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<h1>Loser, Hochanger and Augst See</h1>

<p>This area includes all those caves most conveniently reached from the <a
href="../handbook/tollrd.html">Loser Panoramastra&szlig;e</a>'s Bergrestaurant by
walking up past Augst See, or from the Loser H&uuml;tte by the direct path
onto Loser. It is bounded to the west and northwest by cliffs falling
towards Ramsau or <a href="gschwand.html">Gschwandt Alm</a>, to the
northeast by the Greimuth - Atter Kogel - Sommersitz ridge, which separates
it from the large closed depression of <a href="br-alm.html">
Br&auml;uning Kunntal</a>, and to the southeast by the path to Egglgrube,
below which lies <a href="egglgrub.html">Egglgrubenalm and Scharling
Kar</a>.</p>

<p>All the caves are most conveniently approached from the Bergrestaurant or
the Loser H&uuml;tte. The Augst See is reached in under five minutes from
the main car park by following the very obvious, signposted, uphill path.
Continuing past the large sink, round the right hand (northeast) side of
this lake, a path departs NW onto the lower slopes of Greimuth, and
traverses round to reach the main ridge at Loser Fenster - a remarkable
window in the narrow summit ridge, through which is an extensive view over
Gschwandt Alm and to the further peaks north to the Sch&ouml;nberg.  The
path continues obvious, over Hochanger, to be joined by a direct (and much
steeper) path from the Loser H&uuml;tte, just before reaching the summit of
Loser, an excellent viewpoint.</p>

<p>The direct path from the Loser H&uuml;tte starts as an obvious ascending
track from the back of the hut. This is the best approach route for a few of
the caves which are at the foot of the south face of Loser, reached by
traversing west from this path some 120m above the hut.</p>

<p>Also from the hut, an old path leads NE a little above the toll road,
which it meets just after the final hairpin. The road goes below the cliff
line of Dimmelwand, where a number of the caves are situated. It is not
entirely clear whether all these caves remain accessible since the building
of the toll road.</p>

<h4 style="text-align: center">
South face of Loser - reached from Loser H&uuml;tte path
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<table class="trad centre">
<tr><td><a id="id7">7</a></td><td><a href="/1623/7.htm">Bachschlag</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id8">8</a></td><td><a href="/1623/8.htm">Gro&szlig;es Loserloch</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id9">9</a></td><td><a href="/1623/9.htm">Kleines Loserloch</a></td></tr>
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<h4 style="text-align: center">Ammereich and H&ouml;llgraben - below Dimmelwand and the
last part of toll road</h4>
<table class="trad centre"><tr><td><a id="id17">17</a></td><td><a href="/1623/17.htm">B&auml;renh&ouml;hle im H&ouml;llgraben</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id18">18</a></td><td><a href="/1623/18.htm">Gaisofen im Ammerei</a></td></tr>
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<h4 style="text-align: center">Around Augst See</h4>
<table class="trad centre"><tr><td><a id="id14">14</a></td><td><a href="/1623/14.htm">Schafkirche</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id16">16</a></td><td><a href="/1623/16.htm">Pauli-Loch</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id56">56</a></td><td><a href="/1623/56.htm">Hornsteinh&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id57">57</a></td><td><a href="/1623/57.htm">H&ouml;hle unterhalb der Schafkirche</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id58">58</a></td><td><a href="/1623/58.htm">H&ouml;hle unterhalb ab Pauli-Loch</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id59">59</a></td><td><a href="/1623/59.htm">Bruchshutth&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id72">72</a></td><td><a href="/1623/72.htm">Skeletth&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
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<h4 style="text-align: center">Loser - Hochanger ridge area</h4>
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<tr><td><a id="id13">13</a></td><td><a href="/1623/13.htm">Knochenh&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id55">55</a></td><td><a href="/1623/55.htm">Schachth&ouml;hle westlich von Hochanger</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id62">62</a></td><td><a href="/1623/62.htm">Dolinenh&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id63">63</a></td><td><a href="/1623/63.htm">Pseudoskorpionh&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id64">64</a></td><td><a href="/1623/64.htm">Gr. Durchgangsh&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id65">65</a></td><td><a href="/1623/65.htm">Widderh&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id67">67</a></td><td><a href="/1623/67.htm">Biwakh&ouml;hle am Loser</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id69">69</a></td><td><a href="/1623/69.htm">Schacht am Gschirr</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id70">70</a></td><td><a href="/1623/70.htm">Schneckenloch</a></td></tr>
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