-Plateau visualisation by Pennine Software (still in early -development stages :-)
Within the Austrian kataster, area 1620 is the Western Totes Gebirge. Area -1623 is the Loser - Augst-Eck plateau, bounded to the SE by path 234 from the -Wildenseehutte down to Altausseer See, to the south by the lake itself, then to -the SW by the road to Blaa-Alm. The Western edge is marked by the valley of -Grüne Bichl, and the northern limit is the ridge crest of Schönberg, -then a rather ill-defined line back to the Wildenseehütte. Within this -area, by far the majority of caves are above 1500m in an area from around Augst -See, along the major ridge line of Schwarzmooskogel towards Augst-Eck (forming -a long strip on the SE of the area), and across the plateau west of -Schwarzmooskogel.
+Within the Austrian kataster, area 1620 is the Western Totes +Gebirge. Area 1623 is the Loser - Augst-Eck plateau, bounded to the SE +by path 234 from the Wildenseehutte down to Altausseer See, to the south +by the lake itself, then to the SW by the road to Blaa-Alm. The Western +edge is marked by the valley of Grüne Bichl, and the northern limit +is a rather arbitrary line across the limestone between the +Schönberg and Neid Augst-Eck, not far beyond Tunnockschacht, then +down to the Wildenseehütte. To the west and north of this line is +area 1626.
Access to the area is relatively easy at its southern edge, as the Loser Panoramastraße (a toll road) climbs the @@ -27,13 +26,23 @@ southern slopes of Vd. Schwarzmooskogel, and also north to a col overlooking the extensive pathless central plateau. Both the further reaches of the central plateau and the areas around the Schönberg, Gries Kogel and Augst-Eck ridges are remote - being large pathless areas of rough karren with little or -no water supplies except for snowmelt.
+no water supplies except for snowmelt. The Stone-Bridge bivi site between the Hinter Schwarmooskogel and Neid Augst-Eck makes it practical to expore this area.
-Plateau visualisation by Pennine Software (still in early -development stages :-)
Plateau visualisation from Aven
+ +Within this area (1623), by far the majority of caves are above +1500m in an area from around Augst See, along the major ridge line of +Schwarzmooskogel towards Augst-Eck (forming a long strip on the SE of + the area), and across the plateau west of Schwarzmooskogel.
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+Plateau visualisation from Aven
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