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<h1>Area 1623: Loser-AugstEck plateau</h1>
<p>Within the Austrian kataster, area 1620 is the Western Totes Gebirge. Area
1623 is the Loser - Augst-Eck plateau, bounded to the SE by path 234 from the
Wildenseehutte down to Altausseer See, to the south by the lake itself, then to
the SW by the road to Blaa-Alm. The Western edge is marked by the valley of
Gr&uuml;ne Bichl, and the northern limit is the ridge crest of Sch&ouml;nberg,
then a rather ill-defined line back to the Wildenseeh&uuml;tte. Within this
area, by far the majority of caves are above 1500m in an area from around Augst
See, along the major ridge line of Schwarzmooskogel towards Augst-Eck (forming
a long strip on the SE of the area), and across the plateau west of
Schwarzmooskogel.</p>
<p>Access to the area is relatively easy at its southern edge, as the <a
href="tollrd.htm">Loser Panoramastra&szlig;e</a> (a toll road) climbs the
southern slopes of Loser to reach a large parking area and self-service
restaurant at 1600m just below Augst See. From here, good paths reach both the
southern slopes of Vd. Schwarzmooskogel, and also north to a col overlooking
the extensive pathless central plateau. Both the further reaches of the central
plateau and the areas around the Sch&ouml;nberg, Gries Kogel and Augst-Eck
ridges are remote - being large pathless areas of rough karren with little or
no water supplies except for snowmelt.</p>
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<img src="images/seesw.jpg" width="800" height="440" alt="Perspective view of
Loser plateau looking SW" />
<p class="caption">Plateau visualisation by Pennine Software (still in early
development stages :-)</p></div>
<p>There are approaching two hundred caves known at present in the area, so for
convenience, we have broken the area down into smaller areas, with a number of
related caves in each. Some of these areas are natural - separated by clear
geographic boundaries like big cliffs, or areas of non-karstic rocks. Others
are more arbitrary, and are defined more by route of access than by any real
geographical distinction. Apart from a few caves found in the first couple of
years, CUCC's work has been confined to just the first four of these smaller
areas, though the map overlaps onto most of the others.</p>
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<img src="maps/newmap.png" width="602" height="627" alt="Map of area 1623, with areas marked" usemap="#areas" ismap="ismap" />
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<area shape="poly" coords="149,317,155,253,138,236,143,165,230,100,273,81,346,85,367,99,360,110,365,114,356,146,336,170,326,197,331,207,324,218,324,246,305,261,284,293,264,296,206,294" href="plateau.html" alt="1: Main plateau over Schwarzmoossattel" />
<area shape="poly" coords="367,99,448,123,505,153,545,165,541,217,518,235,505,268,461,335,461,346,467,350,461,356,464,373,432,439,346,505,263,529,254,508,234,511,237,494,248,440,287,358,284,293,305,261,324,246,324,218,331,207,326,197,336,170,356,146,365,114,360,110 " href="smkridge.html" alt="2: Schwarzmooskogel ridge" />
<area shape="poly" coords="12,440,17,478,51,523,78,541,102,550,141,468,170,475,183,491,219,424,258,378,260,312,264,296,206,294,149,317,101,346,46,366,30,393" href="br-alm.html" alt="3. Br&auml;uning Alm and Kunntal" />
<area shape="poly" coords="183,491,186,502,215,508,237,494,248,440,287,358,284,293,264,296,260,312,258,378,219,424" href="kratzer.html" alt="4. Kratzer valley and area south of Schwarzmoossattel" />
<area shape="poly" coords="602,0,577,0,526,45,505,153,545,165,541,217,518,235,505,268,461,335,461,346,467,350,478,344,506,353,602,204" href="wilden.html" alt="5. East of Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel out to Wildensee" />
<area shape="poly" coords="0,0,577,0,526,45,505,153,448,123,367,99,346,85,273,81,230,100,143,165,90,200,62,240,48,239,12,284,0,287" href="remote.html" alt="6. Further plateau and out to Augst-Eck" />
<area shape="poly" coords="234,511,224,535,188,548,181,559,152,559,139,574,139,595,116,613,113,626,0,626,0,624,4,612,12,602,26,597,26,595,38,592,45,581,68,566,75,568,102,550,141,468,170,475,183,491,186,502,215,508,237,494" href="egglgrub.html" alt="7. Sommersitz and Egglgrube area" />
<area shape="poly" coords="0,456,12,440,17,478,51,523,78,541,102,550,75,568,68,566,45,581,38,592,26,595,26,593,21,593,8,601,0,613" href="loser.html" alt="8. Loser and around Augst-see" />
<area shape="poly" coords="0,456,12,440,30,393,46,366,101,346,149,317,155,253,138,236,143,165,90,200,62,240,48,239,12,284,0,287" href="gschwand.html" alt="9. Gschwandt Alm and area east of Blaa-Alm" />
<area shape="poly" coords="113,626,116,613,139,595,139,574,152,559,181,559,188,548,224,535,234,511,254,508,263,529,346,505,432,439,464,373,461,356,467,350,478,344,506,353,486,382,440,488,331,611,300,626" href="aaussee.html" alt="10. North of Altausser See and up valley to Hochklapf" />
<area shape="poly" coords="0,613,8,601,21,593,26,593,26,597,12,602,4,612,0,624" href="tollrd.htm" alt="Loser Panoramastrasse toll road" />
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<ol>
<li><a href="plateau.html">Main plateau over Schwarzmoossattel</a></li>
<li><a href="smkridge.html">Whole Schwarzmooskogel ridge area</a> which has four approaches:
<ul>
<li><a href="1623/vianip.htm">The walk in to the "Nipple" area</a></li>
<li><a href="1623/via201.htm">The walk in to the Stellerwegh&ouml;hle area</a></li>
<li><a href="1623/via161.html">The walk in to the Kaninchenh&ouml;hle area</a></li>
<li><a href="1623/viavsk.htm">The walk in to the Vord. Schwarzmooskogel area</a></li>
<li><a href="1623/via204.html">The Steinbr&uuml;cken path</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="br-alm.html">Br&auml;uning Alm and Kunntal</a></li>
<li><a href="kratzer.html">Kratzer valley and area south of Schwarzmoossattel</a></li>
<li><a href="wilden.html">East of Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel to Wildensee</a></li>
<li><a href="remote.html">&quot;Further&quot; plateau and out to Augst-Eck</a></li>
<li><a href="egglgrub.html">Sommersitz and Egglgrube area</a></li>
<li><a href="loser.html">Loser and around Augst-see (access from Toll road)</a></li>
<li><a href="gschwand.html">Gschwandt Alm and area east of Blaa-Alm</a></li>
<li><a href="aaussee.html">North of Altausseer-See and valley to Hochklapf</a></li>
<li><a href="augstb.html">Ramsau/Posern area: Augst Bach valley below Toll road</a> <i>(not shown on map)</i></li>
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<li>Back to <a href="infodx.htm">Expedition Index</a> page</li>
<li><b>Cave description indices:</b>
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<li>Caves in CUCC's area <a href="indxal.htm">1623</a></li>
<li>Adjacent area <a href="1626/index.html">1626</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Back to <a href="../index.htm">CUCC home page</a></li>
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