<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> <html lang=en> <head> <title> 1623: plateau area </title> </head> <body> <h1>The Loser Augst-Eck plateau</h1> <p>The area CUCC calls <b>The Plateau</b> is situated north of the Bräuning wall. To the west it drops off into Grüne Bichl, a large valley (relatively unvisited) which marks one boundary with the adjacent <a href="../1626/index.htm">1626</a> kataster area. To the north it continues further than most are prepared to walk over the rough limestone. Work done beyond CUCC's normal limit is considered under <a href="../remote/index.htm">"Further" plateau and out to Augst-Eck.</a> North of this is also area 1626. To the east, the plateau starts to rise towards the long Schwarzmooskogel ridge, and we take the break of slope as a rather arbitrary boundary with the western slopes of the next area, the <a href="../smkridge/index.htm">Schwarzmooskogel ridge</a>. <p><center><a href="others/l/nasevw.htm"><img src="others/t/nasevw.jpg" width=219 height=138></a></center> <h3>Access</h3> <p>The <a href="walkin.htm">route to the plateau</a> takes between 25 and 45 minutes, depending on weather, load and fitness - this is to reach the start of the karren - it can take another hour or more to reach a particular cave. <h3>Description</h3> <p>From the Schwarzmoossattel at 1684m, the plateau stretches out to the north, looking relatively level. On the map it appears gently undulating, rising from steeper slopes above Grüne Bichl to the west, levelling off about 1600m, and reaching 1700m in the east where slopes rise to the Schwarzmooskogel ridge. Far to the north, the bare limestone peaks of Schönberg, Große and Kleine Wild Kogel and Grieß Kogel rise to over 2000m. <p><center><a href="../piclinks/wildkg.htm"><img src="../tinypix/wildkg.jpg" width=168 height=123 alt="View of plateau from near Schwarzmoossattel"></a> <br>Once down onto the plateau, the reality is a little different, as small-scale relief is made up of pavements and cliffs of up to 10m. One bit looks very much like another and an intermittent covering of impenetrable thickets of dwarf pine (<i>Pinus mugo</i>) also help to make progress and navigation very difficult. Sharp rocks and open shafts lie everywhere, awaiting the unwary.</center> <p><center><a href="../piclinks/brw-b8.htm"> <img src="../tinypix/brw-b8.jpg" width=165 height=128 alt="Bräuning wall from the plateau near B8"></a><br> Small scars and dwarf pine dominate the foreground of this view to the Bräuning wall from the plateau below Top Camp. </center> <p><center><a href="others/l/82area.htm"><img alt="82 area of plateau" src="others/t/82area.jpg" width=185 height=122></a><br>View over eastern edge of plateau to entrance 1623/82 and Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel beyond.</center> <p>Potential new caves are frequent, although the plateau is characterised by snow- and scree-choked open shafts. <a href="../handbook/look4.htm">Prospecting</a> is time-consuming, and it's worth looking <i>very carefully</i> for a painted number or other signs of previous exploration (eg. bolts) before entering. <p>As <a href="../tcamps.htm#topcamp">Top Camp</a> is on the southern edge of this area, and routes to several major finds cross it, there has been a significant number of recorded finds, since the earliest years of CUCC's work. <center><table border> <caption align=top>Around Top Camp and below Bräuning Wall</caption> <tr><td><a name="b6">B6</a></td> <td><a href="b6.htm">CUCC 1976/B6</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="b10">B10</a></td> <td><a href="b10.htm">CUCC 1976/B10</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="90">90</a></td> <td><a href="90.htm">Bräu schacht 90</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="91">91</a></td> <td><a href="91.htm">Bräu schacht 91</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="92">92</a></td> <td><a href="92.htm">Bräu schacht 92</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="93">93</a></td> <td><a href="93.htm">Bräu schacht 93</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="94">94</a></td> <td><a href="94.htm">Bräu schacht 94</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="100">100</a></td> <td><a href="100.htm">Plateau schacht 100</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="159">159</a></td> <td><a href="159.htm">Winded Hole</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="160">160</a></td> <td><a href="160.htm">Plateau schacht 160</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="164">164</a></td> <td><a href="164.htm">Plateau Schacht 164</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="182">182</a></td> <td><a href="182.htm">Bovistundpuderzuckerhöhle (90/12)</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="183">183</a></td> <td><a href="183.htm">Plateau schacht 90/13</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="184">184</a></td> <td><a href="184.htm">Shiruken (90/14)</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="188">188</a></td> <td><a href="188.htm">Skinrip Durchgange I-VI</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="189">189</a></td> <td><a href="189.htm">Plateau Schacht 189</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="190">190<br>(=CUCC 1976/B9)</a></td> <td><a href="190.htm">Glitterstompf</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="b8">197<br>(=CUCC 1976/B8)</a></td> <td><a href="197.htm">Mossy Dribble Cave</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="b11">198<br>(=CUCC 1976/B11)</a></td> <td><a href="198.htm">Fuchshöhle</a></td></tr> </table> <table border> <caption align=top>"Nearer" plateau - including holes found on "geologists' walk"</caption> <tr><td colspan=2>Note that this area probably overlaps the<br> last one - I found 171 whilst looking for 190 (as B9)...</td></tr> <tr><td><a name="101">101</a></td> <td><a href="101.htm">Plateau shaft 101</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="102">102</a></td> <td><a href="102.htm">Plateau shaft 102</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="103">103</a></td> <td><a href="103.htm">Plateau shaft 103</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="171">171</a></td> <td><a href="171.htm">Plateau höhle 90/1</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="172">172</a></td> <td><a href="172.htm">Plateau höhle 90/2</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="173">173</a></td> <td><a href="173.htm">Plateau schacht 90/3</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="174">174</a></td> <td><a href="174.htm">Plateau schacht 90/4</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="175">175</a></td> <td><a href="175.htm">Plateau schacht 90/5</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="176">176</a></td> <td><a href="176.htm">Plateau schacht 90/6</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="177">177</a></td> <td><a href="177.htm">Tantalus Schacht (90/7)</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="178">178</a></td> <td><a href="178.htm">Plateau höhle 90/8</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="179">179</a></td> <td><a href="179.htm">Plateau schacht 90/9</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="181">181</a></td> <td><a href="181.htm">Plateau schacht 90/11</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="200">200<br>(=CUCC 1993-01)</a></td> <td><a href="200.htm">Verlorener Rucksack Schacht</a></td></tr> </table> <table border> <caption align=top>"Nearer" plateau northeast of the col</caption> <tr><td><a name="80">80</a></td> <td><a href="80.htm">Schwa schacht 80</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="81">81</a></td> <td><a href="81.htm">Schwa höhle 81</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="82">82</a></td> <td><a href="82.htm">Bräuninghöhle</a> 216m deep</td></tr> <tr><td><a name="83">83</a></td> <td><a href="83.htm">Schwa schacht 83</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="84">84</a></td> <td><a href="84.htm">Schwa höhle 84</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="85">85</a></td> <td><a href="85.htm">Schwa höhle 85</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="86">86</a></td> <td><a href="86.htm">Schwa schacht 86</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="145">145</a></td> <td><a href="145.htm">Wolfhöhle</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="148">148</a></td> <td><a href="148.htm">Marilyn Monroe Höhle</a></td></tr> </table> <table border> <caption align=top>"Middle" plateau</caption> <tr><td><a name="37">37</a></td> <td><a href="../noinfo/plateau/37.htm">Schachtgruppe beim Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="38">38</a></td> <td><a href="../noinfo/plateau/38.htm">Algenhöhle</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="76">76 a b c</a></td> <td><a href="76.htm">Eislufthöhle</a> 506m deep</td></tr> <tr><td><a name="89">89</a></td> <td><a href="89.htm">Schwa schacht 89</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="97">97</a></td> <td><a href="97.htm">Schneewindschacht</a> 265m deep</td></tr> <tr><td><a name="98">98</a></td> <td><a href="98.htm">Plateau schacht 98</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="99">99</a></td> <td><a href="99.htm">Plateau schacht 99</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="104">104</a></td> <td><a href="104.htm">Plateau schacht 104</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="105">105</a></td> <td><a href="105.htm">Plateau schacht 105</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="107">107</a></td> <td><a href="107.htm">Gemshöhle</a> 280m deep</td></tr> <tr><td><a name="111">111</a></td> <td><a href="111.htm">Plateau schacht 111</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a name="112">112</a></td> <td><a href="112.htm">Plateau schacht 112</a></td></tr> </table></center> <hr> <!-- LINKS --> <img alt=">" src="../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../index.htm">Back to Expedition Intro page</a><br> <img alt="--->" src="../../icons/lists/1.png"> <a href="../indxal.htm">Full Index</a><br> <img alt="--->" src="../../icons/lists/1.png"> <a href="../areas.htm">Other areas</a><br> <img alt=">" src="../../icons/lists/0.png"> Back to <a href="../../index.htm">CUCC Home page</a> </body> </html>