","Seasonally active cave. Ends in a 'Lake', which is a sump pool, apparently higher than the level of Altausseer See, and close to the surveyed level of the Stellerweg sump.
Access to the final sump is guarded by short siphons in each of the two passages going to the far end of the cave. These can be drained, but care should be taken to ensure they are drained towards the entrance, otherwise the final sump will become muddy. Visited by Mike Thomas and Pete Lancaster in 1989, as far as the short sumps.
A note on the geology : The north shore of the lake follows a large fault with a big throw, so that this cave is in the same block of limestone as the Stögerweg area caves. The Austrians think there is no hydrological connection between this cave/resurgence and the lake level, since vauclusian resurgences in the lake appear to be in a very different block of limestone which has been down-faulted relative to the plateau. However, it seems more likely that these risings are actually on the fault, and that the lake level, and the level of the sumps in this cave and in Stellerweghöhle are closely related.",,,,"There are descriptions (in German) of dives in the terminal sump in 1985 and 1988. A further follow-up article is awaiting scanning in...",,"A4 survey in Mitt. der Sektion Ausseerland 18(4), Oct. 1980, facing p 86. This is dated 1935, 1960 and looks like a third generation photocopy of a larger survey - the quality is very poor.",,"306m","71m","NW-SE 160m",,,,,,,,,"p1",,,"East Entrance 812m West entrance 809m",,"28.1 cm E, 15.4 cm N, sheet 15/1 Alpine Club 1:25000 map","At the foot of a gully cutting the southwestern end of Steller, a major cliff band SE of the Loser - Bräuning area. A couple of hundred metres north of the Youth Hostel at the NE corner of Altausseer See.","If you follow the lakeside path (shortest approach from Altaussee on north side of lake) there is a junction where the path to Hochklapfsattel departs. A short way west of (ie. before) this junction is a bridge over a normally dry stream bed. Follow the stream bed up for a short way until it splits, then follow the apparently smaller branch to the right (east). Scramble up rocks to the East Entrance. This is marked on the Alpine Club 1:25000 map.
Although the Altitude given is 812m, it doesn't seem that high, and 812m is exactly 100m above lake level, which is a little suspicious. If you accept instead the phrase ""climb 70m higher"" in the original kataster description, the altitude comes out about 780 to 785m, which puts the final sump at almost exactly the level of the lake.",,"
| Entrance | View from entrance towards Altaussee | Entrance in 2006 after 9 days' straight rain |
Photos © Mark Shinwell 2005 (1,2) + Dave Loeffler 2006 (3).",,,"Surveyed", 2,"0/(W) =",,,,"noinfo/aaussee/2.htm",,,"Wasserlöcher",,,10,"Unexplored ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"810m",,,"As for Liägerhöhle (1623/1), the altitude is a little suspect. I think it is further below Kat.1 than this. In any case, it is quite impenetrable.",,"Unexplored resurgence directly below the western entrance of Liägerhöhle (Kat.1). At the foot of Steller, a cliff band SE of and directly below the Loser Panoramastraße Bergrestaurant.","CUCC were shown some photographs of 1 & 2 in flood, when a truly enormous river emerges from both entrances and numerous impenetrable cracks. This explains the vegetation-free state of the twin river beds leading down towards Altausseer See. ",,,"Lost", 3,"1/T(W) +",,,,"noinfo/augstb/3.htm",,,"Gellerofen",,,11,"
",,,,,,,"Plan at 1:100 by Alfred Auer, 1968 ",,"13.1m","3.04m",,,,,,,,,,,,,"1015m",,"This is not marked on the Austrians' map.","at the SW foot of the Loserstockes","reached from Altaussee above Posern. (I think this is below the toll road somewhere).","The entrance is 7.5m wide by 1.2m high. 'Durch das 7,5m breite und 1,2m hohe, flachbogenförmige Portal gelangt man zunächst in eine kuppelförmige Vorhalle, dann in einen durch Korrosionskolke ausgeformten Canyon. Höhlenkarren, Bergmilchbildungen, eine Sickerwasserquelle und Höhlenfauna fallen besonders auf.'",,,,"Lost", -4,"1/T(W) +",,,,"noinfo/augstb/4.htm",,,"Ritscherbachhöhle",,,11,"Höhlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1937",,,,,,,"Plan at 1:100 by Alfred Auer, 1968 ",,"12.3m","1.07m",,,,,,,,,,,,,"1015m",,,"Near Gellerofen (Kat. 3), at the SW foot of the Loserstockes.",,"A 2.2m wide and 1.3m high entrance leads horizontally to ""Bruchschutt und Sickerwassergerinne"". ",,,,"Lost", +4,"1/T(W) +",,,,"noinfo/augstb/4.htm",,,"Ritscherbachhöhle",,,11,"Höhlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1937",,,,,,,"Plan at 1:100 by Alfred Auer, 1968 ",,"12.3m","1.07m",,,,,,,,,,,,,"1015m",,,"Near Gellerofen (1623/3), at the SW foot of the Loserstockes.",,"A 2.2m wide and 1.3m high entrance leads horizontally to ""Bruchschutt und Sickerwassergerinne"". ",,,,"Lost", 5,"1/S(W) +",,,,"noinfo/gschwand/5.htm",,,"Holzknechtbrünndlloch",,,9,"Höhlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1938",,,,,,,"Plan at 1:100 by Alfred Auer, 1968 ",,"12m","8m",,,,,,,,,,,,,"1230m",,,"SW foot Loserstockes","reached by path west from Loser Hütte, past Augst A.H.","Eine 1,5m grosse Schachtöffnung fü in einen stiefelförmigen Schacht, in dem ein Sickerwassergerinne früher von Holzknechten als Trinkwasserquelle genutzt wurde.'",,,,"Lost", 6,"0/W +",,,,"noinfo/gschwand/6.htm",,,"Quelle","Wasserloch",,9,"Unexplored - Noted for Kataster: Sektion Ausseerland, 1968 ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"1425m",,,"150m west of Augst A.H. ",,"a small unenterable resurgence ",,,,"Lost", 7,"1/(W) +",,,,"noinfo/loser/7.htm",,,"Bachschläg",,,"8a",,,,,,,,,,"3m",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"1550m",,"Location plan by Alfred Auer at 1:200, 1968 ","West of the Loser Hütte below the south face of Loser.","Reached from the path up Loser by diagonalling down to the head of the gully from the path as it starts to climb again at about 1600m. ","A 1.8m wide by 1.2m high rock shelter, and an occasionally active rising. There is a noticeable gully below this, presumably carrying water in wet weather. ""Bei Hochwasser entströmt ihm ein mächtiger Bach und stürzt als Wasserfall über zwei Geländstufen und durch einen Graben 200m zur Loserstraße herab, wo das Wasser nach einem Durchlaß im verkarsteten Gestein versickert."" ",,,,"Lost", @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ 15,"1/(W) +",,,,"noinfo/egglgrub/15.htm",,,"Michel-Gang",,,7,"Sektion Ausseerland, 1953 ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"1500m",,,"Below main path west of Egglgrube. (About 35m below the path as it contours east of Sommersitz) ",,,,,,"Lost", 16,"1/T +",,,,"noinfo/loser/16.htm",,,"Pauli-Loch",,,"8c","Sektion Ausseerland, 1968 ","Since the length is recorded as 40m, it is interesting to read that a maximum/ minimum thermometer and hygrometer were placed 50m from the entrance from June 1976 to September 1977. These showed that the temperature varied from 1 to 5°C, with a relative humidity between 94% and 100%. The cave yielded Pseudoscorpions of the species Neobisium blothrus aueri.",,,,,,,,"40m",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"1690m",,,"Below cliffs west of Augstsee.",,,,,,"Lost", 17,"1/T =",,,,"noinfo/loser/17.htm",,,"Bärenhöhle im Höllgraben",,,"8b","Höhlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1949. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"1380m",,,"In Höllgraben, which is a major gully starting below the Bergrestaurant and dropping down to Liägerhöhle at the NW end of the Altausseer See. Cave is below and South of Bergrestaurant, just at the top break of slope.",,,,,,"Lost", -18,"2/T +",,,,"noinfo/loser/18.htm",,,"Gaisofen im Ammerei",,,"8b"," LVHK Wien, 1974 ",,,,,,,,,"250m",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"1440m",,,"500m NE of Loser Hütte, north of Bärenhöhle (Kat.17) in Ammereich, a small cliff band below the toll road.",,,,,,"Lost", +18,"2/T +",,,,"noinfo/loser/18.htm",,,"Gaisofen im Ammerei",,,"8b"," LVHK Wien, 1974 ",,,,,,,,,"250m",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"1440m",,,"500m NE of Loser Hütte, north of Bärenhöhle (1623/17) in Ammereich, a small cliff band below the toll road.",,,,,,"Lost", 19,"1/T +",,,,"noinfo/egglgrub/19.htm",,,"Gamsofen im Scharlingkar",,,7,"Sektion Ausseerland, 1953 ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"1450m",,,"SE of Egglgrubenalm, ie. follow the valley down from Egglgrube until some huts appear - the cave is then SE below a small cliff somewhere. ",,,,,,"Lost", 20,"1/T +",,,,"noinfo/egglgrub/20.htm",,,"Windhöhle",,,7,"Sektion Ausseerland, 1953 ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"1475m",,,"In Scharlingkar. This is the band of cliffs SW of Weiße Wand. The cave is SW of Gamsofen (Kat.19) and almost due south of the huts in Bräning Alm.",,,,,,"Lost", 21,"2/S/T +",,,,"noinfo/egglgrub/21.htm",,,"Windloch im Egglgrube",,,7,"Höhlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1938 ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"1510m",,,"South of Egglgrubenalm (it looks to be east of it on the map), north of Gamsofen (Kat.19).",,,,,,"Lost", @@ -358,11 +358,11 @@ 120,,"d",,"last entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Altarkögerlhöhle",,,,,,,,,,"1670m",,,,,,,,,, 122,"3/S =",,,,"noinfo/1626/122.htm",,,"Ufoschacht","Gouffre Ovni",,1626,"
","The entrance consists of a crack about 20cm high, which was at first cleared as far as a chamber with no exit. The draught which had enabled the entrance to be found now showed the way on. After having unblocked a fissure dubbed Sas, a pitch, Escalier Anti-G, was reached. This is broken in five places. A second pitch, Puits Andromède, broken into three, leads to a short canyon, then to several drops and pitches interspersed with short squeezes. The following pitches can be seen as forming a single 80m shaft, the Puits Ganimède, divided into five and becoming bigger and bigger in depth as well as width. The cave continues by a fault rift two or three metres wide and 40m deep, Puits Trou Noir (The Black Hole). The early pitches are dry, but by this point, at -200m, the shafts are much wetter.
The explorers in 1977 started on the descent of a fine 60m pitch of constant shape, slightly sloping, Puits Zorglub. At the bottom of this is the only chamber of the cave : the Salle Galactique. Here the cave splits into two routes, the active and the fossil.
Downstream from the chamber a drop leads to a small chamber among boulders, the Love Nest. (No idea who ventured to call it this). Between the boulders a 20m pitch opens, immediately followed by a 25m pitch. In fact, the last 25m of descent drops between the walls of an immense aven to land on a flat gravel floor. A diagonal chimney leads to a trickle of water.
A fissure marks the start of the Méandre Anti-Matière, where one immediately rejoins the underground stream. This has an average flow of two litres per second but quite rapidly increases to 10-15 litres per second in flood. The first part of the meander is straight and interrupted by 3 small pitches and two drops. At the top of the first, in the roof, is the connection with the fossil system. Quickly, the meander becomes less amenable: high and narrow, it is plastered with mud (the anti-matter) which makes progress quite arduous. Three pitches of 5, 14 and 10m punctuate progress. This last, followed by a drop of 3m, gives access to a section of passage blocked by clay. At the end of this, the stream disappears into a fissure with tight impenetrable bends.
The main passage continues ahead as a quite large fossil branch. After some 50m, the draught goes into an earthy hole, the start of a big pitch of 70m in several stages, the Puits du Centaure.
Halfway down, the pitch is rejoined by the stream which is avoided by a parallel fossil shaft. There immediately follows another pitch of 55m, the Puits du Fond des Ages, totally wet and characterised by an elliptical cross-section and constant slope. At the bottom, the water is engulfed by a fissure about three metres long, followed by a tight meander which has not been pushed. This is the deepest point : -565m.
Upstream from the Salle Galactique, a window some metres high gives access to a good-sized passage (3x3m on average), the Méandre des Petits Hommes Verts (the Little Green Men's passage). One comes up against a climb of 3m at the base of which the trickle of water is lost into a meander cut below the fossil passage (see below). After a narrowing and a climb, the passage ends in boulders between which it is still possible to penetrate for a dozen metres.
Back in the meander below the fossil passage: this ends at the Puit de la Comète (discovered by the Gaumais), a 60m pitch, spray-lashed in its lower part by Le Pipi (the wee-wee). At the base of this pitch is the beginning of the Méandre des Mutants. This is a passage for masochists par excellence: low and tight, gear gets caught everywhere. It ends in a series of climbs and a 30m pitch joining the active system.",,,,"
",,,,,,,"Description adapted from the references by Andy Waddington. This translation has not been vetted by a fluent french reader, and I'm afraid it shows rather badly in places.
See reference 78-2008 for Geology and Meteorology.",,,,,,,,,,,"1520m",,,"Plagitzergrube, NE of Hangender Kogel. This puts it quite close to Trunkemboldschacht, 1626/117 (which is 90m higher) and also near the path.",,,,,,, ,"1/S +",,"A1",,"kratzer/a1.htm",,,"CUCC 1976/A1",,,4,"CUCC 1976","An obvious open entrance leads to an 11m pitch into a rift chamber choked in both directions. ",,,,,,,,,"11m",,,,,,,,,,,,,"c 1635m",,,"Situated some 50m vertically below Schwarzmoossattel, up valley from the Loser Hütte. (I think the reference to the Loser Hütte is very misleading outside the context of the original article in Cambridge Underground, and should really be up valley from Bräuning Alm).",,,,,,"Lost","Probably hopeless" -,"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.",,,,,,"Lost","Probably hopeless" +,"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.",,,,,,"Lost","Probably hopeless" ,"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.",,,,,,"Lost","Probably hopeless" ,"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. ",,,,,,"Lost", -,"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",,"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.",,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", -,"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.",,,,,,"Lost","Probably hopeless" +,"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",,"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.",,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", +,"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",,"Probably = 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.",,,,,,"Lost","Probably hopeless" ,"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.",,,,,,"Lost", ,"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.",,,,,,"Refindable","Persistent reports of this being seen (including accidental reexploration in 1988), but not by those doing the documentation :-(" ,"2/S +",,"LA11",,"1626/la11.htm",,,"Lungehöhle",,,1626,"LUSS 1987-9","A large rift gives an awkward 7m ladder climb down into a chamber leading to a boulder slope. Climb down in a rift for 8m (narrow at top) until a loose slope leads down to a 7m pitch where a small dry inlet enters. The pitch leads onto a rocking boulder wedged in a narrow rift and a tight squeeze down, The Jaws, forms the head of the next 16m pitch and the start of Deep Throat Series.
The pitch lands in a small chamber with a short walking rift exit. Pitches of 14m, 8m and 10m follow in rapid succession. At the foot of the 10m pitch, a smooth, oval squeeze, The Cnut (spelling mistake), opens onto The Womb. This is a fine pitch of 41m in a spacious shaft, landing in a chamber 12m x 10m with a floor of large boulders of dubious stability.
A rift to one side is a loose and narrow pitch of 17m to a ledge and much nicer drop of 10m. A large rift, The Large Intestine, follows. Initially traversed on wide ledges, this soon narrows to a crawl along the rift at roof level. A 14m pitch descends to the foot of the rift and a short section of sharp, suit-ripping rift leads to a chamber with an inlet up to one side. The suit ripping rift can be bypassed by a pendulum, but the rope left for this is now hanging inaccessible, so the original manoevre would need to be repeated.
The exit from the chamber is too tight, but a 12m pitch up reaches a muddy solution tube at roof level, originally reached by an exposed traverse from a point halfway down the previous pitch. A slippery climb up and a short flat-out crawl, The Small Intestine, leads to the head of a constricted pitch of 10m to a wider section of the rift. After a few metres, a pit in the floor necessitates a climb down, then back up of 5m. At this point, a traverse follows the roof of the rift while the floor cuts down sharply. A pair of 13m deep holes are crossed by fairly exposed traverses, and further traversing reaches the next pitch Fantasy, in a shaft which is initially about 15m in diameter.
A drop of 46m, broken by ledges covered in loose boulders, lands on a large sloping ledge at a junction with a much larger shaft. The rubble needs caution, as much of the rest of the pitch is in the firing line.
The next section is 58m with two deviations, close to a wall down which some water falls. The opposite wall is some 20-30m away, and to either side, no walls are visible. Below this section, a narrow saddle of rock splits the shaft, the left hand route (facing the water) being taken. A further 27m lands on an enormous (20m x 30m) flat ledge right across the shaft, with pitches continuing both sides.
The right hand (facing the water) shaft is the continuation of the route voided at the rock saddle. A steep, muddy slope leads onto a 41m pitch and, below this, a climb over a muddy boulder pile leads onto a steep ramp (rope required) descending 15m into The Dream Machine. This is a massive passage 30m wide leading through boulders the size of houses. After about 100m, a boulder pile with a large central boulder is reached. Beyond, the passage can be seen to continue, but scaling equipment will be required to reach it.
From the 30m x 20m ledge, the left hand shaft is undescended, but rock tests indicate a similar depth to the right hand shaft, ie. about 50m.
At the end of 1988, the depth is 354m with excellent potential.
Stopped at -375m, no further details at present.",,,,"
",,,,,"354m Still going",,,,,,,,,,,,,"1839m",,,"13° 50' 22" E, 47° 42' 26" N
150m due south of Roß Kogel summit - to north of a snowfield. In a depression 90m due East of Sternloch and the Rock Shelter.",,,,,,, @@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ ,"1/S + (?)",,"2005-01",,"smkridge/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.html",,,,,,"2d","CUCC 2005 ??",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p2005-02",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,"?",,"2005-03",,"smkridge/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). The right-hand one has a 1 sec drop followed by a rattle of up to 8 seconds with a 2-second pause in the middle. 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 =","230 (1999-04)","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). The right-hand one has a 1 sec drop followed by a rattle of up to 8 seconds with a 2-second pause in the middle. 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.","
| Phil at the entrance | Entrance | Looking down shaft |
Photos © Peter Clifton 2005","Tag","Tag ""2005-06"" placed 2005","Surveyed", ,"1/S +",,"2005-07",,"smkridge/2005-07/2005-07.html",,,"Daumenkinohöhle","2002-X12",,"2d","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 (Duncan). Refound + explored CUCC 2005 (Peter + Phil)","No description extant, but from the survey and underground photo, it seems that it slopes downwards for 16m, passing a right-angle bend to the right, before ending in a pebble choke.",,,"Form prepared 2006-06-28","Brief description and sketch in 2002#31; 2005 log book","In dataset","
Notes in 2005#28","caves/2005-07/2005-07.svx",,,,,,"p2005-07",,,,"GPS post SA",,,,,,,,,,"Sloping triangular entrance 1m wide","
| Phil at the entrance | Entrance | The choke inside |
Photos © Peter Clifton 2005","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.","
| Phil at the entrance | Tag closeup | Shaft | Shaft from the other side | Continuing rift |
Photos © Peter Clifton 2005","Tag","Tag ""2005-08"" placed 2005","Surveyed",