<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Austrian kataster area 1623</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/main2.css" /> </head> <body> <h1>Area 1623: Loser-AugstEck plateau</h1> <p>Within the Austrian kataster, area 1620 is the Western Totes Gebirge. Area 1623 is the Loser - Augst-Eck plateau, bounded to the SE by path 234 from the Wildenseehutte down to Altausseer See, to the south by the lake itself, then to the SW by the road to Blaa-Alm. The Western edge is marked by the valley of Grüne Bichl, and the northern limit is a rather arbitrary line across the limestone between the Schönberg and Neid Augst-Eck, not far beyond Tunnockschacht, then down to the Wildenseehütte. To the west and north of this line is area 1626.</p> <ul> <li>See <a href="/katast.htm">The Austrian Kataster areas</a> full description</li> </ul> <div class="centre"> <a href="remote.html"> <img src="/tinypix/wildkg.jpg" height="138" alt="Clearer View from Bräning Nase" /> </a> </div> <p>Access to the area is relatively easy at its southern edge, as the <a href="/handbook/tollrd.html">Loser Panoramastraße</a> (a toll road) climbs the southern slopes of Loser to reach a large parking area and self-service restaurant at 1600m just below Augst See. <ul> <li><a href="/handbook/tollrd.html">Loser Panoramastraße</a></li> </ul> From the car park - now called "Loser Alm" and formerly just known as the Bergrestaurant- good paths reach both the southern slopes of Vd. Schwarzmooskogel, and also north to a col overlooking the extensive pathless central plateau. Both the further reaches of the central plateau and the areas around the Schönberg, Gries Kogel and Augst-Eck ridges are remote - being large pathless areas of rough karren with little or no water supplies except for snowmelt. The Stone-Bridge bivi site between the Hinter Schwarmooskogel and Neid Augst-Eck makes it practical to expore this area.</p> <p>Within this area (1623), by far the majority of caves are above 1500m in an area from around Augst See, along the major ridge line of Schwarzmooskogel towards Augst-Eck (forming a long strip on the SE of the area), and across the plateau west of Schwarzmooskogel.</p> <div style="text-align: center"> <img src="/images/viewswcaves.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Same view of Loser plateau looking SW with the caves visible." /> <p class="caption">Plateau visualisation from Aven - looking towards Bräuning Nase and Loser with SMK system caves superimposed</p></div> <p>There are approaching two hundred caves known at present in the area, so for convenience, we have broken the area down into smaller areas, with a number of related caves in each. Some of these areas are natural - separated by clear geographic boundaries like big cliffs, or areas of non-karstic rocks. Others are more arbitrary, and are defined more by route of access than by any real geographical distinction. Apart from a few caves found in the first couple of years, CUCC's work has been confined to just the first four of these smaller areas, though the map overlaps onto most of the others.</p> <ol> <li><a href="plateau.html">Main plateau over Schwarzmoossattel</a></li> <li><a href="smkridge.html">Whole Schwarzmooskogel ridge area</a> which has four approaches: <ul> <li><a href="vianip.htm">The walk in to the "Nipple" area</a></li> <li><a href="via201.htm">The walk in to the Stellerweghöhle area</a></li> <li><a href="via161.html">The walk in to the Kaninchenhöhle area</a></li> <li><a href="viavsk.htm">The walk in to the Vord. Schwarzmooskogel area</a></li> <li><a href="via204.html">The Steinbrücken path</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="br-alm.html">Bräuning Alm and Kunntal</a></li> <li><a href="kratzer.html">Kratzer valley and area south of Schwarzmoossattel</a></li> <li><a href="wilden.html">East of Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel to Wildensee</a></li> <li><a href="remote.html">"Further" plateau and out to Augst-Eck</a></li> <li><a href="egglgrub.html">Sommersitz and Egglgrube area</a></li> <li><a href="loser.html">Loser and around Augst-see (access from Toll road)</a></li> <li><a href="gschwand.html">Gschwandt Alm and area east of Blaa-Alm</a></li> <li><a href="aausee.html">North of Altausseer-See and valley to Hochklapf</a></li> <li><a href="augstb.html">Ramsau/Posern area: Augst Bach valley below Toll road</a> <i>(not shown on map)</i></li> <li><a href="/handbook/tollrd.html">Loser Panoramastraße</a> <i>(not shown on map)</i></li> </ol> <div style="text-align: center"> <img src="/maps/newmap.png" width="602" height="627" alt="Map of area 1623, with areas marked" usemap="#areas" ismap="ismap" /> <map id="areas" name="areas"> <!-- Workaround for a Mozilla bug: maps should really be identified by their ids, not their names. But Mozilla doesn't understand this. --> <area shape="poly" coords="149,317,155,253,138,236,143,165,230,100,273,81,346,85,367,99,360,110,365,114,356,146,336,170,326,197,331,207,324,218,324,246,305,261,284,293,264,296,206,294" href="plateau.html" alt="1: Main plateau over Schwarzmoossattel" /> <area shape="poly" coords="367,99,448,123,505,153,545,165,541,217,518,235,505,268,461,335,461,346,467,350,461,356,464,373,432,439,346,505,263,529,254,508,234,511,237,494,248,440,287,358,284,293,305,261,324,246,324,218,331,207,326,197,336,170,356,146,365,114,360,110 " href="smkridge.html" alt="2: Schwarzmooskogel ridge" /> <area shape="poly" coords="12,440,17,478,51,523,78,541,102,550,141,468,170,475,183,491,219,424,258,378,260,312,264,296,206,294,149,317,101,346,46,366,30,393" href="br-alm.html" alt="3. Bräuning Alm and Kunntal" /> <area shape="poly" coords="183,491,186,502,215,508,237,494,248,440,287,358,284,293,264,296,260,312,258,378,219,424" href="kratzer.html" alt="4. Kratzer valley and area south of Schwarzmoossattel" /> <area shape="poly" coords="602,0,577,0,526,45,505,153,545,165,541,217,518,235,505,268,461,335,461,346,467,350,478,344,506,353,602,204" href="wilden.html" alt="5. East of Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel out to Wildensee" /> <area shape="poly" coords="0,0,577,0,526,45,505,153,448,123,367,99,346,85,273,81,230,100,143,165,90,200,62,240,48,239,12,284,0,287" href="remote.html" alt="6. Further plateau and out to Augst-Eck" /> <area shape="poly" coords="234,511,224,535,188,548,181,559,152,559,139,574,139,595,116,613,113,626,0,626,0,624,4,612,12,602,26,597,26,595,38,592,45,581,68,566,75,568,102,550,141,468,170,475,183,491,186,502,215,508,237,494" href="egglgrub.html" alt="7. Sommersitz and Egglgrube area" /> <area shape="poly" coords="0,456,12,440,17,478,51,523,78,541,102,550,75,568,68,566,45,581,38,592,26,595,26,593,21,593,8,601,0,613" href="loser.html" alt="8. Loser and around Augst-see" /> <area shape="poly" coords="0,456,12,440,30,393,46,366,101,346,149,317,155,253,138,236,143,165,90,200,62,240,48,239,12,284,0,287" href="gschwand.html" alt="9. Gschwandt Alm and area east of Blaa-Alm" /> <area shape="poly" coords="113,626,116,613,139,595,139,574,152,559,181,559,188,548,224,535,234,511,254,508,263,529,346,505,432,439,464,373,461,356,467,350,478,344,506,353,486,382,440,488,331,611,300,626" href="aausee.html" alt="10. North of Altausser See and up valley to Hochklapf" /> <area shape="poly" coords="0,613,8,601,21,593,26,593,26,597,12,602,4,612,0,624" href="../handbook/tollrd.html" alt="Loser Panoramastrasse toll road" /> </map> </div> <p> </p? <div style="text-align: center"> <img src="/images/viewsw.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Perspective view of Loser plateau looking SW" /> <p class="caption">Plateau visualisation from Aven - looking towards Bräuning Nase and Loser</p></div> <hr /> </body> </html>