From 3b3efbd05c3d49afa29ccf239d470fc86885d5b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dl267 Two expeditions by LUSS in the
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ the Toll road - both ways around five hour walks-in.
As you might expect, CUCC has visited only the most accessible cave in the
area, the resurgence of
-Nagelsteghöhle,
+Nagelsteghöhle,
which is a pleasant five minute stroll from the bar at Blaa-Alm.
There are approaching two hundred caves known at present in the area, but
diff --git a/1626/la34.htm b/1626/la34.htm
index adc678424..c64b0c904 100644
--- a/1626/la34.htm
+++ b/1626/la34.htm
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
Altitude: 1835m In much wetter weather, water emerges from flood risings on the north
-shore or much higher on the hillside. The closest to the lake,
-Wasserlöcher,
-is associated with a significant cave,
-Liägerhöhle. Another major
-stream course enters the lake further west, near some boat houses and places
-or refreshment at the end of the motorable road. This is normally dry, but
+ In much wetter weather, water emerges from flood risings on the north shore
+or much higher on the hillside. The closest to the lake, Wasserlöcher, is associated with a
+significant cave, Liägerhöhle. Another major stream
+course enters the lake further west, near some boat houses and places or
+refreshment at the end of the motorable road. This is normally dry, but
apparently carries huge volumes of flood water from risings at about 1080m in
-Kiler Lahn, a steep gully. We know of no documented caves in this
-gully, which is in a rather inaccessible position.
+Kiler Lahn, a steep gully. We know of no documented caves in this gully,
+which is in a rather inaccessible position.
To the northeast of the lake, ("behind" it, as seen from the village of
Altaussee) a glacier-carved valley rises to the pass of Hochklapf Sattel. A
-steep path can be followed up through woodland to join the
-Stögerweg path from the
-Stellerweghöhle area, which
-continues NE to Wildensee. There are
-a few caves west of this path, below
-the cliffs of Weiße Wand.
+steep path can be followed up through woodland to join the Stögerweg path from the Stellerweghöhle area, which continues NE
+to Wildensee. There are a few caves west of this
+path, below the cliffs of Weiße Wand.
- To the east of the pasture is an area of limestone scars, with another
grassy area, used by CUCC for a brief top camp
-(camp 1) in 1977. There are a few
+(camp 1) in 1977. There are a few
entrances in the limestone here, and more in the valley north of the huts,
leading toward the col of Bräuning Sattel. Areas of scars between this
valley and the ridge used by the path to the
@@ -47,28 +47,28 @@ src="t/bahuts.jpg">
-Location: 13° 50' 30" E, 47° 42' 20" N
+Location: 13° 50' 30" E, 47id176; 42' 20" N
Slightly to the right of a hillock visible from Sternloch
( LA12) approx. 200m SE of
LA11.
This is borderline 1626 or 1623
diff --git a/aaussee/index.htm b/aaussee/index.htm
index 2b65f8c82..0d505fd68 100644
--- a/aaussee/index.htm
+++ b/aaussee/index.htm
@@ -20,28 +20,27 @@ resurgences. These appear to lie on the fault itself, and explain
why the deepest points of certain caves coincide with the level of
Altausseer See at 712m above sea level.
-
-
+
diff --git a/br-alm/index.htm b/br-alm/index.htm
index 2b8f4e30f..62fe0c47a 100644
--- a/br-alm/index.htm
+++ b/br-alm/index.htm
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ the route to Bräuning Alm
protected part of the archive)3
+
-3
Gellerofen (= Göller Loch) 4
+
-4
Ritscherbachhöhle (am Lecker) 53
+
-53
Gellerliäger 54
+
-54
Seehöhle 66
+66
Löckerweghöhle
The huts of Bräuning Alm from the continuing
walk up to the plateau, seen in evening light.
-
26
+
-26
Wasserschlinger I 27
+
-27
Wasserschlinger II 29
+
-29
Schwarzmoosloch 30
+
-30
Grundloses Loch 33
+
-33
Schichtgrenzenhöhle 61
+
-61
Gemsbockhöhle 95
+
-95
Bräu schacht 95 96
+96
Bräu schacht 96
7 | Bachschlag |
8 | Großes Loserloch |
9 | Kleines Loserloch |
7 | Bachschlag |
8 | Großes Loserloch |
9 | Kleines Loserloch |
17 | Bärenhöhle im Höllgraben |
18 | Gaisofen im Ammerei |
17 | Bärenhöhle im Höllgraben |
18 | Gaisofen im Ammerei |
Altitude: c m
Location: Situated at top end of rift/gorge next to
-path to 161d.
+path to 161d.
walking to 161d: go into the very narrow gorge, then up the right hand
wall about a third of the way along. This gets you into the next gorge,
trending along 031° (looking towards 161d end of the path). Turn right up
diff --git a/noinfo/1626/117.htm b/noinfo/1626/117.htm
index bd280b617..5eba8e514 100644
--- a/noinfo/1626/117.htm
+++ b/noinfo/1626/117.htm
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ Ragaie to -587m.
zone ouest du massif,
Jean Claude Hans & Etienne Degrave
-English Translation
-En Français
+English Translation
+En Français
100m from the right turn is a snow field on the right, with the sound of falling water at its lower edge. This is the entrance to 91 and from here, 93 is 20m further away from the Bräuning Wall.",,"
","numbered in red (1977) on scarp facing south, 1998 tag ""1623 93 CUCC 1977"".(placed in middle of ""9"")" 94,"1/S +",,,,"plateau/94.htm",,"Bräu Schacht 94",,,"1a",,"CUCC 1977 - Team Enthusiast.","A rift on a joint (strike 223°, dip 70° to SE) is a spiralling freeclimb to a choke at -35m",,,,,,,,,"35m",,,,,,"p94",,,,"Surface survey",,,82540,35248,"1642m",,," A little north of Kat.93.","From 91 (q.v.), the karren slopes down at 10°. About 50m down the slope on a bearing of 335° is the large open shaft of 94, (visible from 93, which is about 20m from 91).",,"
","number in red (1977) on scarp facing south, 1998 tag ""1623 94 CUCC 1977"" - tag bolt (middle of ""9"")" 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) ? ",,,, -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). ",,,"
","number painted red in 1976, refreshed (probably in orange which elsewhere hasn't lasted well) in 1990." +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). ",,,"
","number painted red in 1976, refreshed (probably in orange which elsewhere hasn't lasted well) in 1990." 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.",,"""97"" in red paint on doline wall" -98,"1/S +",,,,"plateau/98.htm",,"Plateau Schacht 98",,,"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",,"
Grade 1 3-d sketch by Tony Malcolm, 1979 (missing)",,,"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",, +98,"1/S +",,,,"plateau/98.htm",,"Plateau Schacht 98",,,"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",,"Grade 1 3-d sketch by Tony Malcolm, 1979 (missing)",,,"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",, 99,"1/S x",,,,"plateau/99.htm",,"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",,,,,,,,,,,"p99",,,,"Surface survey",,,82904,35871,"1642m",,,"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.",,"tag 1999" 100,"1/S +",,,,"plateau/100.htm",,"Plateau Schacht 100",,,"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",,,82401,35521,"1657m",,,"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,,,"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." 101,"1/S +","main a",,"yes","plateau/101.htm",,"Plateau Schacht 101",,,"1b",,"CUCC 1977 - Team Youth (A.Waddington & N.Thorne)","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.",,,,,,"? 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))",,,,"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)." @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ ,,"b",,"entrance","plateau/145b.htm",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p145b",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,, ,,"c",,"last entrance","plateau/145c.htm",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p145c",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,, 146,"1/S -",,,,"smkridge/146.htm",,"Tobogganschacht",,,"2b",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Interestingly, the Austrians have this as 1/T +, at 1700m, NE of Schwarzmoossattel, and think it was explored by CUCC in 1984 to a depth of -40m.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Unexplored entrance (may be the one Tony called Tobogganschacht)",, -147,"2/T +",,,,"smkridge/147.htm",,"Schwa Höhle 147",,,"2b",,"CUCC 1988 ","Horizontal walking entrance leads south to a descending passage and junction. Down to right is a shorter but smaller route to the lower cave, while ahead leads past a small choked passage on the right to the head of a pitch. Across the pitch a smaller passage continues to a blind pitch where a draught enters from the floor, and an even smaller continuing passage which ends too small, also draughting.
Down the main pitch, in a rift, is 10m to a boulder pile in a chamber where the shorter route reenters, and a passage continues back north towards the entrance. South is a rift ending too tight. The main way soon leads to a pitch of 10m with a large ledge halfway. A short passage intersects a cross-rift before becoming too small (with a draught), but down the rift drops c15m to a choke at about -45m.",,,,,"In dataset","Elevation and plan, 1988, unpublished? Claims to be grade 5b, but comment in 1988 logbook suggests that compass may have been seriously deviated by use of a torch to illuminate it. Drawn up survey has only one scale bar, though clearly plan and elevation are not to the same scale. Surface survey to top of Vd. Schwarzmooskogel, 1994
Re-explored and surveyed in 1999 - see log-book write-up.
",147,,,,,,"Number originally allocated to a cave which was not marked with a number, and which was not relocated until 1988. Interestingly, the Austrians had this as 2/T +, at 1700m, NW of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel, and think CUCC explored it to 60m long and 10m deep in 1984. This suggests a CUCC documentation failure and probably a relocation failure, as the cave explored in 1988 was very different...",,"p147tag","p147","Start of (old) underground survey (Orange circle with orange dot in middle on rock nodule above entrance)",,"Nils",,,,,,,,"Probably somewhat uphill from 146, ie. NW of Vd. Schwarzmooskogel.
"3m entry pitch in rift going into bluff wall on camp 2 side of Vord. Schwarzmooskogel on cairned path." (Camp 2 refers to the 1988/89 camp up near the col between Vord. and Hint. Schwarzmooskogel.)",,,,"paint" +147,"2/T +",,,,"smkridge/147.htm",,"Schwa Höhle 147",,,"2b",,"CUCC 1988 ","Horizontal walking entrance leads south to a descending passage and junction. Down to right is a shorter but smaller route to the lower cave, while ahead leads past a small choked passage on the right to the head of a pitch. Across the pitch a smaller passage continues to a blind pitch where a draught enters from the floor, and an even smaller continuing passage which ends too small, also draughting.
Down the main pitch, in a rift, is 10m to a boulder pile in a chamber where the shorter route reenters, and a passage continues back north towards the entrance. South is a rift ending too tight. The main way soon leads to a pitch of 10m with a large ledge halfway. A short passage intersects a cross-rift before becoming too small (with a draught), but down the rift drops c15m to a choke at about -45m.",,,,,"In dataset","Elevation and plan, 1988, unpublished? Claims to be grade 5b, but comment in 1988 logbook suggests that compass may have been seriously deviated by use of a torch to illuminate it. Drawn up survey has only one scale bar, though clearly plan and elevation are not to the same scale. Surface survey to top of Vd. Schwarzmooskogel, 1994
Re-explored and surveyed in 1999 - see log-book write-up.
",147,,,,,,"Number originally allocated to a cave which was not marked with a number, and which was not relocated until 1988. Interestingly, the Austrians had this as 2/T +, at 1700m, NW of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel, and think CUCC explored it to 60m long and 10m deep in 1984. This suggests a CUCC documentation failure and probably a relocation failure, as the cave explored in 1988 was very different...",,"p147tag","p147","Start of (old) underground survey (Orange circle with orange dot in middle on rock nodule above entrance)",,"Nils",,,,,,,,"Probably somewhat uphill from 146, ie. NW of Vd. Schwarzmooskogel.
"3m entry pitch in rift going into bluff wall on camp 2 side of Vord. Schwarzmooskogel on cairned path." (Camp 2 refers to the 1988/89 camp up near the col between Vord. and Hint. Schwarzmooskogel.)",,,,"paint" 148,"2/t/S +",,,,"plateau/148.htm",,"Marilyn Monroe Höhle",,,"1c",,"CUCC 1984, 1987","Not really pushed in 1984, since discovered right at the end, but relocated in 1987: horizontal tube entrance about 1m in diameter. An awkward crawl over boulders for 10m leads to a squeeze down behind a boulder with light entering ahead. Short freeclimb reaches a phreatic tube of about 3m diameter. To the right silts up in boulders while to the left descends gently over snow and big rocks to reach a sizeable chamber and pitch of about 20m. Avoiding the pitch, a route down through boulders for 3m reaches a very unstable boulder slope, which is crossed to reach another 3m pitch to a rift with a further pitch on the left. To the right, the roof lowers over large boulders, and a small ice chamber is reached with a frozen stream. A narrow section leads down to a rift of 5m down to an earthy passage.
Back at the boulder slope (I think), the 20m pitch can again be attained and from here is 15m to the floor of a 20m high chamber with three ways on. Facing away from pitch, righthand rift leads to a flat-out crawl over ice. This passes remarkable ice formations to emerge at The Ice Castle, a chamber with a large ice-stalagmite formation. The route terminates in a steep ice slope at the far side of the chamber.
Way directly ahead from pitch is a 3m climb into a large phreatic tube round a 90° bend to a solid wall of boulders. Ways into the choke proved very loose and tight, but a continuing rift/chamber could be seen through a tiny but strongly draughting hole.
Third way on from pitch ascends steeply and becomes tight, with a jammed boulder now in the way. Route ends at a steep ice-climb for which no equipment was available.",,,,,"In dataset","? grade 3",148,,"deepest surveyed point is -39.2m",,,,,,,"p148",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,"On the plateau, next to cairned path from the col past 82 leading to 107 etc., just by a short climb up; noticeable by (and discovered by) its cold outward draught.",,,,"red painted number ""148"". 1998 tag ""1623 148 CUCC 1984"" on survey point on RHS of entrance." 149,"1/S +",,,,"smkridge/149.htm",,"Plateau Schacht 149",,,"2b",,"CUCC 1984","Documentation comprises a grade 1 sketch with no description in 1984 logbook. Horizontal entrance leads under a shaft to surface and a 5m climb down to a choke. Over the hole and left leads in a sandy tube to a traverse reaching a 4m diameter tube. To the right this is choked, with small blocked tubes leading off. Ahead and left a 10m pitch leads to a solid choke.",,,,,,,,,,,,,"Until the 1984 logbook surfaced in 1993, we thought this number was not allocated, but, interestingly, the Austrians had this as 2/T +, 1685m, NE of Schwarzmoossattel, and think it was explored in 1984 by CUCC to 100m long and 15m deep. Where is this information coming from, and why didn't CUCC record it for their own benefit too?",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"The entrance is in a large gully, just above the sandy depression, opposite Wolfhöhle. Several draughting entrances. Sketch with no north arrow, but would guess that its north from 145.",,,, 150,"0/T +",,,,"smkridge/150.htm",,"Schwa Röhrhöhle 150",,,"2b",,"CUCC 1985 ","Draughting tube, too tight at -2m, and therefore should not really have a kataster number. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p150",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,"On the way to 152",,,, @@ -195,13 +195,13 @@ 158,"3/S +",,,,"smkridge/158.htm",,"Donner und Blitzen Höhle",,,"2b",,"CUCC 1987","A body-width passage formed by a wall on the left and a large detached slab on the right descends for about 5m at 45°, with occasional glimpses of daylight above. A cross passage is then encountered. To the right is blocked after a few metres, but left descends to meet the base of the wall. To the right here, a 20-22cm squeeze is passed by lying on one side. After 2m of further tight progress, the rift opens onto a drop. A steep tube descends for about 12m to a small chamber and with care can be descended free.
From the chamber, the passage curves to the left and opens onto the head of a 7m pitch, which drops onto a large ledge. A rebelay just over the lip of the ledge at the left hand side gives a further 18m free-hanging pitch to a landing on boulders several metres across, which appear to be jammed across the shaft.
A narrow rift around a corner stops at a drip and a small pool. The way on is through a gap to a hole with a jammed block. Climbing down to the block leads to the head of an 18m pitch which rapidly opens into a huge split-level chamber. The pitch lands on Big Bertha, a boulder some 4m in diameter.
To the north, a narrow rift has been followed for about 10m to a tight vertical drop of at least 5m down the rift, but this has not been pushed. East from Big Bertha leads to a 5m drop to the lower half of the chamber, which is floored with loose rock. An archway to the left leads to a 7m pitch to a small stream. This disappears down an impassable slot, but is met lower in the cave.
From the archway, a climb up behind a boulder propped against the side of the chamber leads to a col. One side rapidly curves up to the roof. The other ascends over very loose boulders for at least 25m (15m vertical) until the roof is met. This area has not been exhaustively pushed, but seems unlikely to lead anywhere.
Descending the other side of the col gives a series of ledges via 5m, 7m and 8m pitches, in a canyon some 5m wide and at least 15m high. The stream enters at the bottom of the 7m pitch. Below, the rift continues down a moderate slope and round a corner, with a final short 4m pitch to a soil and rock floored chamber.
A strong draught is felt around the edges of the chamber, rising from the choked floor. It is possible to descend in loose boulders in a number of places but all ways meet the roof and choke - pushing in this area is dangerous and unpromising.
Near the bottom of the previous pitch, a 5m deep circular pit in the floor can be descended. This takes a large drip from the stream above. At the bottom, a tight (22-26cm) rift leads on for 3m to a further 3m pitch to a small chamber. An impassable passage continues, while a small window gives a view of a widening beyond.",,,,,"In dataset","Grade 3 plan and elevation in Cambridge Underground 1988, p 6
",,,"128m (deepest surveyed point is -118m)",,,,,,,"p158","on big rock at entrance",,"Surface survey",,"gps00.158",,,,,,"400m NNE of The Nipple (Weißen Warze) at the base of a wall to the left after passing a sandy depression (walking from the Nipple).",,,,"paint" 159,"2/S +",,,,"plateau/159.htm",,"Winded Hole",,,"1a",,"CUCC 1988 (1st pitch Chris & Becka, bottomed by Chris).","Two bolts in entrance for Y-hang to give c40m vertical to a boulder floor, then a further 20m in a big boulder chamber. A ""nice skeleton"" and an old colander (!) were found on the terminal choke in 1988.",,,,,,,,,"c50m",,,,,,"p159tag",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,"1990 Bearings (we have no idea where these came from and they aren't remotely in the right place): HSK 116°, Nipple 174°, Bräuning Nase 199°, Bräuning Zinken 216°
1996: HSK 059°, VSK nipple 111°, Bräuning Nase 152°, Kleine Wild Kogel 009°(left) and 010°(right), Bräuning Wall pt. 1828 209°, Bräuning Wall pt. 1835 221°, Bräuning Zinken 232° ",,"Near 'crapping region' of Top Camp (1990). Cave is on the same fault/joint as 1623/90, 1623/207 and 1623/208, but further out from the Bräuning Wall, c 100m on 067°.","Cave relocated 1990, 1996 and surveyed to in 1998. Entrance reached in two minutes from upper top camp by heading west and dropping down one terrace.",,"
","orange number ""159"" facing north. 1998 tag ""1623 159 CUCC 1988"" attached to more northerly of two Y-hang bolts, just below surface. This is the anchor visible in the photograph (with an orange circle painted round it), taken before the tag was attached." 160,"2/S/ +",,"Jared's Hole",,"plateau/160.htm",,"Plateau Schacht 160",,,"1a",,"CUCC 1988 ","Bottoming trip used a 70m rope to reach a choke (with a draught). A small side rift at the bottom choked after 3m.
The cave could probably do with another descent to record some details of the interior or even a survey !",,,,,,,,,,,,,"1988 logbook implies that this is "Jared's Hole". Was provisionally numbered "181" but apparently never marked. ",,"p160",,,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.160",,,,,,"On plateau, near B10 (according to B10 info). Map in 1988 logbook shows 160 as out on the plateau from Bräuning Scharte in an area of terracing, and WSW of B10. Hole tagged in 1998 is just east of 91, and can also be reached by following the terrace west from the 159 entrance.",,,,"the hole believed to be 160 was unmarked until tagged in 1998 ""1623 160 CUCC 1988"" on flat limestone 1m east of entrance. This had been relocated in 1996 and was then thought to be 159, but latter was found marked in 1998." -161,"5/S/E x","a b c d e f",,"yes","smkridge/161/top.htm",,"Kaninchenhöhle",,,"2a",,"CUCC 1988-98","Rather than adopting the usual approach of describing every side passage in the main description, which makes the 'normal' descent route hard to follow, this description describes each main route down the cave first, mentioning side passages only where necessary to make the correct main route clear. Various side passages and connecting routes are described subsequently, area by area. The directions left and right are always relative to travel in the direction of the description, compass directions are given where there is any ambiguity. Most passages are described going 'into the cave', on the assumption that this is how they will be first met. Some passages are described in both directions, either because it is difficult to follow them without getting into side leads, or because they form important links between different parts of the system, and may be traversed either way on various round trips.
The clickable index has developed into a glossary, which it is hoped will make it easier to find bits of the cave by name - be warned, this became so big that it was decided to split it up and it is now a framed page.
There are also virtual tours, containing thumbnails of all the pictures of the caves. Although these pages are kept small, all the photos mean that they can require a lot of memory to load. The original comprehensive tour has been split into two, for the Right Hand Route, and for passages most conveniently reached from the Scarface entrance. Two new tours have been created for the Lost World and Wheelchair Access, and for the new way into the Forbidden Land via Steinschlagschacht.Each thumbnail on these tours links to a full-size version of the picture, and each full-size picture has links into the appropriate bit of the description.
Throughout the guide, the date of exploration is noted for each area. There is a history page which can be used as a clickable index into the logbook write ups of all the 161 trips, so it should be easy to follow the exploration of any part of the cave. Warning, this was also getting too big and is now framed.
The upper part of the system can be best thought of as a number of separate areas, each with its own vertical development. The more recently found extensive horizontal development, being easier to traverse, is generally better connected. Although there are various links between the vertical routes, a given destination will tend to have one 'obvious' approach. These areas are France, the Left Hand Routes, the Right Hand Routes, the southernmost part of the system reached via Steinschlagschacht, routes from Scarface entrance. So rapidly has exploration proceeded from Triassic Park that now more than half the total length is most conveniently reached via 161d.
The key to all the deepest and most remote parts of the system is the huge collapse chamber of Knossos. This was reached from the 161a entrance via the Right Hand Route, and now via the 161d ""Scarface"" entrance through Triassic Park. This provides a much easier route in, making trips to the further reaches less strenuous. From Knossos, horizontal trunk passage leads north, giving access first to a series of deep vertical systems, and further on to complex areas of rifts and old passages. A significant horizontal route leading northwest, Siberia, has only been pushed as a result of the new entrance, but has yielded a new deep point to the cave. There appear to be deep vertical leads in the far north, too, though they have mostly been avoided by a series of ""mental"" tyroleans and bolt traverses.
It is still probably some way off the time when one might choose a tourist trip on the basis of its ""classic"" quality. Mostly, choices available depend on what is rigged this year for exploratory purposes. This will usually only include one main route into an area, so trips like a Left Hand Route / Garden Party or Drunk & Stupid exchange will not be easy. Similarly, the original classic Right Hand Route / Dreamtime exchange was only really possible during the exploration of the latter, before the Squeeze was bypassed and this modified RHR became the trade route.
However, now that Knossos is accessible from the Scarface entrance, this has opened up the possibilities for a whole raft of pull-through trips with a minimum of pre-rigging. The one fly in the ointment is the relative difficulty of surface travel between the 161d and upper entrances. The route used in 1996 seems to be good enough to have become a trade route, and after one benightment through loss of the route in 1997, it has been very well marked with cairns.
Already possible is the 161c to 161d through trip via France. In the future, pull-throughs of LHR, Garden Party or Drunk and Stupid should all be possible via Ambidextrous. Right Hand Route or Dreamtime give access to Knossos. Care must be taken, however, not to try rapelling down any of the plethora of routes which don't connect into the Knossos area.
As in the more famous Dent du Crolles system, route-finding errors on bridge-burning trips could entail a long wait for someone to figure out where you went!
Line plots of the cave give some idea of it's shape, extent and structure.
The main entrance at 1787m drops to a major sub-horizontal level at 1720-1750m, containing the large passages of Big Sainsbury's and its continuation into the upper part of Dreamtime, and the smaller passages of the Rabbit Warren and the French entrances 161b and 161c. From this level a number of vertical routes drop to another significant sub-horizontal level dipping from around 1700m in the SW of the system (upper part of France) to around 1600m where this level is lost in the roof of Knossos. [This is probably debatable, as Boulder Alley from Poxy Pitch downwards is probably in a fault rift].
Multiple, predominantly vertical, routes drop to the cave's most important sub-horizontal passages around 1540m in the area below the entrance dipping to c1510m in Tower Blocks and the start of YAPATE. This is a major fossil passage rising up the dip to the NNE, and continuing as Chicken Flied Nice to c1540m where complexity increases. The major horizontal development in France is entered at c1550m, with the lowest passages down to 1480m. The major trunk route through Triassic Park is between 1560 and 1620m, and this level is also lost in what is presumed to be the roof of Knossos.
Whilst none of the routes below the entrance area get below about 1480m, there are a series of interconnecting shafts dropping below YAPATE and Chicken Flied Nice ending at or just above 1290m in sumps or tightness. The original deepest point, at the bottom of Flapjack, is at 1289m, 498m below the main entrance. Passages to the northwest led through a bitterly cold, draughty passage known as Siberia, which was left well alone until access via 161d made it easier. It was pushed in 1997 and 1998 down two very large pitches to a new deep point 534m below the 136 entrance at 1258m altitude.
There is just one section of horizontal level at c1400m, which is not very extensive to date, and similarly a tantalising glimpse of what appears to have been very large trunk passage below 1300m in Siberia, but this is comprehensively choked in both directions.
This overview is currently mostly updated to reflect exploration to 1995, though the line plots are up to 1996. ",,"Outstanding and now finished",,,"In dataset","? grade 5",161,"24485m after 1999 expedition","534m",,,"
",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"On the limestone ridge between the Hinterer and Vorderer Schwarzmooskogels, about 200 metres up towards the Hinterer from the col, and about 20m down the east side of the ridge itself. The main 161a entrance shaft overlooks a gully dropping steeply SE towards Augstwies See. The 161b and 161c (French) entrances are close together about 75m to the SE, down the gully. Considerably further down the gully, a traverse is possible (somewhat engineered) to reach an area of recently fallen rock, where the ""Scarface"" 161d entrance is located. Continuing the traverse, but regaining about 20m of height to the NE, the ""exits"" of 161f and then 161e can be reached.",,,, -,,"a",,"entrance","smkridge/161/161a.htm",,,,,,,,"Click here for underground description",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p161a",,,"Nils",,"gps00.161a2",,,,,,,,,,"Tag." -,,"b",,"entrance","smkridge/161/161b.htm",,,,,,,,"Click here for underground description",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p161b",,,"Nils",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag." -,,"c",,"entrance","smkridge/161/161c.htm",,,,,,,,"Click here for underground description",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p161c",,,"Nils",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag." -,,"d",,"entrance","smkridge/161/161d.htm",,,,,,,,"Click here for underground description",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p161dtag","p161d",,,"Surface survey","gps96.161d_1 gps96.161d_2 gps96.161d_3 gps96.161d_4 gps96.161d_5 GPS96bestfit.161d GPS96bestfit.161d_2 GPS96bestfit.161d_3 GPS96bestfit.d_4 GPS96bestfit.161d_5","gps00.161d gps00.161d_2",,,,,,,,,,"Tag." -,,"e",,"entrance","smkridge/161/161e.htm",,,,,,,,"Click here for underground description",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p161e",,,"Nils",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag." -,,"f",,"entrance","smkridge/161/161f.htm",,,,,,,,"Click here for underground description",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p161f",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag." +161,"5/S/E x","a b c d e f",,"yes","smkridge/161/top.htm",,"Kaninchenhöhle",,,"2a",,"CUCC 1988-98","Rather than adopting the usual approach of describing every side passage in the main description, which makes the 'normal' descent route hard to follow, this description describes each main route down the cave first, mentioning side passages only where necessary to make the correct main route clear. Various side passages and connecting routes are described subsequently, area by area. The directions left and right are always relative to travel in the direction of the description, compass directions are given where there is any ambiguity. Most passages are described going 'into the cave', on the assumption that this is how they will be first met. Some passages are described in both directions, either because it is difficult to follow them without getting into side leads, or because they form important links between different parts of the system, and may be traversed either way on various round trips.
The clickable index has developed into a glossary, which it is hoped will make it easier to find bits of the cave by name - be warned, this became so big that it was decided to split it up and it is now a framed page.
There are also virtual tours, containing thumbnails of all the pictures of the caves. Although these pages are kept small, all the photos mean that they can require a lot of memory to load. The original comprehensive tour has been split into two, for the Right Hand Route, and for passages most conveniently reached from the Scarface entrance. Two new tours have been created for the Lost World and Wheelchair Access, and for the new way into the Forbidden Land via Steinschlagschacht.Each thumbnail on these tours links to a full-size version of the picture, and each full-size picture has links into the appropriate bit of the description.
Throughout the guide, the date of exploration is noted for each area. There is a history page which can be used as a clickable index into the logbook write ups of all the 161 trips, so it should be easy to follow the exploration of any part of the cave. Warning, this was also getting too big and is now framed.
The upper part of the system can be best thought of as a number of separate areas, each with its own vertical development. The more recently found extensive horizontal development, being easier to traverse, is generally better connected. Although there are various links between the vertical routes, a given destination will tend to have one 'obvious' approach. These areas are France, the Left Hand Routes, the Right Hand Routes, the southernmost part of the system reached via Steinschlagschacht, routes from Scarface entrance. So rapidly has exploration proceeded from Triassic Park that now more than half the total length is most conveniently reached via 161d.
The key to all the deepest and most remote parts of the system is the huge collapse chamber of Knossos. This was reached from the 161a entrance via the Right Hand Route, and now via the 161d ""Scarface"" entrance through Triassic Park. This provides a much easier route in, making trips to the further reaches less strenuous. From Knossos, horizontal trunk passage leads north, giving access first to a series of deep vertical systems, and further on to complex areas of rifts and old passages. A significant horizontal route leading northwest, Siberia, has only been pushed as a result of the new entrance, but has yielded a new deep point to the cave. There appear to be deep vertical leads in the far north, too, though they have mostly been avoided by a series of ""mental"" tyroleans and bolt traverses.
It is still probably some way off the time when one might choose a tourist trip on the basis of its ""classic"" quality. Mostly, choices available depend on what is rigged this year for exploratory purposes. This will usually only include one main route into an area, so trips like a Left Hand Route / Garden Party or Drunk & Stupid exchange will not be easy. Similarly, the original classic Right Hand Route / Dreamtime exchange was only really possible during the exploration of the latter, before the Squeeze was bypassed and this modified RHR became the trade route.
However, now that Knossos is accessible from the Scarface entrance, this has opened up the possibilities for a whole raft of pull-through trips with a minimum of pre-rigging. The one fly in the ointment is the relative difficulty of surface travel between the 161d and upper entrances. The route used in 1996 seems to be good enough to have become a trade route, and after one benightment through loss of the route in 1997, it has been very well marked with cairns.
Already possible is the 161c to 161d through trip via France. In the future, pull-throughs of LHR, Garden Party or Drunk and Stupid should all be possible via Ambidextrous. Right Hand Route or Dreamtime give access to Knossos. Care must be taken, however, not to try rapelling down any of the plethora of routes which don't connect into the Knossos area.
As in the more famous Dent du Crolles system, route-finding errors on bridge-burning trips could entail a long wait for someone to figure out where you went!
Line plots of the cave give some idea of it's shape, extent and structure.
The main entrance at 1787m drops to a major sub-horizontal level at 1720-1750m, containing the large passages of Big Sainsbury's and its continuation into the upper part of Dreamtime, and the smaller passages of the Rabbit Warren and the French entrances 161b and 161c. From this level a number of vertical routes drop to another significant sub-horizontal level dipping from around 1700m in the SW of the system (upper part of France) to around 1600m where this level is lost in the roof of Knossos. [This is probably debatable, as Boulder Alley from Poxy Pitch downwards is probably in a fault rift].
Multiple, predominantly vertical, routes drop to the cave's most important sub-horizontal passages around 1540m in the area below the entrance dipping to c1510m in Tower Blocks and the start of YAPATE. This is a major fossil passage rising up the dip to the NNE, and continuing as Chicken Flied Nice to c1540m where complexity increases. The major horizontal development in France is entered at c1550m, with the lowest passages down to 1480m. The major trunk route through Triassic Park is between 1560 and 1620m, and this level is also lost in what is presumed to be the roof of Knossos.
Whilst none of the routes below the entrance area get below about 1480m, there are a series of interconnecting shafts dropping below YAPATE and Chicken Flied Nice ending at or just above 1290m in sumps or tightness. The original deepest point, at the bottom of Flapjack, is at 1289m, 498m below the main entrance. Passages to the northwest led through a bitterly cold, draughty passage known as Siberia, which was left well alone until access via 161d made it easier. It was pushed in 1997 and 1998 down two very large pitches to a new deep point 534m below the 136 entrance at 1258m altitude.
There is just one section of horizontal level at c1400m, which is not very extensive to date, and similarly a tantalising glimpse of what appears to have been very large trunk passage below 1300m in Siberia, but this is comprehensively choked in both directions.
This overview is currently mostly updated to reflect exploration to 1995, though the line plots are up to 1996. ",,"Outstanding and now finished",,,"In dataset","? grade 5",161,"24485m after 1999 expedition","534m",,,"
",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"On the limestone ridge between the Hinterer and Vorderer Schwarzmooskogels, about 200 metres up towards the Hinterer from the col, and about 20m down the east side of the ridge itself. The main 161a entrance shaft overlooks a gully dropping steeply SE towards Augstwies See. The 161b and 161c (French) entrances are close together about 75m to the SE, down the gully. Considerably further down the gully, a traverse is possible (somewhat engineered) to reach an area of recently fallen rock, where the ""Scarface"" 161d entrance is located. Continuing the traverse, but regaining about 20m of height to the NE, the ""exits"" of 161f and then 161e can be reached.",,,, +,,"a",,"entrance","smkridge/161/161a.htm",,,,,,,,"Click here for underground description",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p161a",,,"Nils",,"gps00.161a2",,,,,,,,,,"Tag." +,,"b",,"entrance","smkridge/161/161b.htm",,,,,,,,"Click here for underground description",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p161b",,,"Nils",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag." +,,"c",,"entrance","smkridge/161/161c.htm",,,,,,,,"Click here for underground description",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p161c",,,"Nils",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag." +,,"d",,"entrance","smkridge/161/161d.htm",,,,,,,,"Click here for underground description",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p161dtag","p161d",,,"Surface survey","gps96.161d_1 gps96.161d_2 gps96.161d_3 gps96.161d_4 gps96.161d_5 GPS96bestfit.161d GPS96bestfit.161d_2 GPS96bestfit.161d_3 GPS96bestfit.d_4 GPS96bestfit.161d_5","gps00.161d gps00.161d_2",,,,,,,,,,"Tag." +,,"e",,"entrance","smkridge/161/161e.htm",,,,,,,,"Click here for underground description",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p161e",,,"Nils",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag." +,,"f",,"entrance","smkridge/161/161f.htm",,,,,,,,"Click here for underground description",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p161f",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag." ,,136,,"last entrance",,"smkridge/161/136.htm",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 162,"2/S +",,,,"smkridge/162.htm",,"Schwa Höhle 162",,,"2b",,"CUCC 1988","The cave takes a good couple of hours to explore thoroughly. Through the entrance is a large chamber with a 4m × 8m crater in it. A 3m climb down to the bottom gives access to a 3m climb back up to the right, leading into the cave and a crawl at the lowest point of the boulders leading into a choked bit of cave with small solutional stuff in the roof. It is also possible to traverse around the left edge of the crater to reach a triangular crawl which goes for about 10m before it gets too tight.
The entire floor of this cave consists of small rocks and boulders. There is no solid rock anywhere horizontal, except halfway down the pitch.
After climbing out of the hole there is another 5m deep choked hole beyond. Traverses round to both the left and right are possible, although a little care is required due to the low roof and loose floor.
To the right, rubble coming out of the bottom of a choked shaft almost blocks the passage but a crawl through to the left remains, with a strong wind blasting through the confined space. Beyond this constriction the draught is lost. The roof remains low on the other side, although it is possible to stand up off to the left where there is a 4m climb up to what looks like a way on but is actually blind. Moving around the boulder pile to the right leads to a big passage. There are a few large boulders 10m to the right with a 4m climb down between them leading to a tight choked rift. This was also dug into from the top passage by the extremely zealous original explorers! There is an alcove in front and a rubble slope up to the right. Round the corner to the right is another shaft-bottom rubble pile and a hole disappearing into the roof. At the top of the slope to the left is a 4m climb up through and around big wedged boulders to reach an impressive chamber 7m × 9m and 12m high. There is a possible climb up into an aven in the corner which probably doesn't go and has a couple of moves at the top which need protecting.
Back at the fork near the entrance, turning left and thrutching over a couple of rocks (another windy spot) leads to the head of a 17m pitch broken by a ledge 8m down. There is a bolt for a ladder hang on this ledge. Going off to the left allows a safe traverse past the pitch continuation to the bottom of a 6m high rift with some ice in it, slowly narrowing as it goes up.
At the foot of the pitch is what looks like an ancient phreatic remnant. It is about 40m long and 6m wide, and mostly full of rocks. To the left it is blocked at the end by the rubble coming out of the bottom of a big shaft. It is possible to work round the foot of this for about 3m to the left and 10m to the right.
Going the other way down the passage reveals a large snow column by the left hand wall. It is possible to climb up between the column and its containing shaft, presumably all the way to the surface, but no-one has managed it yet. Beyond this column the roof gets lower, apart from a couple of solutional avens and eventually a small shaft-bottom rock pile and a couple of small inlet tubes mark the end of the cave.",,,,,"In dataset","1990 plan Cambridge Underground 1991
",162,"156-159m","22 m (survey) or 33 m (text)",,,,"The 1988 log book refers to this cave as ""Adam's Hole (2)"".",,,"p162",,,"Surface survey","gps96.162 gps96bestfit.162","gps00.162",,,,,,"Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel, about halfway between 161 and Eishöhle. Following the French traverse route along the shelf marked with orange paint from 161c will take you to just below 162 and 163.","About 250m from survey point vd1. From vd1, head directly down the gully (bearing about 100°, for about 130m, then turn right, angle right and traverse below the bunde field on the right along the most obvious shelf (you should find the french path here) for another 130m or so. The cave entrance is a 1.5m × 2m hole in the wall to the right of the traverse shelf with a very cold draught coming out of it. It is one shelf above the French path and if you are at the wrong level you will miss it.",,, 163,"2/S +",,,,"smkridge/163.htm",,"Schwa Höhle 163",,,"2b",,"CUCC 1988 ","This is a fairly small cave remnant, but it does have a draught at the end suggesting more passage beyond.
The entrance is low and wide (3.5m) and descends down a rocky slope for 20m to some impressive ice stals. There is a small tube in the roof on the right through which daylight can be seen. The cave extends another 10m past the ice stals in fossil passage until it chokes. A 3m climb up on the left allows access to a tiny rift which can be climbed down for a few uninspiring metres.
5m back from the ice stals, towards the entrance, there is a stoop under a massive boulder forming the left wall. Here is a 3m climb down into the second part of the cave. Downslope from here is a chamber with a small frozen stream running through it and a choked alcove containing another ice stal beyond the stream. The chamber through which the stream 'flows' appears to have been formed by the entire roof falling about 1.5m in one piece and it is possible to climb beneath this huge rock near the way in. Over on the right is a climb through an eyehole to a 3m climb down into a stream rift. This has a howling draught coming out of it but it is too small to get down - although the heavy application of a hammer might do the trick.",,,,,"In dataset","1990 plan, Cambridge Underground 1991
",163,"58m","17m",,,,"The 1988 log book refers to this cave as ""Adam's Hole (1)"".",,"p163tag","p163",,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.163",,,,,,"In the right hand side of a 15m diameter couloir near 162.",,,,"Tag." @@ -314,10 +314,10 @@ ,"1/S/T +",,"B1",,"kratzer/b1.htm",,"CUCC 1976/B1",,,4,,"CUCC 1976","A 14m pitch drops into rift passage quickly choking to the east. To the west, a short walk reaches a 3m climb to a higher level, choking rapidly.",,,,,,,,,"14m ",,,,"Thought by the Austrians to be one of a group of shafts numbered 36 in the Kataster, but the location of B1 relative to B4, which is very near 36, precludes this interpretation. Unfortunately, B1 was not relocated in a search in 1990.",,,,,,,,,,,"c 1640m ?",,,"Situated some 40m from A1, up valley and slightly higher up the east slope, the hole lies in an obvious E-W fault.",,,, ,"1/S +",,"B2",,"kratzer/b2.htm",,"CUCC 1976/B2",,,4,,"CUCC 1976 ","A 4m climb leads to two 5m drops and a snow plug. Across the snow a direct pitch can be reached.",,,,,,,,,"15m",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Up the bottom of the valley from B1, B2 is met just at the foot of the last steep pull up onto the col. Not relocated in search in 1990.",,,, ,"1/S +",,"B3",,"kratzer/b3.htm",,"CUCC 1976/B3",,,4,,"CUCC 1976","The lowest entrance drops via a 10m pitch into a descending rift. The rift drops steadily over boulders to a choke. Up rift from the pitch, daylight is reached from one of the other holes.",,,,,,,,,"15m ?",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Just a few metres up valley from B2, a series of holes. (Cambridge Underground 1977 gives bearings of Loser 238°, Bräuning Nase 280°. However, Loser is not visible from this area and it is most likely that this bearing is to Sommersitz, which looks rather similar from this direction.) Not relocated in search in 1990. ",,,, -,"1/S +",,"B4",,"kratzer/b4.htm",,"CUCC 1976/B4",,,4,,"CUCC 1976","Descent of 45° snow slope reaches a choked rift. Above and ahead water enters via small aven but no sign of a way on.",,,,,,"CUCC sketch 1996",,,"?",,,,,,,"p1976_b4",,,"Surface survey","gps96.b4 gps96bestfit.b4","gps00.b4",,,,,,"Again just a short distance up valley from B3, a significant shakehole with snow at foot. (Cambridge Underground 1977 gives bearings of Loser 234°, Bräuning Nase 292°. However, Loser is not visible from this area and it is most likely that this bearing is to Sommersitz, which looks rather similar from this direction.)
Relocated in searches in 1990 and 1996 - best (and pretty easily) found from Schwarzmoossattel or Top Camp by following the path south until a small spring (at the site of the 1979 bivouac) feeds a tiny stream descending into the valley. This sinks in the northernmost shaft of Schachtgruppe 36. In the centre of the valley across from this point is an obvious shakehole, usually with a small snowchoke, in a shaft.",,,, +,"1/S +",,"B4",,"kratzer/b4.htm",,"CUCC 1976/B4",,,4,,"CUCC 1976","Descent of 45° snow slope reaches a choked rift. Above and ahead water enters via small aven but no sign of a way on.",,,,,,"CUCC sketch 1996",,,"?",,,,,,,"p1976_b4",,,"Surface survey","gps96.b4 gps96bestfit.b4","gps00.b4",,,,,,"Again just a short distance up valley from B3, a significant shakehole with snow at foot. (Cambridge Underground 1977 gives bearings of Loser 234°, Bräuning Nase 292°. However, Loser is not visible from this area and it is most likely that this bearing is to Sommersitz, which looks rather similar from this direction.)
Relocated in searches in 1990 and 1996 - best (and pretty easily) found from Schwarzmoossattel or Top Camp by following the path south until a small spring (at the site of the 1979 bivouac) feeds a tiny stream descending into the valley. This sinks in the northernmost shaft of Schachtgruppe 36. In the centre of the valley across from this point is an obvious shakehole, usually with a small snowchoke, in a shaft.",,,, ,"1/S +",,"B5",,"kratzer/b5.htm",,"CUCC 1976/B5",,"probably = 74",4,,"CUCC 1976","Descent over snow of 10m or so ended a snow choke.",,,,,,,,,"10m",,,,"Probabaly =74",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"""Right on the col - the scar to the west has large holes immediately below it."" A scar to the west with large holes below it exactly describes Schachtgruppe 36 as seen from B4. B5 was not relocated in a search in 1990, nor so far in 1995. However, the Austrians thought B5 was the same as Kat. 35, whose description is nothing similar, but 35 is in the same doline as Kat. 74, which does sound exactly like B5, so we can probably assume that it is the same place.",,,, ,"1/S +",,"B6",,"plateau/b6.htm",,"CUCC 1976/B6",,,"1a",,"CUCC 1976","Descent of 8m to a choke.",,,,,,,,,"8m",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Small shaft on plateau just over the col. It is believed that this has not been found since 1976, despite a number of searches.",,,, -,"1/S +",,"B10",,"plateau/b10.htm",,"CUCC 1976/B10",,,"1a",,"CUCC 1976, 1988","Simply a 5m climb to two short pitches choked at foot of second. Rigged entirely on natural belays in 1988.",,,,,,,,,,,,,"This was apparently relocated and reexplored by CUCC in 1988, before they spotted the number. Shown as being near the foot of the Bräuning wall, in the same area as 159 and 160. Not relocated, however, in a search in 1990, probably because it's further out onto the plateau than the 91,93,94 area where I looked. There are a couple of likely looking holes immediately north of the grassy area containing lower top camp, but no number was visible in 1998.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Lies in maze of karren north of B9.",,,, +,"1/S +",,"B10",,"plateau/b10.htm",,"CUCC 1976/B10",,,"1a",,"CUCC 1976, 1988","Simply a 5m climb to two short pitches choked at foot of second. Rigged entirely on natural belays in 1988.",,,,,,,,,,,,,"This was apparently relocated and reexplored by CUCC in 1988, before they spotted the number. Shown as being near the foot of the Bräuning wall, in the same area as 159 and 160. Not relocated, however, in a search in 1990, probably because it's further out onto the plateau than the 91,93,94 area where I looked. There are a couple of likely looking holes immediately north of the grassy area containing lower top camp, but no number was visible in 1998.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Lies in maze of karren north of B9.",,,, ,"2/S +",,"LA25",,"remote/la25.htm",,"LUSS/LA25",,,6,,"LUSS 1987-8","A tricky 4m climb down to a ledge and further 2m drop gain the floor of a chamber. Down boulder slope in chamber leads to a further short climb on overhanging loose rubble to a small chamber with draughting rift. A squeeze through the rift opens directly onto the head of an awkward 8m pitch. Beyond, the floor soon disappears and way on is 5m of traverse in a widening rift to where stones fall free for 5 seconds, this was the 1987 terminus.
A 6m drop reaches a point overlooking a 5m wide circular shaft. Bolts for a Y-hang lead onto the 56m free-hanging Heart of Gold pitch, named for its cross section. Another 10m drop on the other side of a boulder lands on a large ledge covered in loose boulders, The Italian Bistro. Awkward rigging on the right wall and two lower bolts allow Deep Thought to be rigged just clear of the tottering boulders that give the 18m pitch its name.
At the base is The Restaurant at the End of the Cave, a large chamber sporting five waterfalls. From the foot of the pitch, the floor is steeply inclined up to an arch, beyond which the chamber continues to rise to a total length of about 50m. A debris slope up to a tube at the highest points leads only to a choke. There is no other way on from the Restaurant since the floor is choke by major collapse at a depth of 117m.",,,,"The above description is taken from the LUSS reports on the 1987 and 1988 expeditions.",,"A4 elev/plan to grade 5b, LUSS 1987-8 ",,,"117m",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"1880m",,,"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.",,"Above the large depression, LA25 is an open, but obscure hole on a bedding shelf. ",, ,"2/T +",,"LA26",,"remote/la26.htm",,"LUSS/LA26",,,6,,"LUSS 1987","A large low opening behind a large snow field soon develops into a large horizontal passage dropping to a choke after 50m. A climb up before the choke reaches a loose ramp. Uphill in the ramp chokes, whilst down the slope passes an oxbow toreach a drippy choked chamber. Opposite the point of entry to the ramp, a slot in the wall reaches an ascending ramp. To the left is a small inlet, and to the right is a pitch into the rift. A climbable bypass gains the roof of the drippy chamber.",,,,"The above description is taken from the LUSS report on the 1987 expedition.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"1880m",,,"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",,,, ,"1 +",,"LA27",,"remote/la27.htm",,"LUSS/LA27",,,6,,"LUSS 1987","A small tube at the foot of the cliff leads as a low crawl for about 30m to a choke. A slight draught emerges from a 10cm wide rift.",,,,"The above description is taken from the LUSS report on the 1987 expedition.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"1860m",,,"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. ",,,,
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