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1	Kataster Number	Kat Status Code	Entrances	Unofficial number	Multiple entrances	URL	Name	Unofficial Name	Comment	Area	No Info	Explorers	Underground Description	References	Underground centre line	Underground drawn survey	Survex file to get length and deapth	Length	Depth	Extent	Header	Notes	Entrance name	tag point in dataset	other point in dataset	description of other point	exact entrance in dataset (drip line/highest enclosed contour)	Type of survey fix	Northing	Easting	Altitude	Bearings	Map	Location	Approach	Entrance description	Photo of location	Marking
2	1	2/(W) +	a b			noinfo/aaussee/1.htm	Li&auml;gerh&ouml;hle	D'Li&euml;ger			No Info	H&ouml;hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 19xx <p>Sektion Ausseerland 1960 <p>Dived by Verein f&uuml;r H&ouml;hlenkunde in Obersteier in 1984 and 1985, when the final sump went to about -20m. On the first occasion they spoiled the visibility in the sump by not being careful enough about how they drained the sump on the approach route.	Seasonally active cave. Ends in a 'Lake', which is a sump pool, apparently higher than the level of Altausseer See, and close to the surveyed level of the Stellerweg sump. <p>Access to the final sump is guarded by short siphons in each of the two passages going to the far end of the cave. These can be drained, but care should be taken to ensure they are drained towards the entrance, otherwise the final sump will become muddy. Visited by Mike Thomas and Pete Lancaster in 1989, as far as the short sumps. <p>A note on the geology : The north shore of the lake follows a large fault with a big throw, so that this cave is in the same block of limestone as the St&ouml;gerweg area caves. The Austrians think there is no hydrological connection between this cave/resurgence and the lake level, since vauclusian resurgences in the lake appear to be in a very different block of limestone which has been down-faulted relative to the plateau. However, it seems more likely that these risings are actually <b>on</b> the fault, and that the lake level, and the level of the sumps in this cave and in <a href="../../smkridge/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a> are closely related.	There are descriptions (in German) of dives in the terminal sump in <a href="../../others/obsteier/dive1.htm" lang="de-at">1985</a> and <a href="../../others/obsteier/dive2.htm" lang="de-at">1988</a>. A further follow-up article is awaiting scanning in...		A4 survey in Mitt. der Sektion Ausseerland 18(4), Oct. 1980, facing p 86. This is dated 1935, 1960 and looks like a third generation photocopy of a larger survey - the quality is very poor.		306m	71m	NW-SE 160m											East Entrance 812m West entrance 809m		28.1 cm E, 15.4 cm N, sheet 15/1 Alpine Club 1:25000 map	At the foot of a gully cutting the southwestern end of Steller, a major cliff band SE of the Loser - Br&auml;uning area. A couple of hundred metres north of the Youth Hostel at the NE corner of Altausseer See.	If you follow the lakeside path (shortest approach from Altaussee on north side of lake) there is a junction where the path to Hochklapfsattel departs. A short way west of (ie. before) this junction is a bridge over a normally dry stream bed. Follow the stream bed up for a short way until it splits, then follow the apparently smaller branch to the right (east). Scramble up rocks to the East Entrance. This is marked on the Alpine Club 1:25000 map. <p>Although the Altitude given is 812m, it doesn<73>t seem that high, and 812m is exactly 100m above lake level, which is a little suspicious. If you accept instead the phrase "climb 70m higher" in the original kataster description, the altitude comes out about 780 to 785m, which puts the final sump at almost exactly the level of the lake.		CUCC were shown some photographs of 1 & 2 in flood, when a truly enormous river emerges from both entrances and numerous impenetrable cracks. This explains the vegetation-free state of the twin river beds leading down towards Altausseer See.
3	2	0/(W) =				noinfo/aaussee/2.htm	Wasserl&ouml;cher				No Info	Unexplored																			810m						CUCC were shown some photographs of 1 & 2 in flood, when a truly enormous river emerges from both entrances and numerous impenetrable cracks. This explains the vegetation-free state of the twin river beds leading down towards Altausseer See.
4	3	1/T(W) +				noinfo/augstb/3.htm	Gellerofen			Augstbach valley and villages	No Info	Oldest documentation is dated 1880. H<>hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1937 Sektion Ausseerland, 1968				Plan by Alfred Auer at 1:100, 1968		13.1m	3.04m												1015m		This is not marked on the Austrian<61>s map.	at the SW foot of the Loserstockes	reached from Altaussee above Posern. (I think this is below the toll road somewhere).	The entrance is 7.5m wide by 1.2m high.<p>'Durch das 7,5m breite und 1,2m hohe, flachbogenf<6E>rmige Portal gelangt man zun<75>chst in eine kuppelf<6C>rmige Vorhalle, dann in einen durch Korrosionskolke ausgeformten Canyon. H<>hlenkarren, Bergmilchbildungen, eine Sickerwasserquelle und H<>hlenfauna fallen besonders auf.'
5	4	1/T(W) +				noinfo/augstb/4.htm	Ritscherbachh&ouml;hle			Augstbach valley and villages	No Info	H<F6>hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1937				Plan at 1:100 by Alfred Auer, 1968		12.3m	1.07m												1015m			Near <a href="3.htm">Gellerofen</a> (Kat. 3), at the SW foot of the Loserstockes.		A 2.2m wide and 1.3m high entrance leads horizontally to "Bruchschutt und Sickerwassergerinne".
6	5	1/S(W) +				noinfo/gschwand/5.htm	Holzknechtbr&uuml;nndlloch			Gschwandt - NW of the Loser-Br<42>uning wall	No Info	H<F6>hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1938				Plan at 1:100 by Alfred Auer, 1968		12m	8m												1230m			SW foot Loserstockes	reached by path west from Loser H<>tte, past Augst A.H.	'Eine 1,5m grosse Schacht<68>ffnung f<> in einen stiefelf<6C>rmigen Schacht, in dem ein Sickerwassergerinne fr<66>her von Holzknechten als Trinkwasserquelle genutzt wurde.'
7	6	0/W +				noinfo/gschwand/6.htm	Quelle	Wasserloch		Gschwandt - NW of the Loser-Br<42>uning wall	No Info	Unexplored <20> Noted for Kataster: Sektion Ausseerland, 1968																			1425m			150m west of Augst A.H.		a small unenterable resurgence
8	7	1/(W) +				noinfo/loser/7.htm	Bachschl&auml;g			South face of Loser - reached from Loser H<>tte path	No Info							3m													1550m		Location plan by Alfred Auer at 1:200, 1968	West of the Loser H<>tte below the south face of Loser.	Reached from the path up Loser by diagonalling down to the head of the gully from the path as it starts to climb again at about 1600m.	A 1.8m wide by 1.2m high rock shelter, and an occasionally active rising. There is a noticeable gully below this, presumably carrying water in wet weather. <p>"Bei Hochwasser entstr<74>mt ihm ein m<>chtiger Bach und st<73>rzt als Wasserfall <20>ber zwei Gel<65>ndstufen und durch einen Graben 200m zur Loserstra<72>e herab, wo das Wasser nach einem Durchla<6C> im verkarsteten Gestein versickert."
9	8	2/T +				noinfo/loser/8.htm	Gro&szlig;es Loserloch			South face of Loser - reached from Loser H<>tte path	No Info	First recorded in 1774<br> Explored since 1931<br> J V&ouml;llenkle of L.V.H.Linz, 1:250, 1972	The round 8m wide by 10m high entrance leads into an upper level, the Hauptgang, leading north then northeast to Regenhalle, a sizeable chamber apparently formed on a significant SW-NE joint. Immediately right at the start of the chamber, a boulder slope leads up into Teilungshalle, from where a wider slope drops left back into Regenhalle about halfway along. At the highest point of Teilungshalle, a SE-going passage quickly chokes with boulders, but appears to be heading directly for the end of Kleines Loserloch, perhaps 10m away. <p>Keeping to the right (SW) wall entering Teilungshalle, a rift leads SW. A passage left after 5m quickly ends too tight. A traverse to the left hand side bypasses a 5m shaft in the floor. 15m beyond, another lead on the left leads up into a small chamber, Kapelle. The continuing rift, S&uuml;dwest-Kluft, gets narrower for c 25m until deemed impassable. <p>Back in Regenhalle, a narrow section along the joint between the two ways to Teilungshalle, gives access to a lower series via a sharp turn to the right, due south. This wide passage, S&uuml;dwest-gang, passes under Teilungshalle, and turns SW directly under S&uuml;dwest-Kluft. A narrow rift on the left parallels the main passage for some way. The main way develops into Gr. Dom, 12m wide, with a boulder slope up until the passage chokes comprehensively on a broad front, almost exactly below the cliff outside. <p>At the far (NE) end of Regenhalle, stright on enters a draughting boulder choke, but two ways up to the right lead into Stufengang, with a complex of little rifts and an extension NE to a low choked area.			A4 survey in Mitt. der Sektion Ausseerland 18(4), Oct. 1980, facing p 87: a plan by J V<>llenkle of L.V.H.Linz, 1:250, 1972. As printed, this looks like about a 4th generation photocopy. Also includes <a href="9.htm">Kat. 9</a>		390m	+20m -11m	140m SW-NE											1615m		21.8 cm E, 17.75 cm N, OAV sheet 15/1	At the south foot of Loser (visible from Altaussee).	Reached by traversing west from the Loser path as it draws level with the cliffs.	Round 8m wide by 10m high entrance
10	9	2/T +				noinfo/loser/9.htm	Kleines Loserloch			South face of Loser - reached from Loser H<>tte path	No Info	since 1932	The cave is essentially a single passage for c 60m going NE to a narrowing. To the left at this point is a small extension, with a blind pit to the SW, and a draughting boulder choke to the NE. This is c 10m from a corresponding choke in Teilugshalle of Gro&szlig;es Loserloch.			A4 survey in Mitt. der Sektion Ausseerland 18(4), Oct. 1980, facing p 87: a plan by J V<>llenkle of L.V.H.Linz, 1:250, 1972. As printed, this looks like about a 4th generation photocopy. Also includes <a href="8.htm">Kat. 8</a>		72m	+12.5 -7.5m	50m SW-NE											1622m			Just right (25m East) of, and above, Gro&szlig;es Loserloch.		In a narrow rift in the cliff, there are two small entrances, the lower one is the normal way in, and an upper entrance to its left leads to passage which joins the normal way within 5m
11	10	1/T =				noinfo/gschwand/10.htm	Spalth&ouml;hle			Gschwandt - NW of the Loser-Br<42>uning wall	No Info	H<F6>hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1937																			c1715m			In NW face of Loser, overlooking Blaa-Alm.
12	11	1/T =				noinfo/gschwand/11.htm	H&ouml;hle in der Loserwestwand 1			Gschwandt - NW of the Loser-Br<42>uning wall	No Info	H<F6>hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1937						60m													c1715m			In NW face of Loser, overlooking Blaa-Alm.		an impressive 12m wide by 15m high entrance.
13	12	0/T -				noinfo/gschwand/12.htm	H&ouml;hle in der Loserwestwand 2			Gschwandt - NW of the Loser-Br<42>uning wall	No Info	H<F6>hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1937																			c1715m			In NW face of Loser, overlooking Blaa-Alm.
14	13	2/T +				noinfo/loser/13.htm	Knochenh&ouml;hle			Loser - Hochanger ridge area	No Info	Sektion Ausseerland, 1972																			1690m			Above Dimmelwand, a rockface above the final section of the toll road.(West of Augstsee on Gschirr)
15	14	1/T +				noinfo/loser/14.htm	Schafkirche			Around Augst See	No Info	Sektion Ausseerland, 1968						36m													1670m		25.3 cm E, 19.75 cm N, sheet 15/1 (named on map).	SW of Augstsee in the small scars forming the NE face of the small ridge running down to the Bergrestaurant from Loser Fenster, overlooking the lake.
16	15	1/(W) +				noinfo/egglgrub/15.htm	Michel-Gang			Egglgrube and Scharlingkar area	No Info	Sektion Ausseerland, 1953																			1500m			Below main path west of Egglgrube. (About 35m below the path as it contours east of Sommersitz)
17	16	1/T +				noinfo/loser/16.htm	Pauli-Loch			Around Augst See	No Info	Sektion Ausseerland, 1968	Since the length is recorded as 40m, it is interesting to read that a maximum/ minimum thermometer and hygrometer were placed 50m from the entrance from June 1976 to September 1977. These showed that the temperature varied from 1 to 5&deg;C, with a relative humidity between 94% and 100%. The cave yielded Pseudoscorpions of the species <i>Neobisium blothrus aueri</i>.					40m													1690m			Below cliffs west of Augstsee.
18	17	1/T =				noinfo/loser/17.htm	B&auml;renh&ouml;hle im H&ouml;llgraben			Ammereich and H<>llgraben - below Dimmelwand and the last part of toll road	No Info	H<F6>hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1949.																			1380m			In H&ouml;llgraben, which is a major gully starting below the Bergrestaurant and dropping down to <a href="../aaussee/1.htm">Li&auml;gerh&ouml;hle</a> at the NW end of the Altausseer See. Cave is below and South of Bergrestaurant, just at the top break of slope.
19	18	2/T +				noinfo/loser/18.htm	Gaisofen im Ammerei			Ammereich and H<>llgraben - below Dimmelwand and the last part of toll road	No Info	LVHK Wien, 1974						250m													1440m			500m NE of Loser H&uuml;tte, north of <a href="17.htm"> B&auml;renh&ouml;hle</a> (Kat.17) in Ammereich, a small cliff band below the toll road.
20	19	1/T +				noinfo/egglgrub/19.htm	Gamsofen im Scharlingkar			Egglgrube and Scharlingkar area	No Info	Sektion Ausseerland, 1953																			1450m			SE of Egglgrubenalm, ie. follow the valley down from Egglgrube until some huts appear - the cave is then SE below a small cliff somewhere.
21	20	1/T +				noinfo/egglgrub/20.htm	Windh&ouml;hle			Egglgrube and Scharlingkar area	No Info	Sektion Ausseerland, 1953																			1475m			In Scharlingkar. This is the band of cliffs SW of Wei&szlig;e Wand. The cave is SW of <a href="19.htm">Gamsofen</a> (Kat.19) and almost due south of the huts in Br&auml;ning Alm.
22	21	2/S/T +				noinfo/egglgrub/21.htm	Windloch im Egglgrube			Egglgrube and Scharlingkar area	No Info	H<F6>hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1938																			1510m			South of Egglgrubenalm (it looks to be east of it on the map), north of <a href="19.htm">Gamsofen</a> (Kat.19).
23	22	1/S x				noinfo/egglgrub/22.htm	Spiralschacht			Egglgrube and Scharlingkar area	No Info	H<F6>hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1939																			1500m			South of Egglgrubenalm. Not marked on Austrian<61>s map
24	23	1/t/S =				noinfo/egglgrub/23.htm	Steinbockh&ouml;hle			Egglgrube and Scharlingkar area	No Info	H<F6>hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1939																			1500m			East of Egglgrubenalm near Wei<65>e Wand.
25	24	1/S =				noinfo/egglgrub/24.htm	Schachth&ouml;hle bei Egglgrubenalm			Egglgrube and Scharlingkar area	No Info	Schauberger, 1938																			1540m			South of junction of paths near Egglgrube (ie. divergence of CUCC's routes to the col and to Stellerweg)
26	25	2/T x				noinfo/egglgrub/25.htm	Mauskothh&ouml;hle			Egglgrube and Scharlingkar area	No Info	H<F6>hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1938																			1500m			East of Egglgrubenalm, very near <a href="23.htm">Steinbockh&ouml;hle</a> (Kat. 23).
27	26	1/(W) +				noinfo/br-alm/26.htm	Wasserschlinger I			Br<E4>uning Alm and Br<42>uning Kunntal	No Info	Sektion Ausseerland, 1976																			1542m			In Br<42>uning Kunntal, the large closed depression west of Br<42>uning Alm.
28	27	1/(W) +				noinfo/br-alm/27.htm	Wasserschlinger II			Br<E4>uning Alm and Br<42>uning Kunntal	No Info	Sektion Ausseerland, 1976																			1542m			In Br&auml;uning Kunntal, next to <a href="26.htm">Kat.26</a>
29	28	2/t/S +				noinfo/smkridge/28.htm	Augsteckh&ouml;hle			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked	No Info	LVHK Wien, 1974																			1630m			Next to St&ouml;gerweg (path 201) just beyond <a href="../../egglgrub/index.htm">Egglgrube</a> and the branch path to <a href="../../kratzer/index.htm">the Kratzer valley</a>. ie. we pass it on the way to <a href="../../smkridge/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a>. It is marked by a red-painted omega in the path, just where the junction path leading to The Nipple and the German bivouac leaves the main path, at which point there is also a laser-rangefound <a href="../../handbook/survey/lasers.htm">fixed point</a>.
30	29	1/S x				noinfo/br-alm/29.htm	Schwarzmoosloch			Br<E4>uning Alm and Br<42>uning Kunntal	No Info	Schauberger, 1921																			1560m			NE of huts in Br<42>uning Alm
31	30	1/S x				noinfo/br-alm/30.htm	Grundloses Loch			Br<E4>uning Alm and Br<42>uning Kunntal	No Info	LVHK Ober<65>sterreich, 1966																			1570m			Next to path towards Br<42>uning Alm from Egglgrube junction. (I think this may be the first walled open shaft on the true left of the valley below Br<42>uning Alm)
32	31	2/T +				noinfo/smkridge/31.htm	Elchh&ouml;hle	Megalodontenh<F6>hle		Caves in the same area - but not yet linked	No Info	LVHK Wien, 1974	Mainly horizontal and going northish under the path. A large phreatic tube in horizontally bedded limestone. Visited by Andy Waddington, Doug Florence with Karl Gaisberger on August 12th, 1978. Latter person collected a rare cave beetle from it (only the second specimen of this species collected in Austria, if we understood Karl correctly), which I think is now in the Natural History Museum in Vienna, having been pickled in Vodka borrowed from an expedition member. Name comes from discovery of Elk bones when first explored.		In dataset		caves\031\031.svx	263m	+9/-18m						p031	No idea		Surface survey	81035	35394	1582m			Next to St&ouml;gerweg (path 201) somewhat beyond <a href="28.htm">Augsteckh&ouml;hle</a> (Kat. 28). Located very near laser point 0/9.
33	32	1/S +				noinfo/smkridge/32.htm	Windloch am St&ouml;gerweg			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked	No Info	LVHK Ober<65>sterreich, 1966							25m						p032	drilled hole above 1623/32 entrance (next to path)	p032x	Nils	81126	35771	1567m			Obvious horizontal entrance right next to path 201 shortly before you hack off to Stellerwegh<67>hle.		A major landmark for CUCC navigation, and also very useful for storing beer, this obvious 2m high entrance is right next to the path and blows a lot of cold air in summer.		drilled hole
34	33	1/T +				noinfo/br-alm/33.htm	Schichtgrenzenh&ouml;hle			Br<E4>uning Alm and Br<42>uning Kunntal	No Info	Sektion Ausseerland, 1975																			1570m			South of Br<42>uning Alm. I think this is another of the fenced off shafts near the path north from the junction at Egglgrube.
35	34	1/T +				noinfo/kratzer/34.htm	H&ouml;hle am Kratzer I			Kratzer valley	No Info	Sektion Ausseerland, 1973																			1590m			Quite a way east of Br<42>uning Alm in the top end of the Kratzer valley.
36	35	2/S/T x				noinfo/kratzer/35.htm	Dr. Kerschner H&ouml;hle			Kratzer valley	No Info	Found by Othmar Schauberger, 1921. Looked at for some years by F H<>tter, but always blocked by snow. In October 1976, G Graf managed to descend 30m in the shaft, the uppermost part of which was snow and ice free. The continuation of the way could not be found. In August 1977, 5kg of salt was dumped onto the snow blockage. In October 1977, after a long walk over the plateau, it was looked at again and successfully explored.	Now, the Austrian's exploration details suggest that the cave was substantially unblocked in 1976 (to -30m in October), while CUCC's find was choked at -10m. Also, the description given of this cave in the local Climbing Guide (Krenmayr) sounds nothing like B5 at all, (he says, already explored in 1921, but today almost forgotten. Need Ice equipment) so the Austrian writing in the caver's magazine who said it was B5 may have been mistaken. Krenmayr gives length 250m, depth 100m. <p>This description by Karl Gaisberger is from the 1977 Exploration: <p>After climbing down 8m to where the shaft appeared blocked by snow, progress did not seem likely. I [translator] think "there was a spiralling way in the snow to a wall of ice columns". A very steep descent led into a passage with a snow cone. (This was still in the previous year's snow-free climb !). Pushing through a thin snow-wall through which the light glimmered, a direct way was established. Through a hole in the snow in a rubble-filled passage, the way soon branched. Both branches ended blind. <p>The lower level of the cave, described by O Schauberger, must be found on the opposite side of the snow-cone from the [Schluf?]. One now comes to a chamber complex where a sloping 10m shaft climbs down into the <b>Kristallhalle</b>. The walls here are covered with admittedly large, but superficially weathered calcite somethings (Kalzitdrusen). <p>From the Kristallhalle, through a narrow bit to a side-something with a pile of rubble, the <b>Tropfsteinhalle</b>. There is a single 60cm high stalagmite here. It shows a corroded appearance, indicating aggressive ground water. Tropfsteinhalle contains, so far, the most beautiful flowstone decorations in the Loser area. These include [plenty dictionary failure here] Sinterfahnen, Boden- und Deckenzapfen, sogar Excentriques. <p>In the area of the stalagmites, several dead pseudoscorpions (<i>Neobisium aueri</i>) were found. <i>There is some more description of the floor of the chamber (I think), but I can't make head nor tail of it.</i>					250m	Given 100m in 1980.												1630m			Just SW of the col (Schwarzmoossattel), SE of Br<42>uning Nase.		Surface shaft often blocked with snow		This hole supposedly has a CUCC painted number "B5" of 1976 vintage, which will probably be pretty faded. But the cave descriptions do not agree.
37	36	1/S x				noinfo/kratzer/36.htm	Schachtgruppe I - V			Kratzer valley	No Info	H<F6>hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, undated.																			1680m			Austrian kataster says Hinterbr&auml;uning, south of Br&auml;uning Nase, but this isn<73>t where their map shows it. Map shows it south east of Schwarzmoossattel, on east side of upper Kratzer valley below Schwarzmooskogel. <p>The cave was located on the ground by CUCC in 1990 and it is, in fact, just south of Schwarzmoossattel, which is almost due east of Br&auml;uning Nase. From the path leaving the col going south, hack off following the little stream down into the valley. This sinks into the northernmost of a group of three shafts below a small headwall facing east. <p>Number is in red on the headwall just south of the three entrances. <p>A group of five (presumably small) shafts. One of these was thought, by the Austrians, to be CUCC's 'B1' of 1976. This, however, is patently not the case, since the sequence B1-B4 goes up the valley, and B4 is about level, perhaps slightly lower than 36.		A group of five (presumably small) shafts		Number is in red on the headwall just south of the three entrances.
38	37	0/S -				noinfo/plateau/37.htm	Schachtgruppe beim Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel			"Middle" plateau	No Info	Discovered by H<>hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, undated.<p>Status is given as totally unexplored, so it could well be a CUCC hole by now, and have a different number.																			1700m			West of Ht. Schwarzmooskogel. Well out onto the plateau, and hence, almost impossible to find or identify.
39	38	1/T +				noinfo/plateau/38.htm	Algenh&ouml;hle			"Middle" plateau	No Info	H<F6>hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1938	Behind the entrance there is a single passage at right angles to it, with boulders (Blockwerk).			Sketch by J. Gaisberger snr., 1938		33m													1700m			West of Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel (exact location unknown) Possibly near <a href="37.htm">Kat.37</a> (q.v.)
40	39	1/T +				noinfo/kratzer/39.htm	SCHWA h&ouml;hle 39			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked or Kratzer valley location unclear	No Info	H<F6>hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1938						18m													1740m			West side of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel according to text. Map shows it on S side, not far from the summit area. Later reference says it is above and south of <a href="36.htm">Kat.36</a>, however the kataster description of the location of 36 is also wrong...		2.2m wide by 1.2m high entrance leads in a gentle slope to where it becomes too tight.
41	40	7//S/T/E x	a b c d e f g h s		yes	smkridge/40.htm	Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle	Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem		Caves known or expected to link into the Stellerweg - Eish<73>hle and Kaninchenh<6E>hle systems		The main passages as far as Elephantengang were explored by 1938. Since then a variety of groups have worked here finding numerous extensions, of which Schneevulkanhalle is the most significant.<p> Until recently, it has been difficult to come close to a comprehensive survey or even a good estimate of the length of the system because of a lack of contact and some misunderstanding between the groups involved. However, in 1997 a chance encounter (at the International Congress) by Wookey with Denis Motte, of the <a href="../../others/gscb/index.htm">G.S.Clerval,</a> led to renewed contacts with one group who explored this area, and Thilo M&uuml;ller of ARGE has contacted the leaders of other groups and obtained all the rest of the 1980s information that survives. This is being merged into a coherent set of information which will guide necessary resurvey work to complete the picture. <ul> <li>Discovered and main passages explored in 1929 by Ausseer cavers, and surveyed in 1938 by O Schauberger and U Czornig. <li>Further exploration 1953, Sektion Ausseerland. <li>Wilfried Lorenz, Franz Lindenmayr with Nuremburg and Munich cavers discover the Schneevulkanhalle at the beginning of July 1978 (not yet connected to Eish&ouml;hle). <li>In Autumn 1983, Eish&ouml;hle was "1600m long with four entrances". <li>After several trips by the Germans in September to November 1983, the system was 2500m long with five entrances [<a href="../../others/muenchen/de/841642.htm" lang="de">Der Schlaz, 42</a>, also on site in <a href="../../others/muenchen/en/841642.htm">English translation</a>]. <li>More recently, Reinhard Kieselbach's (M&uuml;nchen/Nurnberg - VfHM) group have linked it to <a href="88.htm">L&auml;rchenschacht</a> (88) (itself 1885m long in April 1995, and apparently giving a combined length of 6km) which they also connected to <a href="../../smkridge/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a> (5.75 km). <li>Our Current estimate of the cave length is 1,863km, from a total surveyed length of 2,463m (600m of the 974m long Schneevulkanhalle survey is not deemed to be part of the cave length).<br> The length comes from:<br> VfHM 1980s survey - 693m: Original part of cave plus extensions<br> VfHO 1991 survey - 374m: Schneevulkanhalle from 40e entrance<br> CUCC 1998-9 surveys - 751m: Heaven and Hell and persitence of vision SVH extensions<br> Arge 1999 surveys - 130m: K&ouml;nigsschacht and Gr&uuml;ner Eingang </ul> <p>Stellerwegh&ouml;hle in turn is connected to <a href="../../smkridge/78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a> which was over 7km at the time and exploration continues. This must make the combined system at least 19 km long. We have seen figures quoted as high as 25km, but this may involve some double-counting, given the uncertainties involved. Arge's estimate (entirely from extant survey data) was 22.7 km after summer 1999.	<p>Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle is an extensive cave over 1600m long before 1983, extended to 2500m by a German group by 1985. The system is mainly horizontal, though tackle is needed to explore it fully, and crampons are necessary in parts, because of the substantial quantities of ice in the cave. Was extended by the Germans who worked in the area in the early eighties, who suggested then that there was potential for extension vertically. Subsequently linked via a 30m pitch to <a href="88.htm">L&auml;rchenschacht</a> (1623/88) which in turn was connected to the <a href="../../smkridge/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hlensystem</a>, giving no increase in depth if the laser-rangefound altitude is correct rather than the old kataster one, which seems likely. <h4>Translated brief guide</h4> <p>From 'L&auml;ngsten und Tiefsten Hohlen in &Ouml;sterreich', translated by Wookey and Thilo: <p>The cave is on the southeastern slopes of the Vorderen Schwarzmooskogel (1843) developed in Dachsteinkalk. From seven partly shaft-like entrance points, a huge, flat-floored level with impressive ice formations can be approached. The <b>Schneevulkanhalle</b> at the northern end is the biggest ice-bearing chamber in middle Europe. <p>Four entrances lead into the central area. A 40m shaft from the Top Entrance '<b>Oberen Eingang</b>' breaks into the ice-decorated '<b>Altausseer Halle</b>'. To the west from here via a 25m ramp accessing '<b>Schneehalle</b>' leads both to entrance 2 and the connecting gallery from the ice-bearing '<b>Thalhammerhalle</b>', that can be entered from entrances 3 and 4 too. South of the Schnee and Altausseer Halles, the '<b>Teufelberger Halle</b>' connects, the bottom of which contains an ice lake. A wide passage with side shafts goes southsouthwest to '<b>Hans-Pfandl-Halle</b>'. The east connected room, also reached by a 23m high chimney (entrance 7), is divided into two by a high block barrier. The '<b>Flusstunnel</b>' south from here ends blocked. <p>From the Altausseer Halle, a lofty passage with ice figures heads off NNE. The continuation is the '<b>Halle des Schiefen Turms</b>', where the '<b>Wahnsinnsch&auml;chte</b>' branches off on the west. It was thought that this was blocked by ice. However, over a wall of ice one reaches the 130 by 75 by 50 m Schneevulkanhalle, on the eastern wall of which rises a steep snowslope flowing from the '<b>K&ouml;nigsschachts</b>' (entrance 6). The chamber with its very impressive ice formations can also be reached via the '<b>Brennerbeselschluf</b>' (entrance 5). At its northern end a climb reveals the easterly-running '<b>Kalten Gang</b>' and the parallel '<b>Spinnenfriedhof</b>'. <h3><a name="svh">Schneevulkanhalle</a> trip:</h3> <p>The principal objective of both pushing and tourist trips is the huge ice chamber of Schneevulkanhalle, which requires some serious ice work to reach from the older entrances in the middle of the system. Instead, follow the description to the "new" entrance (Brennerbeselschluf, 40e), with a somewhat limited area to get changed, perched between the icy blast from the cave and whatever the Austrian weather is offering. <p>The entrance is not walk-in, and low crawling in the face of the icy draught starts at once. A small descending tube (somewhat muddy - irritating in crampons!) leads in about 20m to a short climb down into larger (walking/stooping) passage 'Ger&ouml;llgang. This goes downhill to a scramble up. This was totally ice-covered in 1997 and 1998, but not 1999 or 2000 and has a <a href="../../fixaid.htm#icy">fixed rope</a> (VfHO-installed), which may be buried in ice at somewhat critical points - a certain amount of care is needed if chipping it out with an ice-axe and gloves really are needed ! <p>Partway up this slope is a space on the left [<a href="../../smkridge/40/qm.htm#C000040-05" name="qC000040-05">C0000-40-05</a> A], including a pitch in the floor. At the far end of this space, a short crawl and a grovel down through boulders where a stream comes in from above both choke. The pitch is a c3, p20, p30 - the last part being very wet in early summer. Leading to <a HREF="#schotterland">Schotterland</a>. <p>Survey data also suggests a passage off to the right of the iceslope for 20m or so. <p>Above the scramble up is a short traverse, also rather interesting when covered in hard ice (and also protected by a fixed rope which had to be dug out in 1998). A steeply ascending passage to the L holds a quantity of particularly scrofulous rope (presumably a previous fixed rope). This can be climbed ~10m until it gets too vertical. It draughts. Beyond the ice is a steep snow/ice slope down into the huge Schneevulkanhalle. It is <b>strongly</b> recommended to equip this with a properly rigged SRT rope rather than anything less - the cave has seen a number of accidents, some <b>fatal</b>. Although the slope looks like soft snow, it is a layer of coarsely crystalline hard n&eacute;v&eacute; over solid ice. In parts it is almost impossible to kick steps into, whilst in others it offers only minimal purchase for crampon points. Conditions no doubt vary with the season as well as with position on the slope and the year. Tackle required: 50m rope, crampons. There is one bolt at the top, for a traverse line to two bolts off to the R in the roof where the snow-slope proper starts. Sometimes the traverse area is full of snow and an ice-screw or ice-axe rebelay/deviation (club first ? in 1989) may be needed. A deviation (from rock) at the head of the steep section was found adequate in 1998. <p><center><img alt="plan - 12k gif" width=600 height=540 src="i/40svh.png"></center> <p> The 50m K&ouml;nigschacht (40f) entrance is the source of the snow slope and comes in here. It is often full of snow but was open in 1999 and so was surveyed (by ARGE). <p>At the bottom is the main chamber from which the pitch does indeed look like a snow-covered volcanic cone. Most of the floor area is ice-covered and only a slight slope is necessary to make crampons vital here. Most of the chamber is filled with ice formations up to 15m high (end of season). Those with two ice-tools can climb almost anything in the chamber, though the formations are no doubt rather more spectacular and fragile in spring or early summer. Formation-ice can also shatter very easily as melting occurs between component crystals later in the season, so it is probably safer for climbers to stick to hard n&eacute;v&eacute;. Ways on are mostly reached by steeper slopes that definitely require ice-gear and can be quite unnerving approached from above. Note that the slopes are usually <b>hard</b> ice, ice-axe-braking after a slip is not an option - lifeline or don't fall ! <p><center><a href="l/istal.htm"><img alt="Photo of ice formations, 41k jpeg" width=150 height=200 src="t/istal.jpg"></a></center> <p>Starting from the pitch (facing outwards from the slope), heading round the chamber to the left leads over a large flat area of ice to where a gap between ice and rock [<a href="../../smkridge/40/qm.htm#C000040-01" name="qC000040-01">C0000-40-01</a> A] drops 10m (2 bolts, one added 1999) into large passage <a HREF="../../smkridge/40/cucc.htm#elephant">elephantengang</a>. <p>Right next to it is an icefall coming in from above [<a href="../../smkridge/40/qm.htm#C000040-02" name="qC000040-02">C0000-40-02</a> C] (Apparently explored by GSCB in early 80s for ~40m). 40m round the wall of the chamber is a rubble run-in, iced on the top half. This was climbed by Haines (1998) and Atkinson (1999), as well as the GSCB. At the top is a wet boulder choke that definately doesn't go, but the GSCB plan shows a narrow rift on the right marked 'tight'. <p>Halfway up this slope on the left is the narrow entrance to <a href="../../smkridge/40/cucc.htm#pov">Persistence of Vision</a>. <p>20m further round another couple of icefalls come in. Both are about 8-10m and vertical [<a href="../../smkridge/40/qm.htm#C000040-03" name="qC000040-03">C0000-40-03</a> A]. GSCB plan shows they have climbed up here to find a 20m pitch beyond into narrow rift. Their survey doesn't make it clear how it ends. CUCC bolted up the left side of the left icefall in 2000 to find an ice water duck leading to a pitch series (<b>Mission Impossible</b>). The duck was dry in 2001, but back again in 2002. <p>50m further round (downslope) the ice drops away steeply under the wall. A line is advisable for the descent. 20m down, the ice slope peters out giving way to sand and rocks. At the end here is a very strongly draughting hole [<a href="../../smkridge/40/qm.htm#C000040-04" name="qC000040-04">C0000-40-04</a> B]. This appears too tight, but survey data shows this is where Kalten Gang and Spinnefriedhof are (VfHM, 1984). To the right at the foot of the slope closes down with rocks and ice - it would probably connect with Plastic Hell. A few metres up from the bottom of the slope on the left hand (N) wall is a gap between the ice and rock leading into a large chamber [<a href="qm.htm#A199840-05" name="qA199840-05">A1998-40-05</a> B] (reported by Robert Winkler). <p>Back in Schneevulkanhalle, another 10m clockwise round the chamber is another, steeper iceslope. A rope is definitely needed for this. This is the way to <a href="../../smkridge/40/cucc.htm#phell">Plastic Hell.</a> <p>Beyond and above are more thin icefalls coming from high in the ceiling - trying to climb these would be bonkers - the debris from the collapse of some of them is all around. <h2><a name="schotterland">Schotterland</a> (Munich cavers 198? and ARGE 2000)</h2> <p>The foot of the piss-wet pitch opens out into very large triangular passage. You can go NE about 35m until it chokes (a good draught comes out of one hoplessly choked corner) or SW 20 to a T-junction. Right (W) is Kleiner keller. Left, ducking under the low wall, is Schotterland. <p>Kleiner keller is about 50m on huge passage to where the end is choked with glacial fill and a waterspout comes in the from the roof 3m up. A sling ladder makes it possible to ascend the waterspout - you can even doing it without getting very wet, as the spout is unusually well-concentrated, and thus avoidable. This comes into an E-W rift, with the water coming from the E end. It can be ascended in both directions at various traverse levels for about 30m, but the top appears choked at all points. The top is probably very close to the floor of Elephantengang.</p> <p>The old Munich cavers' data suggests that there is a passage off kleiner keller that we missed - which seems hard to believe, but maybe it is worth another visit?</p> <p>Schotterland is more enormous passage (10m wide) going SSE, presumably schotterland, due to the flooring of small rocks. A ramp goes up steeply on the L after 30m. It closes down after 40m. Ahead the passage slowly narrows until it chokes at the end - probably very close to the surface.</p>		In dataset		smk-system.svx	54000m	1032m															SSE of Vd. Schwarzmooskogel and ENE of a large basin in the hillside which often contains a lot of snow. Roughly a 450m NNE of <a href="../../smkridge/113.htm">Sonnenstrahlh&ouml;hle</a> - CUCC's furthest east permanent survey station.	From the Bergrestaurant, take path 201, ignoring the left turn to the plateau at Egglgrube. Pass the junction path left to Kratzer and continue until a red upper-case Omega is seen in the middle of the path, marking Kat. 28 (we think). <p>There is a well-marked (cairns and red paint spots/arrows) branch path here. Follow this for about half an hour to the back of the limestone knoll known as "The Nipple" (and Weisse Warz and bunter's bulge). Things to note: first there is a wire traverse then you pass the lightninged tree in a sizeable valley. (Opposite this tree is the point you would turn left for Schwabenscacht). Shortly after that a pair of red arrows point in opposite directions. Go steeply uphill here doubling back slightly, rather than the more obvious straight on. Turn right about 40m beyond the nipple and head across the limestone for a narrow gully. After a hundred metres or so new red paint marks appear and take you to 40a. <p>A very large cave entrance, 20 minutes further on, was the German's (Munich) bivouac, and a few minutes later, a strongly draughting (out in summer) tube about 5m in diameter is the main entrance ("Hauptportal" - 40a). This was also the site of an old French bivouac, but must have been very cold. Continue along past some big holes and slightly downhill (one 5m step down). After about 180m(?) you reach the area of numerous entrances in a row There is the small Gr&uuml;ner Eingang (40s), 2 larger entrances ('Eistunnel' and 'Nichts50'), a small blocked entrance, and finally, where the path ends abruptly and unambiguously the "new" entrance (40e, Brennerbeserlschluf), also strongly draughting. This is between one and a half and two hours from the car park.
42	40		a		entrance	40a.htm					No Info												Oberer Eingang		p40a	it is laser point 14		laser point	81700.9294	36459.4949	1689.6784m				From the Bergrestaurant, take path 201, ignoring the left turn to the plateau at Egglgrube. Pass the junction path left to Kratzer and continue until a red upper-case Omega is seen in the middle of the path, marking Kat. 28 (we think). There is a well-marked (cairns and red paint spots/arrows) branch path here. Follow this for about half an hour to the back of the limestone knoll known as "The Nipple" (and Weisse Warz and bunter's bulge). Things to note: first there is a wire traverse then you pass the lightninged tree in a sizeable valley. (Opposite this tree is the point you would turn left for Schwabenscacht). Shortly after that a pair of red arrows point in opposite directions. Go steeply uphill here doubling back slightly, rather than the more obvious straight on. Turn right about 40m beyond the nipple and head across the limestone for a narrow gully. After a hundred metres or so new red paint marks appear and take you to 40a. A very large cave entrance, 20 minutes further on, was the German's (Munich) bivouac, and a few minutes later, a strongly draughting (out in summer) tube about 5m in diameter is the main entrance ("Hauptportal" <20> 40a).	a strongly draughting (out in summer) tube about 5m in diameter
43	40		b		entrance	40b.htm					No Info												Schneeschacht
44	40		c		entrance	40c.htm					No Info												Reichenvaterschacht
45	40		d		entrance	40d.htm					No Info												Unterer Eingang
46	40		e		entrance	40e.htm					No Info												Brennerbeselschluf	p40e			p40ex	Nils	81993.397	36625.886	1642.286m
47	40		f		entrance	40f.htm					No Info												K<F6>nigsschachts		p40f	?		Surface survey	82042	36587	1688m
48	40		g		entrance	40g.htm					No Info												Einstieg zur Hans Pfandl-Halle
49	40		h		entrance	40h.htm					No Info												Eistunnel(Elephant)		p40h	?		Surface survey	81955	36595	1646m
50	40		i	88	entrance	88.htm					No Info												L<E4>rchenschacht (88)
51	40		j	41a	entrance	41.htm					No Info												Stellerwegh<F6>hle (41a)
52	40		k	41b	entrance	41.htm					No Info												Stellerwegh<F6>hle (41 b)
53	40		l	41c	entrance	41.htm					No Info												Stellerwegh<F6>hle (?)
54	40		m	115	entrance	115.htm					No Info												Schnellzugh<F6>hle (115)
55	40		n	142	entrance	142.htm					No Info												Schwa-Schacht 142 (142)
56	40		o	78a	entrance	78.htm					No Info												Schwaben-Schachth<74>hle (78a)
57	40		p	78b	entrance	78.htm					No Info												Schwaben-Schachth<74>hle (78b)
58	40		q	78c	entrance	78.htm					No Info												Schwaben-Schachth<74>hle (78c)
59	40		r	78d	entrance	78.htm					No Info												Schwaben-Schachth<74>hle (78d)
60	40		s		last entrance	40s.htm					No Info												Gr<FC>ner Eingang		p40s	?		Surface survey	81895	36567	1651m
61	41	7//S/T/E x	a b		yes	smkridge/41.htm	Stellerwegh&ouml;hle			Caves known or expected to link into the Stellerweg - Eish<73>hle and Kaninchenh<6E>hle systems		Length of CUCC's part is approx 5.75 km, while the Germans had about 6 km in 88 in 1987, and the French (?) connected the Eish&ouml;hle (2.5 km or more) in the same year. This should make the system about 14-15 km all told before 1996. The Stuttgart group, <a href="http://arge.itvd.uni-stuttgart.de/">Arbeitsgemeinschaft H&ouml;hle und Karst Grabenstetten e.V.</a>, have, early in 1996, connected their cave <a href="78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a> (1623-78) into a passage in <a href="142.htm">1623/142</a>, one way into the system. This adds no new depth, but considerably increases the overall length. ARGE have also been doing much useful resurvey and some exploration, bringing their estimate of the total length to 22.7 km in 1999.	As the <a href="41/41.htm">full guidebook description</a> is understandably quite big and is still evolving, just an overview is given here. <p>Sub-horizontal passages lead through steeply-hading rifts from this entrance. A lower route was originally explored by a German group before CUCC's first visit, and remains poorly documented and not fully explored. The higher route, explored by CUCC, leads past connections to <a href="142.htm">142</a>, another CUCC find. Passages trend downhill to reach the <b>Big Pitch</b> of 100m vertical. <p><a href="../noinfo/smkridge/88.htm">L&auml;rchenh&ouml;hle</a> connects at the bottom of the Big Pitch, and a streamway leads down. A roof passage connects to CUCC's <a href="144.htm">144</a>, and another leads on to smaller pitches to the <b>Big Rift</b>, dropping steeply down several pitches to reach <b>Junction Chamber</b> with connections to <a href="115.htm">Schnellzugh&ouml;hle</a> (115). <p>The route to 115 also leads to <b>Pete's Purgatory</b>, 800m of awful streamway to <b>the Confluence</b>, much more easily reached by large fossil passages starting with <b>Dartford Tunnel</b> from Junction Chamber. The Confluence is around half the depth of the system, and marks a transition to a single linear streamway leading to great depth, a feature currently unique in the known caves of the area. <p>The streamway is interrupted by a bypassable sump and several, mainly short, pitches, before a low-airspace canal appears to mark the end. However, a low duck can be passed to reach a deep and very wet shaft <b>Orgasm Chasm</b> which drops to the final muddy passage and short pitch to a dismal and deep rift sump. <p>The sump is 898m below the 41a entrance, and is at just about the same level as Altausseer See, in whose <a href="../aaussee/0.htm">underwater risings</a> the Stellerweg water is presumed to emerge. The scope for greater depth here seems minimal, but connections to various higher entrances have increased this to c971m, with perhaps a little more potential still to realise (optimistically up to 1058m).				caves\041\041.svx																		Follow St&ouml;gerweg to <a href="../noinfo/smkridge/32.htm">Windloch</a> and then a hundred metres or so further. When the path starts to drop steeply, backtrack 10m (where there should be a permanent survey station 'P4') and start to hack up the hillside. Orange paint flashes on the rock should be visible, and will lead after 300m or so to a cave entrance at the head of a gully. If it isn't blowing the trees around in the cold air, it isn't the right place !
62	41		a	40j	entrance																				p41a	station at entrance 41a, left side of main entrance	p041ax	Nils	81244	35827	1621m				Follow St<53>gerweg to Windloch and then a hundred metres or so further. When the path starts to drop steeply, backtrack 10m (where there should be a permanent survey station 'P4') and start to hack up the hillside. Orange paint flashes on the rock should be visible, and will lead after 300m or so to a cave entrance at the head of a gully. If it isn't blowing the trees around in the cold air, it isn't the right place !
63	41		b	40k	last entrance						No Info																p41b	Surface survey	81258	35863	1635m			The upper entrance (41b) is in a large rift about 30m to the east of the lower (41a) which is a strongly outward-draughting tube in a shattered gully.				Red writing
64	42	1/S =				noinfo/smkridge/42.htm	Wasserschacht			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked	No Info	Sektion Ausseerland, 1952																			1700m			SSW of Vd. Schwarzmooskogel, not far (50m vertical) up the hill from Stellerwegh<67>hle, so we have probably rediscovered it and renumbered it.
65	43	1/T+				noinfo/kratzer/43.htm	H&ouml;hle beim Wackelstein			Kratzer valley	No Info	Sektion Ausseerland, 1973																			1650m			SE of Br<42>uning Nase, apparently just below the path up to Schwarzmoossattel.
66	44	1/T+				noinfo/kratzer/44.htm	H&ouml;hle am Kratzer II			Kratzer valley	No Info																				1620m			In upper Kratzer valley south of the col.
67	45	1/S/E +				noinfo/wilden/45.htm	Dannerschacht			East of Schwarzmooskogel/Augst-Eck ridge to Wildensee	No Info																				1610m			East of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel. NE of the Eish<73>hle, and looking pretty difficult to get to.
68	46	1/T =				noinfo/wilden/46.htm	Engelbrechth&ouml;hle			East of Schwarzmooskogel/Augst-Eck ridge to Wildensee	No Info	Engelbrecht, 1952																			1635m			Near <a href="45.htm">Dannerschacht</a> Kat.45
69	47	2/T +				noinfo/wilden/47.htm	SCHWA h&ouml;hle 47			East of Schwarzmooskogel/Augst-Eck ridge to Wildensee	No Info																				1612m			Near <a href="45.htm">Dannerschacht</a> Kat.45
70	48	1/T +				noinfo/wilden/48.htm	SCHWA h&ouml;hle 48			East of Schwarzmooskogel/Augst-Eck ridge to Wildensee	No Info																				1612m			Near <a href="45.htm">Dannerschacht</a> Kat.45
71	49	1/T +				noinfo/wilden/49.htm	SCHWA h&ouml;hle 49			East of Schwarzmooskogel/Augst-Eck ridge to Wildensee	No Info																				1618m			Near <a href="45.htm">Dannerschacht</a> Kat.45
72	50	1/T +				noinfo/wilden/50.htm	SCHWA h&ouml;hle 50			East of Schwarzmooskogel/Augst-Eck ridge to Wildensee	No Info																				1620m			Near <a href="45.htm">Dannerschacht</a> Kat.45
73	51	1/T +				noinfo/aaussee/51.htm	H&ouml;hlen 1-3 in Wei&szlig;e Wand			N & NE shore of Altauseer See	No Info																				1330-1400m			At the bottom of Wei<65>e Wand west of Hochklapfsattel, some way below the St<53>gerweg path.
74	52	1/S/W +	a b			noinfo/gschwand/52.htm	Sennerkeller &amp; Sauloch			Gschwandt - NW of the Loser-Br<42>uning wall	No Info	Sektion Ausseerland, 1968	To the north, an 11m long, 2m high and 0.5m wide meander passage leads off. Through the passage flows a small gutter, which might well end too tight just after the turn off to Sennerkeller, the water emerging at a small spring to the north of Sennerkeller in a karren field.	Mitt. der Sektion Ausseerland 19(3) July, 1981, p 49		1:250, Alfred Auer, 1968 (no copy available)		32m	15m												1490m			Gschwandalm, by the path.	Reached by walking all the way round Loser from the Loser H<>tte.	n a 15m by 6m wide rift is the 6m by 4m entrance to the Sauloch. This is in a steep-sided doline used as a dumping place for all sorts of refuse.			Mitt. der Sektion Ausseerland 19(3) July, 1981, p 49
75	53	1/T +				noinfo/augstb/53.htm	Gellerli&auml;ger			Augstbach valley and villages	No Info		"Horizontale, niedere R&ouml;hre mit Bruchschutt."			Plan 1:100 by Alfred Auer, 1968				5m N-S											1020m				12m east and 5m above <a href="3.htm">Gellerofen</a> (Kat.3)
76	54	1/T =				noinfo/augstb/54.htm	Seeh&ouml;hle			Augstbach valley and villages	No Info	Karl Gaisberger, 1959						5m													780m			South of and well below <a href="3.htm">Gellerofen</a> (Kat.3), not marked on the Austrian<61>s map, but apparently just off the road in Augstbachtal. Must be almost in the village. <p>"Kleine H&ouml;hle mit einer Wasserlacke im Inneren."
77	55	1/S/T =				noinfo/loser/55.htm	Schachth&ouml;hle west. Hochanger			Loser - Hochanger ridge area	No Info																				1750m			Almost on the saddle between Loser and Hochanger.
78	56	1/T +				noinfo/loser/56.htm	Hornsteinh&ouml;hle			Around Augst See	No Info																				1650m			West side of Augstsee.
79	57	1/S +				noinfo/loser/57.htm	H&ouml;hle unterhalb der Schafkirche			Around Augst See	No Info																				1660m			West side of Augstsee.
80	58	1/T +				noinfo/loser/58.htm	H&ouml;hle unterhalb ab Pauli-Loch			Around Augst See	No Info																				1670m			West side of Augstsee.
81	59	1/T+				noinfo/loser/59.htm	Bruchshutth&ouml;hle			Around Augst See	No Info																				1680m			West side of Augstsee on map. Text says W Hochangerlift (presumed to be the ski lift which runs from near the Loser H&uuml;tte towards Loser Fenster) on Gschirr, which is itself unnamed on the map. Current surmise is that the map location is correct, that the cave is actually east of the lift, and that Gschirr is the ridge running down from Loser Fenster to the Bergrestaurant. However the map symbol implies that this is a shaft, and this location is actually unlikely for a shaft...
82	60	1/S =				noinfo/gschwand/60.htm	Schacht I-IV bei Gschwandalm			Gschwandt - NW of the Loser-Br<42>uning wall	No Info	Sektion Ausseerland, 1965, 1968		Mitt. der Sektion Ausseerland 19(3) July, 1981, p 49				40m	30m												1590m			1 Km NE of Gschwandalm between spot heights 1537 and 1607m, below the path. <p>In a hollow is a 4m wide and 40m long rift containing a row of shafts (II-IV). The rift reaches -30m, where there is a melt-water pool. A little higher up the slope is a triangular opening 1.5m wide and 2.2m long. At -15m, this connects with the others.
83	61	1/T +				noinfo/br-alm/61.htm	Gemsbockh&ouml;hle			Br<E4>uning Alm and Br<42>uning Kunntal	No Info	Karl Gaisberger, 1975																			1620m			NE of Br&auml;uning Alm, north of the path to Schwarzmoossattel.
84	62	1/T +				noinfo/loser/62.htm	Dolinenh&ouml;hle			Loser - Hochanger ridge area	No Info																				1620m			Above Dimmelwand - cliff above last section of toll road.
85	63	2/T +				noinfo/loser/63.htm	Pseudoskorpionh&ouml;hle			Loser - Hochanger ridge area	No Info																				1625m			Above Dimmelwand.
86	64	1/T +				noinfo/loser/64.htm	Gr. Durchgangsh&ouml;hle			Loser - Hochanger ridge area	No Info																				1670m			Above Dimmelwand.
87	65	1/T+				noinfo/loser/65.htm	Widderh&ouml;hle			Loser - Hochanger ridge area	No Info																				1645m			Above Dimmelwand.
88	66	1/T+				noinfo/augstb/66.htm	L&ouml;ckerwegh&ouml;hle			Augstbach valley and villages	No Info	H<F6>hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1939				Plan at 1:100 by Alfred Auer, 1968		11.1m		SW-NE											980m			SW side of Loserstockes, directly above Ht.Posern.		2.6m wide by 1m high entrance, "flachbogenf&ouml;rmige Portal f&uuml;hrt in eine 1939 von der H.V.A. ausgegrabene horizontal H&ouml;hle. Holoz&auml;ne Knochenfunde."
89	67	2/T +				noinfo/loser/67.htm	Biwakh&ouml;hle am Loser			Loser - Hochanger ridge area	No Info		In October 1977, Karl Gaisberger collected the first examples of the Pseudoscorpion <i>Neobisium hermanni</i> to be found in the Totes Gebirge.					55m													1670m			Above Dimmelwand.
90	68	1/T +				noinfo/aaussee/51.htm#68	Kleine B&auml;renh&ouml;hle			N & NE shore of Altauseer See	No Info																				1370m			At foot of Wei&szlig;e Wand west of Hochklapfsattel, just NNE of Kat.51
91	69	1/S +				noinfo/loser/69.htm	Schacht am Gschirr			Loser - Hochanger ridge area	No Info																				1690m			Text says West of Augstsee. Map shows it above Dimmelwand.
92	70	1/T +				noinfo/loser/70.htm	Schneckenloch			Loser - Hochanger ridge area	No Info																				1660m			Above Dimmelwand.
93	71	2/S/W +	a b			kratzer/71.htm	Fledermaush&ouml;hle			Kratzer valley	No Info	Discovered by Karl Gaisberger in October 1975, but prevented from continuing by start of winter snows, so shared exploration with CUCC, 1976.	Initial hands and knees crawl for 20m soon enlarges and descends past a couple of oxbows (one leading to within sight of daylight up an aven) to reach twin climbs of 8m, the easier being through a hole to the right. Soon afterwards is the first pitch, a sloping 8m. Below this, a pleasant passage with occasional bat-droppings leads to a short muddy crawl, an earth bank and a sizeable chamber. The next pitch, of 7m, is reached after more muddy passage, and may be climbed/jumped by a rift to one side, but is best rigged for the return. <p><center><a href="l/ca7.htm"><img alt="Photo - 34k" src="t/ca7.jpg" width=178 height=134></a><img alt="" src="../../icons/lists/tab64.png"> <a href="l/ca4.htm"><img alt="Photo - 22k" src="t/ca4.jpg" width=200 height=150></a></center> <p>Easy going continues past a right turn to a complex junction at several levels. The water can be followed down a rift to a drop into an impenetrable fissure. Back at the junction, a traverse and thrutch through lead to a small tube, which crosses a cross-rift and ends at a filthy sump. Left at the cross rift, however, a low crawl gives onto a greasy chimney climb of 4m with very little in the way of holds. At the foot of this, the water reenters, and soon develops acute verticality. The first 5m are technical and best rigged, but below that, the descent becomes more spiralling in mainly solid rock. After 30m, things become more shattered and muddy and the climb drops into water leading very quickly to a sump at -90m. <p>Shortly before the second pitch, a right turn leads into an inlet passage, over a slot to the main passage below, over a traverse and a false floor, to reach, eventually, an aven ascended for about 25m and continuing, but with no great prospects. <p>From the Chamber, a traverse can be entered from the top of the rock-slope. The level closes off after about 15m, but below a climb down, a pitch was excavated dropping into a larger passage which soon choked comprehensively.		no	<a href="../../jnl/1977/index.htm">Cambridge Underground 1977</a>, facing page 46. <p><img alt="survey: 15k gif" width=560 height=650 src="71.png"> <hr>			90m												1600m			West of Kratzer valley, off path to Schwarzmoossattel.		Entrance is in a fair-sized shakehole in the dwarf-pine-covered karren before Schwarzmoossattel.
94	72	1/T +				noinfo/loser/72.htm	Skeletth&ouml;hle			Around Augst See	No Info	Sektion Ausseerland, 1976																			1720m			West of Augstsee.
95	73	2/S =				noinfo/kratzer/73.htm	Suppentellerschacht			Kratzer valley	No Info	Discovered by K Gaisberger and F H&uuml;tter in August 1973 (to -30m) Sektion Ausseerland, 1977 (Karl Gaisberger + Edith Bednarik)	The first step is sprayed by meltwater, and the second step leads to -30m. A short rope leads to the next step. A rift follows an acute angle under the entrance way, some metres back. This section is very narrow, and over the narrow section pours a showerbath. Now a second squeeze leads to a fine pitch which bends back under the previous section. Then it gets complicated (the language, not the cave). It sounds like a series of either roomy or narrow wet pitches. Exploration appears to cease at -60m because of water down the neck and in the suit. It isn't clear if the cave actually stops at this point.																		1580m			In Kratzer valley, some way up valley from <a href="../../kratzer/71.htm">Fledermaush&ouml;hle</a> (Kat.71).
96	74	1/T +				noinfo/kratzer/74.htm	Schneckenhaush&ouml;hle			Kratzer valley	No Info	Edith Bednarik, 1977	Sounds like a free-climb to a snow choke (very much like B5, which must be in virtually the same place ?)																		1600m			in Kratzer valley, down valley from <a href="../../kratzer/71.htm">Fledermaush&ouml;hle</a> (Kat. 71), on true right some way above bottom of valley. In the same entrance doline as <a href="35.htm">Dr.Kerschner H&ouml;hle</a> (Kat.35).
97	75	2/T +				noinfo/kratzer/75.htm	Wisenth&ouml;hle			Kratzer valley	No Info	Edith Bednarik, 1977	This entrance connects with a second shaft just down valley. The Austrian article describing the cave says it is about 60m long, but this did not appear to be the case in 1990, since it seems to choke very quickly - perhaps digging would now be required to get in.																		1680m			Just south of Schwarzmoossattel, in the far upper reaches of Kratzertal. There is an obvious freeclimbable shaft/cave just down valley from the equally obvious shakehole/shaft labelled <a href="../../kratzer/b4.htm">B4</a>.				It is numbered twice, once very faded and once very badly run (last seen 1996): both numbers are needed to deduce (with difficulty) that this is indeed "75".
98	76	5/S/E +	a b c		yes	plateau/76.htm	Eislufth&ouml;hle			"Middle" plateau		CUCC 1977-79	Two snow plugged dolines (76 b &amp; c) and a narrow shaft (76a) unite in a narrow rift leading to a windy lifelining position, <b>Draught Bitter</b>, at the head of a 72m shaft plugged with snow. Rigging <b>Plugged Shaft</b> between snow and rock, pitches in 1977 were 18m to a snow platform, 12m to a ledge, then 29m to a substantial ledge, <b>Yesterday's Terminus</b>. In 1979, with changed snow topography, and rigging for SRT, the drops were 11, 7, 17 and 19m to Yesterday's Terminus where a traverse out reaches a bolt for the final 13m drop onto a snow pile in a large aven chamber. A further 13m pitch, <b>Saved Shaft</b>, into a smaller aven chamber, <b>Boulder Chamber</b>, leads to an apparent end, but thrutch through boulders into top of rift/canyon. Hole in floor is 32m pitch into <b>Keg Series</b> (no draught) with further unexplored pitch below. Continuing traverse leads to climbs down then split pitch of 19m and 14m, <b>Follow-through Shaft</b>, dropping into side of abandoned canyon. Upstream to the left ends immediately while down canyon leads to head of a chamber, The Taproom, with a 5m climb down a big boulder under heavy drip/spray (handline useful). Also from the head of the chamber, passage leads back to a large unexplored hole in floor with lots of water entering from a high aven. 1977 terminus at -150m. <p>From chamber, scramble down in rift (rope useful owing to greasy rock and 120 metre drop) to reach head of large rift pitch below jammed boulder. Pitch drops in two sections of 10m and 35m, with stream out of reach in canyon, to ledge where stream bed is crossed (traverse line). Further pitch of 10m leads to straddle climb up to rocking boulder, then traverse forward to good belays for 48m pitch. This lands on <b>The Balcony</b> where water runs away from obvious way on into a tight immature drain. <p><center><a name="hgk" href="76/l/hotgk.htm"> <img src="76/t/hotgk.jpg" align=middle width=151 height=116 alt="HotGK.jpg (69k)"></a></center> <br><center>Ben with the Greene King pennant on the Balcony</center> <p>From the Balcony a 7m pitch drops into the <b>Hall of the Greene King</b>, a huge soaring aven chamber. The way on over a boulder floor leads under suspended boulders, one of immense size, to a 5m pitch down off the edge of a boulder. In the floor is a sharp canyon that loops round to a junction. Left leads to <b>Gents' Pitch</b> route, while right leads to a dry passage. After a few metres in the dry passage, there is a rift in the floor to the left, which is a muddy, broken pitch with sections of 3m, 12m and 18m into the main canyon (1978 route). Another few metres ahead, a bold step across the canyon leads to further passage which eventually degenerates and rejoins the main canyon upstream (right) of the bold step. <p><center><a name="p16" href="76/l/p16.htm"><img src="76/t/p16.jpg" width=143 height=170 alt="p16.jpg (58k)"></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="76/l/gents.htm"><img src="76/t/gents.jpg" width=143 height=170 alt="Gents.jpg (36k)"></a></center><br> <center>Julian Griffiths abseiling the 16.5m and Gents' pitches on the bottoming trip in 1979</center> <p>The 1979 route from the junction leads to a pitch of 16.5m, free hanging just clear of the wall, with an excellent takeoff. However the rope gets muddy from mud on clothing in a couple of trips, so care is required. Next drop is the Gents' pitch of 9.5m, which leads to a short streamway rejoining the main canyon from the 1978 route. The bottom of this pitch is a good place for cavers to perform ablutions with the mud on their ascenders, hence the name (all the explorers were male). The main passage now leads on with stream in floor and muddy ledges above until the <b>Fiesta Run</b> is reached. This awkward slanting rift pitch of 28m is so muddy that ladders are <b><i>de rigeur</i></b>. The name derives from the car crash which terminated exploration at this point in 1978. <p>A traverse forward on muddy ledges leads out over a huge shaft with the ominous sound of a waterfall below. Traversing further eventually leads to a further pitch of 5m to a col. Down another 10m on the side away from the main shaft lands on a solid floor in an abandoned rift. Forward leads through narrow passage with sharp rock to a point where thrutchy traversing is necessary to make further progress. A 23m broken pitch in sharp rock, with very bad rub points leads only to a tight crawl. This was pushed by Julian Griffiths to emerge at a drop with a large aven above, which remains unexplored at about -395m depth. <p>The main way on, however, is to drop back into canyon towards the ominous hiss of water in a very wide pitch where the stream seems to have hit a fault at right angles to the arriving passage direction. The middle section of this 28m pitch is huge, before narrowing to a ledge parallel to the new fault, and 'downstream' from the original direction of stream flow. From the ledge, a smaller shaft of 33m drops down the new fault rift to a boulder floor where the water sinks. The fault rift, <b>Madlmeier Schacht</b>, now drops in sections of 24 and 19m to the end of the rope in 1979. Here an exposed freeclimb of 5m with icy water flowing over the handholds is not really recommended - take a longer rope. Next pitch of 24m picks up the main water again 10m down, and final pitch of 17m from ledge drops to floor of rift chamber, but mud on floor precedes final muddy 10m pitch down a boulder wall to a deep and terminal rift sump at -506m. <p><a name="penult" href="76/l/penult.htm"><img src="76/t/penult.jpg" width=123 height=184 align=top alt="Penult.jpg (87k)"></a> Simon Farrow on the last 17m pitch of Madlmeier Schacht <p><a href="76/l/sump.htm"><img src="76/t/sump.jpg" width=121 height=187 align=top alt="Sump.jpg (37k)"></a> Julian Griffiths at the final sump - 1979 <p>There are a number of going leads in this cave and you're welcome to them.	The exploration is written up in many places: <ul> <li><a href="../years/1977/report.htm#youth">Cambridge Underground 1978</a> <li><a href="../years/1977/771649.htm">Belfry Bulletin 354</a>, Nick Thorne <li><a href="../years/1978/report.htm#ropes">Cambridge Underground 1979</a> <li><a href="../years/1978/bcracc.htm">BCRA Caves &amp; Caving 2</a>, Andy Waddington <li><a href="../years/1978/npc79.htm">Northern Pennine Club Journal vol 3 no. 2, 1979</a>, Andy Waddington, Simon Farrow <li><a href="../years/1978/descnt.htm">Descent 40 (Jan/Feb 1979)</a>, Nick Thorne <li><a href="../years/1978/782034.htm">Belfry Bulletin 366 (Oct 1978)</a>, Nick Thorne <li><a href="../years/1979/report.htm">Cambridge Underground 1980</a> <li><a href="../years/1979/descnt.htm">Descent 44</a>, Nick Thorne <li><a href="../years/1979/792026.htm">Belfry Bulletin 378</a>, Nick Thorne <li><a href="../years/1979/bcracc.htm">BCRA Caves &amp; Caving 8</a>, Andy Waddington <li><a href="../years/1979/811412.htm">Speleo Krakow 1/2 Dec 1980</a>, Andy Waddington<br> This last, the only complete write up of 1977-79, appeared in Polish translation, and is published in the English original for the first time here.					approx 506m															Out on the plateau near some very large erratic boulders. Laser rangefound point 0/6 is between the three entrances			<a name="scf" href="76/l/scf.htm"> <img src="76/t/scf.jpg" align=middle width=170 height=108 alt="SCF.jpg (73k)"></a> Simon Farrow at the entrance of 76 during the initial exploration in 1977	The entrance is prominently numbered 106 which is the number we had allocated to it, but a description of the cave was published in the Belfry Bulletin, which is seen by Alfred Auer, who allocated his own number to it in advance of our report.
99	76		a		entrance																			p76a	p76	entrance dotted triangle on 76		Surface survey	82939	35874	1645m
100	76		b		entrance
101	76		c		last entrance
102	77	1/S +				noinfo/egglgrub/77.htm	Fichtenschacht			Egglgrube and Scharlingkar area	No Info	Sektion Ausseerland/ Edith Bednarik, 1979																			1500m			North of Scharlingkar. Some way east of the Bergrestaurant, above the cliffs. 500m west of Egglgrubenalm.
103	78	5/S/t/E x	a b c d e		yes	smkridge/78.htm	Schwaben(schacht)h&ouml;hle			Caves known or expected to link into the Stellerweg - Eish<73>hle and Kaninchenh<6E>hle systems		Fred Vischer, 1980 (as far as 2/S/T)<br> Ongoing exploration by <a href="http://arge.itvd.uni-stuttgart.de/">Arbeitsgemeinschaft H&ouml;hle und Karst Grabenstetten e.V.</a>	The cave is a complex of hading rifts and steep ramps with several deep points. The deepest point is near the southern limit of the system. A vertical series with pitches of 9m, 15m, 17m and 13m reaches N&auml;gschtmol-Meander (1992), where the survey legs are all very short. This climbs slightly before heading south and dropping, passing Alexander der Gro&szlig;e (a generally level side passage heading southwest to Leopardencanyon, apparently beyond the known passages in <a href="115.htm">Schnellzugh&ouml;hle</a>) to der gute Abgang (the good lead). A 7m pitch and more steep descents end at a point almost directly above the assumed line of Pete's Purgatory in Schnellzug, maybe a third of the way to the Confluence from where it is abandoned for the Purgatory Bypass. This small streamway lies perhaps 120-130m below Schwabenschacht's deep point, but it is known that several unsurveyed fossil phreatic passages lie above this upstream part of the Purgatory, so a connection could be quite close. <p> This description is now quite out of date as it does not include the its connection, nor entrances c,d and e.		In dataset		caves\078\078.svx	6.04km	289m						p78a									Entrances a and b are actually on the SW side of Vorder Schwarzmooskogel	Approached by the same route as for things to the east, as cliffs bar access from Kratzer. Follow the Stoger weg from Egglgrube, past the T-junction to Kratzer, and on until there is a red omega in the middle of the path (marking Kat. 28). Just before this, in a position with a better view, is a laser-rangefound point marked by a bolt with a painted circle round it. <p>Take the Eish&ouml;hle path, which starts from the omega, going left up the hillside. Follow this for a few minutes, past an awkward little traverse rigged with a steel cable and then a couple of minutes further. There is a very easily missed branch left just before the path traverses a ledge under an overhang in a cliff to its left in a relatively wide small valley. The landmark for this point is a dead (lightning) tree up on the right. <p>Take this left branch, and follow it (few landmarks, but it is a definite path, and there are cut branches in places). This path eventually climbs into impenetrable dwarf pine, to emerge at a small gravelly clearing and a doline, used as a bivouac site. The a and b entrances are just short distances away through the pine, the normally-used one being below a prominent larch tree. The other entrance is a long rift shaft. Both are impressive, though it is quite infeasible that anyone could ever have found them in the first place.
104			a		entrance	78a.html																	Haupteingang		p78b			Nils	35731	81430	1666m			Entrances a and b are actually on the SW side of Vorder Schwarzmooskogel	Approached by the same route as for things to the east, as cliffs bar access from Kratzer. Follow the Stoger weg from Egglgrube, past the T-junction to Kratzer, and on until there is a red omega in the middle of the path (marking Kat. 28). Just before this, in a position with a better view, is a laser-rangefound point marked by a bolt with a painted circle round it. <p>Take the Eish&ouml;hle path, which starts from the omega, going left up the hillside. Follow this for a few minutes, past an awkward little traverse rigged with a steel cable and then a couple of minutes further. There is a very easily missed branch left just before the path traverses a ledge under an overhang in a cliff to its left in a relatively wide small valley. The landmark for this point is a dead (lightning) tree up on the right. <p>Take this left branch, and follow it (few landmarks, but it is a definite path, and there are cut branches in places). This path eventually climbs into impenetrable dwarf pine, to emerge at a small gravelly clearing and a doline, used as a bivouac site. The a and b entrances are just short distances away through the pine, the normally-used one being below a prominent larch tree. The other entrance is a long rift shaft. Both are impressive, though it is quite infeasible that anyone could ever have found them in the first place.
105			b		entrance	78b.html																	Klufteingang (E2)					Nils	81417	35717	1659m			Entrances a and b are actually on the SW side of Vorder Schwarzmooskogel	Approached by the same route as for things to the east, as cliffs bar access from Kratzer. Follow the Stoger weg from Egglgrube, past the T-junction to Kratzer, and on until there is a red omega in the middle of the path (marking Kat. 28). Just before this, in a position with a better view, is a laser-rangefound point marked by a bolt with a painted circle round it. <p>Take the Eish&ouml;hle path, which starts from the omega, going left up the hillside. Follow this for a few minutes, past an awkward little traverse rigged with a steel cable and then a couple of minutes further. There is a very easily missed branch left just before the path traverses a ledge under an overhang in a cliff to its left in a relatively wide small valley. The landmark for this point is a dead (lightning) tree up on the right. <p>Take this left branch, and follow it (few landmarks, but it is a definite path, and there are cut branches in places). This path eventually climbs into impenetrable dwarf pine, to emerge at a small gravelly clearing and a doline, used as a bivouac site. The a and b entrances are just short distances away through the pine, the normally-used one being below a prominent larch tree. The other entrance is a long rift shaft. Both are impressive, though it is quite infeasible that anyone could ever have found them in the first place.
106			c		entrance	78c.html
107			d		entrance	78d.html																	Tannenz<E4>pfle		p78d			Nils	81662	35730	1666m
108			e		last entrance	78e.html																	Steinbl<E4>ser		p78e			Nils	81427	35787	1682m
109	79	2/S +				noinfo/smkridge/79.htm	Badenerschacht			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked	No Info	Vischer, 1980																			1780m (c 1650m in older kataster)			Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.
110	80	1/S +				plateau/80.htm	Schwa Schacht 80			"Nearer" plateau northeast of the col		CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric	A straight pitch of 14m to a choke.						14m						p080			Nils	82468	35752	1660m	(1996) VSK nipple: 135&deg;, BW pt 1835: 043&deg; (this cannot possibly be right), Grieskogel: 007&deg;, HSK: 043&deg;		Plateau just NE of col.	From Schwarzmoossattel, drop onto the plateau, where an intermittent line of cairns leads from the Br&auml;uning wall camp (CUCC's <a href="../tcamps.htm#topcamp">Top Camp</a> from 1988) across to the right, leading to the 8x caves and <a href="145.htm">145</a>. Directly across a large clear area of karren, a large cairn used to mark the 8m by 5m entrance shaft, but this has apparently disappeared (1995) only to be rebuilt in 1996 - but is very vulnerable to demolition by winter snows. The shaft is otherwise invisible from a few metres away. The number 80, in red, is quite faded (1989) and is on the shaft wall facing the Br&auml;uning wall.
111	81	1/T +				plateau/81.htm	Schwa H&ouml;hle 81			"Nearer" plateau northeast of the col		CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric	A short section of horizontal passage 5m below the surface, with two entrances, but no way on.					15m.													c 1670m			Plateau just NE of col.
112	82	4/S/T +				plateau/82.htm	Br&auml;uningh&ouml;hle			"Nearer" plateau northeast of the col		CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric	Very obvious walking sized cave entrance leads to a boulder strewn passage (ice formations early in season) into an aven with daylight entering 20m above. A scramble over boulders leads to <b>Apfelschacht</b> - a 6m pitch with loose boulders at the head. This drops to a 3m climb and then a 20m pitch <b>Orangenschacht</b> with a trickle of water entering halfway down. From the foot, a fine keyhole passage imaginatively named <b>Schl&uuml;ssellochgang</b>, and a choice of routes. The most obvious way on is a 10m pitch, <b>Bierschacht</b> over a stalagmite flow to an awkward crawl, <b>Worm Passage</b>, which looked likely to end things. However, this opens out suddenly at a pitch head. <b>Nocheinbierschacht</b> is 15m, impressively free. At the foot, a vocal connection can be made with a phreatic passage above the third pitch which ends in a big hole. <p>Ahead is a phreatic tunnel which chokes, and a large black emptiness. This is descended for 25m in four 6m steps, <b>Viermalbierschacht</b>, to a ledge big enough for one and a bit people. The stream goes over this ledge into a large black void. This pitch, <b>Besoffene</b>, is 50m and hangs free for all but the last 8m in a very impressive shaft. From the foot, traverse above a steeply dropping stream canyon to a sloping platform from which a 17m pitch reaches the stream floor. This cascades over a further 6m pitch, below which a climb out of the stream reaches a rig point for a 30m pitch ending on a slope down to a sump at -216m.			Cambridge Underground 1978, facing p 32<br> There is also an <a href="145/145.png">area plan</a> showing 82 in context with <a href="145.htm">145</a> and <a href="148.htm">148</a>. <p><img alt="survey: 28k gif" width=640 height=1300 src="others/82.png">			-216m, +20						p82	tip of rock marked "82" at entrance		Surface survey	82578	35867	1658m			Plateau 430m from col, roughly NE.	From Schwarzmoossattel, follow description to <a href="80.htm">80</a>. From here, a route leads directly towards Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel over fairly flat karren, becoming more shattered towards another cairn. Then there is a somewhat chaotic area. <p>Skirt this on the left to a small ridge running left-right. There is a cairn to the right across the chaotic bit. From the ridge, 82 is the obvious entrance directly ahead. Across the ridge to the right, more cairns lead initially towards 82, but then become misleading as they head up the hill to <a href="145.htm">Wolfh&ouml;hle</a> (145).		<center><table border=0 width=90%> <tr><td rowspan=2><a href="others/l/82jont.htm"><img alt="Entrance" width=180 height=247 src="others/t/82jont.jpg"></a></td> <td><a href="others/l/82area.htm"><img alt="Entrance area view" src="others/t/82area.jpg" width=185 height=122></a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="others/l/82stal.htm"><img alt="Photo of ice stal (27k)" src="others/t/82stal.jpg" width=113 height=145></a></td></tr> </table></center>	"82" in red paint on boulder and on left of cave. 1998 tag "1623 82 CUCC 1977" on right inside cave entrance (not at survey point).
113	83	2/S +				plateau/83.htm	Schwa Schacht 83			"Nearer" plateau northeast of the col		CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric	13m freeclimb dropped onto a steep snowslope requiring a handline. This was descended for 10m to a steep boulder slope which funnelled down to a small hole through which stones dropped for a long time. The large amounts of scree made descent unwise. Above the boulder slope, a phreatic passage led quickly to a big hole in the floor. The hole is a fine free-hanging descent of 36m to a solid choke of boulders. The phreatic passage continues beyond the pitch, but was not reached, and trends uphill.						55m						p83	exact point not recorded		Surface survey	82698	35931	1669m			Plateau, 200m north of <a href="82.htm">Br&auml;uningh&ouml;hle</a> (Kat. 82). This is not very obvious, since it is in an area of dwarf pine on a knoll south of the dry valley containing <a href="107.htm">Kat. 107</a>
114	84	1/T +				plateau/84.htm	Schwa H&ouml;hle 84			"Nearer" plateau northeast of the col		CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric	Draughting tube leads to a small chamber, further small tube leads off, unexplored since deemed impenetrable in shorts and T-shirt.																		c 1660m			Plateau WNW of <a href="83.htm">Kat.83</a>
115	85	2/t/S +				plateau/85.htm	Schwa H&ouml;hle 85			"Nearer" plateau northeast of the col		CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric	Large descending entrance leads to a series of free climbs ending too tight at -50m.												p85	east wall of doline		Surface survey	82563	35852	1658m			Plateau, at southwest end of depression containing <a href="82.htm">Br&auml;uningh&ouml;hle</a> (Kat.82)				large red painted number "85"
116	86	1/S +				plateau/86.htm	Schwa Schacht 86			"Nearer" plateau northeast of the col		CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric	Rift descent of 25m until gap between snow and rock got too small.																		c 1670m			Plateau, on higher ground just SE of <a href="82.htm">Br&auml;uningh&ouml;hle</a> (Kat.82)
117	87A	3/S +				smkridge/87.htm	Schacht 87A bei St&ouml;gerweg			Caves known or expected to link into the Stellerweg - Eish<73>hle and Kaninchenh<6E>hle systems		CUCC 1980,1987	Horizontal entrance at base of small cliff at head of dry valley, leads over peaty infill to a pitch head. Cross first hole and descend second, 30m to large chamber. To left is unsurveyed inlet ending too small, while to right is head of very steeply descending phreatic-tube-like pitch of 15m vertically (20m+ of rope). This is a little thrutchy to start, but opens out, and ends in a short climb. <p><center><a name="p2" href="others/l/87a.htm"><img alt="(mono photo - 63k)" src="others/t/87a.jpg" width=134 height=200 hspace=10></a> Head of Second pitch <a href="others/l/87b.htm"><img alt="(mono photo - 41k)" src="others/t/87b.jpg" width=134 height=200 hspace=10></a></center> <p>A further 15m pitch follows, hanging clear of a wall made up mainly of boulders. A way on across the head of the final pitch appears too tight. Hole in floor is last pitch, of 33m, which has a boulder 10m high in it, and you can descend either side. Draught is lost into a small passage which you could reach by bolting, but it seems a little pointless. <p>There is a 1987 extension, but I can't make much sense of the logbook description.				caves\087\087.svx		111.5m						p87	first (of several) bolts used for rigging, LHS of entrance			81147	35987	1536m			In a dry valley leading up from the St&ouml;gerweg (path 201) shortly after the turn off for <a href="115.htm">Schnellzugh&ouml;hle</a>. In 2001 the hole was seen blowing a large quantity of vapour visible from some way off.<p><b>Note:</b> the 1987 logbook suggests we changed this to 87b and the cave that had mistakenly been numbered 88, here called 87B, we called 87, so we had better look into this.
118	87B	0 +					Schacht 87B bei St&ouml;gerweg					CUCC 1980, 1987					caves\088\088.svx		minimal												circa 1505m			<i>In</i> Stogerweg - you literally step over it while walking along the path. <p>Numbered '88' in a fit of optimism while the explorer was getting changed to investigate this impressively draughting hole, it proved in fact to be only 1.2 metres deep and too tight. It appears to be above the inlet below pitch 1 in cave 87, and has been renumbered 87b, since the Austrians have allocated number 88 to L&auml;rchenh&ouml;hle. <p><b>Note:</b> the 1987 logbook suggests we changed this to 87a and 87 to 87b, so we had better look into this.
119	88	3/S/T x				noinfo/smkridge/88.htm	L&auml;rchenschacht			Caves known or expected to link into the Stellerweg - Eish<73>hle and Kaninchenh<6E>hle systems	No Info	<ul> <li>First descent by <span lang="de">Reinhard Lemmer</span> in 1983, depth 40m, blocked by ice. <li><span lang="de">Reinhard Kieselbach, Franz Lindenmayr</span> and <span lang="de">K Peter</span> make second descent over a weekend in August 1985, finding the <b lang="de">Oberpf&auml;lzer Halle</b>. <li>In September, FHKF, VHM and HFG-KA returned, discovered <b lang="de">Frankenschnellweg,</b> and the way to the <b lang="de">Gro&szlig;er Ca&ntilde;on,</b> and surveyed. <li>In 1986, exploration continued to <b lang="de">Hall Dom,</b> connecting to <span lang="de">Stellerweg.</span> Also found <b lang="de">Geburtstagsgang,</b> which came out in <span lang="de">Gro&szlig;er Ca&ntilde;on.</span> <li>In 1987, the German groups were replaced by French (<a href="../../others/gscb/index.htm">GSCB,</a> GSD, ASCR) who found <b lang="de">Sandschacht,</b> heading N and E. A 5m climb from <span lang="fr">Puits Madonna</span> reached a passage with cairns and a definite connection to <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle.</span> A through trip was done the next day by GSCB and GSD. <li>In 1988 surveys were tied together with an improved surface survey. </ul>	Few details available, since we were for many years unable to obtain a survey. A figure of over 6 km long in 1987 was quoted, but this would appear to include the <a href="40.htm">Eish&ouml;hle</a>. Contact was finally made with the French group in 1997 and <span lang="fr">Denis Motte</span> has sent us a plan on 12 A3 sheets, dated April 1995, which gives the length as 1885m. The following description is made up entirely by looking at the survey, and should not be taken as reliable. It is hoped that we will do better after visiting the cave with a view to finding its connections with <span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</span> (<a href="../../smkridge/41.htm">1623/41</a>) and <a href="../../smkridge/144.htm">1623/144</a>. <p>Open shaft descends 5m to first rigging bolt, then short pitch to snow plug. The way out is to the NE, where the survey shows a couple of (inaccessible ?) question marks and a traverse over a pit. Narrow rift continues past another unexplored small passage to the right, and in 20m opens out into a sizeable chamber. The boulder floor drops away to the north (left) and ahead. Up right is a bouldery antechamber with the base of a ramp up SE. A short passage here chokes. <p>20m across the boulder slope, it is possible to descend the slope left into the main part of <b lang="de">Oberpf&auml;lzer Halle</b>, 15m wide and 30m long, now heading west, still descending over boulders. To the right is a 15m rift passage with an inlet. Ahead, the chamber narrows, but large bouldery passage continues with two or three big boulders (over 5m). To SW is a junction marking the start of <b lang="de">Jsartal</b>. Up a steep ramp to the right (NW) is unexplored, whilst left, south, goes directly below the entrance in a passage with a slot in the floor. After 25m is a widening and junction. Right curves round to end below an aven. Left goes quickly to another junction. Right soon chokes in boulders, whilst left ends quickly in an undescended rift pitch. <p>Back at the junction at the start of <span lang="de">Jsartal,</span> the main way SW soon traverses a large hole in the floor, then continues as a small canyon until 50m from the start is a junction in small passage. Right pops out immediately into the side of a ramp rising right (north) to a choke. Down ends in a pitch, which is best reached by the small passage left at the junction. This quickly doglegs and comes out over the pitch on the opposite side from the ramp. The pitch (undescended) is seen to be a widening in a deep floor canyon, which continues as <span lang="de">Jsartal</span> develops into an 8m wide rocky chamber through which the floor trench meanders. <p>After a short way, the trench abruptly ends, and a ramp up above it leads to a junction. Left continues up ramp, but not very far. Right traverses the ramp (another down-section soon ends), then heads west past another blind passage on the right, to break out into a larger passage ahead. Left (south) is the way to <span lang="de">Geburtstagsgang,</span> whilst right (north) eventually leads to the <a href="#fsw"><span lang="de">SchwarzmooskogelEish&ouml;hle</span> connection</a>. <h3 lang="de">Geburtstagsgang</h3> <p>Ascending a low ramp leads past various short side-extensions to <b lang="de">Schafott</b> - apparently a breakthrough point in 1986 ? Beyond this, small passage continues SW, with a mudbank on the left, for almost 50m until it widens out and descends a steep slope towards a floor trench. Left here a further ramp ascends east to a choke. The floor trench continues W, then NW, but would seem to be too narrow. Staying on the north side of the trench and heading NW (right from the point of entry) leads through mud and/or shingle deposits in a small zig-zag passage which meets first a small canyon which doesn't go, and then a T-junction over another canyon. <p>Right ends after ten metres or so, whilst left (west) meets another junction where a further trench comes in from the left (south). This also appears to be too small to follow, but would seem likely to connect with one or both of the trenches seen earlier. Ahead reaches a chamber, with a steep slope down left to yet another trench, but staying high gains the continuation of <span lang="de">Geburtstagsgang</span> continuing small with a narrow floor canyon. This now goes NW for 50m, to a T-junction. Right ends almost immediately, whilst left shortly pops out in bigger passage on a ledge overlooking a small stream. <p>Right in the canyon, 12m away, is bigger passage <span lang="de">(<a href="#gc">Gro&szlig;er Ca&ntilde;on</a>),</span> and the original way to Stellerwegh&ouml;hle, whilst ahead/left goes west, quickly picking up an inlet from the left and dropping 30m in <b lang="de">Ungarn Ca&ntilde;on</b>, a narrow way for 50m, to where exploration ceased. It is not clear, but this may well be a pitch, quite possibly into part of the <span lang="de">Stellerweg</span> system. <h3>To <span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</span></h3> <p>By going right at the start of <span lang="de">Ungarn Ca&ntilde;on,</span> large, bouldery passage is soon met at a T-junction. To the right is an alternative route from the entrance via <a href="#fsw"><span lang="de">Frankenschnellweg</span></a> and <span lang="de">Gro&szlig;er Ca&ntilde;on.</span> This route was found first, but the survey numbering suggests it was surveyed later and I might deduce that this is not the normal way. <p>Left in the bigger passage is over boulders, passing a short passage on the left. A hole in the floor of this appears to connect to <span lang="de">Ungarn Ca&ntilde;on.</span> Ahead, a slit in the floor is traversed (on the right ?) to reach a pair of large boulders. Up right here ends quickly in an unclimbable sediment wall. Continuing west, the trench reappears (now traversed on left) and soon expands to be a large hole in the floor. It is unclear from the survey how this is crossed, but on the far side, it would appear that a pitch of c 35m is descended, over jammed blocks. Rising steeply to the right (north) from (the foot ?) here is an unascended ramp, which seems likely to connect to unsurveyed passages below Roddick's Dive in <a href="../../smkridge/144.htm">1623/144</a>. <p>A continuation WNW from this point would appear to be part of the streamway below the <a href="../../smkridge/41/41.htm#bigpitch">Big Pitch</a> in <span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle.</span> This in turn suggests that the 35m or so descent must be in the lower part of this shaft, and the ramp seen to the right starts some way above the foot of the pitch. <h3><a name="fsw"><span lang="de">Frankenschnellweg</span></a> and the way to the <a href="40.htm"><span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span></a></h3> <p>From the junction at the west of <span lang="de">Jsartal,</span> large passage heads north for a short way to a T-junction. Right encounters two floor trenches, the right hand of which soon widens to a 3m deep blind pit. Across this is 25m of rising passage to a choke. Left soon swings round and heads north again, passong another short, blind ascending way on the left. A short section of floor trench is traversed and a short way beyond is <b lang="de">Brotzeitplatz</b>, where a large cross-rift goes a short distance left and right. <p>Ahead is <b lang="de">Frankenschnellweg</b>, a rifty passage with rounded roof, heading north with an initial floor trench. Thirty metres or so from <span lang="de">Brotzeitplatz</span> another cross-rift is met, this time at an angle. This is the start of a slightly mazey area. To the right is narrow for 30m to the edge of a wide shaft, <b lang="de">Regenschacht</b>, 4m deep. By traversing right on the near edge, a small passage is gained which circles all the way round to the far side, then ends in a small aven. <p>Ahead in <span lang="de">Frankenschnellweg,</span> another cross-rift is encountered less than 20m ahead. Right turns sharply back and connects to the <span lang="de">Regenschacht</span> passage about halfway along. Left is too narrow to follow, but lines up with another section of rift in the mazey area. Continuing north in <span lang="de">Frankenschnellweg,</span> the boulder floor changes and a steep slope down leads to the lip of a canyon at <b lang="fr">Puits du Sable</b>. Directly opposite is a short blind ramp up. Right is the way to <a href="#gg"><span lang="fr">Grand Galerie</span></a>, described below, whilst left is the start of <span lang="de">Gro&szlig;er Ca&ntilde;on.</span> <h3><a name="gc"><span lang="de">Gro&szlig;er Ca&ntilde;on</span></a></h3> <p>This is the deep rift reached at the end of <a href="#fsw"><span lang="de">Frankenschnellweg</span></a>, but it is not clear that this is the best way to get to it. Back at the start of the mazey area, the way left (SW) is boulder-floored rift which continues for twenty metres or so until a junction. Ahead chokes, but two ways right soon unite. The left way looks harder - a traverse over a trench, whilst the right way is boulder floored. Beyond the reunion is narrower, with a slot in the floor, and zig-zagging roughly NW, though clearly interrupted by a number of SW-NE joints. One of these can be followed for ten or fifteen metres, where it becomes too narrow, but lined up with a cross-rift in <span lang="de">Frankenschnellweg.</span> <p>After this joint, the next junction is effectively an oxbow on the left, where a bat was found during exploration. Ahead soon reaches the top of the <b lang="de">Gro&szlig;er Ca&ntilde;on</b>, some 40m downstream from the point reached in <span lang="de">Frankenschnellweg.</span> A descent to the bottom at this point is a 30m pitch. Directly across from the point of entry is a ramp up, with various sediment banks, leading to <a href="#sh"><span lang="de">Sophienhalle.</span></a> To the right goes back towards the <span lang="fr">Puits du Sable</span> and <a href="#gg"><span lang="fr">Grand Galerie</span></a> - see below. <p>To the left, <span lang="de">Gro&szlig;er Ca&ntilde;on</span> heads SW in a classic meander, or traversing rift. Give or take a couple of zags, this is straight for almost 100m, at which point it is interrupted by a bouldery chamber of about 10m diameter. Beyond, <span lang="de">Gro&szlig;er Ca&ntilde;on</span> continues S then SW again, getting wider. Boulders hide the trench, and the passage curves west. To the left is the way in via <span lang="de">Geburtstagsgang</span> and on to <span lang="de">Ungarn Ca&ntilde;on.</span> Ahead is the main way into <span lang="de">Stellerweg,</span> described above. It is not clear whether the stream below <span lang="de">Gro&szlig;er Ca&ntilde;on</span> goes on this way, or joins <span lang="de">Ungarn Ca&ntilde;on.</span> <h3><a name="gg"><span lang="fr">Grande Galerie</span></a></h3> <p>Upstream in <span lang="de">Gro&szlig;er Ca&ntilde;on,</span> most easily reached by the <span lang="fr">Puits du Sable,</span> ascending passage heads east, and soon develops into a very wide passage with a deep canyon floor. It looks as if this passage is done at the level of the bottom of the canyon, which leads up, passing an inlet on the right, to a large pool at the foot of <b lang="fr">Puits Madonna</b>. This is ascended to reach a similar level to the point of entry above <span lang="fr">Puits du Sable.</span> The continuation enlarges into <b lang="fr">Grande Galerie</b>, soon attaining impressive dimensions of 15m wide by 20m high. Question marks mark apparently inaccessible passages, two on the right and one on the left. <p>Beyond a couple of impressive boulders, a climb up leads to a smaller continuation. To the right is a hole in the floor with passage beyond, but left is a ramp up which soon rejoins the passage beyond the hole. The way gets bigger again, in passage first explored from <a href="40.htm"><span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle</span></a>, until after 50m, it ends at the foot of a thirty metre pitch from the other cave. <h3><a name="sh"><span lang="de">Sophienhalle</span></a></h3> <p>On the NW side of <span lang="de">Gro&szlig;er Ca&ntilde;on,</span> directly opposite the entry via the mazey area, or 40m downstream from the entry via <span lang="fr">Puits du Sable,</span> is a ramp up NNW. Right and left are walls of sediment, but the main way suddenly turns right, though still ascending steeply. The ramp eases and becomes more bouldery, now heading NE, suddenly to end at a widening above a deep undescended pit. A climb up on the right of this reaches the top of the far wall, in a large N-S collapse chamber, <b lang="de">Sophienhalle</b>. This shows clear bedding in the walls, and appears to have formed by spalling. Over the boulder floor, another steep wall precedes a ramp down to a choke. Dotted lines suggest a northward continuation, though whether this is above or below the ramp is unclear.	Information from <a href="../../others/gscb/index.htm"><span lang="fr">Groupe Sp&eacute;l&eacute;ologique de Clerval - Baume les Dames</span></a>					215m to connection below Stellerweg big pitch.						p088		p088x	Nils	81391	36311	1647m
120	89	1/S +				plateau/89.htm	Schwa Schacht 89			"Middle" plateau		CUCC 1979	A 25m shaft into a narrow rift of zero lateral extension.																		c 1630m			Plateau
121	90	1/S +				plateau/90.htm	Br&auml;u Schacht 90			Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall		CUCC 1977 - Team Enthusiast.	Rift entrance in scrub leads to a loose, choked rift, 20m deep. 1996 sketch survey says 12.5m deep, 3m long (N-S) and 1.4m wide. West wall of shaft is 1.5m higher than east, and bolt plus red-painted number are at SE corner.			CUCC 1996 <20> Wookey.			20m					p90				Surface survey	82353	35373	1681m	Br&auml;uning Wall pt. 1828: 247&deg;<br> Br&auml;uning Nase: 153&deg;<br> Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel (nipple): 097&deg;<br> Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel: 050&deg;<br> Sch&ouml;nberg: 346&deg;<br>		Plateau - below Br&auml;uning Scharte - the large and dramatic breach in the Br&auml;uning Wall.	Not located in search, 1989. Found 1996 and surveyed to. From Top Camp follow Br&auml;uning path on slope, about 80m along (from point above waterhole) to where it meets edge of large patch of dwarf pine (c 100m diameter) on a raised limestone shelf. There is another patch of pines on slope to left for c 30m. Entrance is close to corner of big patch, 21m from path. Follow joint through gap in pines about 5m past where limestone step meets path. This is the same joint as CUCC 1996 WK 02, CUCC 1996 WK 03 and 1623/159<br> Surface survey location sketch in not KH 1996 p 3			red painted number "90" (1977), 1998 tag "1623 90 CUCC 1977"
122	91	1/S +				plateau/91.htm	Br&auml;u Schacht 91			Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall		CUCC 1977 - Team Enthusiast.	A snow-fed rift in open karren on a fault/joint aligned on 67&#176;. Choked at -20m (or plumb of -14m in 1996 to tiny snow plug).						20m					p91					82472	35271	1652m	Sch&ouml;nberg 347&#176;, HSK 054&#176;, VSK (nipple) 108&#176;, Br&auml;uning Nase 150&#176;, Br&auml;uning Wall pt. 1828 210&#176;, Br&auml;uning Wall pt. 1835 224&#176;<br>GPS: UTM 33T 0410171 5280908; UTM 33T 0410155 5280976; UTM 33T 0410177 5280894<br>		Plateau - below Br&auml;uning Scharte.	From Schwarzmoossattel, follow cairned path below the Br&auml;uning Wall, past <a href="../tcamps.htm#topcamp">Top Camp</a> (1988 on). Where this path meets the scree/snow slope from the wall, it turns right, out onto the plateau (this is the main path to Gschwandt-Alm, in frequent use). <p>100m from the right turn is a snow field on the right, with the sound of falling water at its lower edge. This is the entrance to 91. The bolt is at the NE end of the rift.		<p><center><a href="others/l/91_93.htm"><img src="others/t/91_93.jpg" width=214 height=155></a><br><b>Entrance 91 looking north towards 93 and Sch&ouml;nberg</b></center>	number in red (1977) on small scarp facing south, 1998 tag "1623 91 CUCC 1977"
123	92	2/S +				plateau/92.htm	Br&auml;u Schacht 92			Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall		CUCC 1977 - Team Enthusiast.	Pitch of 15m leads to a boulder thrutch and climbs down. More boulders lead to a final pitch of 30m to a solid choke at -90m.			<img alt="grade 1 elevation: 12k gif" width=640 height=900 src="others/92.png">			90m												1645m			Plateau - below Br&auml;uning Scharte. Not located in searches, 1989, 1998.		Small, horizontal entrance in deep scrub draughts slightly and leads to an incredibly loose interior.
124	93	1/S +				plateau/93.htm	Br&auml;u Schacht 93			Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall		CUCC 1977 - Team Enthusiast.	Long rift on a joint (strike 246&#176;, dip 70&#176; towards SE) ending in choke at -35m. An adjacent shaft on the same joint but further east is bigger and more obvious, but chokes much nearer the surface.						35m					p93				Surface survey	82485	35269	1650m			Plateau - below Br&auml;uning Scharte, north of Kataster <a href="91.htm">91</a>.	rom Schwarzmoossattel, follow cairned path below the Br&auml;uning Wall, past <a href="../tcamps.htm#topcamp">Top Camp</a> (1988 on). Where this path meets the scree/snow slope from the wall, it turns right, out onto the plateau (this is the main path to Gschwandt-Alm, in frequent use). <p>100m from the right turn is a snow field on the right, with the sound of falling water at its lower edge. This is the entrance to 91 and from here, 93 is 20m further away from the Br&auml;uning Wall.		<center><a href="others/l/91_93.htm"><img src="others/t/91_93.jpg" width=214 height=155></a><br><b>Entrance 91 on left, looking towards 93 and Sch&ouml;nberg</b></center>	numbered in red (1977) on scarp facing south, 1998 tag "1623 93 CUCC 1977".(placed in middle of "9")
125	94	1/S +				plateau/94.htm	Br&auml;u Schacht 94			Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall		CUCC 1977 - Team Enthusiast.	A rift on a joint (strike 223&#176;, dip 70&#176; to SE) is a spiralling freeclimb to a choke at -35m											p94				Surface survey	82540	35248	1642m			A little north of Kat.93.	From <a href="91.htm">91</a> (q.v.), the karren slopes down at 10&#176;. About 50m down the slope on a bearing of 335&#176; is the large open shaft of 94, (visible from <a href="93.htm">93</a>, which is about 20m from 91).		<center><a href="others/l/94x93.htm"><img src="others/t/94x93.jpg" width=218 height=160></a><br><b>Entrance 94 in centre, looking towards Sch&ouml;nberg</b></center>	tag bolt (middle of "9")
126	95	1/S +				br-alm/95.htm	Br&auml;u Schacht 95			Br<E4>uning Alm and Br<42>uning Kunntal		CUCC 1977 - Team Enthusiast.	A 10m climb down to an unpushed and unpromising tube.																		1585m			South of Br<42>uning Alm, near camp 1 (1977) ?
127	96	3/S +				br-alm/96.htm	Br&auml;u Schacht 96			Br<E4>uning Alm and Br<42>uning Kunntal		CUCC 1977 - Team Enthusiast.	Open shaft of 15m leads to a descending rift. Next pitch of 25m, then a short climb, 6m pitch and 15m pitch into a chamber where the water sinks. The upper level of a small rift leads to an abandoned passage and a series of increasingly muddy freeclimbs to a final squeeze and 5m pitch into a sordid little sump.			<img alt="grade 1 elevation: 13k gif" width=640 height=900 src="96.png">			105m												c 1600m			In grassy pasture east of Br&auml;uning Alm, next to CUCC's high-level camp of 1977 (<a href="../tcamps.htm#1977camp">camp 1</a>).			<img alt="entrance photo - 16k jpeg" width=240 height=360 src="t/s109.jpg">	number painted red in 1976, refreshed (probably in orange which elsewhere hasn't lasted well) in 1990.
128	97	4/S/W +				plateau/97.htm	Schneewindschacht			"Middle" plateau		CUCC 1977 - Team Enthusiast.	The entrance is the head of a 10m freeclimbable chimney, followed by a 5m climb into a small chamber. Two ways on from the chamber unite in a tiny crawl under a drip. A thrutch through (about the size of Baptistry in Car Pot) is <b>The Nun's Cunt</b>, which ends abruptly at <b>The Vestry</b>, where SRT gear can be put back on while perched above the pitch which follows. Drops of 15m, 20m and 20m, <b>The Bottomless Abbess</b>, lead to a traverse over a blind pitch of about 10m. <p>The Bottomless Abbess continues with pitches of 15m, 30m, 15m and 15m to a short horizontal section. This breaks out into the side of another shaft where 15m and 10m pitches lead to a more complex area. A short pitch of 6m leads to the <b>Priest's Hole</b> and a gently slanting ramp into a dry, dusty, abandoned phreatic passage. This is interrupted by a large hole in the floor, which would require bolts to cross. <p>Down the hole, the 25m pitch starts unpromisingly, but soon bells out into a magnificent trench passage. Traversing over a gully leads to a series of short climbs and a fine last pitch <b>The Dissolution</b>. Here the water sinks into an impenetrable crack. <p>The entrance draughts strongly, but there is no air movement at the end, the most likely way on being the traverse to reach the continuation of the phreatic level at -190m. Unfortunately, the trip to this point is quite severe, since the crawl would render rescue impractical and the Bottomless Abbess rapidly becomes very wet after rain.			grade 1 extended section, JTG, 1977.<br> Surface survey grade 3, 1984, AERW+MM from laser 0/4 at <span lang="de">Wolfh&ouml;hle</span> <p><center><img alt="100 dpi elevation (710x1710) 30k gif" width=710 height=1710 src="others/97.png"></center>			265m						p97	west edge of doline		Surface survey	83039	35837	1641m			Out on the plateau.	Head across for the large erratic boulders near <a href="76.htm">76</a> (aka 106), then away from the col past the open shaft of <a href="105.htm">105</a>, turning left at a gap in the scrub which leads down a bare karren corridor to some dolines. Step across one and cast about for a large one with 97 in red paint.	A moderately large doline, usually without snow, has a small triangular opening at the SW end.		"97" in red paint on doline wall
129	98	1/S +				plateau/98.htm	Plateau Schacht 98			"Middle" plateau		CUCC 1978 - Team Youth/Ladders	After top of entrance shaft, it bells out, to land on a lightly boulder-covered floor after 29m. Tight thrutch to one side leads to second pitch of 17m to a flat rock floor with no way on.	<a href="../years/1978/log.htm#1978-98-1">Logbook accounts</a>					47m												c 1630m			Out on the plateau somewhat further than <a href="97.htm">97</a>, in a large sloping rockface.		A small shaft in a large grike with very sharp rocks at the top
130	99	1/S =				plateau/99.htm	Plateau Schacht 99			"Middle" plateau														p99				Surface survey	82904	35871	1642m
131	100	1/S +				plateau/100.htm	Plateau Schacht 100			Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall		CUCC 1977, Team Youth, and again in 1990 by AERW	An east-west rift with two obvious points of descent. The more easterly is about 6m deep and can be seen to end in a chamber. The more westerly is a 15m pitch, with a window communicating with the east hole. At base are boulders and a climb down. A crawl leads to an inlet where water appears and sinks into an impenetrable slot with very sharp rock.						18m					p100				Surface survey	82401	35521	1657m			Just beyond the col, on the left. It is, in fact, extremely near Top Camp, virtually on one of the routes to the Schwarzmooskogel areas.				red painted number, with 1998 tag "1623 100 CUCC 1977" in centre (M6 stud). <p>This cave was originally only numbered in carbide, so was unmarked for years. It was relocated in 1989, but was not numbered until 1993 since AERW didn't think to carry paint while trying to find old holes. The orange numer was fading and chipped in 1995, so was refreshed in red. The surface survey was to the centre of the middle digit of the number.
132	101	1/S +	main a		yes	plateau/101.htm	Plateau Schacht 101			"Nearer" plateau - including holes found on "geologists' walk"		CUCC 1977 - Team Youth (A.Waddington &amp; N.Thorne)	Entrance is in a rift orientated 40&deg;-220&deg; and hading about 20&deg;. A 5m climb down leads to a horizontal passage going both ways, north leading out into the face of the scarp (101A). South (down dip) leads to a 4m pitch followed by a small crawl in a scree-floored phreatic tube, leading down dip, at about 30&deg;. This drops via a short climb into a meandering phreatic tube with a tiny stream slot fed by an aven on the left. Progress is by crawling in the roof tube, which goes for about 40m until a window in the right wall leads to the base of an aven. The continuing crawl is too small, while a climb down below the aven (undescended) appears to choke.						~12m													Br&auml;uning Scharte 218&deg;, Grieskogel 012.5&deg;, Br&auml;uning Nase 194.5&deg;, Lost Rucksack cairn 319&deg; (compass #439258: NPC2)		Out on the plateau, near a large north-facing fault scarp on 125-305&deg;. Perhaps best located when looking for Wolfh&ouml;hle (which is nowhere nearby) in the mist (see <a href="../years/1984/log.htm#rescue">1984 logbook</a>). There was an OAV ski-tourers' marker pole due north of the col, from which the entrance is about 50m away on 35&deg;. Unfortunately, the pole was pretty much invisible from the approach route in 1977, and is now rotting on the ground, only visible from a metre away at best. However, the cave was relocated in 1998. It turns out to be very close to the faintly-marked path which leads past <a href="200.htm">Lost Rucksack Cave</a> towards <a href="../newcaves/cu9605.htm">CUCC 1996-05</a>, and is a short way south of <a href="173.htm">1623/173</a>. <p>(GPS: (cliff directly above 101A) GK 5410503 5283483 (FOM 9.2m))				extremely faded numbers "101" and "101A" in red on upper and lower entrances. 1998 tag "1623 101 CUCC 1977" on upper entrance, southeast-facing (M6 stud).
133			main		entrance																			p101tag				Surface survey to entrance CUCC, 1998	82908	35601	1633m	Br&auml;uning Scharte 218&deg;, Grieskogel 012.5&deg;, Br&auml;uning Nase 194.5&deg;, Lost Rucksack cairn 319&deg; (compass #439258: NPC2)				Entrance is in a rift orientated 40&deg;-220&deg; and hading about 20&deg;		extremely faded numbers "101" in red. 1998 tag "1623 101 CUCC 1977" southeast-facing (M6 stud).
134			a		last entrance																													(GPS: (cliff directly above 101A) GK 5410503 5283483 (FOM 9.2m))				extremely faded numbers "101A" in red
135	102	1/S +				plateau/102.htm	Plateau Schacht 102			"Nearer" plateau - including holes found on "geologists' walk"		CUCC 1977 - Team Youth (A.Waddington)	A near-straight shaft of 20m ends on a snow plug.																		c 1630m			GPS GK 5410464 5283496 (FOM 11.5m) About 50m west of <a href="101.htm">Kat.101</a>, c 15m south of <a href="103.htm">Kat. 103</a>, on a parallel joint.				painted number is extremely faded, and appears only as a slight lightening in the lichen when wet. Part drilled hole for tag.
136	103	1/S +				plateau/103.htm	Plateau Schacht 103			"Nearer" plateau - including holes found on "geologists' walk"		CUCC 1977 - Team Youth (S.Farrow &amp; N.Thorne)	A semi-horizontal rift going south, slopes down at 45&deg; to head of a very broken shaft aligned on a joint perpendicular to the scarp (joint is on 055-235&deg;). Drops 30m past much wedged, frost-shattered rock to a choke at -30m.											p103tag				Surface survey	82932	35577	1632m	HSK 075<37>, VSK Nipple 153<35>, Lost Rucksack Cairn 325<32>		GPS GK 5410472 5283506 (FOM 8.7m) About 15m north of <a href="102.htm">Kat.102</a>, in the face of the same 125-305&deg; fault scarp as <a href="101.htm">101</a><3E>s northward crawl, which is about 35m away to the SE.				alloy tag "1623 103 CUCC 1977" on M6 stud below the faded remains of a painted number on the NW-facing wall of a prominent joint making a break in the scarp fade in which the entrance lies.
137	104	1/S +				plateau/104.htm	Plateau Schacht 104			"Middle" plateau		CUCC 1977 - Team Youth (S.Farrow)	Belay to a bolt in the boulder (on top, 1977 vintage), and as much dwarf pine as you can string together. A somewhat broken but roomy shaft of 29m with ledges at -10 and -24m, to a choke.																		c 1650m			In deep scrub adjacent to a very large erratic boulder, in the same area as <a href="76.htm">Eislufth&ouml;hle</a> (Kat. 76). The boulder has an incipient split, and is visible from the col.
138	105	1/S +				plateau/105.htm	Plateau Schacht 105			"Middle" plateau		CUCC 1977 - Team Youth (N.Thorne, A.Waddington)	Handline descent for 9m leads to a ledge from where a fine 31m pitch drops 14m to a large ledge, then continues in a parallel shaft below an aven, with further ledges at -17, -21m. The shaft is in clean bluish-white limestone and lands on a dampish flat gravel floor.												p105			Surface survey	82967	35883	1649m			30m north of <a href="76.htm">Eislufth&ouml;hle</a> on the plateau.
139	106								Number not allocated (see <a href="plateau/76.htm">Eislufth&ouml;hle 1623/76</a>)
140	107	4/S/T +				plateau/107.htm	Gemsh&ouml;hle			"Middle" plateau		CUCC 1978: opened and Big Rift explored by Team Youth. Team Geriatric explored the Big Pitch and reached the bottom.	Small entrance in boulders in a dry gully drops into a small chamber, in the bottom corner of which is the excavated head of a pitch. This quickly bells out to 6m diameter and lands after 18m in a large passage which contains ice-formations early in the season. This large, phreatic passage chokes in both directions and the way on is in a rift to one side, from which the draught pours. <p>A pitch of 23m has an inlet entering part way down, which makes the rest of this pitch and the following one of 19m unpleasant in wet weather. Two ways then lead on, either down with the water or by traversing round this drop to another passage. <p>Climbing down with the water leads to a short passage with the water in a rift below. Round a sharp corner is a short drop to the head of a larger rift. A 5m pitch down this leads to another rift which, in turn, leads out to the side of a large shaft. Stones dropped from a small hole in the corner of the passage above the 5m pitch also fall into this shaft. Laddering from the side, the pitch is 67m with a large ledge just above half-way, and is unpleasantly wet in poor weather. From the base of this pitch, the continuing rift/canyon trends south west and has pitches of 5, 9 and 8m before the other route drops in from above. <p>Over the traverse, a short pitch of 4.5m, followed by a short climb up, leads to the head of a pitch of 10m to a boulder floor. Two ways on from here are down through the boulders into a shaft, or across the shaft and into a narrow rift. The way through boulders soon chokes, but the narrow rift soon opens into a massive shaft of 100m with a rebelay roughly halfway. This drops directly into the rift reached by the original route. <p>Below the junction, the rift continues with a 5m climb and pitches of 5, 14 and 44m, this last pitch being quite wet and emerging into a massive cross-rift trending south east. The water disappears into the choked floor of this rift via a nasty wet crawl, rapidly becoming too small.						280m						p107		exact point not recorded	Surface survey	82721	35929	1660m			On the plateau in a prominent dry valley below southern forepeak of Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel, some way below Laser Point 0_5. The bottom of the gully is pretty much on the (cairned) best walking route from Top Camp to <a href="82.htm">Br&auml;uningh&ouml;hle</a> (Kat.82) and <a href="76.htm">Eislufth&ouml;hle</a> (Kat.76).			<center><a href="others/l/107.htm"><img alt="Photo of entrance" src="others/t/107.jpg" width=117 height=175></a></center>	number twice in orange paint, 1998 tag on survey point "1623 107 CUCC 1978"
141	108	1/S +				remote/108.htm	Schwa-H&ouml;hle 108			Far plateau to Grie<69> Kogel and Augst-Eck		CUCC 1980 John, Tony and Andy Connolly	Horizontal entrance to a large chamber with narrow rift dropping away. Ends too tight.									This does not appear to be in the Austrians' Kataster.										Br&auml;uning Nase 200&deg;, Br&auml;uning Zinken 235&deg;, Vd. Schwarzmooskogel 175&deg;.		108 is not near 41 - it is on the plateau. Further across than 76 (106) past erratics - middle of nowhere
142	109	1/t/S +				smkridge/109.htm	Schwa-Schacht 109			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked		CUCC 1980, 1987	The obvious way in leads to a 'Viewing gallery' over the entrance chamber, but descent this way would require tackle. Best way in is to the left where a freeclimb leads down a 10m ramp in a chamber. This is snow-choked in some years but in 1980 a dig opened a triangular slot to a 6m pitch into a smaller, boulder-choked chamber. This was reentered in 1987 and an animal skeleton was found and removed for the Austrian cavers. There is a very small, but draughting tube in the roof of this final chamber, going back towards the surface.									This does not appear to be in the Austrians' Kataster.			p109	point above 1623/109 entrance		Surface survey	81246	36202	1592m				This is a hole you step over on the way to <a href="113.htm">Sonnenstrahlh&ouml;hle</a> (113).			as at Aug 2001: "109" in very faded yellow paint, with an Omega.
143	110	1/S/T +				remote/110.htm	Kein Hubschrauber H&ouml;hle			Far plateau to Grie<69> Kogel and Augst-Eck		CUCC 1978 - Team Supersmooth/Supercool	Insignificant low entrance with icy draught is marked with number in red paint. Through boulders leads to an 8m drop and walking passage ending in a collapse chamber with draught emerging from the choke. Needed digging to get in.			<img alt="grade 1 plan: 12k gif" width=500 height=600 src="110.png">						Name comes from logbook comment "helicopter failed to turn up".												On the plateau, about 2km (sic) beyond <a href="../plateau/76.htm"><span lang="de">Eislufth&ouml;hle</span></a> towards <span lang="de-at">Sch&ouml;nberg.</span> Actually, I am convinced that 2 km is a gross exaggeration, and half a mile would be more likely, otherwise it would be in a huge area of dwarf pine.
144	111	1/S +				plateau/111.htm	Plateau Schacht 111			"Middle" plateau		CUCC 1978 <20> Supersmooth/Supercool	Shaft 20m to ledge, then 10m to choke/too narrow.																					Out on plateau, quite near <a href="98.htm">98</a>.
145	112	1/S +				plateau/112.htm	Plateau Schacht 112			"Middle" plateau		CUCC 1978 <20> Supersmooth/Supercool	Next to open shaft half full of snow. Shaft drops 50m past two ledges to choke.																					Out on plateau, 50m from <a href="111.htm">111</a>.
146	113	4/S/T +				smkridge/113.htm	Sonnenstrahlh&ouml;hle			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked		CUCC 1980 (Team Sunbeam) to bottom; 1982 to push bottom, but no new passage found. Entered from 152 in 1985, Ibbeth Perilous Pot route connected 1987	Entrance is <b>huge</b>. A sizeable dry valley develops into a canyon which is full of snow. The canyon ends downstream in a solid wall, where the rigging point for the entrance pitch starts by the aforementioned tree. A short drop leads to a ledge where a stretch to the left (facing the rock) reaches a rebelay in a fine position on the impending wall. From here, drop 21m onto a large snow slope, then 10m further to the flat snow floor of a large chamber lit from above by the shaft. <p><center><a href="others/l/113day.htm"><img src="others/t/113day.jpg" alt="(photo (23k jpeg))" width=130 height=200></a></center> <p>The way on is up a climb of 3m to a horizontal passage. There is an area of hading rifts, not fully explored. The first hole descends a ramp over treacherous ice and rubble for 30m to the head of a pitch, <b>Ibbeth Perilous Pot</b>. A second parallel ramp connects to the same point. Both these ramps suffer from loose rock and are best tackled with a handline. The main pitch drops for 20m in a series of steps, best rigged. A final 13m drop then lands on a rock/ice blockage <b>Marathon Ledge</b>, which at one time contained the original explorer's helmet and lights, dropped from the head of the pitch. A hammered route past the blockage leads to two short drops, then a 6m pitch into the Opera House (see below). <p>A descent of the second major hole from the entrance is the normal route and leads to a ramp down, traverse across and the head of <b>Point Five Gully</b>. The gully is decorated with ice formations early in the season, as are all the useful hand- and footholds on the following ramp, so a rope is recommended to descend <b>Fox's Glacier</b>. At the foot, about 60m below the entrance chamber, is a low bouldery chamber, and a low arch leads to a larger chamber, <b>Barnsley Methodist Chapel</b>, which is 20m high and 30m long. <p>The Chapel is floored with large boulders at one end, but an obvious low sandy passage to the left leads to the head of a 14m dry rift pitch with a bouldery takeoff. The pitch is free-hanging after the first two metres, to a gravel-floored chamber opening off the rift. Water entering high on the right takes a floor trench 10m deep which may be traversed above to gain the <b>Balcony</b> of the <b>Opera House</b>, an impressive 20m diameter, roughly circular chamber. A 12.5m pitch (awkward takeoff as rigged in 1980) gains the bouldery, sloping floor. A scramble down boulders and a further 7m pitch over a very large boulder leads into a rift, where an awkward 10m pitch with natural belays and joke bolts leads to a flat mud floor at a larger section at the head of a pitch. At this point the draught changes direction, the cave becomes clean, and a stream is met falling from an inaccessible (and out of sight) passage, apparently at the same level as the pitch head. <p>Down the pitch, a rebelay (which is a very long stretch to rig unless you're very tall) avoids the worst of the water on <b>Purple Pit</b>. Quite possibly this could be rigged as a deviation (we didn't do these in 1980). There is a long section to a large ledge, from where the pitch leaves the fault it has been following and heads down a series of short steps with rebelays a few metres apart. At the bottom of this section, 60m below the start, a further fault is met at right angles, with twin holes in the floor. The first one is wet and nasty, while the second is tolerable. Both unite and go off to the left in a diminutive streamway. To the right above the holes is the entry point from <a href="152.htm">Bananeh&ouml;hle</a>(152), explored in 1985. <p><center><a name="ppitbot" href="others/l/purple.htm"> <img src="others/t/purple.jpg" alt="(B/W photo (58k jpeg))" width=134 height=200 align=left></a> Simon Kellet at the top of the short dry pitch below Purple Pit <br clear=all></center> <p>The diminutive streamway ends shortly in a tight sump, but before this, a climb up leads unobviously to a traverse and then a crawl trending back over the entry point, <b>M&uuml;sli Crawl</b>. A number of acute bends are disorientating, then a short drop leads to a final rift and a pitch head. This is a thrutch to start, then drops 10m to where the water reenters. A series of drops, <b>Sprucy Wind</b>, follows, and some of the bolts (1980 vintage, greased in 1982) are easily missed, which makes the pitches wetter. There is a branch shaft at one point which is unexplored, but appears to reunite somewhat lower down. The pitches of 8, 26, 12, 10, 10, 20, 5 and 9m drop to a final rift chamber where an inlet from up on the left doubles the size of the stream on a rocky floor. This inlet responds to floods about an hour faster than the main water. The combined waters fall down a 6m drop and sink in a gravel-choked pool. <p>Climbing up opposite the inlet, a dry rift is a little tight but pops out into a series of dry passages, apparently quite unrelated to the rift pitches. This area, <b>The Crematorium</b>, is a good place to wait when the pitches flood. There is a large horizontal passage ending in a chamber with various bedding crawl extensions. Avens in the roof are hard to reach (one bolt used for aid) and don't seem to go anywhere. A narrow rift in the floor contains the stream, and a climb down can be made at one point where it is just wide enough. Thrutching forward in a traverse cum crawl a short way above the water, a couple more diminutive drops reach a place where to continue would be just plain stupid, since it is small and wet. The cave was rigged in 1982 just to go and push the end. It didn't go. <p>There is potential for further extension by traversing over down-ramps in the entrance area, and by gaining access to the source of the water (and route of the draught) at the top of Purple Pit. Apparently the Point Five Gully and Fox's Glacier Ramp was traversed over in 1987, and another ramp descended, but this seems to have rejoined the main route somewhere near Barnsley Methodist Chapel. This route was not surveyed.				113		330m approx.						p113	pitch head bolt on wall above yawning chasm near "113" paint mark. NB this cannot be reached without SRTing off the bunde and is very exposed (start of underground survey)		Surface survey	81333	36253	1640m				Follow St&ouml;gerweg (path 201) well past turn off for <a href="41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a>. This involves a steep descent, then a long horizontal stretch, crossing the dry valley containing Kat. <a href="87.htm">87a</a>. After quite a way, there is an orange paint flash on the left, more easily seen when coming the other way. This is just a few metres before you turn left and start hacking up the hillside. Further orange paint marks the route, which goes up a dry valley and over the entrance <a href="109.htm">109</a>. Eventually, a scrub-free area is reached, go right and then scramble up rock towards a tree. Don<6F>t rush beyond the tree or you'll fall a long way.		<center><a href="others/l/113ac.htm"><img src="others/t/113ac.jpg" alt="(photo (67k jpeg))" width=124 height=184></a> Andy Connolly on entrance, 1980 <a href="others/l/113ent.htm"><img src="others/t/113ent.jpg" alt="(photo (53k jpeg))" width=131 height=165></a></center>	Orange painted number on north-facing wall above shaft
147	114	0 + ?				wilden/114.htm	Verlorenschacht 114			East of Schwarzmooskogel/Augst-Eck ridge to Wildensee		CUCC 1980										I have just (May 1990) found an old note book which says this was explored by John, Tony and Andy C, but gives no detail on where or what. There is a strong suspicion that the cave was one of the "promising leads" found on their trip to Wildenseealm. However, the only published account refers the reader to the 1980 log book. This latter is, unfortunately, missing. <p>This does not appear to be in the Austrians' Kataster												This cave has not been documented, but is probably somewhere near 115 or 41.
148	115	6/t/S/W x				smkridge/115.htm	Schnellzugh&ouml;hle			Caves known or expected to link into the Stellerweg - Eish<73>hle and Kaninchenh<6E>hle systems		CUCC 1980-1985	This is the main entrance through which the majority of the <a href="41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a> system was explored. See the separate <a href="41/115.htm#ent115">full guidebook description</a> for details, just an overview is given here. <p>The entrance leads to a non-obvious way on to the head of the short <b>Bell Pitch</b>, from where very awkward going leads out to a bigger passage to reach <b>The Ramp</b> a series of off-vertical pitches. The damper but technically easier <b>Inlet Pitches</b> drop to a Big Chamber, from where <b>Pete's Purgatory</b> starts, and leads in 800m of tortuous going to <b>The Confluence</b> and the larger streamway leading to the deepest point. <p>Better is the <b>Purgatory Bypass</b> which starts as dry fossil tubes, with a choice of routes to reach <b>Junction Chamber</b> where the <b>Big Rift</b> of <a href="41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a> enters. Opposite, the huge fossil tube of <b>Dartford Tunnel</b> makes for easy progress to the Confluence, about halfway down the system. The continuing main streamway is interrupted by a bypassable sump and numerous pitches before a low airspace duck at the end of an unpromising canal leads to the spectacular <b>Orgasm Chasm</b>. Careful rigging avoids the water in this 140m shaft, ending in muddy passage and another short drop to a deep and terminal sump.		In dataset		115		-740m, +231m			The Austrian Kataster has adopted a very perverse way of numbering things. Their numbers are as follows : <ul> <li>115a&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stellerwegh&ouml;hle entrance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;41a <li>115b&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stellerwegh&ouml;hle entrance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;41b <li>115c&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stellerwegh&ouml;hle entrance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;41c ( where ? ) <li>115d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Schnellzugh&ouml;hle entrance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;115 <li>115e&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;unnamed entrance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;142</ul>			p115	P115 on left in Schnellzug entrance.	p115x	Nils	81041	35841	1488m				Follow St&ouml;gerweg beyond <a href="../noinfo/smkridge/32.htm">Windloch</a> to a steep descent. Just below this, by a large tree on the right of the path (permanent survey station P3), descend steeply to the right on a barely discernible trod. <p>This involves at least one freeclimb which is awkward with lots of kit. Make lots of noise if you are first, especially on the first trip, since snakes seem to like it here. Eventually a large horizontal railway-tunnel-like entrance appears. If you fall off a cliff, you've gone a little too far downhill.			number painted on right (east-facing) wall of entrance
149	116	2/t/S/E +				noinfo/smkridge/116.htm	Kleine Eish&ouml;hle			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked	No Info	Germans			In dataset	M Schweicer &amp; F Vischer, July 1982, <a href="l/116pln.htm">PLAN</a> (20k) and <a href="l/116elv.htm">ELEVATION</a> (12k)	116	286m	38m			This cave was previously marked as having an altitude of 1820m			p116			Nils	81449	35689	1662m			Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.
150	117	2/t/S/ +				noinfo/smkridge/117.htm	Stuttgarter-Schacht			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked	No Info	Germans																						Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.
151	118	0/S =				noinfo/smkridge/118.htm	Schwa-Schacht 118			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked	No Info	Germans																						Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.
152	119	0/S =				noinfo/smkridge/119.htm	Schwa-Schacht 119			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked	No Info	Germans																						Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.
153	120	0/S =				noinfo/smkridge/120.htm	Schwa-Schacht 120			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked	No Info	Germans																						Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.
154	121-126								Numbers 121-126 are allocated to the Germans, but there is no documentation available to suggest that caves have been found for these numbers.		No Info
155	127	1/T =				noinfo/smkridge/127.htm	Kleine Firnh&ouml;hle			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked	No Info	Germans																						Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.
156	128	1/S =				noinfo/smkridge/128.htm	Enttauschungsschacht			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked	No Info	Germans																						Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.
157	129	2/T =				noinfo/smkridge/129.htm	Gro&szlig;e Firnh&ouml;hle			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked	No Info	Germans																						Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.
158	130	2/S +				noinfo/smkridge/130.htm	C&auml;cilien-Schacht			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked	No Info	Germans	Halfway down, a hading rift is intersected, which can be followed a short way SW, climbing up slightly. This appears to be dipping steeply SE, but becomes too narrow.			K Gebhard, F Vischer, 1982															1660m			Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.		A fairly straight shaft of c 80m on a joint aligned on 230&deg;.
159	131	2/E/S x				noinfo/remote/131.htm	Thomas-Eish&ouml;hle			Far plateau to Grie<69> Kogel and Augst-Eck	No Info						131											Laut Information Robert Seebacher, E-Mail 11/00 an Thilo	83700	37700	1721m			SE face of Kleines Augsteck.
160	132	2/T +				noinfo/remote/132.htm	Tropfsteinh&ouml;hle am Augsteck			Far plateau to Grie<69> Kogel and Augst-Eck	No Info																				1600m			SE face of Kleines Augsteck..
161	133	1/T +				noinfo/remote/133.htm	Unterstandh&ouml;hle			Far plateau to Grie<69> Kogel and Augst-Eck	No Info																				1604m			SE face of Kleines Augsteck.
162	134	1/T +				noinfo/wilden/134.htm	H&ouml;hlenruine bei der Wasserstelle			East of Schwarzmooskogel/Augst-Eck ridge to Wildensee	No Info																				1531m			West of Wildenseealm. The name would suggest that it is next to the water tank which supplies drinking water to the various buildings of Wildenseealm, and which is shown on the map, at about the right altitude.
163	135	1/S +				smkridge/135.htm	Schwa Schacht 135			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked		CUCC 1983. Surveyed-to 1999 (wookey, Mark Shinwell)	Shaft choked at -20m		In dataset		135							p135				Surface survey	82219	36399	1783m			East of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.	Approach as for 136, then a further 60m approx ENE down the slope.			Spit awaiting tag (1999). Red Paint "CUCC 135" (1983).
164	136	2/S +	a b c d		yes	smkridge/161/136.htm	Steinschlagschacht			Caves known or expected to link into the Stellerweg - Eish<73>hle and Kaninchenh<6E>hle systems		CUCC 1983, 1984, <a href="../../years/1997/index.htm">1997</a>, <a href="../../years/1999/index.htm">1999</a>	<p>1983 description is : shaft -194m. The bottom was reached in 1984, at depths variously estimated -240m, -260m and -285m, when the rift became too narrow. 1983 survey (which was never drawn up) only goes to -194m. <h3><a name="136p1" href="../../years/1997/index.htm">1997</a> rigging</h3> <p><a href="fullsize/136elv.png"><img alt="Elevation - 26k GIF" width=300 height=709 align=left hspace=10 vspace=10 src="inline/136elv.png"></a><br> <center><a href="l/jh97-3.htm"><img alt="Photo - 57k" src="t/jh97-3.jpg" width=150 height=225 hspace=20></a> </center> <p>The rope (60m used in 1997, though this is not generous) for the first pitch is belayed to the 3m boulder. A short drop from the surface (c.3m) leads to the top of a steeply inclined boulder slope which is also very loose. The head of the main entrance pitch hang used to be immediately at the foot of this slope, however it has now been rigged from the right hand wall, out of the immediate line-of-fire from the boulder slope. A traverse line of around 10m at 30&deg; is rigged on the right hand wall to reach the pitch head. The main hang is around 35m almost free-hanging, but for a minor deviation about 8m below the pitch head. <p><center><a name="p1" href="l/jh97-7.htm"> <img alt="Photo - 38k" src="t/jh97-7.jpg" width=148 height=225 hspace=20></a> </center> <p>From the foot of the entrance pitch, a fairly narrow slot with a short climb down (c 1m) connects to a large boulder-strewn chamber. This chamber is entered from the top left corner (standing looking down the slope) and the main way on is around 10m down the slope, under a very large boulder towards the right hand wall. At the foot of the chamber are two large holes of around 5m depth, one in each corner. One of these holes has a spit above it, suggesting it was descended in 1983/4, however no descent was made of either hole in 1997. It is speculated that these may connect to the second pitch at a lower point than that used as the pitch head in 1997. <h4><a name="136p2">Second</a> Pitch</h4> <p>Returning to the main route down, the head of the second pitch is a belay point on the right hand wall of the chamber immediately above a very large perched boulder at "floor" level. A 130m rope was initially used here, though some spare was later cut off. Beware of apparently sound footholds here as they have a habit of falling off down the next 70m or so of the pitch series! A rebelay is required just below the take-off point on the boulder to avoid rubbing the edge of the block on the way up. This rebelay is particularly awkward on the way up since the rope tends to pull into the crack between wall and boulder. The shaft continues down more or less vertically for a further 3 rebelays (50m) until the first substantial ledge is reached. (A deviation is required below the 3rd rebelay from the pitch head to avoid an otherwise serious rub just below the rebelay bolt). <p><center><a href="l/jh97-9.htm"><img alt="Photo - 55k" src="t/jh97-9.jpg" width=225 height=150 hspace=20></a><a href="l/jh9711.htm"> <img alt="Photo - 60k" src="t/jh9711.jpg" width=150 height=225 hspace=20></a> </center> <p>From this ledge, a further pitch descends, rigged from two bolts on the left hand wall with an immediate deviation off the right hand wall. Traversing ahead over the pitch, it appears that there is a parallel shaft visible through an eyehole in the left hand wall. It is believed that this is the shaft described as being accessed by a "desperate step across" which was descended in 1984 and found to reconnect to the wet route lower down. <p>Descending from the ledge, a further substantial ledge is reached after c8m. On the way up it is advisable to cower under the overhanging wall of this ledge to avoid exposing yourself to rocks dislodged by people on the pitch above - the pitch head is especially loose. <h4><a name="3rdp">Third Pitch</a></h4> <p>From the ledge an awkward take-off to an almost immediate rebelay leads to a connection with a wet shaft - the main source of water below this point. The hang is fortunately almost dry, aided by a very wide rebelay about 12m below the ledge. A further 15m hang reaches another large ledge where water continues through a large slot in the floor at the foot of the pitch. It is at this point that the two routes diverge into <a href="#wetdream">Wet Dreams</a> (the way explored in 1983/4) and the <b>Eyehole Route</b>. <h3><a name="eyehole">Eyehole</a> Route (<a href="../../years/1997/index.htm">1997</a>)</h3> <p>The Eyehole Route is to-date the main route in 136, leading eventually to the 1997 connection with the <a href="fbl136.htm">Forbidden Land</a> in 161, and the 2&frac12;km <a href="chile.htm">Chile</a> series, found in 1999. <p>The eyehole is reached by means of a traverse over the slot in the floor (through which the water disappears) and is the obvious large hole on the right. A short horizontal rift, with a steeply-inclined hole in the floor, connects to the head of the fourth pitch series. This pitch series is about 30m of dry shaft, broken by three ledges and landing on a much larger ledge with a couple of large boulders jammed in the exit rift. A 54m rope was sufficient in 1997. From the foot of the fourth pitch, the head of the fifth is only a few metres away over the jammed boulders. <p><a name="pitch4">The head of</a> the fifth pitch does an extremely good job of hiding the enormous cavern into which it breaks some 10m below. Do not be mistaken into believing that the floor, as it appears, is only 5m below your feet, nor that your light will be even remotely adequate for ensuring maximum exposure on the multiple hanging rebelays below. The pitch starts with a large Y-hang across the rift at the pitch head. <p><center><a href="l/jh9715.htm"> <img alt="Photo - 21k" src="t/jh9715.jpg" width=150 height=225 hspace=20></a> </center> <p><a name="over5">An airy</a> traverse around the corner to the left (<a href="../../fixaid.htm#over5">rigged rope</a>) leads eventually to the <a href="#footlight">Footlights Traverse</a>. (The eyehole immediately opposite the pitch head connects with the climb around to the left). <p>Below the Y-hang is a large, mud-covered outcrop of rock, over which you must traverse before proceeding further to a very wide deviation, hated by those with short legs, just below the muddy "floor". A further 5m descent leads to a smallish ledge with another rock outcrop to cross to a hanging rebelay on the left-hand wall. This point is around 60m above the floor of the chamber and is where the <a href="#thegods">Gods' Traverse</a> begins. A 35m rope was sufficient to reach this point in 1997. <p><a name="theatre">Continuing</a> straight down from the rebelay, first a parallel shaft is reached and the wall of the chamber becomes convex, requiring another hanging rebelay 21m below the last. A further 24m hang drops to a boulder floor at the top of a huge chamber - <b>The Theatre</b>. The landing point for the main route into the Theatre is at the top of the steeply inclined floor. <p><center><a href="l/jh9719.htm"> <img alt="Photo - 38k" src="t/jh9719.jpg" width=150 height=200 hspace=20></a></center> <p><a name="orchestral">Standing</a> at this point, looking down the slope of the floor, an opening at the bottom of the chamber of the left-hand wall leads to the <b>Orchestral Pit</b>. From the foot of the chamber up a short (c 8m) climb over mud and boulders and then up another (c 8m) climb on steep rock, leads to a small opening. (The rope has been left <a href="../../fixaid.htm#opit">permanently rigged</a> on this climb). On the right hand wall at the foot of the chamber is a boulder choke through which it is possible to climb down around 10m. No recommendable leads were found here. Immediately behind the landing point and around 30m higher up the wall is the connection to the <a href="fbl136.htm">Forbidden Land</a> (161) which must be reached via the God's Traverse. <p><a name="exitsl">Proceeding</a> up the 16m climb from the floor of the Theatre, a narrow opening leads to a precarious climb down the other side (c.5m) over the top of a large wedged boulder in a rift chamber, <b>Exit Stage Left</b>. There is an aven in the roof of this chamber, which can be descended as a pitch (the 30m continuation of Plughole Pitch) from the end of the <a href="#footlight">Footlights Traverse</a>. A second aven is reached by a short (c 3m) climb up opposite the entry climb. A small window (too small for human access) in the left hand wall of the chamber connects to the undescended pitch accessible from the <a href="#plughole">rock bridge</a> 18m down Plughole pitch, 26m above. Rocks can also be thrown in through a small gap in the boulder floor. This pitch continues below this level. <p>In the Orchestral Pit, a number of wet shafts connect from the ceiling in addition to a number of dry avens. The dry avens nearest to the Forbidden Land have been connected to an eyehole on the God's Traverse around 15m above the connection to <a href="fbl136.htm#ealgor">Elin Algor</a>. The floor of the Orchestral Pit has a number of pools and also a considerable amount of brown powdery mud, similar to that found in the horizontal areas of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle such as <a href="offffr.htm#mmudpie">Mississippi Mud Pie</a>, <a href="triasp.htm#triasp">Triassic Park</a> etc. , of which the majority of 136 is devoid. No leads were found in the Orchestral Pit. <h3><a name="thegods">The Gods'</a> Traverse (<a href="../../years/1997/index.htm">1997</a>)</h3> <p>The earlier (and lower) of two impressive traverse routes off the fifth pitch, The Gods' Traverse heads NE towards Kaninchenh&ouml;hle, to which it eventually connects. <p><a href="l/godst.htm"><img alt="Photo - 48k jpeg" width=150 height=200 align=left hspace=10 vspace=10 src="t/godst.jpg"></a> <p>From the hanging rebelay 10m below the head of the 5th pitch (on Eyehole Route), a short (4m) descent with a swing leads to a small muddy sloping ledge, with precipitous drop. A bolt in the middle of the traverse "protects" a caver who teeters around the ledge and up a short (c.2m) climb over a corner bulge onto the main face of the traverse. This roughly horizontal section is about 12m in length across a slab of limestone inclined at 70 - 80 &deg;. Should your lighting equipment allow, you will be able to admire the enormous vertical rock-face which forms the opposite wall of the Theatre and the precipitous drop to the floor 40+ metres below. Hand holds (barring the rope) are non-existent on the second half of the traverse and most foot ledges were of the disposable type (single use only), now long gone. At the far end of the traverse a hanging rebelay just over the edge of the wall leads, with a wide swing, to a large eyehole on the opposite wall. A short (15m) pitch against the wall on the outside of the hole leads to a large muddy sloping ledge at the back of which is a hole into narrow traversy passage. This is the final impressive overlook reached in <a href="fbl136.htm#ealgor">Elin Algor</a> from the Forbidden Land in Kaninchenh&ouml;hle in 1996. The whole of the pitch - traverse - pitch to this point was <a href="../../fixaid.htm#gods">left rigged</a>. <p>Back through the eyehole, a couple of pitches lead eventually to the Orchestral Pit. <h3><a name="footlight">Fifth pitch and Footlights</a> Traverses (<a href="../../years/1997/index.htm">1997</a>)</h3> <p>The later traverse route off the fifth pitch (starting at the pitch head, some 10m higher than the Gods'). This heads generally SW, and is in two sections, split by a 16m pitch. The lower section is strictly the Footlights traverse, but the name has been applied to the whole route, causing some confusion. <p>A short, unobvious (<a href="../../fixaid.htm#over5">roped</a>) traverse, <b>Service Duct</b>, starts from the left hand side of the Y hang at the head of the fifth pitch. It goes left round the corner into a window, then climbs up 3m above a deep hole to a lip into a chamber with a large hole in the steeply sloping floor that drops down near the start of <a href="#thegods">Traverse of the Gods</a>. Traversing to the right of this chamber, past an eyehole with a view back to the Y hang, a pitch (<b>Ventilation Shaft</b> p.16, 1 bolt rebelay, -5m) descends to the <b>Box</b>, a platform with a fine view to the left across the Theatre to the Gods' Traverse. Looking out and to the right from the Box is the start of <b>Footlights Traverse</b>. <p><a name="foottrav">This airy,</a> diagonal, section around and down the south-western corner of the Theatre, 30m off the floor was <a href="../../fixaid.htm#footl">left rigged</a> after the 1997 expedition, but in 1999 was deemed easy enough to rig afresh on each expedition, so the rope was taken off. Two bolt rebelays reach a Y hang, and descending from this a window can be reached by an entertaining pendulum to reach a rift in the wall. This window enters a choss-filled passage whose boulder floor is apparently suspended above a void (traverse line recommended). An old phreatic level was hypothesised to exist at a similar height to the connection with Elin Algor, and this seems to correspond roughly to that level, although at this point the morphology is a tall rift, passable at various levels, with many windows, climbs and pitches, difficult to explore exhaustively. <p><a name="plughole">The passage</a> leads, after a 3m climb up and a 2m climb down, to a narrow slot opening out into the spacious <b>Plughole pitch</b> below, which drops 18m to a rock bridge. <p>At the rock bridge the single shaft splits into three. An inlet enters from an aven and goes down an undescended clean-washed shaft [99-xx A]. This descends about 8m to a ledge where a slot drops at least 30m, past the choked floor at the bottom of the Footlights pitch (determined by rocks thrown in from two points below). This apparently does not connect (at least directly) with the Orchestral Pit - rocks were not audible from there. The second of the shafts is more like a 3m blind pit, of little interest. <p>The third, and biggest, of the dry shafts is a further drop of 30 m (bolt, tape deviation at -10m) and lands on the floor of <a href="#exitsl">Exit Stage Left</a> (originally reached by the 16m climb up from the Theatre). <p>Across the rock bridge, over a few boulders and through a smallish slot, is a short 5m pitch. This is the way on to <a href="chile.htm">Chile</a>, 1999's major find. <h3><a name="wetdream">Wet Dreams</a> (1983/4)</h3> <p>Wet Dreams is the original route, explored first in 1983/4, but named in 1997 in memory of the anticipated connection with 161 by this route. In fact no such connection has yet been found, but the shaft series has not yet been bottomed and so it's still a possibility. <p>Continuing from the foot of the <a href="#3rdp">third pitch</a> and crossing the traverse to the point where the Eyehole Route diverges, a dry hang is possible to the bottom of the rift down which the water disappears. At the foot of this 15m pitch is a narrow rift, leading quickly to a further 12m pitch followed by another narrow rift to another pitch. <p><a name="pfantasy">Around</a> the head of this pitch, <b>Phreatic Fantasy</b> - so called because of the anticipated large sloping ramps expected from a previous cave description - are a number of small, clean and fairly uninteresting roof tubes, probably phreatic in origin. The shaft at this point becomes roughly vertical and descends in a number of sections a further surveyed 35m, becoming increasingly wet towards the bottom. From the surveyed limit a further pitch of around 30m (estimated) can be seen descending immediately below. <h4>1983 rigging</h4> <p>The split between Eyehole and Wet Dreams is about three quarters of the way down what the 1983 description had as a broken shaft of c 100m. This was in sections of 14m vertical, 24m sloping, 13m vertical to a ledge. Here a desperate step across (worse on exit) attained a parallel shaft which apparently connected back lower down. The main way dropped 9m sloping, 29m vertical, to a 9m slope and a final 3m vertical to what is assumed to have been the Phreatic Fantasy level - though the pitch lengths (mainly deduced from survey data) don't correspond well with the 1997 experience and this may be below the next pitch. 1983 figures put the next pitch as 17m sloping, then 15m vertical to a bolt at -194m, which may be a similar point to that reached on this route in 1997, or not quite as deep. <h4>1984 series</h4> <p>A further drop is 5m to "a very bad bolt" and either 15m total, or a further 15m from the bolt, to a spray lashed ledge with only one small alcove in which to cower and brew up. A rift in the floor leads 6m to a rebelay and a final 20-25m pitch into a chamber with two ways off. One was very tight to an aven and small drop which stones indicate ends blind in mud floor after c10m. The main way was a squeeze past a very large boulder, down a 10m pitch to a stream which flows into the classic too-narrow draughting rift. Logbook describes this as -260m, which fits with the non-existence of a 30m "virtual" pitch which is believed to be the result of an ambiguity elsewhere in the 1984 log book.		In dataset	1983 Surface survey from Vord. Schwarzmooskogel (p1843) <br>1997 Surface survey to 1623/147 <br>underground survey, CUCC 1983 to -194m (unpublished ?), and a new one in 1997	136				<p><img alt="Rigging " src="../../../icons/rigbut.png" width=40 height=40> <a href="names.htm"><img alt=" Glossary " src="../../../icons/idx161.png" width=40 height=40></a> <a href="../index.htm#136"><img alt=" Desc " src="../../../icons/desc.png" width=40 height=40></a> <a href="../../index.htm"><img alt=" Expo " src="../../../icons/ausbut.png" width=40 height=40></a> <a href="../../infodx.htm"><img alt=" Topics " src="../../../icons/index.png" width=40 height=40></a> <a href="../../indxal.htm"><img alt=" Index " src="../../../icons/indxal.png" width=40 height=40></a> <a href="../../../index.htm"><img alt=" CUCC" src="../../../icons/cucc.png" width=40 height=40></a>													135m on bearing of 66&deg; from Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel summit or 123m East and 55m north of the summit. 136b is 22m N of 136a, 136c is 28m N of 136a, 136d is 35m NNE of 136a. All entrances on same shelf. 136b &c are holes in shelf, 136d is large (15x10m) funnel-shaped hole just over 1m ridge (so not obvious from normal route).	<a name="ent">Relocated</a> in 1996. From main summit, drop down east to a bare limestone shelf. Follow this ~NE for some way (c 200m) until a way down east again reaches a small group of holes/shafts/rifts (CUCC 1997-07, 209, 136c, 136b). Cross this area south, initially keeping close below a small cliff to your right. After passing 136b, 136a is a little off to the left (east) of the cliff at the south end of the karren shelf. (See area map in NotKH survey book p88-89). The entrance is in a depression and is marked by, and under, a large (3m cubicish) boulder with a faint (in 1996) '136' painted on the S side, and a Tag.<p>From Top Camp, proceed via the 161 approach up to the point (immediately past 1623/147) where a short climb down through the bunde drops onto a large, wide, grassy area perhaps 200m before reaching Vd1 and 30m higher. Cross the grassy patch, contouring around the hill and then take the 3rd steep grassy bank up to the right, through some bunde (this is not the most obvious slope). Climb up to the limestone shelf above and then continue contouring around the hill at roughly the same level for a further 300m to the entrance.		<center><a href="l/jh97-2.htm"> <img alt="Photo - 58k" src="t/jh97-2.jpg" width=225 height=150 hspace=20></a></center>
165			a		entrance																			p136				Nils	82220	36364	1796m	135m on bearing of 66&deg; from Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel summit or 123m East and 55m north of the summit.
166			b		entrance																				p136b	spit		Surface survey	82237	36367	1789m			136b is 22m N of 136a
167			c		entrance																				p136c	spit		Surface survey	82252	36371	1790m			136c is 28m N of 136a
168			d		last entrance																			p136d				Surface survey	82252	36376	1792m			136d is 35m NNE of 136a.
169	137	1/S +				smkridge/137.htm	Schwa Schacht 137			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked		CUCC 1983	Shaft						47m												c 1790m			East of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel
170	138	1/S +				smkridge/138.htm	Schwa Schacht 138			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked		CUCC 1983. Surveyed-to 1999 (Wookey, Mark Shinwell)	Rapidly turns vertical and when explored, choked with snow at -40m.		In dataset	Sketch in not-KH survey book 1996, page 14. Area map NoKH book p88.	138							p138				Surface survey	82206	36323	1795m			East flank of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel. One shelf up from 136. 50m WSW of 136a.	Follow route to <a href="136.htm">136</a>. From large cubic boulder at 136a entrance climb 4m step to west. Go 25m SW along 'gully' between bunde, then turn R into gap. Large, T-shaped entrance now visible in cliff 15m ahead.			Number in red on the right wall of the vertical of the "T", saying "138 CUCC 1983". Spit with metal tag "CUCC 138" placed 1997.
171	139	1/S +				smkridge/139.htm	Schwa Schacht 139			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked					In dataset		139											Surface survey	82312	362328	1827m
172	140					smkridge/140.htm	Schwa Schacht 140			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
173	141					smkridge/141.htm	Schwa H&ouml;hle 141			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
174	142					smkridge/142.htm	Schwa H&ouml;hle 142			Caves known or expected to link into the Stellerweg - Eish<73>hle and Kaninchenh<6E>hle systems					In dataset		142								p142			Nils
175	143					smkridge/143.htm	Wei&szlig;e Warze Schacht I			Caves known or expected to link into the Stellerweg - Eish<73>hle and Kaninchenh<6E>hle systems					In dataset		143								p143		p143x	Nils
176	144					smkridge/144.htm	Tony's Second H&ouml;hle			Caves known or expected to link into the Stellerweg - Eish<73>hle and Kaninchenh<6E>hle systems					In dataset		144								p144		p144x	Nils
177	145		a b c			plateau/145.htm	Wolfh&ouml;hle			"Nearer" plateau northeast of the col					In dataset		145
178			a
179			b
180			c
181	146					smkridge/146.htm	Tobogganschacht			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
182	147					smkridge/147.htm	Schwa H&ouml;hle 147			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked					In dataset		147								p147			Nils
183	148					plateau/148.htm	Marilyn Monroe H&ouml;hle			"Nearer" plateau northeast of the col					In dataset		148
184	149					smkridge/149.htm	Plateau Schacht 149			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
185	150					smkridge/150.htm	Schwa R&ouml;hrh&ouml;hle 150			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
186	151					smkridge/151.htm	Schwa H&ouml;hle 151			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
187	152					smkridge/152.htm	Bananeh&ouml;hle			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked					In dataset		152
188	153					smkridge/153.htm	Schwa Schacht 153			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
189	154					smkridge/154.htm	Schwa Schacht 154			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
190	155					smkridge/155.htm	Unerforscht Schacht 155			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
191	156					smkridge/156.htm	Schwa Schacht 156			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
192	157					smkridge/157.htm	Schwa Schacht 157		Pirat Schacht	Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
193	158					smkridge/158.htm	Donner und Blitzen H&ouml;hle			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
194	159					plateau/159.htm	Winded Hole			Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall
195	160					plateau/160.htm	Plateau Schacht 160			Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall
196	161		a b c d e f			smkridge/161/top.htm	Kaninchenh&ouml;hle			Caves known or expected to link into the Stellerweg - Eish<73>hle and Kaninchenh<6E>hle systems					In dataset		161
197			a																						p161a			Nils
198			b																						p161b			Nils
199			c																						p161c			Nils
200			d																						p161e			Nils
201			e
202	162					smkridge/162.htm	Schwa H&ouml;hle 162			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked					In dataset		162
203	163					smkridge/163.htm	Schwa H&ouml;hle 163			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked					In dataset		163
204	164					plateau/164.htm	Plateau Schacht 164			Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall
205	165					smkridge/165.htm	Schwa Schacht 165			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
206	166-170								Not CUCC numbers
207	171			90/1		plateau/171.htm	Plateau H&ouml;hle 90/1			"Nearer" plateau - including holes found on "geologists' walk"
208	172			90/2		plateau/172.htm	Plateau H&ouml;hle 90/2			"Nearer" plateau - including holes found on "geologists' walk"					In dataset		172
209	173			90/3		plateau/173.htm	Plateau Schacht 90/3			"Nearer" plateau - including holes found on "geologists' walk"
210	174			90/4		plateau/174.htm	Plateau Schacht 90/4			"Nearer" plateau - including holes found on "geologists' walk"
211	175			90/5		plateau/175.htm	Plateau Schacht 90/5			"Nearer" plateau - including holes found on "geologists' walk"
212	176			90/6		plateau/176.htm	Plateau Schacht 90/6			"Nearer" plateau - including holes found on "geologists' walk"
213	177			90/7		plateau/177.htm	Tantalus Schacht			"Nearer" plateau - including holes found on "geologists' walk"
214	178			90/8		plateau/178.htm	Plateau H&ouml;hle 90/8			"Nearer" plateau - including holes found on "geologists' walk"
215	179			90/9		plateau/179.htm	Plateau Schacht 90/9			"Nearer" plateau - including holes found on "geologists' walk"
216	180			90/10		smkridge/180.htm	Schwa Schacht 90/10			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
217	181			90/11		plateau/181.htm	Plateau Schacht 90/11			"Nearer" plateau - including holes found on "geologists' walk"
218	182			90/12		plateau/182.htm	Bovistundpuderzuckerh&ouml;hle	Puffball and Icing Sugar Cave		Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall					In dataset		182
219	183			90/13		plateau/183.htm	Elchfalle			Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall					In dataset		183
220	184			90/14		plateau/184.htm	Shiruken			Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall
221	185					smkridge/185.htm	Zweijahreentstehungsh&ouml;hle			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked					In dataset		185								p185			Nils
222	186					kratzer/186.htm	Rosenkavalierh&ouml;hle			Kratzer valley
223	187					smkridge/187.htm	Schwa Schacht 187			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
224	188		a b c d			plateau/188.htm	Skinrip Durchgange I-VI			Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall
225			a
226			b
227			c
228			d
229	189					plateau/189.htm	Plateau Schacht 189			Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall
230	190			B9		plateau/190.htm	Glitterstompf		B9 now known to be same as 190	Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall
231	191					smkridge/191.htm	Schwa Schacht 191			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
232	192					smkridge/192.htm	Schwa Schacht 192			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
233	193					smkridge/193.htm	Schwa Schacht 193			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked					In dataset		193
234	194					smkridge/194.htm	Schwa Schacht 194			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
235	195					smkridge/195.htm	Schwa Schacht 195			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked					In dataset		195								p195			Nils
236	196					smkridge/196.htm	Schwa H&ouml;hle 196			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked					In dataset		196
237	197			B8, CUCC 1976/B8		plateau/197.htm	Bemoost Tropfen H&ouml;hle	Mossy Dribble Cave		Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall
238	198			B11		plateau/198.htm	Fuchsh&ouml;hle			Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall
239	199					smkridge/199.htm	St&uuml;rzender Felsbrocken H&ouml;hle	Tumbling Boulder Hole		Caves in the same area - but not yet linked					In dataset		199
240	200					plateau/200.htm	Verlorener Rucksack Schacht	Lost Rucksack Cave		"Nearer" plateau - including holes found on "geologists' walk"
241	201			1998/01		smkridge/201.htm	Haftefelle Schacht	Ski-skin shaft		Caves in the same area - but not yet linked					In dataset		201
242	202						Dominoschacht								In dataset		202
243	203						Sonnenscheinschacht								In dataset		203
244	204		a b c d e f			smkridge/204/204.shtml	Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked					In dataset		204
245			a																						p204			Nils
246			b
247			c
248			d
249			e
250	205					smkridge/205.htm	Nordalpenschacht			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked					In dataset		205
251	206		a b c d e f g				7-Eingangsh&ouml;hle								In dataset		206
252			a
253			b
254			c
255			d
256			e
257	207			96-WK2, Crapper H&ouml;hle		plateau/207.htm	Plumpskloh&ouml;hle								In dataset		207
258	208		a b	96-WK3		plateau/208.htm	Quallenh&ouml;hle								In dataset		208
259			a
260			b
261	209			1996WK8 (maybe also CUCC 1996-08)		smkridge/209.htm	Schistock-Absturzschacht	Dropped skipole hole							In dataset		209
262	210			1998_03		plateau/210.htm	Fettsack und Faulpelz h&ouml;hle	Lardy Festerers' Cave
263	211						?
264	212						?
265	213						?
266	214			2000-03			Segment cave
267	215			2000-05			Rufverbindungsh&ouml;hle								In dataset		215								p215		p215x	Nils
268	216			2000-06			Nichts 50								In dataset		216								p216		p216x	Nils
269	217			2000-07			Schneepfropfenh&ouml;hle
270	218			1996WK6			Hammerkopfabsturtzh&ouml;hle
271	219			1996WK5			Tertaeingfester
272	220			2000-04			Kennedyalternature
273	221						?
274	222			1996-04			G&ouml;sserh&ouml;hle
275	223			1996-03			Eggenbergschacht
276	224			1996-02			Toplesscayonh&ouml;hle
277	225			90 ADAM			Jahrzehnschacht
278	226			1999OB03			Skaschacht
279	227			1999OB04			Faultienschacht
280	228						?								In dataset		228
281	229						?								In dataset		229
282	230			1999-04			Verge&szlig;lichheith&ouml;hle
283	231		a b c d e f g h i	2000-01		smkridge/231/231.shtml	Traungoldh&ouml;hle			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked					In dataset		231
284			a
285			b
286			c
287			d
288			e
289			f
290			g
291			h
292			i
293	232					smkridge/232/232.shtml	Moostunnelh&ouml;hle			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
294	233		a b c			smkridge/233/233.shtml	Dreieingangabdrosselnh&ouml;hle			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
295			a
296			b
297			c
298	234		a b			smkridge/234/234.shtml	Flinkameiseschacht			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
299			a
300			b
301	235					smkridge/235/235.shtml	Schaukelfelsbrockenh&ouml;hle			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
302				A1		kratzer/a1.htm	CUCC 1976/A1			Kratzer valley
303				B1		kratzer/b1.htm	CUCC 1976/B1			Kratzer valley
304				B2		kratzer/b2.htm	CUCC 1976/B2			Kratzer valley
305				B3		kratzer/b3.htm	CUCC 1976/B3			Kratzer valley
306				B4		kratzer/b4.htm	CUCC 1976/B4			Kratzer valley
307				B5		kratzer/b5.htm	CUCC 1976/B5		probably = <a href=\	Kratzer valley
308				B6		plateau/b6.htm	CUCC 1976/B6			Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall
309				B10		plateau/b10.htm	CUCC 1976/B10			Around Top Camp and below Br<42>uning Wall
310				LA25		remote/la25.htm	LUSS/LA25			Far plateau to Grie<69> Kogel and Augst-Eck
311				LA26		remote/la26.htm	LUSS/LA26			Far plateau to Grie<69> Kogel and Augst-Eck
312				LA27		remote/la27.htm	LUSS/LA27			Far plateau to Grie<69> Kogel and Augst-Eck
313				LA30		remote/la30.htm	LUSS/LA30			Far plateau to Grie<69> Kogel and Augst-Eck
314				LA35		remote/la35.htm	LUSS/LA35			Far plateau to Grie<69> Kogel and Augst-Eck
315				LA37		remote/la37.htm	LUSS/LA37			Far plateau to Grie<69> Kogel and Augst-Eck
316				LA38		remote/la38.htm	LUSS/LA38			Far plateau to Grie<69> Kogel and Augst-Eck
317				LA40		remote/la40.htm	LUSS/LA40			Far plateau to Grie<69> Kogel and Augst-Eck
318				BS1-16					UBSS finds - no documentation
319				BS17		remote/bs17.htm	Organh&ouml;hle			Far plateau to Grie<69> Kogel and Augst-Eck
320				BS18-nn?					UBSS finds - no documentation
321				88H					GSCB
322				88AF					GSCB - now <a href=\
323				VSS188F					GSCB
324				1987/02
325				1989/01
326				1990-15
327				1996-01			Ski-pole h&ouml;hle
328				1996-05
329				1996WK4
330				1996-07
331				1996WK11
332				1996WK12
333				1999_OB_01
334				1999_OB_02
335				1999_MS_01
336				1999_MS_02
337				1999-10
338				2000-09		smkridge/2000-09/2000-09.htm	Hauchh&ouml;hle
339				2001-04			Rock'n'Roll H&ouml;hle			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked					In dataset		2001-04
340				2001-05											In dataset		2001-05
341				2001-06			Erb&auml;rmlichbaumh&ouml;hle			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
342				2001-07			Hoffnungschacht	\		Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
343				2001-08			Schneeoberlichtschacht			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
344				2001-09			Funkberaterschacht			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked					In dataset		2001-09
345				2001-10			Gro&szlig;arbeith&ouml;hle			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
346				2001-11			Schn&uuml;rsenkelschacht			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
347				2001-12			Unnotiggewohnlichkeitschacht			Caves in the same area - but not yet linked
348				2002-01		smkridge/2002-01/2002-01.htm	Artischockeh&ouml;hle