sloping rockface.
99Plateau Schacht 9935871829041642Tag1/S x
99Plateau Schacht 9935871829041642Tag1/S x
101Plateau Schacht 101 Tag1/S +
—101main35601829081633Tag
—101a35626828831630Paint
—78e35789814271685
79BadenerschachtLost2/S +Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.
87ASchacht 87A bei Stögerweg35987811481535Paint3/S +
87BSchacht 87B bei StögerwegRefindablePaint0 +In Stogerweg - you literally step over it while walking along the path.

Numbered '88' in a fit of optimism while the explorer was getting changed to investigate this impressively draughting hole, it proved in fact to be only 1.2 metres deep and too tight. It appears to be above the inlet below pitch 1 in cave 87, and has been renumbered 87b, since the Austrians have allocated number 88 to Lärchenhöhle.

87BSchacht 87B bei StögerwegRefindablePaint0In Stogerweg - you literally step over it while walking along the path.

Numbered '88' in a fit of optimism while the explorer was getting changed to investigate this impressively draughting hole, it proved in fact to be only 1.2 metres deep and too tight. It appears to be above the inlet below pitch 1 in cave 87, and has been renumbered 87b, since the Austrians have allocated number 88 to Lärchenhöhle.

88 (40i)Lärchenschacht363118139116463/S/T x
109Schwa-Schacht 10936202812461590Paint1/T/S +
113Sonnenstrahlhöhle36252813351636Paint4/S/T +
154Schwa Schacht 154 1/S x
—154a36105819741771
—154b36122819581762Unmarked
155Unerforscht Schacht 155362248197617500 -
155Unerforscht Schacht 155362248197617500
158Donner und Blitzen Höhle36143817981714Paint3/S +
2067-Eingangshöhle 
—206a36200817211698
—238bTag
HFG-KA8836494820511678Paint+ (?)
88HRefindable
88FRefindableTag
88F36545821601683Tag
1996WK436674818472000Unmarked1/S -
1996WK1136236819062000Unmarked1/S -
1999_MS_0136318821232000
1999_MS_0236277819372000
2001-06Erbärmlichbaumhöhle36533820491678Tag-
2001-07Hoffnungschacht36444820671698Spit=
2001-08Schneeoberlichtschacht36466819821686Spit+
2001-06Erbärmlichbaumhöhle36533820491687Tag-
2001-07Hoffnungschacht36441820621701Spit=
2001-08Schneeoberlichtschacht36473819771700Spit+
2001-09Funkberaterschacht36477819491679Tag-
2001-10Großarbeithöhle36495819051674Tag+
2001-11Schnürsenkelschacht36496818831655Tag+
133UnterstandhöhleLost1/T +SE face of Kleines Augsteck.
LA25LUSS/LA25Lost2/S +13° 50' 04" E, 47° 42' 04" N

A large depression on the Hohes Augst-Eck ridge about 1km SSW of Roß Kogel, is reached from the crest of the ridge above the obvious rock arch, by following a large snow field to the head of the depression. Contouring around to the south of the depression, following the bedding, LA25 to 27 are close together.

LA26LUSS/LA26Lost2/T +13° 50' 06" E, 47° 42' 02" N

A large depression on the Hohes Augst-Eck ridge about 1km SSW of Roß Kogel, is reached from the crest of the ridge above the obvious rock arch, by following a large snow field to the head of the depression. Contouring around to the south of the depression, following the bedding, LA25 to 27 are close together. LA26 is approximately 200m SE of LA25

LA27LUSS/LA27Lost1 +13° 50' 08" E, 47° 42' 04" N

A large depression on the Hohes Augst-Eck ridge about 1km SSW of Roß Kogel, is reached from the crest of the ridge above the obvious rock arch, by following a large snow field to the head of the depression. Contouring around to the south of the depression, following the bedding, LA25 to 27 are close together. LA27 is approximately 100m E of LA26, down the snow slope and around to the foot of a small cliff.

LA27LUSS/LA27Lost113° 50' 08" E, 47° 42' 04" N

A large depression on the Hohes Augst-Eck ridge about 1km SSW of Roß Kogel, is reached from the crest of the ridge above the obvious rock arch, by following a large snow field to the head of the depression. Contouring around to the south of the depression, following the bedding, LA25 to 27 are close together. LA27 is approximately 100m E of LA26, down the snow slope and around to the foot of a small cliff.

LA30LUSS/LA30Lost1/S -13° 50' 13" E, 47° 42' 12" N
LA35LUSS/LA35Lost1/S +13° 50' 05" E, 47° 42' 03" N
LA37LUSS/LA37Lost1/S +13° 50' 08" E, 47° 42' 03" N