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<h1><span lang="de-at">Schwarzmooskogel</span> ridge</h1>

<p>Exploration in the last few years of the last century showed that though a variety of
different approach walks are needed to visit various parts of the
long ridge on the SE side of area 1623, many of the significant caves
form part of a single, very extensive, system.</p>

<p>In the southern part, the <span lang="de-at">Vorderer
Schwarzmooskogel</span> (1843m), the area is bounded on the west by steep
scars into the <a href="kratzer.html"><span
lang="de-at">Kratzer</span> valley</a> and to the south and southeast by the
cliffs of <span lang="de-at">Wei&szlig;e Wand,</span> below which lies <a
href="aausee.html"><span lang="de-at">Altausseer See</span></a> and
the <span lang="de-at">Hoch Klapf</span> valley to its NE.</p>

<p>The ridge runs NNE, with a col at 1755m, before rising to the <span
lang="de-at">Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel</span> at 1906m. To the west of this,
the area slopes down to the bare karren of the <a
href="plateau.html">plateau</a>. Steeper slopes to the east drop into
the <span lang="de-at">Hoch Klapf</span> valley which marks the boundary with
the adjacent kataster region 1624. There is no real boundary to the north or
northeast - just a limit to how far we have yet looked. Currently this is
some distance further NE beyond the summit of the <span lang="de-at">Nieder
Augst-Eck.</span> Beyond this, 
 they fall into the <a href="remote.html">remote plateau</a> or <a
href="wilden.html"><span lang="de-at">Wildensee</span></a> areas, as
listed here.</p>

<p>The area is more densely covered with dwarf mountain pine than the plateau
or other minor areas we have looked at, with a few "real" trees dotted about
too. This tends to restrict <a href="../handbook/look4.htm">prospecting</a>
to narrow corridors of access on established routes (these can hardly be
described as paths).</p>

<p>Five approaches are in use:</p>

<ul>
<li><span lang="de-at"><a href="via201.htm">Stogerweg</a></span> - path 201,
for entrances low on the S and E side of the ridge</li>
<li>The <a href="vianip.htm">"Nipple"</a> path to the entrances higher up the
hill, and beyond this the Eish&ouml;hle area.</li>
<li>Via the <span lang="de-at"><a href="viavsk.htm">Vd.
Schwarzmooskogel</a></span> summit for entrances near it - several variants are
possible here. This route has somewhat fallen out of use recently, and it has
become more usual to take the 161 path then hack southwards along the crest of
the ridge.</li>
<li>An established <a href="via161.html">route</a> to <span
lang="de-at">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> and down the east side.</li>
<li>A <a href="via204.html">route</a> from Top Camp across the plateau, via the
large bare patch of limestone on the side of the Hinter (visible from Top Camp)
across to <a href="/1623/204/204.html"><span
lang="de-at">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</span></a>.</li>
</ul>

There are corresponding lists of caves in the areas covered by each walkin:

<ul>
<li><a href="41area.html">Stellerweg area</a> (access routes 1+2)</li>
<li><a href="40area.html">Eish&ouml;hle area</a> (access route 2)</li>
<li><a href="via161.html">161 area</a> (access route 4) - this roughly covers
the area between the peaks of the Vorder and Hinterer Schwarzmooskogels.</li>
<li><a href="via204.html">Steinbr&uuml;cken area</a> (access route 5) - this
covers more or less everything north of the peak of the Hinter, as well as the
 161g and 161h entrances.</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li><a href="   via201.htm">Stellerweg</a> area;</li>
<li><a href="   br-alm.html">Br&auml;uning Alm</a>  description
<li><a href="   walkin.htm">Walk-in</a></li>
<li><a href="   plateau.html">Plateau</a> description</li>
<li><a href="   areas.htm">Area descriptions</a></li>
<li><a href="   kratzer.html">Kratzer</a>.</li>
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