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1623: Kratzer area
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<center><h1>Kratzer valley</h1></center>
The Kratzer valley is the main valley south from Schwarzmoossattel. However,
it is not the one followed by the path down to Br&auml;uning Alm, which
traverses the east slopes of Br&auml;uning Nase to reach a small col and
slopes west of Kratzer. The narrow valley itself may be entered at the top
(north) end by dropping below the path just after it leaves the
Schwarzmoossattel. The inner reaches are then relatively inaccessible, as
they are separated from the dwarf-pine covered slopes up to Br&auml;uning
Alm by a cliff band. Similarly, cliffs on the other side isolate it from the
SW slopes of Vorderer Schwarmooskogel.
<p>Consequently, few of CUCC have explored the valley since the initial trip
of 1976, and most of the caves hereabouts have been entered by the local
cavers (at the north end). The locals were exploring and numbering caves
around the time when CUCC looked in the valley, and there is a suspicion that
some of the "Austrian" numbers refer to the same caves looked at by CUCC.
However, the supposed correlation between CUCC and kataster numbers mentioned
in the Austrian caving journal does not seem to be correct, from evidence
gathered on a visit in 1990, so CUCC's caves appear here with their original
CUCC numbers, pending more investigation.
<p>There is a suspicion that one of the German groups may have explored some
other entrances near the bottom of the valley (marked with red paint, but not
in the kataster), but we have no documentation on these.
<p>If the valley is followed down, it leads into a closed depression with a
low point at 1527m, not at all obvious from the map. A steep climb up leads
to a more level section, where a path materialises, to meet the marked path
201 (St&ouml;gerweg) as the north branch of a T-junction at c 1580m. Straight
on (initially south for a short way) is the Stellerweg area <a
href="../smkridge/via201.htm">approach route</a>, whilst right (west) is the
route from <a href="../egglgrub/index.htm">Egglgrube</a> and the
Bergrestaurant. The first part of this path into Kratzer from the south
appears to be well-used <b>only</b> because of people missing this T-junction
and going some way before realising the error.
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<tr><td><a name="34">34</a></td>
<td><a href="../noinfo/kratzer/34.htm">H&ouml;hle am Kratzer I</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="35">35</a></td>
<td><a href="../noinfo/kratzer/35.htm">Dr. Kerschner H&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="36">36</a></td>
<td><a href="../noinfo/kratzer/36.htm">Schachtgruppe I - V am Hinterbr&auml;uning</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="39">39</a></td>
<td><a href="../noinfo/kratzer/39.htm">SCHWA h&ouml;hle 39</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="43">43</a></td>
<td><a href="../noinfo/kratzer/43.htm">H&ouml;hle beim Wackelstein</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="44">44</a></td>
<td><a href="../noinfo/kratzer/44.htm">H&ouml;hle am Kratzer II</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="71">71</a></td>
<td><a href="71.htm">Fledermaush&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="73">73</a></td>
<td><a href="../noinfo/kratzer/73.htm">Suppentellerschacht</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="74">74</a></td>
<td><a href="../noinfo/kratzer/74.htm">Schneckenhaush&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="75">75</a></td>
<td><a href="../noinfo/kratzer/75.htm">Wisenth&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="a1">A1</a></td>
<td><a href="a1.htm">CUCC(1976) h&ouml;hle A1</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="b1">B1</a></td>
<td><a href="b1.htm">CUCC(1976) schacht B1</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="b2">B2</a></td>
<td><a href="b2.htm">CUCC(1976) schacht B2</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="b3">B3</a></td>
<td><a href="b3.htm">CUCC(1976) schacht B3</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="b4">B4</a></td>
<td><a href="b4.htm">CUCC(1976) schacht B4</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="b5">B5</a></td>
<td><a href="b5.htm">CUCC(1976) schacht B5</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="186">186</a></td>
<td><a href="186.htm">Rosenkavalierh&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
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