<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>1626:55</title> </head> <body> <center><table border=0 width=100%> <tr><th align=left><font size=+2>55 a-q</font></th> <th align=center lang="de"><font size=+2>Raucherkarhöhle</font></th> <th align=right><font size=+2>4/T/S/E x</font></th></tr> </table></center> <p>More information on this cave, by those exploring it, can be found on the <b lang="de-at">Landesverein für Höhlenkunde in Oberosterreich</b> site, with text available in both <a href="http://alpha.aec.at/cave/cave.html">English</a> and <a href="http://alpha.aec.at/cave/index.html" lang="de-at">German</a> and with a number of excellent photos. <p><b>Altitude</b>:<blockquote lang="de"> 55 a Durchgang Fensterhalle 1532 & 1539m<br> 55 b Bärenhöhle 1547m<br> 55 c Neuer Eingang 1563m<br> 55 d Grundloch ("Brunnen") 1544m<br> 55 e Schacht I 1570m<br> 55 f Schacht II 1547m<br> 55 g Schacht III 1560m<br> 55 h Schneegrube 1540m<br> 55 i Schacht IV (Pilzlingschacht) 1560m<br> 55 k Obere Himmelspforte 1630m<br> 55 l Untere Himmelspforte 1593m<br> 55 m Durchgang Feistor 1540m<br> 55 n Einstieg Altausseergang 1553m<br> 55 o Planer-Eishöhle 1470m<br> 55 p Humuspforte 1635m<br> 55 q Gigantenkluft 1518m</blockquote> <p><b>Location</b>: NE of Hinterer Raucher <p>There are seventeen entrances, of which the highest is at 1635m. This gives the cave a vertical range of -718m, +7m, total 725m. <p>The cave had been surveyed to 6000m long and -216m by 1965. An Austrian National expedition in 1965 reached -530m. A sump in the <span lang="de">Hinterland</span> at -538m was reached in 1966, when the length was over 10.3 km. In 1970, <span lang="de">Großen Rundgange</span> and <span lang="de">Ischler Esteiler</span> brought the length up to 16.3 km. In October 1973, the <span lang="de">Dunkler Grund</span> area led to -718m, (-723m in some sources) at which time the length was 18km. In 1975 the system was connected to the nearby <span lang="de">Planer-Eishöhle.</span> The length in January 1976 was 19052m and in December 1977, 20155.5m. <span lang="de">Sektion Ausseerland</span> journal gave 23900 m in July 1980. <span lang="fr-be">Spéleo Flash</span> number 128 gives 16 entrances and a length over 30km. <span lang="de">Die Höhle</span> 1986(3) gives 747m, 40km, which is about the same as LVHK <span lang="de">Steiermark</span> Journal for 1984, which states length 40.2km, depth 746m as at the end of 1984. The World Deep/Long caves list (end 1995) from Bob Gulden of the NSS Geo² Long and Deep caves committee gives 70km and 725m, quoting BCRA Caves & Caving number 44, p 47 as its source (Summer 89). <p>The labyrinthine system contains several levels of development, mostly southwards towards <a href="5.htm"><span lang="de">Nagelsteghöhle</a> (the probable resurgence at 850m). The current deepest point (a sump) has been reached by systematically traversing over pitches of 40 to 90m. <p><b>Exploration</b>: Under the aegis of LVHK <span lang="de">Oberösterreich,</span> 1961-present,<br> Austrian National expedition took place in 1965,<br> Both LVHK <span lang="de">Oberösterreich</span> and LVHK <span lang="de">Steiermark</span> worked together in 1973. <p><b>References :</b> <dl> <dt>78.2012<dd><cite>(GSAB) <span lang="fr">Spéalp</span> 1 (June 1977) pp 33-49</cite>, <b>Totes Gebirge : <span lang="fr">Description des principaux gouffres de la zone ouest du massif</span></b>, <span lang="fr">Jean Claude Hans & Etienne Degrave</span><br> <a href="../../others/gsab/en/782012.htm#55">English Translation</a><br> <a href="../../others/gsab/fr/782012.htm#55" lang="fr">En Français</a> </dl> The above description is translated mainly from reference 78.2012 by Andy Waddington and Jill Gates, with additional info on dates/lengths as cited. <hr> <!-- LINKS --> <img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../../1626/index.htm#55">Index</a> and overview of 1626.<br> <img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../../areas.htm">Overview</a> of area 1623<br> <img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../../others/gsab/index.htm">GSAB</a> and associated groups<br> <img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../../index.htm">Back to Expedition Intro page</a><br> <img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../../../index.htm">CUCC Home page</a> </body> </html>