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<h1>The Loser Augst-Eck plateau</h1>
<p>The area CUCC calls <b>The Plateau</b> is situated north of the
Br&auml;uning wall. To the west it drops off into Gr&uuml;ne Bichl, a large
valley (relatively unvisited) which marks one boundary with the adjacent <a
href="../1626/index.htm">1626</a> kataster area. To the north it continues
further than most are prepared to walk over the rough limestone. Work done
beyond CUCC's normal limit is considered under
<a href="../remote/index.htm">&quot;Further&quot; plateau and out to
Augst-Eck.</a> North of this is also area 1626. To the east, the plateau
starts to rise towards the long Schwarzmooskogel ridge, and we take the break
of slope as a rather arbitrary boundary with the western slopes of the next
area, the <a href="../smkridge/index.htm">Schwarzmooskogel ridge</a>.
<p><center><a href="others/l/nasevw.htm"><img src="others/t/nasevw.jpg"
width=219 height=138></a></center>
<h3>Access</h3>
<p>The <a href="walkin.htm">route to the plateau</a> takes between 25 and
45 minutes, depending on weather, load and fitness - this is to reach
the start of the karren - it can take another hour or more to reach a
particular cave.
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>From the Schwarzmoossattel at 1684m, the plateau stretches out to the
north, looking relatively level. On the map it appears gently undulating,
rising from steeper slopes above Gr&uuml;ne Bichl to the west, levelling off
about 1600m, and reaching 1700m in the east where slopes rise to the
Schwarzmooskogel ridge. Far to the north, the bare limestone peaks of
Sch&ouml;nberg, Gro&szlig;e and Kleine Wild Kogel and Grie&szlig; Kogel rise
to over 2000m.
<p><center><a href="../piclinks/wildkg.htm"><img src="../tinypix/wildkg.jpg"
width=168 height=123 alt="View of plateau from near
Schwarzmoossattel"></a>
<br>Once down onto the plateau, the reality is a little different, as
small-scale relief is made up of pavements and cliffs of up to 10m. One bit
looks very much like another and an intermittent covering of impenetrable
thickets of dwarf pine (<i>Pinus mugo</i>) also help to make progress and
navigation very difficult. Sharp rocks and open shafts lie everywhere,
awaiting the unwary.</center>
<p><center><a href="../piclinks/brw-b8.htm">
<img src="../tinypix/brw-b8.jpg" width=165 height=128
alt="Br&auml;uning wall from the plateau near B8"></a><br>
Small scars and dwarf pine dominate the foreground of this view to the
Br&auml;uning wall from the plateau below Top Camp.
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<p><center><a href="others/l/82area.htm"><img alt="82 area of plateau"
src="others/t/82area.jpg" width=185 height=122></a><br>View over eastern edge
of plateau to entrance 1623/82 and Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel beyond.</center>
<p>Potential new caves are frequent, although the plateau is characterised
by snow- and scree-choked open shafts.
<a href="../handbook/look4.htm">Prospecting</a> is time-consuming, and it's
worth looking <i>very carefully</i> for a painted number or other signs of
previous exploration (eg. bolts) before entering.
<p>As <a href="../tcamps.htm#topcamp">Top Camp</a> is on the southern edge of
this area, and routes to several major finds cross it, there has been a
significant number of recorded finds, since the earliest years of CUCC's
work.
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<caption align=top>Around Top Camp and below Br&auml;uning Wall</caption>
<tr><td><a name="b6">B6</a></td>
<td><a href="b6.htm">CUCC 1976/B6</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="b10">B10</a></td>
<td><a href="b10.htm">CUCC 1976/B10</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="90">90</a></td>
<td><a href="90.htm">Br&auml;u schacht 90</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="91">91</a></td>
<td><a href="91.htm">Br&auml;u schacht 91</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="92">92</a></td>
<td><a href="92.htm">Br&auml;u schacht 92</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="93">93</a></td>
<td><a href="93.htm">Br&auml;u schacht 93</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="94">94</a></td>
<td><a href="94.htm">Br&auml;u schacht 94</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="100">100</a></td>
<td><a href="100.htm">Plateau schacht 100</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="159">159</a></td>
<td><a href="159.htm">Winded Hole</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="160">160</a></td>
<td><a href="160.htm">Plateau schacht 160</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="164">164</a></td>
<td><a href="164.htm">Plateau Schacht 164</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="182">182</a></td>
<td><a href="182.htm">Bovistundpuderzuckerh&ouml;hle (90/12)</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="183">183</a></td>
<td><a href="183.htm">Plateau schacht 90/13</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="184">184</a></td>
<td><a href="184.htm">Shiruken (90/14)</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="188">188</a></td>
<td><a href="188.htm">Skinrip Durchgange I-VI</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="189">189</a></td>
<td><a href="189.htm">Plateau Schacht 189</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="190">190<br>(=CUCC 1976/B9)</a></td>
<td><a href="190.htm">Glitterstompf</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="b8">197<br>(=CUCC 1976/B8)</a></td>
<td><a href="197.htm">Mossy Dribble Cave</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="b11">198<br>(=CUCC 1976/B11)</a></td>
<td><a href="198.htm">Fuchsh&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
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<table border>
<caption align=top>&quot;Nearer&quot; plateau - including holes found on
&quot;geologists' walk&quot;</caption>
<tr><td colspan=2>Note that this area probably overlaps the<br>
last one - I found 171 whilst looking for 190 (as B9)...</td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="101">101</a></td>
<td><a href="101.htm">Plateau shaft 101</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="102">102</a></td>
<td><a href="102.htm">Plateau shaft 102</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="103">103</a></td>
<td><a href="103.htm">Plateau shaft 103</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="171">171</a></td>
<td><a href="171.htm">Plateau h&ouml;hle 90/1</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="172">172</a></td>
<td><a href="172.htm">Plateau h&ouml;hle 90/2</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="173">173</a></td>
<td><a href="173.htm">Plateau schacht 90/3</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="174">174</a></td>
<td><a href="174.htm">Plateau schacht 90/4</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="175">175</a></td>
<td><a href="175.htm">Plateau schacht 90/5</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="176">176</a></td>
<td><a href="176.htm">Plateau schacht 90/6</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="177">177</a></td>
<td><a href="177.htm">Tantalus Schacht (90/7)</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="178">178</a></td>
<td><a href="178.htm">Plateau h&ouml;hle 90/8</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="179">179</a></td>
<td><a href="179.htm">Plateau schacht 90/9</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="181">181</a></td>
<td><a href="181.htm">Plateau schacht 90/11</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="200">200<br>(=CUCC 1993-01)</a></td>
<td><a href="200.htm">Verlorener Rucksack Schacht</a></td></tr>
</table>
<table border>
<caption align=top>&quot;Nearer&quot; plateau northeast of the col</caption>
<tr><td><a name="80">80</a></td>
<td><a href="80.htm">Schwa schacht 80</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="81">81</a></td>
<td><a href="81.htm">Schwa h&ouml;hle 81</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="82">82</a></td>
<td><a href="82.htm">Br&auml;uningh&ouml;hle</a> 216m deep</td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="83">83</a></td>
<td><a href="83.htm">Schwa schacht 83</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="84">84</a></td>
<td><a href="84.htm">Schwa h&ouml;hle 84</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="85">85</a></td>
<td><a href="85.htm">Schwa h&ouml;hle 85</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="86">86</a></td>
<td><a href="86.htm">Schwa schacht 86</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="145">145</a></td>
<td><a href="145.htm">Wolfh&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="148">148</a></td>
<td><a href="148.htm">Marilyn Monroe H&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
</table>
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<caption align=top>&quot;Middle&quot; plateau</caption>
<tr><td><a name="37">37</a></td>
<td><a href="../noinfo/plateau/37.htm">Schachtgruppe beim Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="38">38</a></td>
<td><a href="../noinfo/plateau/38.htm">Algenh&ouml;hle</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="76">76 a b c</a></td>
<td><a href="76.htm">Eislufth&ouml;hle</a> 506m deep</td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="89">89</a></td>
<td><a href="89.htm">Schwa schacht 89</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="97">97</a></td>
<td><a href="97.htm">Schneewindschacht</a> 265m deep</td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="98">98</a></td>
<td><a href="98.htm">Plateau schacht 98</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="99">99</a></td>
<td><a href="99.htm">Plateau schacht 99</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="104">104</a></td>
<td><a href="104.htm">Plateau schacht 104</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="105">105</a></td>
<td><a href="105.htm">Plateau schacht 105</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="107">107</a></td>
<td><a href="107.htm">Gemsh&ouml;hle</a> 280m deep</td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="111">111</a></td>
<td><a href="111.htm">Plateau schacht 111</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="112">112</a></td>
<td><a href="112.htm">Plateau schacht 112</a></td></tr>
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