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"","","d","40r","entrance","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Tannenzäpfle","","p78d","","","Nils","","",81662,35730,"1666m","","","","","","","","","Surveyed",""
"","","e","","last entrance","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Steinbläser","","p78e","","","Nils","","",81427,35787,"1682m","","","","","","","","","Surveyed",""
79,"2/S +","","","","noinfo/smkridge/79.htm","","","Badenerschacht","","","2a","Vischer, 1980 ","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","1780m (c 1650m in older kataster)","","","Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel. ","","","","","","Lost",""
-80,"1/S +","","","","plateau/80/80.html","","","Schwa Schacht 80","","","1c","CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric, 1994","A straight pitch of 14m to a choke.","","","","","","Grade 1 extended elevation in Cambridge Underground expedition report","","","14m ","","","","","p080","","","Nils","","gps00.80","","","","(1996) VSK nipple: 135°, BW pt 1835: 043° (this cannot possibly be right), Grieskogel: 007°, HSK: 043°","","Plateau just NE of col.","From Schwarzmoossattel, drop onto the plateau, where an intermittent line of cairns leads from the Bräuning wall camp (CUCC's Top Camp from 1988) across to the right, leading to the 8x caves and 145. Directly across a large clear area of karren, a large cairn used to mark the 8m by 5m entrance shaft, but this has apparently disappeared (1995) only to be rebuilt in 1996 - but is very vulnerable to demolition by winter snows. The shaft is otherwise invisible from a few metres away. The number 80, in red, is quite faded (1989) and is on the shaft wall facing the Bräuning wall.","","| Entrance shaft | View down shaft | Cairn and very faded paint mark |
Photos © Olly Betts 2005","Tag","Tag 1998, retag 1999","Surveyed","" -81,"1/T +","","","","plateau/81/81.html","","","Schwa Höhle 81","","","1c","CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric","A short section of horizontal passage 5m below the surface, with two entrances, but no way on. ","","","","","","Grade 1 extended elevation in Cambridge Underground expedition report","","15m. ","","","","","","","","","GPS post SA","","p81","","","","","","Plateau just NE of col, between 80 and 82, very close to 85.","","","
| Entrance | Dave pointing out the tag bolt |
Photos © Olly Betts 2005","Tag","Tag 2005-07-28","Surveyed","" -82,"4/S/T +","","","","plateau/82.htm","","","Bräuninghöhle","","","1c","CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric","Very obvious walking sized cave entrance leads to a boulder strewn passage (ice formations early in season) into an aven with daylight entering 20m above. A scramble over boulders leads to Apfelschacht - a 6m pitch with loose boulders at the head. This drops to a 3m climb and then a 20m pitch Orangenschacht with a trickle of water entering halfway down. From the foot, a fine keyhole passage imaginatively named Schlüssellochgang, and a choice of routes. The most obvious way on is a 10m pitch, Bierschacht over a stalagmite flow to an awkward crawl, Worm Passage, which looked likely to end things. However, this opens out suddenly at a pitch head. Nocheinbierschacht is 15m, impressively free. At the foot, a vocal connection can be made with a phreatic passage above the third pitch which ends in a big hole.
Ahead is a phreatic tunnel which chokes, and a large black emptiness. This is descended for 25m in four 6m steps, Viermalbierschacht, to a ledge big enough for one and a bit people. The stream goes over this ledge into a large black void. This pitch, Besoffene, is 50m and hangs free for all but the last 8m in a very impressive shaft. From the foot, traverse above a steeply dropping stream canyon to a sloping platform from which a 17m pitch reaches the stream floor. This cascades over a further 6m pitch, below which a climb out of the stream reaches a rig point for a 30m pitch ending on a slope down to a sump at -216m.","","","","","","Cambridge Underground 1978, facing p 32
There is also an area plan showing 82 in context with 145 and 148.
","","","-216m, +20","","","","","p82","tip of rock marked ""82"" at entrance","","Surface survey","","","","","","","","Plateau 430m from col, roughly NE.","From Schwarzmoossattel, follow description to 80. From here, a route leads directly towards Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel over fairly flat karren, becoming more shattered towards another cairn. Then there is a somewhat chaotic area.
Skirt this on the left to a small ridge running left-right. There is a cairn to the right across the chaotic bit. From the ridge, 82 is the obvious entrance directly ahead. Across the ridge to the right, more cairns lead initially towards 82, but then become misleading as they head up the hill to Wolfhöhle (145).","","
","Tag","""82"" in red paint on boulder and on left of cave. 1998 tag ""1623 82 CUCC 1977"" on right inside cave entrance (not at survey point).","Surveyed","" +80,"1/S +","","","","plateau/80/80.html","","","Schwa Schacht 80","","","1c","CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric, 1994","A straight pitch of 14m to a choke.","","","","","","Grade 1 extended elevation in Cambridge Underground expedition report","","","14m ","","","","","p080","","","Nils","","gps00.80","","","","(1996) VSK nipple: 135°, BW pt 1835: 043° (this cannot possibly be right), Grieskogel: 007°, HSK: 043°","","Plateau just NE of col.","From Schwarzmoossattel, drop onto the plateau, where an intermittent line of cairns leads from the Bräuning wall camp (CUCC's Top Camp from 1988) across to the right, leading to the 8x caves and 145. Directly across a large clear area of karren, a large cairn used to mark the 8m by 5m entrance shaft, but this has apparently disappeared (1995) only to be rebuilt in 1996 - but is very vulnerable to demolition by winter snows. The shaft is otherwise invisible from a few metres away. The number 80, in red, is quite faded (1989) and is on the shaft wall facing the Bräuning wall.","","
| Entrance shaft | View down shaft | Cairn and very faded paint mark |
Photos © Olly Betts 2005","Tag","Tag 1998, retag 1999","Surveyed","" +81,"1/T +","","","","plateau/81/81.html","","","Schwa Höhle 81","","","1c","CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric","A short section of horizontal passage 5m below the surface, with two entrances, but no way on. ","","","","","","Grade 1 extended elevation in Cambridge Underground expedition report","","15m. ","","","","","","","","","GPS post SA","","p81","","","","","","Plateau just NE of col, between 80 and 82, very close to 85.","","","
| Entrance | Dave pointing out the tag bolt |
Photos © Olly Betts 2005","Tag","Tag 2005-07-28","Surveyed","" +82,"4/S/T +","","","","plateau/82.htm","","","Bräuninghöhle","","","1c","CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric","Very obvious walking sized cave entrance leads to a boulder strewn passage (ice formations early in season) into an aven with daylight entering 20m above. A scramble over boulders leads to Apfelschacht - a 6m pitch with loose boulders at the head. This drops to a 3m climb and then a 20m pitch Orangenschacht with a trickle of water entering halfway down. From the foot, a fine keyhole passage imaginatively named Schlüssellochgang, and a choice of routes. The most obvious way on is a 10m pitch, Bierschacht over a stalagmite flow to an awkward crawl, Worm Passage, which looked likely to end things. However, this opens out suddenly at a pitch head. Nocheinbierschacht is 15m, impressively free. At the foot, a vocal connection can be made with a phreatic passage above the third pitch which ends in a big hole.
Ahead is a phreatic tunnel which chokes, and a large black emptiness. This is descended for 25m in four 6m steps, Viermalbierschacht, to a ledge big enough for one and a bit people. The stream goes over this ledge into a large black void. This pitch, Besoffene, is 50m and hangs free for all but the last 8m in a very impressive shaft. From the foot, traverse above a steeply dropping stream canyon to a sloping platform from which a 17m pitch reaches the stream floor. This cascades over a further 6m pitch, below which a climb out of the stream reaches a rig point for a 30m pitch ending on a slope down to a sump at -216m.","","","","","","Cambridge Underground 1978, facing p 32
There is also an area plan showing 82 in context with 145 and 148.
","","","-216m, +20","","","","","p82","tip of rock marked ""82"" at entrance","","Surface survey","","","","","","","","Plateau 430m from col, roughly NE.","From Schwarzmoossattel, follow description to 80. From here, a route leads directly towards Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel over fairly flat karren, becoming more shattered towards another cairn. Then there is a somewhat chaotic area.
Skirt this on the left to a small ridge running left-right. There is a cairn to the right across the chaotic bit. From the ridge, 82 is the obvious entrance directly ahead. Across the ridge to the right, more cairns lead initially towards 82, but then become misleading as they head up the hill to Wolfhöhle (145).","","
","Tag","""82"" in red paint on boulder and on left of cave. 1998 tag ""1623 82 CUCC 1977"" on right inside cave entrance (not at survey point).","Surveyed","" 83,"2/S =","","","","plateau/83.htm","","","Schwa Schacht 83","","","1c","CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric","13m freeclimb dropped onto a steep snowslope requiring a handline. This was descended for 10m to a steep boulder slope which funnelled down to a small hole through which stones dropped for a long time. The large amounts of scree made descent unwise. Above the boulder slope, a phreatic passage led quickly to a big hole in the floor. The hole is a fine free-hanging descent of 36m to a solid choke of boulders. The phreatic passage continues beyond the pitch, but was not reached, and trends uphill.","","","","","","Grade 1 extended elevation in Cambridge Underground expedition report","","","55m","","This was originally listed as ""exploration completed"", but the description and survey suggest that with modern drilltastic rigging techniques it would not be hard to reach the continuation of the phreas across the head of the final pitch.","","","p83","exact point not recorded","","Surface survey","","","","","","","","Plateau, 200m north of Bräuninghöhle (Kat. 82). This is not very obvious, since it is in an area of dwarf pine on a knoll south of the dry valley containing Kat. 107","","","","Paint","Red paint number from 1977","Surveyed","" 84,"1/T -","","","","plateau/84.htm","","","Schwa Höhle 84","","","1c","CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric","Draughting tube leads to a small chamber, further small tube leads off, unexplored since deemed impenetrable in shorts and T-shirt.","","","","","","Grade 1 extended elevation in Cambridge Underground expedition report","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","c 1660m","","","Plateau WNW of Kat.83","","","","Paint","","Lost","Not seen since 1977 apparently" 85,"2/T/S +","","","","plateau/85/85.html","","","Schwa Höhle 85","","","1c","CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric","Large descending entrance leads to a series of free climbs ending too tight at -50m.","","","","","","Grade 1 extended elevation in Cambridge Underground expedition report","","","","","","","","p85","red paint mark on east wall of doline (see photo)","","Surface survey","","","","","","","","Plateau, at southwest end of depression containing Bräuninghöhle (Kat.82)","","","
| Entrance area with Dave placing tag bolt | Number just visible down the side of the snowplug |
Photos © Olly Betts 2005","Tag","large red painted number ""85"", still visible in 1998 but occasionally hidden by snow plug. Tag placed 2005-07-28.","Surveyed","" @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ s (mainly deduced from survey data) don't correspond well with the 1997 experien 142,"6/T/S x","","40n","","smkridge/142.htm","","","Schwa Höhle 142","","","2a","
","Yet another entrance to Stellerweghöhle, with two points of connection, and also the first point of connection with Schwabenschacht, a similar cave explored by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Höhle und Karst Grabenstetten e.V.. 142 contains a very large chamber, imaginatively named The Big Chamber reached by a 34m pitch from a point adjacent to the connection. A full description of 142 (but not 78) is one of the components of the Stellerweghöhle guidebook, just an overview is given here.
Note: With apparent perversity, the Austrians have numbered this as 115e in their Kataster. This is likely to give rise to immense confusion in the long term as more caves are connected, and numbers on entrances cannot readily be altered (owing to the obscurity of their location and inaccessibility from within the system).
After an initial small tube, the cave opens into passages very similar to those in Schwabenschacht and the upper levels of Stellerweghöhle. Descent of some of the steep ramps to the right of the main way on may provide further connections into the main cave (and one may have already done so). However, staying high leads through tubes to an inobvious junction. Left is the connection to 78, whilst right leads immediately to the head of a pitch into the Big Chamber - a popular name in the system. A route from this chamber leads to the foot of an 18m pitch in the entrance series of Stellerweghöhle, and a more obscure route through boulders from the head of the Big Chamber pitch leads to the same place.","","","","","In dataset","CUCC plan from surveys 1982-1985, here in several sections:
","smk-system.svx","","","","this entrance to the main system really should have a name.","","","p142","","","Nils","","",81218.2,35770.4,"1615.1m","","","","Hack up the hillside behind Windloch (Kat.32).","","","Tag (?)","The entrance was prominently numbered '132' in red but this was finally changed in 1996 after the connection to Schwabenschacht (1623-78)","Surveyed","" 143,"3/S +","","","","smkridge/143.htm","","","Weiße Warze Schacht I","","","2a","CUCC 1983, 1984 ","The first pitch starts after a short climb down boulders. From here light may be seen entering from another entrance 143b. The pitch of 20m lands on a small ledge and a short freeclimb leads to a traverse over wedged blocks. The next pitch of 10m is rigged over the edge of the last of these and brings one to a balcony at the start of a 23m shaft. Another clean, almost circular shaft (19m) follows, to a climb of 6m down wedged boulders. The passage now narrows to a small vadose canyon with a stream in it, but soon turns vertical at an 8m pitch, followed quickly by one of 18m. At the foot of this final shaft, the stream flows down a rift, approximately 10m deep, but too narrow to follow. Much hammering here achieved little progress, but could be heard clearly in passages leading from above the Big Pitch in Stellerweghöhle.","","","","","In dataset","See Stellerweghöhlensystem upper levels survey","caves/143/143.svx","182m","124m","36m","The above name is provisional, since its not really my prerogative to name it, but it should have a name really.","","","p143","","p143x","Nils","","","","","","","","The Nipple, (aka ""Weiße Warze"")","","The square shaped entrance lies just below (22m vertically at 34m on 158°) the nipple at the end of the ridge running SSW from Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.","","","","Surveyed","" 144,"6/S/T x","","","","smkridge/144.htm","","","Tony's Second Höhle","","","2a","CUCC 1983, 1985 ","This is the highest entrance to Stellerweghöhle found by CUCC, and a full description is included in the Stellerweghöhle guidebook description, just an overview is given here.
A predominantly vertical entrance series leads to a level of extensive fossil phreatic development, not fully explored. The main passage, The Yellow Brick Road, leads to the lip of a 25m pitch into a large muddy chamber. From the bottom, a steeply dipping tube is followed down until a canyon is reached from a boulder chamber. Most ways close down quickly from here.
Across the pitch from Yellow Brick Road is a large continuing passage, gained by an obscure and somewhat exposed route in boulders. It soon leads to a bolted climb, but a ramp down below drops to another large passage. Right here, the draught is followed through winding passage until it emerges 20m up in a chamber. Backtracking leads to a squeeze and muddy crawls to the bottom, from where a canyon develops, finally dropping into Stellerweghöhle below the Big Pitch via a 10m chimney.
There are a significant number of unpushed leads in the cave, but all are expected to connect back to already known passage. One may provide a connection to the northernmost reaches of Schwabenschacht (1623/78).","","","","","In dataset","Survey integrated into guidebook description","smk-system.svx","","","","This name is the 1983 provisional name, which was intended to be scrapped. Weiße Warze Höhle II might be better, but this cave really should have a proper name - after all, it was 284m deep before the connection to the main system! It appears in Austrian lists just as Schwarzmooskogelschacht. ARGE call it ""Tony's Second Höhle"" , so we're probably stuck with the name now.","","","p144","","p144x","Nils","","","","","","","","The Nipple, (aka ""Weiße Warze"")","","","","","","Surveyed","" -145,"4/t/S +","a–c","","yes","plateau/145/145.html","","","Wolfhöhle","","","1c","CUCC 1983-4. There is now a history file indexing into the log book write-ups.","Entrance is 2m high and 1m wide and walking passage leads for 120m of level going to first pitch, with a few side passages (one to higher entrance). Pitch is 19m into Wolf Chamber where the skeleton proved not to be of a wolf but of a Brown Bear, Ursus arctos. A pit in the floor, the Bear Pit is blind, and the continuation of the entrance pitch emits no draught and is believed to choke, but was never seriously investigated. A loose 3m climb at the far end of the chamber leads up into a draughting tube. This leads to an awkward 15m slimy tube descent, Bog Seat Climb, best laddered. A short grovel enlarges to a sandy stooping passage which pops out over the edge of a large black hole. Off to the left at this point a crawl intersects a larger passage leading to another set of smaller shafts only partially descended. It is also possible to reach the opposite side of the big pitch by this route.
The 83m Big Leap is rigged in three sections of 22, 25 and 36m via two freehanging rebelays and a deviation near the bottom, in a large rift with black peaty mud on the walls in the upper section. The rift narrows and bottoms out in a small streamway blocked here and there by jammed boulders which no longer (since 1984) constitute a squeeze. Short traverses and pitches of 15m and 6m are straightforward until a second large shaft is reached. The water cannot be avoided on the 59m Tiddley Pom pitch, which can become a serious proposition in wet weather. The first section is 11m, to the level where a heavy drip (rapidly becoming a torrent in thunderstorms) enters. The rebelay bolt is tucked away to the left, a long reach round the corner. Further sections of 17 and 24m in a circular shaft of about 6m diameter reach a big wet ledge. The final section of 7m reaches a big dry stance on jammed boulders, Cold Toes Ledge. This is far enough out of the water to be an acceptable place to sit and wait for 16 hours, or to brew soup.
The stream continues to drop in a rift, with pitches of 13 and 14m from jammed boulders. The water then sinks into a slit, Nobody Knows, which was descended for 15m before becoming too tight. To continue, traverse over this hole and continue a short way to a large black chasm, the 112m Fear and Loathing Pitch, involving some airy traversing near the top. Sections of 10, 29 and 16m reach Acrobat Flake, where careful rigging is required to avoid a particularly gymnastic changeover for the next section of 16m. The rift (never wider than 3-4m) continues with drops of 18 and 23m to land on an unpleasant bit of damp floor: Las Vegas.
A particularly unpleasant mud-walled rift, Beezley Street, ("where the rats have rickets") continues as a traverse if you can stay up, or a nasty thrutch otherwise. This ends abruptly where an aven brings clean washed limestone for the next 14m pitch. A clean, but sharp traverse continues to corkscrewing 18 and 5m pitches into The Drainage Ditch, a wading depth section of passage occasionally blocked by boulders, which hold back the static pools. Short pitches of 8, 9 and 7m twist down to another section of drainage ditch which continues for a few more metres to a static sump 399m below the main entrance.
A hole above the sump leads to a small, muddy, grovelly continuation to some small avens and a further sump, before closing down.
Geology : Tubes near the entrance are formed along the prominent NE-SW joint direction in the area, which so dominates the nearby Bräuninghöhle, and the cave trends generally SW as it drops. However, all the major vertical development is in deep shafts on joints at right-angles to this major trend, on a strike of about 120-300°. Fear and Loathing pitch in particular is in a strikingly narrow rift over 110m deep, suggesting an almost vertical joint. Below this shaft there is very little significant jointing, and the cave meanders considerably before the dismal end another 140m SW.","","","","","In dataset","There is a particularly inadequate elevation only in Cambridge Underground 1985. There is an area plan, drawn at 1:2000, showing 145, 82 and 148 on Gauß and Krüger coordinates, which has never been published.
There is enough survey bumph to draw a respectable plan.
","caves/145/145.svx","1108m","402m","354m","","","","","","","laser point","","","","","","","","On the plateau, 18m above Bräuninghöhle (Kat. 82)
Permanent survey station 0/4 at entrance a.","There are two routes to this entrance, one directly from the Schwarzmoossattel, which is marked by the remains of a line of blue bailer twine, and one from the plateau camp.
For the latter, follow route described under Kat. 80 and 82, but rather than heading for the obvious entrance of 82, follow the cairns uphill towards the col between the Schwarzmooskogels. Shortly on the right is a horizontal draughting entrance 0.9m high and 1.1m wide with no number - this is presumed to be 145b (it has been checked as going into 145). 20-30m further up the hill, drop into a doline with a horizontal entrance leading off. This is 145a.","","
| 145a (© Andy Waddington 1984) | 145a (© David Loeffler 01/08/2005 12:03:13) | 145b (© David Loeffler 01/08/2005 10:46:39) | 145c (© David Loeffler 01/08/2005 12:18:14) |
(We strongly believe the hole above is 145c, but we are not completely sure.)","","","","" +145,"4/t/S +","a–c","","yes","plateau/145/145.html","","","Wolfhöhle","","","1c","CUCC 1983-4. There is now a history file indexing into the log book write-ups.","Entrance is 2m high and 1m wide and walking passage leads for 120m of level going to first pitch, with a few side passages (one to higher entrance). Pitch is 19m into Wolf Chamber where the skeleton proved not to be of a wolf but of a Brown Bear, Ursus arctos. A pit in the floor, the Bear Pit is blind, and the continuation of the entrance pitch emits no draught and is believed to choke, but was never seriously investigated. A loose 3m climb at the far end of the chamber leads up into a draughting tube. This leads to an awkward 15m slimy tube descent, Bog Seat Climb, best laddered. A short grovel enlarges to a sandy stooping passage which pops out over the edge of a large black hole. Off to the left at this point a crawl intersects a larger passage leading to another set of smaller shafts only partially descended. It is also possible to reach the opposite side of the big pitch by this route.
The 83m Big Leap is rigged in three sections of 22, 25 and 36m via two freehanging rebelays and a deviation near the bottom, in a large rift with black peaty mud on the walls in the upper section. The rift narrows and bottoms out in a small streamway blocked here and there by jammed boulders which no longer (since 1984) constitute a squeeze. Short traverses and pitches of 15m and 6m are straightforward until a second large shaft is reached. The water cannot be avoided on the 59m Tiddley Pom pitch, which can become a serious proposition in wet weather. The first section is 11m, to the level where a heavy drip (rapidly becoming a torrent in thunderstorms) enters. The rebelay bolt is tucked away to the left, a long reach round the corner. Further sections of 17 and 24m in a circular shaft of about 6m diameter reach a big wet ledge. The final section of 7m reaches a big dry stance on jammed boulders, Cold Toes Ledge. This is far enough out of the water to be an acceptable place to sit and wait for 16 hours, or to brew soup.
The stream continues to drop in a rift, with pitches of 13 and 14m from jammed boulders. The water then sinks into a slit, Nobody Knows, which was descended for 15m before becoming too tight. To continue, traverse over this hole and continue a short way to a large black chasm, the 112m Fear and Loathing Pitch, involving some airy traversing near the top. Sections of 10, 29 and 16m reach Acrobat Flake, where careful rigging is required to avoid a particularly gymnastic changeover for the next section of 16m. The rift (never wider than 3-4m) continues with drops of 18 and 23m to land on an unpleasant bit of damp floor: Las Vegas.
A particularly unpleasant mud-walled rift, Beezley Street, ("where the rats have rickets") continues as a traverse if you can stay up, or a nasty thrutch otherwise. This ends abruptly where an aven brings clean washed limestone for the next 14m pitch. A clean, but sharp traverse continues to corkscrewing 18 and 5m pitches into The Drainage Ditch, a wading depth section of passage occasionally blocked by boulders, which hold back the static pools. Short pitches of 8, 9 and 7m twist down to another section of drainage ditch which continues for a few more metres to a static sump 399m below the main entrance.
A hole above the sump leads to a small, muddy, grovelly continuation to some small avens and a further sump, before closing down.
Geology : Tubes near the entrance are formed along the prominent NE-SW joint direction in the area, which so dominates the nearby Bräuninghöhle, and the cave trends generally SW as it drops. However, all the major vertical development is in deep shafts on joints at right-angles to this major trend, on a strike of about 120-300°. Fear and Loathing pitch in particular is in a strikingly narrow rift over 110m deep, suggesting an almost vertical joint. Below this shaft there is very little significant jointing, and the cave meanders considerably before the dismal end another 140m SW.","","","","","In dataset","There is a particularly inadequate elevation only in Cambridge Underground 1985. There is an area plan, drawn at 1:2000, showing 145, 82 and 148 on Gauß and Krüger coordinates, which has never been published.
There is enough survey bumph to draw a respectable plan.
","caves/145/145.svx","1108m","402m","354m","","","","","","","laser point","","","","","","","","On the plateau, 18m above Bräuninghöhle (Kat. 82)
Permanent survey station 0/4 at entrance a.","There are two routes to this entrance, one directly from the Schwarzmoossattel, which is marked by the remains of a line of blue bailer twine, and one from the plateau camp.
For the latter, follow route described under Kat. 80 and 82, but rather than heading for the obvious entrance of 82, follow the cairns uphill towards the col between the Schwarzmooskogels. Shortly on the right is a horizontal draughting entrance 0.9m high and 1.1m wide with no number - this is presumed to be 145b (it has been checked as going into 145). 20-30m further up the hill, drop into a doline with a horizontal entrance leading off. This is 145a.","","
| 145a (© Andy Waddington 1984) | 145a (© David Loeffler 01/08/2005 12:03:13) | 145b (© David Loeffler 01/08/2005 10:46:39) | 145c (© David Loeffler 01/08/2005 12:18:14) |
(We strongly believe the hole above is 145c, but we are not completely sure.)","","","","" "","","a","","entrance","","","","","","","","CUCC 1983-4. There is now a history file indexing into the log book write-ups.","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","p145","May be Laser point 0/4, but it is dubious","","","","gps00.145","","","","","","","","","","Tag","Red paint ""145""; tag.","Surveyed","" "","","b","","entrance","","","","","","","","CUCC 1983-4. There is now a history file indexing into the log book write-ups.","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","p145b","","","Surface survey","","","","","","","","","","","","Tag","","Surveyed","" "","","c","","last entrance","","","","","","","","CUCC 1983-4. There is now a history file indexing into the log book write-ups.","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","p145c","","","Surface survey","","","","","","","","","","","","Unmarked","","Surveyed","" @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ s (mainly deduced from survey data) don't correspond well with the 1997 experien 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","","Surveyed",""
159,"2/S +","","","","plateau/159/159.html","","","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","","","","t159","","","","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.","","
| View towards col | View down shaft (note tag on shaft wall just below number board) |
Photos © Andy Waddington 1998 and David Loeffler 2005","Tag","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.","Surveyed","" 160,"2/S/ +","","","","plateau/160.htm","","","Plateau Schacht 160","Jared's Hole","","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.","","","","Tag","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.","Surveyed","" -161,"5/S/E x","a–h","","yes","smkridge/161/top.htm","","","Kaninchenhöhle","","","2c","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","smk-system.svx","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.","","","See the photo gallery for entrance photos.","","","","" +161,"5/S/E x","a–h","","yes","smkridge/161/top.htm","","","Kaninchenhöhle","","","2c","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","smk-system.svx","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.","","","See the photo gallery for entrance photos.","","","","" "","","a","","entrance","smkridge/161/161a.htm","","","","","","2c","CUCC 1988-98","Click here for underground description","","","","","","","","","","","","","","p161a","","","Nils","","gps00.161a2","","","","","","","","","","Tag","","Surveyed","" "","","b","","entrance","smkridge/161/161b.htm","","","","","","2c","CUCC 1988-98","Click here for underground description","","","","","","","","","","","","","","p161b","","","Nils","","","","","","","","","","","","Tag","","Surveyed","" "","","c","VSS 88AF","entrance","smkridge/161/161c.htm","","","","","","2c","CUCC 1988-98","Click here for underground description","","","","","","","","","","","","","","p161c","","","Nils","","","","","","","","","","","The 161c entrance is shown here.","Tag","","Surveyed","" @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ s (mainly deduced from survey data) don't correspond well with the 1997 experien 172,"1/T +","","90/2","","plateau/172.htm","","","Plateau Höhle 90/2","","","1a","Almost certainly seen before, but recorded CUCC 1990","Horizontal, walk-in phreatic tube dipping to S and trending 190°. 40m long, 4m wide, 1.5 to 2m high. Choked at end.","","","","","In dataset","
Notes in 2000#34","caves/172/172.svx","","","","","","","p172","","","Surface survey","","","","","","","","North of 171 along fault, on cliff facing north, 10m east of fault. HSK 063°, Schönberg cross 343°. Relocated from these bearings, which seem about right, in 1995.","","","
Entrance to 1623/172, seen in 1995
","Tag","Originally marked ""CUCC 90/2"" in red, changed to ""172"" in 1991. An Austrian metal tag bolted to entrance in 1995.","Surveyed","" 173,"1/S +","","90/3","","plateau/173.htm","","","Plateau Schacht 90/3","","","1d","Recorded CUCC 1990","Lies along fracture line from 172 with several shafts connected by a narrow rift. Most of these are snow plugged - 173 also has a plug but this has shrunk and a large gap is visible around the edges. Fracture trends 024°, shaft is c20m deep and 7m diameter.","","","","","","","","","C20m","","","","t173","","","","Surface survey","","","","","","Bräuning Nase 191° (1995, 1990 record says 186°), Nipple 159°, Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel appears as two peaks, left hand one is 080° (1995, 1990 figure 082° unclear which peak), Bräuning Zinken 224° (1995, 1990:220°)","","","","","
","Tag","Originally marked ""CUCC 90/3"" in red, changed to ""173"" in 1991. An Austrian metal tag bolted to entrance in 1995.","Surveyed","" 174,"1/S +","","90/4","","plateau/174/174.html","","","Plateau Schacht 90/4","","","1d","Recorded CUCC 1990, descended by Adam ?","c 30m shaft, climbable for first 10m to rock bridge. Snow at bottom, but cobble floor also visible.","","","","","","","","","C30m","","","","","","","","","","gps00.174","","","1665m (by altimeter set 1610 at Bergrestaurant)","Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel 088° (1995, 1990:087°) to right hand peak, Rightmost apparent peak of three on Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel 160° (1990), Bräuning Nase 188° (1995, 1990:189°), Bräuning Zinken 221° (1995, 1990:218°)","","Situated on fracture bearing 044° which forms prominent banded cliff visible North of Top Camp on second low ridge.","This cave is quite hard to find, even though the bearings get you very close. It is just below a cliff, which is almost the highest bit of cliff in the vicinity. The entrance is almost on the (E-W) axis on the ridge and the cliff faces SE. The number is easily missed.","","
| Robert Seebacher at the entrance in 1995 | Tag and painted number | View back towards Brauning Wall, showing possible fault | Weathered rock on wall behind entrance shaft |
Photos © Andy Waddington 1995 (1) and © Olly Betts 2005 (2,3,4).","Tag","Originally marked ""CUCC 90/4"" in red, changed to ""174"" in 1991. An Austrian metal tag bolted to entrance in 1995.","Surveyed","" -175,"1/S +","","90/5","","plateau/175.htm","","","Plateau Schacht 90/5","","","1d","Recorded CUCC 1990, descended 1990-07-29","c20m shaft, snow at bottom. Last (2nd) pitch led to climb into choked bit.","","","","","","Sketch survey in 1990 survey book, page 78","","","","","","","","","","","","","gps00.175","","","","Nipple 167°, Bräuning Nase 193°, Bräuning Zinken 220°, HSK 100° (1990 bearings)","","","Further round cliff to NE of 174 on NW side of shallow valley bounded on one side by the HSK.
If you are coming from 174, 175 is a couple of scars down from where you arrive by simply following the cliff.","","
","Tag","Originally marked ""CUCC 90/5"" in red, changed to ""175"" in 1991. An Austrian metal tag bolted to entrance in 1995.","Surveyed","" +175,"1/S +","","90/5","","plateau/175.htm","","","Plateau Schacht 90/5","","","1d","Recorded CUCC 1990, descended 1990-07-29","c20m shaft, snow at bottom. Last (2nd) pitch led to climb into choked bit.","","","","","","Sketch survey in 1990 survey book, page 78","","","","","","","","","","","","","gps00.175","","","","Nipple 167°, Bräuning Nase 193°, Bräuning Zinken 220°, HSK 100° (1990 bearings)","","","Further round cliff to NE of 174 on NW side of shallow valley bounded on one side by the HSK.
If you are coming from 174, 175 is a couple of scars down from where you arrive by simply following the cliff.","","
","Tag","Originally marked ""CUCC 90/5"" in red, changed to ""175"" in 1991. An Austrian metal tag bolted to entrance in 1995.","Surveyed","" 176,"1/S -","","90/6","","plateau/176.htm","","","Plateau Schacht 90/6","","","1d","Recorded CUCC 1990","c30m shaft with snow-covered ledge at 15m. Rocks thrown down land on cobble floor.","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","gps00.176","","","1665m (by altimeter set 1610 at Bergrestaurant)","Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel 102½ (1995, to left hand peak; 1990/91 100 or 104°?), rightmost (of three) peak of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel 168½° (1990/91: 167 or 169°), Bräuning Nase 195° (1995, 1990:193°), Bräuning Zinken 220½ (1995, 1990/91 220 or 214°), Top Camp 192° (1991?)","","At foot of SE-facing scar, just NE of a much more obvious (but unmarked) NW-SE rift with snow. Below this scar is a pavement formed in a shelly band of limestone, which dips c 10-15° on a strike of 135-315°. Following the pavement down and dropping down one scar leads to 175.","","","
","Tag","Originally marked ""CUCC 90/6"" in red, changed to ""176"" in 1991, on scar above cave, rather small. An Austrian metal tag bolted to entrance next to the number in 1995.","Surveyed","" 177,"1/S +","","90/7","","plateau/177.htm","","","Tantalus Schacht","","","1d","CUCC 1990 ","Named by dehydrated discoverers who had allowed water (and paint) out of their possession. At the bottom of the shaft is beautiful flowing stream. 35m shaft from Bunde belay to pool, water seep and ice at bottom. Access to promising looking passage which unfortunately quickly chokes.","","","","","","
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Bräuning Nase 215°, Bräuning Zinken 234°, Schönberg summit 332°. This proved impossible to find in 1995 from these bearings which bring one to a point c 200m NNE of 1623/104 (easily spotted by the prominent split boulder above its entrance). The vicinity is hard to search owing to an excess of dwarf pine scrub and small cliffs.","","At break of slope between HSK and the plateau. ","","","","","","Lost","There is a shaft nearby with a loose rock numbered 177, which is wrong (suspected at the time, hence the use of an easily erasable mark)"
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",""
@@ -418,21 +418,21 @@ s (mainly deduced from survey data) don't correspond well with the 1997 experien
"","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","","","","","Notes in 2002#06 (not drawn up)","","","","","","","","","","","","","gps02olly.2002-ob-01","","","","","","8m off the left side of the path shortly after leaving 40s before steep section past 40f","","","
| Approach | Close-up |
Photos © Wookey 2002","Spit","Tag bolt placed but no tags to hand","Surveyed" "","1/S +","","2002-W-01","","smkridge/2002-W-01/2002-W-01.html","","","","","","2b","Existing spit indicating previous exploration (GSCB?); rediscovered and surveyed CUCC 2002 Wookey, Olly Betts","Upper entrance is short 10m pitch. At the bottom, narrow passage comes back parallel to upper passage to squeeze, which connects to second lower entrance. Significant draught comes out of canyon in floor, but this is blocked by boulders.","","Very easy dig with a crowbar","","2002 logbook (2002-08-01)","","Notes in 2002#06 (not drawn up)","","","","","","","","","","","","","gps02olly.2002-w-01","","","","","","About 60m from 40f (Königschacht); see sketch in survey notes","","","
| Olly Betts at the upper entrance | Lower entrance | Lower entrance again |
Photos © Wookey 2002","Spit (?)","","Surveyed" "","1/S +","","2002-W-02","","smkridge/2002-W-02/2002-W-02.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)","","Notes in 2002#06 (not drawn up)","caves/2002-w-02/2002-w-02.svx","22m","10m","13m","","","p2002-w-02","","","","","","","","","","","","20m directly below 229 and 15m away from 40s","","","","Spit","Tag bolt placed but no tags to hand","Surveyed" -"","1/S =","","2002-AD-01","","smkridge/2002-AD-01/2002-AD-01.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Anthony)","Short drop (~4m) to snow plug. There is a gap above the snow plug and there may be a way on, though it is probably choked.","","","","Original survey notes","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-ad-01","","","","","","","","","","","","On far side of Nieder Augst-Eck ridge from stone bridge is a large valley between the NAE and the next ridge. (Valley heads towards the valley between Altaussee and Wildensee huts). Gully leading into this contains many holes that are obviously choked. Cave is at head of gully.","","","","Spit","","Surveyed" -"","1/S =","","2002-AD-02","","smkridge/2002-AD-02/2002-AD-02.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Anthony)","10-15m deep with snow plug (probably choked)","","","","Original survey notes","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-ad-02","","","","","","","","","","","","At bottom of gully from 2002-AD-01 are some shafts - one is ~1m square, lower down is another ~2m square with a part-drilled spit hole at the top.","","","","Spit","","Surveyed" -"","1/S =","","2002-AD-03","","smkridge/2002-AD-03/2002-AD-03.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Anthony)","Inside entrance, rubble slope drops down to short pitch into chamber. Chamber is ~20ft deep from entrance. One wall is steeply inclined, chamber may continue underneath. At (illegible) there may be a continuation: a narrow gully appears to twist off to the left. Above is an eye-hole through which there appears to be blank space.
Further round from this entrance and lower down, there is a large depression with a small snow-plug on the floor, with a crawl at the bottom (very small technical QM) - looks like lots of water comes down it - disappears into a choss bowl.","","","","Original survey notes","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-ad-03","","","","","","","","","","","","","Traverse along terrace above level of 2002-AD-02 to reach grassy col - cave is horizontal entrance on hillside.","","","","","Surveyed" -"","1/S =","","2002-AD-04","","smkridge/2002-AD-04/2002-AD-04.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Anthony)","The first hole is triangular with sandy-floored passage leading to 2 things: firstly, a small slot in the floor where rocks fall for ~2 sec, and secondly a climb/squeeze over/under a large rock to a rocky floor, roof ~15 feet here. It appears that a narrow canyon is filled with rocks for ~10ft - maybe after that it could be descended.
Further round are 2 holes together. Lower of the two is full of rocks. Nearer is steeply sloping hole (sounds dead).","","","","Original survey notes","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-ad-04","","","","","","","","","","","","","Further round and higher up on the same side of the col as 2002-AD-03 are three holes.","","","Spit","Spit hole drilled at first entrance (the triangular one)","Surveyed" +"","1/S =","","2002-AD-01","","smkridge/2002-AD-01/2002-AD-01.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Anthony)","Short drop (~4m) to snow plug. There is a gap above the snow plug and there may be a way on, though it is probably choked.","","","","Brief description in 2002#12","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-ad-01","","","","","","","","","","","","On far side of Nieder Augst-Eck ridge from stone bridge is a large valley between the NAE and the next ridge. (Valley heads towards the valley between Altaussee and Wildensee huts). Gully leading into this contains many holes that are obviously choked. Cave is at head of gully.","","","","Spit","","Surveyed" +"","1/S =","","2002-AD-02","","smkridge/2002-AD-02/2002-AD-02.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Anthony)","10-15m deep with snow plug (probably choked)","","","","Brief description in 2002#12","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-ad-02","","","","","","","","","","","","At bottom of gully from 2002-AD-01 are some shafts - one is ~1m square, lower down is another ~2m square with a part-drilled spit hole at the top.","","","","Spit","","Surveyed" +"","1/S =","","2002-AD-03","","smkridge/2002-AD-03/2002-AD-03.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Anthony)","Inside entrance, rubble slope drops down to short pitch into chamber. Chamber is ~20ft deep from entrance. One wall is steeply inclined, chamber may continue underneath. At (illegible) there may be a continuation: a narrow gully appears to twist off to the left. Above is an eye-hole through which there appears to be blank space.
Further round from this entrance and lower down, there is a large depression with a small snow-plug on the floor, with a crawl at the bottom (very small technical QM) - looks like lots of water comes down it - disappears into a choss bowl.","","","","Brief description in 2002#12","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-ad-03","","","","","","","","","","","","","Traverse along terrace above level of 2002-AD-02 to reach grassy col - cave is horizontal entrance on hillside.","","","","","Surveyed" +"","1/S =","","2002-AD-04","","smkridge/2002-AD-04/2002-AD-04.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Anthony)","The first hole is triangular with sandy-floored passage leading to 2 things: firstly, a small slot in the floor where rocks fall for ~2 sec, and secondly a climb/squeeze over/under a large rock to a rocky floor, roof ~15 feet here. It appears that a narrow canyon is filled with rocks for ~10ft - maybe after that it could be descended.
Further round are 2 holes together. Lower of the two is full of rocks. Nearer is steeply sloping hole (sounds dead).","","","","Brief description in 2002#12","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-ad-04","","","","","","","","","","","","","Further round and higher up on the same side of the col as 2002-AD-03 are three holes.","","","Spit","Spit hole drilled at first entrance (the triangular one)","Surveyed" "","1/T +","","2002-03","","smkridge/2002-03/2002-03.html","","","Igelhöhle","Hedgehog cave","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 Dunks, Ben S. Descended CUCC 2004, Dave L.","Awkward sharp climb down leads to constricted chamber floored with choss. No ways on and no draught.","","","","","","","","~5m","~2m","~5m","","","p2002-03","","","","Surface survey","","","","","","","","","In the bottom of a small depression that one steps around on the 204 walk-in, just beyond the large choss bowl where the rather nonobvious entrance to Artischockehöhle is situated (which is itself a little beyond the obvious entrance to Hauchhöhle).","","","Tag","Tag placed 2002","Surveyed" "","1/S x","","2002-07","","smkridge/2002-07/2002-07.html","","","","Quarries A-C","","2d","CUCC 2002 Frank, Ben","From the sketch it seems that there are 3 entrances in a line which connect underground, and a continuing downwards shaft blocked with snow. In 2002 there was a gap down one side of the snow plug but this was not explored. This point is 34m below the surface and a mere 9m above Crowning Glory in 204.","","","","","In dataset","
(Drawn up by DL from Frank's notes in 2002#23)","caves/2002-07/2002-07.svx","42m","34m","16m","","","p2002-07","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Tag","Tag placed 2002","Surveyed" "","1/S x","","2002-08","","smkridge/2002-08/2002-08.html","","","","Quarries E","","2d","CUCC 2002 Frank, Ben","Hole at the bottom of a surface depression opens out to a pitch into a 6m by 4m chamber. Next pitch-head is too tight and requires capping.","","","","","In dataset","","caves/2002-08/2002-08.svx","21m","14m ","10m","","","t2002-08","p2002-08","point on dripline","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Tag","Tag placed 2002","Surveyed" "","1/S +","","2002-XX","","smkridge/2002-XX/2002-XX.html","","","","Quarries D","","2d","CUCC 2002 Frank, Ben","12m surface shaft, too tight at bottom.","","","","","In dataset","","caves/quarriesd/quarriesd.svx","21m","12m","3m","","","","pquarriesd","No idea","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Spit (?)","","Surveyed" -"","-","","2002-X09","","smkridge/2002-X09/2002-X09.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 Dunks","Not descended","","","","original survey sketches","","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-x09","No idea","","","","","","","","","","","","Apparently ""Darenesque""","","Unmarked","","Surveyed" -"","-","","2002-X09B","","smkridge/2002-X09B/2002-X09B.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 Dunks","Not descended","","","","original survey sketches","","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-x09b","No idea","","","","","","","","","","","","Prominent rock shelter","","Unmarked","","Surveyed" -"","-","","2002-10","","smkridge/2002-10/2002-10.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 Dunks","5m shaft into a 3m long chamber with unexplored continuations in both directions","","","","original survey sketches","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-10","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Tag","Tag placed 2002","Surveyed" -"","-","","2002-X15","","smkridge/2002-X15/2002-X15.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 Dunks","""Big, blind tunnel"" it says here - presumably that's a tick then?","","","","original survey sketches","","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-x15","No idea","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Unmarked","","Surveyed" -"","-","","2002-X16","","smkridge/2002-X16/2002-X16.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 Dunks","Notes have one word of description, which is rather smudged but could be ""spring"" (?)","","","","original survey sketches","","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-x16","No idea","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Unmarked","","Surveyed" -"","-","","2002-X17","","smkridge/2002-X17/2002-X17.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 Dunks","~20m deep shaft in slabs","","","","original survey sketches","","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-x17","No idea","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Unmarked","","Surveyed" -"","-","","2002-X18","","smkridge/2002-X18/2002-X18.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 Dunks","2m wide shaft in bunde","","","","original survey sketches","","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-x18","No idea","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Unmarked","","Surveyed" +"","-","","2002-X09","","smkridge/2002-X09/2002-X09.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 Dunks","Not descended","","","","","","Sketches and brief descriptions in 2002#31","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-x09","No idea","","","","","","","","","","","","Apparently ""Darenesque""","","Unmarked","","Surveyed" +"","-","","2002-X09B","","smkridge/2002-X09B/2002-X09B.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 Dunks","Not descended","","","","","","Sketches and brief descriptions in 2002#31","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-x09b","No idea","","","","","","","","","","","","Prominent rock shelter","","Unmarked","","Surveyed" +"","-","","2002-10","","smkridge/2002-10/2002-10.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 Dunks","5m shaft into a 3m long chamber with unexplored continuations in both directions","","","","","","Sketches and brief descriptions in 2002#31","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-10","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Tag","Tag placed 2002","Surveyed" +"","-","","2002-X15","","smkridge/2002-X15/2002-X15.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 Dunks","""Big, blind tunnel"" it says here - presumably that's a tick then?","","","","","","Sketches and brief descriptions in 2002#31","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-x15","No idea","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Unmarked","","Surveyed" +"","-","","2002-X16","","smkridge/2002-X16/2002-X16.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 Dunks","Notes have one word of description, which is rather smudged but could be ""spring"" (?)","","","","","","Sketches and brief descriptions in 2002#31","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-x16","No idea","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Unmarked","","Surveyed" +"","-","","2002-X17","","smkridge/2002-X17/2002-X17.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 Dunks","~20m deep shaft in slabs","","","","","","Sketches and brief descriptions in 2002#31","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-x17","No idea","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Unmarked","","Surveyed" +"","-","","2002-X18","","smkridge/2002-X18/2002-X18.html","","","","","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 Dunks","2m wide shaft in bunde","","","","","","Sketches and brief descriptions in 2002#31","","","","","","","","gps02.p2002-x18","No idea","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Unmarked","","Surveyed" "","1/S/T +","","2003-01","","smkridge/2003-01/2003-01.html","","","Nischehöhle","Alcove cave","","2d","CUCC 2003 Tony R, Brian O","A short climbable rift in an alcove in the side of the hill leads to about an 8metre pitch to a small round chamber which is comprehensively choked ","","","","","In dataset","","caves/2003-01/2003-01.svx","26m","9m","12m N-S","","","p2003-01","","","","","","","","","","","","","Walk over the back of the ridge from 204","","","Tag","Tag placed 2003","Surveyed" "","?","","2003-07","","smkridge/2003-07/2003-07.html","","","","","","2d","CUCC 2003 ?Brian?","Believed to have been descended in 2003 (probably by Brian)","","","","","","","","","","","","","gps03.2003-07","","","","","","","","","","","","This cave is somewhat mysterious. 2003 records give a GPS fix for ""2003-07"" at the location described; but in 2004 it transpired that the cave documented under the number 2003-08, now renumbered as 240, had actually been tagged as 2003-07.
A search of the location described by these GPS coordinates by Anthony + Julia in 2005 revealed a single candidate shaft, which Julia thought she had seen someone climbing out of, possibly Brian.","","Small pit with a horizontal entrance leading to an immediate short pitch.","
","Unmarked","","Surveyed" "","1/T +","","2003-X11","","smkridge/2003-X11/2003-X11.html","","","","Earl + Becka's Dead Cave 1","","2d","CUCC 2003 (Earl, Becka)","Loose boulder slope in ~25m into boulder/rubble choked chamber, quite large and with a high roof (say 5m high and 5m wide). No draught, no way on visible. Boulders loose at the top.","","","","2003#03","","","","","","","","","","gps03_bis.p2003-x11","","","GPS post SA","","","","","","","","Below and SE of GPSsed point","","","","Unmarked","","Surveyed" @@ -470,10 +470,10 @@ s (mainly deduced from survey data) don't correspond well with the 1997 experien "","1/S + (?)","","2005-01","","smkridge/2005-01/2005-01.html","","","","Mysteryville","","2d","CUCC 2005 Mark S, Emma","","","","","","In dataset","NOTES MISSING!","caves/2005-01/2005-01.svx","","","","","","","p2005-01","","","GPS post SA","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "","?","","2005-02","","smkridge/2005-02/2005-02.html","","","","","","2d","CUCC 2005 ??","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","p2005-02","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "","?","","2005-03","","smkridge/2005-03/2005-03.html","","","","","","2d","CUCC 2005 ??","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","p2005-03","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" -"","1/S =","","2005-05","","smkridge/2005-05/2005-05.html","","","","2002-X14","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Duncan). Refound + partially explored CUCC 2005 (Peter + Phil)","Wide entrance part-way up cliff leads to two crawling passages. Both end in pitches (probably the same pitch). Draughts gently out.","","","","original survey sketches; 2005 log book","","Grade 1 sketch in 2005#28","","","","","The number 2005-05 was also used (briefly) for another entrance, which was found the next day to connect to 204, and designated as 204G. The number was reused due to an acute tag shortage.","","","p2005-05","","","GPS post SA","","","","","","","","","","Cliff entrance, 3m wide, 1m high on cliff facing E","
| Entrance | Phil at the entrance | Junction inside |
Photos © Peter Clifton 2005","Tag","Tag ""2005-05"" placed 2005","Surveyed" -"","1/S =","","2005-06","","smkridge/2005-06/2005-06.html","","","L Shaft","2002-X13","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Duncan). Refound + partially explored CUCC 2005 (Peter + Phil)","","","","","original survey sketches; 2005 log book","","","","","","","","","","p2005-06","","","GPS post SA","","","","","","","","","","L-shaped shaft entrance, around 15m deep. Needs a ladder / rope.","On Pete's camera","Tag","Tag ""2005-06"" placed 2005","Surveyed" -"","1/S +","","2005-07","","smkridge/2005-07/2005-07.html","","","","2002-X12","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Duncan). Refound + explored CUCC 2005 (Peter + Phil)","","","","","original survey sketches; 2005 log book","","Notes in 2005#28","caves/2005-07/2005-07.svx","","","","","","p2005-07","","","","GPS post SA","","","","","","","","","","Sloping triangular entrance 1m wide","On Pete's camera","Tag","Tag ""2005-07"" placed 2005","Surveyed" -"","1/S =","","2005-08","","smkridge/2005-08/2005-08.html","","","","2002-X11","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Duncan). Refound + partially explored CUCC 2005 (Peter + Phil)","","","","","original survey sketches; 2005 log book","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2005-08","","","","","","","","","","","","","","~8m dia shaft, with another shaft adjacent. Looks about 15m deep. Bottom has snow plug, and looks typically chossy. However, rift visible in North end - could go.","","Tag","Tag ""2005-08"" placed 2005","Surveyed" +"","1/S =","","2005-05","","smkridge/2005-05/2005-05.html","","","","2002-X14","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Duncan). Refound + partially explored CUCC 2005 (Peter + Phil)","Wide entrance part-way up cliff leads to two crawling passages. Both end in pitches (probably the same pitch). Draughts gently out.","","","","Brief descriptionand sketch in 2002#31; 2005 log book","","Grade 1 sketch in 2005#28","","","","","The number 2005-05 was also used (briefly) for another entrance, which was found the next day to connect to 204, and designated as 204G. The number was reused due to an acute tag shortage.","","","p2005-05","","","GPS post SA","","","","","","","","","","Cliff entrance, 3m wide, 1m high on cliff facing E","
| Entrance | Phil at the entrance | Junction inside |
Photos © Peter Clifton 2005","Tag","Tag ""2005-05"" placed 2005","Surveyed" +"","1/S =","","2005-06","","smkridge/2005-06/2005-06.html","","","L Shaft","2002-X13","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Duncan). Refound + partially explored CUCC 2005 (Peter + Phil)","","","","","Brief description and sketch in 2002#31; 2005 log book","","","","","","","","","","p2005-06","","","GPS post SA","","","","","","","","","","L-shaped shaft entrance, around 15m deep. Needs a ladder / rope.","On Pete's camera","Tag","Tag ""2005-06"" placed 2005","Surveyed" +"","1/S +","","2005-07","","smkridge/2005-07/2005-07.html","","","","2002-X12","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Duncan). Refound + explored CUCC 2005 (Peter + Phil)","","","","","Brief description and sketch in 2002#31; 2005 log book","","Notes in 2005#28","caves/2005-07/2005-07.svx","","","","","","p2005-07","","","","GPS post SA","","","","","","","","","","Sloping triangular entrance 1m wide","On Pete's camera","Tag","Tag ""2005-07"" placed 2005","Surveyed" +"","1/S =","","2005-08","","smkridge/2005-08/2005-08.html","","","","2002-X11","","2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Duncan). Refound + partially explored CUCC 2005 (Peter + Phil)","","","","","Brief description and sketch in 2002#31; 2005 log book","","","","","","","","","gps02.p2005-08","","","","","","","","","","","","","","~8m dia shaft, with another shaft adjacent. Looks about 15m deep. Bottom has snow plug, and looks typically chossy. However, rift visible in North end - could go.","","Tag","Tag ""2005-08"" placed 2005","Surveyed" "","","","2005-91","","plateau/2005-91/2005-91.html","","","","","","1d","CUCC 2004 (OllyB and Jenny)","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","p2005-91","not sure","","Surface survey","","","","","","","","","Just round the corner from 2004-01, past 2004-02 and on the left of the valley.","","
Photos © Olly Betts 2005","Tag","Tagged 2005.","Surveyed" "","1/S +","","2005-92","","plateau/2005-92/2005-92.html","","","","","","1d","CUCC 2005 (Jenny)","Narrow shaft with strong draught, leads to choke","Rope + SRT gear","","","2005 logbook","In dataset","Notes in 2005#05","caves/2005-92/2005-92.svx","","","","","","p2005-92","","","","GPS post SA","","","","","","","","South of 76, on path towards Top Camp","","","
Photos © Olly Betts 2005","Tag","Tag ""2005-92"" placed 2005","Surveyed" "","1/S +","","2005-93","","plateau/2005-93/2005-93.html","","","","","","1d","CUCC 2005 (Jenny + Dave)","Rifty shaft, choked with snow. A narrow slot between the snow and the wall was descended by Jenny but soon became too tight.","","","","2005 logbook","In dataset","Notes in 2005#05","caves/2005-93/2005-93.svx","","","","","","p2005-93","","","","GPS post SA","","","","","","","","South of 76, on path towards Top Camp","","","
Photos © Olly Betts 2005","Tag","Tag ""2005-93"" placed 2005","Surveyed"