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1	Kataster Number	Kat Status Code	Entrances	Unofficial number	Multiple entrances	Autogen file	Link file	Link Entrance	Name	Unofficial Name	Comment	Area	Explorers	Underground Description	Equipment	qm list	Kataster status	References	Underground centre line	Underground drawn survey	Survex file to get length and depth	Length	Depth	Extent	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	GPS pre SA	GPS post SA	Northing	Easting	Altitude	Bearings	Map	Location	Approach	Entrance description	Photo of location	Marking	Marking comment	Findability	Findability comment
2	1	2/(W) +	a b			noinfo/aaussee/1.htm			Li&auml;gerh&ouml;hle	D'Li&euml;ger		10	</p><ul><li>H&ouml;hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 19xx</li><li>Sektion Ausseerland 1960</li><li>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.</li></ul><p>	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><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><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. Rumoured to have been partially resurveyed by Olly Betts and Martin Sluka in 2002 but data has not been forthcoming.		306m	71m	NW-SE 160m									p1			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><p>Although the Altitude given is 812m, it doesn'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.		</p><table class="imgtable"> <tr> <td><a href="liager.jpg"><img src="liager_small.jpg" /></a></td> <td><a href="liagerview.jpg"><img src="liagerview_small.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr class="caption"> <td>Entrance</td><td>View from entrance towards Altaussee</td></tr> </table> <p>			Surveyed
3	2	0/(W) =				noinfo/aaussee/2.htm			Wasserl&ouml;cher			10	Unexplored																							810m			As for Li&auml;gerh&ouml;hle, the altitude is a little suspect. I think it is further below Kat.1 than this. In any case, it is quite impenetrable.		Unexplored resurgence directly below the western entrance of <a href="1.htm">Li&auml;gerh&ouml;hle</a> (Kat.1). At the foot of Steller, a cliff band SE of and directly below the Loser Panoramastra&szlig;e Bergrestaurant.	CUCC were shown some photographs of 1 &amp; 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.			Lost
4	3	1/T(W) +				noinfo/augstb/3.htm			Gellerofen			11	</p><ul><li>Oldest documentation is dated 1880.</li><li>H&ouml;hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1937</li><li>Sektion Ausseerland, 1968</li></ul><p>							Plan at 1:100 by Alfred Auer, 1968		13.1m	3.04m													1015m		This is not marked on the Austrian´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. 'Durch das 7,5m breite und 1,2m hohe, flachbogenf&ouml;rmige Portal gelangt man zun&auml;chst in eine kuppelf&ouml;rmige Vorhalle, dann in einen durch Korrosionskolke ausgeformten Canyon. H&ouml;hlenkarren, Bergmilchbildungen, eine Sickerwasserquelle und H&ouml;hlenfauna fallen besonders auf.'				Lost
5	4	1/T(W) +				noinfo/augstb/4.htm			Ritscherbachh&ouml;hle			11	H&ouml;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".				Lost
6	5	1/S(W) +				noinfo/gschwand/5.htm			Holzknechtbr&uuml;nndlloch			9	H&ouml;hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1938							Plan at 1:100 by Alfred Auer, 1968		12m	8m													1230m			SW foot Loserstockes	reached by path west from Loser H&uuml;tte, past Augst A.H.	Eine 1,5m grosse Schacht&ouml;ffnung f&uuml; in einen stiefelf&ouml;rmigen Schacht, in dem ein Sickerwassergerinne fr&uuml;her von Holzknechten als Trinkwasserquelle genutzt wurde.'				Lost
7	6	0/W +				noinfo/gschwand/6.htm			Quelle	Wasserloch		9	Unexplored - Noted for Kataster: Sektion Ausseerland, 1968																							1425m			150m west of Augst A.H.		a small unenterable resurgence				Lost
8	7	1/(W) +				noinfo/loser/7.htm			Bachschl&auml;g			8a										3m														1550m		Location plan by Alfred Auer at 1:200, 1968	West of the Loser H&uuml;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. "Bei Hochwasser entstr&ouml;mt ihm ein m&auml;chtiger Bach und st&uuml;rzt als Wasserfall &uuml;ber zwei Gel&auml;ndstufen und durch einen Graben 200m zur Loserstra&szlig;e herab, wo das Wasser nach einem Durchla&szlig; im verkarsteten Gestein versickert."				Lost
9	8	2/T +				noinfo/loser/8.htm			Gro&szlig;es Loserloch			8a	</p><ul><li>First recorded in 1774</li><li>Explored since 1931</li><li>J V&ouml;llenkle of L.V.H.Linz, 1:250, 1972</li></ul><p>	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><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><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><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&ouml;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				Lost
10	9	2/T +				noinfo/loser/9.htm			Kleines Loserloch			8a	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&ouml;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				Lost
11	10	1/T =				noinfo/gschwand/10.htm			Spalth&ouml;hle			9	H&ouml;hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1937																							c1715m			In NW face of Loser, overlooking Blaa-Alm.						Lost
12	11	1/T =				noinfo/gschwand/11.htm			H&ouml;hle in der Loserwestwand 1			9	H&ouml;hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1937									60m														c1715m			In NW face of Loser, overlooking Blaa-Alm.		an impressive 12m wide by 15m high entrance.				Lost
13	12	0/T -				noinfo/gschwand/12.htm			H&ouml;hle in der Loserwestwand 2			9	H&ouml;hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1937																							c1715m			In NW face of Loser, overlooking Blaa-Alm.						Lost
14	13	2/T +				noinfo/loser/13.htm			Knochenh&ouml;hle			8d	Sektion Ausseerland, 1972																							1690m			Above Dimmelwand, a rockface above the final section of the toll road.(West of Augstsee on Gschirr)						Lost
15	14	1/T +				noinfo/loser/14.htm			Schafkirche			8c	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.						Lost
16	15	1/(W) +				noinfo/egglgrub/15.htm			Michel-Gang			7	Sektion Ausseerland, 1953																							1500m			Below main path west of Egglgrube. (About 35m below the path as it contours east of Sommersitz)						Lost
17	16	1/T +				noinfo/loser/16.htm			Pauli-Loch			8c	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.						Lost
18	17	1/T =				noinfo/loser/17.htm			B&auml;renh&ouml;hle im H&ouml;llgraben			8b	H&ouml;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.						Lost
19	18	2/T +				noinfo/loser/18.htm			Gaisofen im Ammerei			8b	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.						Lost
20	19	1/T +				noinfo/egglgrub/19.htm			Gamsofen im Scharlingkar			7	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.						Lost
21	20	1/T +				noinfo/egglgrub/20.htm			Windh&ouml;hle			7	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.						Lost
22	21	2/S/T +				noinfo/egglgrub/21.htm			Windloch im Egglgrube			7	H&ouml;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).						Lost
23	22	1/S x				noinfo/egglgrub/22.htm			Spiralschacht			7	H&ouml;hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1939																							1500m			South of Egglgrubenalm. Not marked on Austrian´s map						Lost
24	23	1/t/S =				noinfo/egglgrub/23.htm			Steinbockh&ouml;hle			7	H&ouml;hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1939																							1500m			East of Egglgrubenalm near Wei&szlig;e Wand.						Lost
25	24	1/S =				noinfo/egglgrub/24.htm			Schachth&ouml;hle bei Egglgrubenalm			7	Schauberger, 1938																							1540m			South of junction of paths near Egglgrube (ie. divergence of CUCC's routes to the col and to Stellerweg)						Lost
26	25	2/T x				noinfo/egglgrub/25.htm			Mauskothh&ouml;hle			7	H&ouml;hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1938																							1500m			East of Egglgrubenalm, very near <a href="23.htm">Steinbockh&ouml;hle</a> (Kat. 23).						Lost
27	26	1/(W) +				noinfo/br-alm/26.htm			Wasserschlinger I			3	Sektion Ausseerland, 1976																							1542m			In Br&auml;uning Kunntal, the large closed depression west of Br&auml;uning Alm.						Lost
28	27	1/(W) +				noinfo/br-alm/27.htm			Wasserschlinger II			3	Sektion Ausseerland, 1976																							1542m			In Br&auml;uning Kunntal, next to <a href="26.htm">Kat.26</a>						Lost
29	28	2/t/S +				noinfo/smkridge/28.htm			Augsteckh&ouml;hle			2a	LVHK Wien, 1974																							1630m			Next to St&ouml;gerweg (path 201) just beyond <a href="../../egglgrub/index.html">Egglgrube</a> and the branch path to <a href="../../kratzer/index.html">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>.				Paint	Numbered in red	Refindable	Near Stoger Weg. Should be easy to find
30	29	1/S x				noinfo/br-alm/29.htm			Schwarzmoosloch			3	Schauberger, 1921																							1560m			NE of huts in Br&auml;uning Alm						Lost
31	30	1/S x				noinfo/br-alm/30.htm			Grundloses Loch			3	LVHK Ober&ouml;sterreich, 1966																							1570m			Next to path towards Br&auml;uning Alm from Egglgrube junction. (I think this may be the first walled open shaft on the true left of the valley below Br&auml;uning Alm)						Lost
32	31	2/T +				noinfo/smkridge/31.htm			Elchh&ouml;hle	Megalodontenh&ouml;hle		2a	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/31/31.svx	262m	26m	85m				p31	No idea		Surface survey								Next to St&ouml;gerweg (path 201) somewhat beyond <a href="28.htm">Augsteckh&ouml;hle</a> (Kat. 28). Located very near laser point 7/9.				Paint	Red number - next to main path	Surveyed
33	32	1/S +				noinfo/smkridge/32.htm			Windloch am St&ouml;gerweg			2a	LVHK Ober&ouml;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&ouml;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. Unfortunately, it doesn't go anywhere. It does, however, have a permanent survey station.		Spit	CUCC drilled hole and small red-painted pre-1981 number	Surveyed
34	33	1/T +				noinfo/br-alm/33.htm			Schichtgrenzenh&ouml;hle			3	Sektion Ausseerland, 1975																							1570m			South of Br&auml;uning Alm. I think this is another of the fenced off shafts near the path north from the junction at Egglgrube.						Lost
35	34	1/T +				noinfo/kratzer/34.htm			H&ouml;hle am Kratzer I			4	Sektion Ausseerland, 1973																							1590m			Quite a way east of Br&auml;uning Alm in the top end of the Kratzer valley.						Lost
36	35	2/S/T x				noinfo/kratzer/35.htm			Dr. Kerschner H&ouml;hle			4	</p><ul><li>Found by Othmar Schauberger, 1921.</li><li>Looked at for some years by F H&uuml;tter, but always blocked by snow.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li></ul><p>	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><p>This description by Karl Gaisberger is from the 1977 Exploration:</p><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><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><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><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&auml;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.	Lost
37	36	1/S x				noinfo/kratzer/36.htm			Schachtgruppe I - V			4	H&ouml;hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, undated.															p36			GPS post SA								Austrian kataster says Hinterbr&auml;uning, south of Br&auml;uning Nase, but this isn´t where their map shows it. Map shows it south east of Schwarzmoossattel, on east side of upper Kratzer valley below Schwarzmooskogel.</p><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><p>Number is in red on the headwall just south of the three entrances.</p><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		Paint	Number is in red on the headwall just south of the three entrances.	Surveyed
38	37	0/S -				noinfo/plateau/37.htm			Schachtgruppe beim Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel			1d	Discovered by H&ouml;hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, undated.<br />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.						Lost
39	38	1/T +				noinfo/plateau/38.htm			Algenh&ouml;hle			1d	H&ouml;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.)						Lost
40	39	1/T +				noinfo/kratzer/39.htm			SCHWA h&ouml;hle 39			2b or 4 (unclear)	H&ouml;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.				Lost
41	40	7/S/T/E x	a&ndash;s		yes	noinfo/smkridge/40.htm			Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle	Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem	see also <a href="smkridge/40/cucc.htm">CUCC discoveries in Eish&ouml;hle</a>	2b	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><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.</p><ul><li>Discovered and main passages explored in 1929 by Ausseer cavers, and surveyed in 1938 by O Schauberger and U Czornig.</li><li>Further exploration 1953, Sektion Ausseerland.</li><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><li>In Autumn 1983, Eish&ouml;hle was "1600m long with four entrances".</li><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><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><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</li></ul><p>Stellerwegh&ouml;hle in turn is connected to <a href="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.	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.</p><h4>Translated brief guide</h4><p>From 'L&auml;ngsten und Tiefsten Hohlen in &Ouml;sterreich', translated by Wookey and Thilo:</p><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><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><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>'.</p><h4><a name="svh">Schneevulkanhalle</a> trip:</h4><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><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><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><p>Survey data also suggests a passage off to the right of the iceslope for 20m or so.</p><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><div class="centre"><img alt="plan - 12k gif" width="600" height="540" src="i/40svh.png" /></div><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><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><div class="centre"><a href="l/istal.htm"><img alt="Photo of ice formations, 41k jpeg" width="150" height="200" src="t/istal.jpg" /></a></div><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#elefant">Elefantengang</a>.</p><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><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><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><a id="mission">Mission Impossible</a></b>). The duck was dry in 2001, but back again in 2002.</p><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><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><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.</p><h4><a name="schotterland">Schotterland</a> (Munich cavers 198? and ARGE 2000)</h4><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><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.					In dataset		smk-system.svx	5257m (SMK system total 54000m)	262m (SMK system total 1032m)	2941m															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><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><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	noinfo/smkridge/40a.htm																				Oberer Eingang		p40a	it is laser point 14		laser point			81700.93	36459.49	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" - 40a).	a strongly draughting (out in summer) tube about 5m in diameter		Tag (?)		Surveyed	Marked entrance thought to be 40a
43	40		b		entrance																					Schneeschacht																	Tag	Tag placed eary in 2002 expo	?
44	40		c		entrance																					Reichenvaterschacht																			?
45	40		d		entrance																					Unterer Eingang																			?
46	40		e		entrance																					Brennerbeselschluf	p40e			p40ex	Nils			81993.4	36625.89	1642.286m							Tag		Surveyed
47	40		f		entrance	smkridge/40/40f.html								Classic pitch lands on slope to snow. Down side of snow leads into passage containing red climbing rope; this is the top of Brennerbeserlschluf (40e) before the snow volcano into Schneevulkanhalle.												K&ouml;nigsschachts		p40f	?		Surface survey			82042	36587	1688m				Just 20m below traverse ledge on 163 -> 40s route	Large shaft	</p> <table class="imgtable"><tr> <td><a href="i/40f-1.jpg"><img src="t/40f-1.jpg" /></a></td> <td><a href="i/40f-2.jpg"><img src="t/40f-2.jpg" /></a></td> <td><a href="i/40f-3.jpg"><img src="t/40f-3.jpg" /></a></td> <td><a href="i/40f-4.jpg"><img src="t/40f-4.jpg" /></a></td> </tr><tr class="caption"><td colspan="4"> Wookey on the entrance shaft in 2002 (photo Olly Betts, using Wookey's camera)</td></tr> </table><p>			Surveyed
48	40		g		entrance																					Einstieg zur Hans Pfandl-Halle																			?
49	59	1/T+				noinfo/loser/59.htm			Bruchshutth&ouml;hle			8c																								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...						Lost
50	60	1/S =				noinfo/gschwand/60.htm			Schacht I-IV bei Gschwandalm			9	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.						Lost
51	61	1/T +				noinfo/br-alm/61.htm			Gemsbockh&ouml;hle			3	Karl Gaisberger, 1975																							1620m			NE of Br&auml;uning Alm, north of the path to Schwarzmoossattel.						Lost
52	62	1/T +				noinfo/loser/62.htm			Dolinenh&ouml;hle			8d																								1620m			Above Dimmelwand - cliff above last section of toll road.						Lost
53	63	2/T +				noinfo/loser/63.htm			Pseudoskorpionh&ouml;hle			8d																								1625m			Above Dimmelwand.						Lost
54	64	1/T +				noinfo/loser/64.htm			Gr. Durchgangsh&ouml;hle			8d																								1670m			Above Dimmelwand.						Lost
55	65	1/T+				noinfo/loser/65.htm			Widderh&ouml;hle			8d																								1645m			Above Dimmelwand.						Lost
56	66	1/T+				noinfo/augstb/66.htm			L&ouml;ckerwegh&ouml;hle			11	H&ouml;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."				Lost
57	67	2/T +				noinfo/loser/67.htm			Biwakh&ouml;hle am Loser			8d		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.						Lost
58	68	1/T +				noinfo/aaussee/68.htm			Kleine B&auml;renh&ouml;hle			10																								1370m			At foot of Wei&szlig;e Wand west of Hochklapfsattel, just NNE of Kat.51						Lost
59	69	1/S +				noinfo/loser/69.htm			Schacht am Gschirr			8d																								1690m			Text says West of Augstsee. Map shows it above Dimmelwand.						Lost
60	70	1/T +				noinfo/loser/70.htm			Schneckenloch			8d																								1660m			Above Dimmelwand.						Lost
61	71	2/S/W +	a b			kratzer/71.htm			Fledermaush&ouml;hle			4	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><div class="centre"><a href="l/ca7.htm"><img alt="Photo - 34k" src="t/ca7.jpg" width="178" height="134" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="l/ca4.htm"><img alt="Photo - 22k" src="t/ca4.jpg" width="200" height="150" /></a></div><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><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><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><p><img alt="survey: 15k gif" width="560" height="650" src="71.png" /><p>(The original notes have been lost; the length cited was calculated by inventing stations and survey legs based on the drawn-up survey.)		347m	90m	116m												1600m			West of Kratzer valley, off path to Schwarzmoossattel.		Entrance is in a fair-sized shakehole in the dwarf-pine-covered karren before Schwarzmoossattel.		Paint (?)	Believed to be numbered in red	Refindable	AERW knows where it is
62	72	1/T +				noinfo/loser/72.htm			Skeletth&ouml;hle			8c	Sektion Ausseerland, 1976																							1720m			West of Augstsee.						Lost
63	73	2/S =				noinfo/kratzer/73.htm			Suppentellerschacht			4	</p><ul><li>Discovered by K Gaisberger and F H&uuml;tter in August 1973 (to -30m)</li><li>Sektion Ausseerland, 1977 (Karl Gaisberger + Edith Bednarik)</li></ul><p>	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).						Lost
64	74	1/T +				noinfo/kratzer/74.htm			Schneckenhaush&ouml;hle			4	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).						Lost	Probably =B5
65	75	2/T +				noinfo/kratzer/75.htm			Wisenth&ouml;hle			4	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>.				Paint	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".	Refindable	Seen in 1990 and 1996 (by AERW?)
66	76	5/S/E x	main a b		yes	plateau/76/76.htm			Eislufth&ouml;hle			1d	CUCC 1977-79,2004	<ul><li><a href="entrance.htm">Entrance Series</a></li><li><a href="70sroute.htm">1970's Route</a></li><li><a href="keg.htm">Keg Series</a></li><li><a href="brave.htm">Brave New World</a></li></ul>		<a href="qmlist.htm">Question Mark List</a>		The exploration is written up in many places:</p><ul><li><a href="../../years/1977/report.htm#youth">Cambridge Underground 1978</a></li><li><a href="../../years/1977/771649.htm">Belfry Bulletin 354</a>, Nick Thorne</li><li><a href="../../years/1978/report.htm#ropes">Cambridge Underground 1979</a></li><li><a href="../../years/1978/bcracc.htm">BCRA Caves &amp; Caving 2</a>, Andy Waddington </li><li><a href="../../years/1978/npc79.htm">Northern Pennine Club Journal vol 3 no. 2, 1979</a>, Andy Waddington, Simon Farrow</li><li><a href="../../years/1978/descnt.htm">Descent 40 (Jan/Feb 1979)</a>, Nick Thorne</li><li><a href="../../years/1978/782034.htm">Belfry Bulletin 366 (Oct 1978)</a>, Nick Thorne</li><li><a href="../../years/1979/report.htm">Cambridge Underground 1980</a></li><li><a href="../../years/1979/descnt.htm">Descent 44</a>, Nick Thorne</li><li><a href="../../years/1979/792026.htm">Belfry Bulletin 378</a>, Nick Thorne</li><li><a href="../../years/1979/bcracc.htm">BCRA Caves &amp; Caving 8</a>, Andy Waddington</li><li><a href="../../years/1977/andylg.htm#id1977-76-1">Logbook accounts</a></li><li><a href="histry.htm">Trip index</a></li><li><a href="../../years/1979/811412.htm">Speleo Krakow 1/2 Dec 1980</a>, Andy Waddington</li></ul><p>This last item, the only complete write up of 1977-79, appeared in Polish translation, and is published in the English original for the first time here.	Data for the sections covered so far by the resurvey project begun in 2004 can be downloaded as a <a href="76.3d">.3d file</a> or <a href="surveydata.tgz">raw Survex data</a>.	<p>The lower parts of the 1970s surveys are based on measurement of rope lengths and thus probably best categorised as Grade 2. The 2004 resurveyed depth for the taproom agrees closely with the 1970s surveys: <ul><li> <a href="../../years/1977/106.png">After first year of exploration (1977)</a></li><li> <a href="../../years/1978/106.png">After 1978 exploration</a></li><li> After 1979, the end of the original 1970's exploration: <a href="76upper.png">Upper half</a> and <a href="76lower.png">Lower half</a></li><li> <a href="76_final_col_small.png">2004 new exploration and resurvey down to the taproom</a></li></ul></p>		1180m resurveyed so far	~ 506m; resurveyed to 189m	172m surveyed															Out on the plateau near some very large erratic boulders. Laser rangefound point 0/6 is between the three entrances			</p><div class="centre"><a name="scf" href="l/scf.htm"><img src="t/scf.jpg" width="170" height="108" alt="SCF.jpg (73k)" /></a><p>Simon Farrow at the entrance of 76 during the initial exploration in 1977</p></div><p>		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.
67	76		main		entrance																							p76	entrance dotted triangle on 76		Surface survey												Tag		Surveyed
68	76		a		entrance																							p76a															Tag		Surveyed
69	76		b		last entrance																							p76b															Tag		Surveyed
70	77	1/S +				noinfo/egglgrub/77.htm			Fichtenschacht			7	Sektion Ausseerland/ Edith Bednarik, 1979																							1500m			North of Scharlingkar. Some way east of the Bergrestaurant, above the cliffs. 500m west of Egglgrubenalm.						Lost
71	78	5/S/t/E x	a&ndash;e		yes	noinfo/smkridge/78.htm			Schwaben(schacht)h&ouml;hle			2a	Fred Vischer, 1980 (as far as 2/S/T)</p><p>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="../../smkridge/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><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	Grade 5 survey by ARGE (not ours to reproduce)	smk-system.svx	7781m	327m																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><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><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.
72			a	40o	entrance																					Haupteingang		p78a			Nils		gps00.78	81430	35731	1666m									Surveyed
73			b	40p	entrance																					Klufteingang (E2)		p78b			Nils			81417	35717	1659m									Surveyed
74			c	40q	entrance																																								Lost
75			d	40r	entrance																					Tannenz&auml;pfle		p78d			Nils			81662	35730	1666m									Surveyed
76			e		last entrance																					Steinbl&auml;ser		p78e			Nils			81427	35787	1682m									Surveyed
77	79	2/S +				noinfo/smkridge/79.htm			Badenerschacht			2a	Vischer, 1980																							1780m (c 1650m in older kataster)			Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.						Lost
78	80	1/S +				plateau/80.htm			Schwa Schacht 80			1c	CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric, 1994	A straight pitch of 14m to a choke.									14m					p080			Nils		gps00.80				(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.			Tag	Tag 1998, retag 1999	Surveyed
79	81	1/T +				plateau/81.htm			Schwa H&ouml;hle 81			1c	CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric	A short section of horizontal passage 5m below the surface, with two entrances, but no way on.								15m.									GPS post SA		p81						Plateau just NE of col, between <a href="80.htm">80</a> and <a href="81.htm">81</a>, very close to <a href="85.htm">85</a>.			Photo 2005 (Olly's camera)	Tag	Tag 2005-07-28	Surveyed
80	82	4/S/T +				plateau/82.htm			Br&auml;uningh&ouml;hle			1c	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><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</p><p>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><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								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><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).		</p><table class="imgtable"><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><p>	Tag	"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).	Surveyed
81	83	2/S =				plateau/83.htm			Schwa Schacht 83			1c	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		This was originally listed as "exploration completed", but the description suggests that with modern drilltastic rigging techniques it would not be hard to reach the continuation of the phreas across the head of the final pitch, and possibly also to find a safe route through the boulderous hole.			p83	exact point not recorded		Surface survey								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>				Paint	Red paint number from 1977	Surveyed
82	84	1/T -				plateau/84.htm			Schwa H&ouml;hle 84			1c	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>				Paint		Lost	Not seen since 1977 apparently
83	85	2/t/S +				plateau/85.htm			Schwa H&ouml;hle 85			1c	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								Plateau, at southwest end of depression containing <a href="82.htm">Br&auml;uningh&ouml;hle</a> (Kat.82)			Photo 2005 (Olly's camera)	Tag	large red painted number "85", still visible in 1998 but occasionally hidden by snow plug. Tag placed 2005-07-28.	Surveyed
84	86	1/S +				plateau/86.htm			Schwa Schacht 86			1c	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)				Paint	Numbered in red (1977)	Lost	Not seen since 1977 apparently
85	87A	3/S +				smkridge/87.htm			Schacht 87A bei St&ouml;gerweg			2a	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><div class="centre"><a name="p2" href="others/l/87a.htm"><img alt="(mono photo - 63k)" src="others/t/87a.jpg" width="134" height="200" /></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" /></a></div><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><p>There is a 1987 extension, but I can't make much sense of the logbook description.						? MISSING (grade 5)	caves/087/087.svx		111.5m		The 1987 logbook suggests we changed this to 87b and the cave that had mistakenly been numbered 88, called 87b on this site, we called 87a, so we had better look into this.			p87	first (of several) bolts used for rigging, LHS of entrance										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.				Paint	No. 87 in red, which is correct but might have been changed to 87A (OK) or 87B (bad) in 1987	Surveyed
86	87B	0/S +				smkridge/87B.htm			Schacht 87B bei St&ouml;gerweg			2a	CUCC 1980, 1987										1.2m		The 1987 logbook suggests we changed this to 87a and 87 to 87b, so we had better look into this.											circa 1505m			<i>In</i> Stogerweg - you literally step over it while walking along the path.</p><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.				Paint		Refindable	Easily refindable, it's right on the Stogerweg path. May well be erroneously marked as 88
87	88	3/S/T x		40i		noinfo/smkridge/88.htm			L&auml;rchenschacht			2a	</p><ul><li>First descent by <span lang="de">Reinhard Lemmer</span> in 1983, depth 40m, blocked by ice.</li><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><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><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><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><li>In 1988 surveys were tied together with an improved surface survey.</li></ul><p>	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><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><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><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><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>.</p><h4 lang="de">Geburtstagsgang</h4><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><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><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.</p><h4>To <span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</span></h4><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><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><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.</p><h4><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></h4><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><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><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></p><h4><a name="gc"><span lang="de">Gro&szlig;er Ca&ntilde;on</span></a></h4><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><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><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></p><h4><a name="gg"><span lang="fr">Grande Galerie</span></a></h4><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><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.</p><h4><a name="sh"><span lang="de">Sophienhalle</span></a></h4><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>			smk-system.svx		215m to connection below Stellerweg big pitch.					p088		p088x	Nils														Surveyed
88	89	1/S +				plateau/89.htm			Schwa Schacht 89			1d	CUCC 1979	A 25m shaft into a narrow rift of zero lateral extension.																						c 1630m			Plateau						Lost	"Out from 97 somewhere" and hence probably hopeless.
89	90	1/S +		CUCC96-WK01		plateau/90/90.html			Br&auml;u Schacht 90			1a	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.						</p><div class="centre"><img alt="1996 survey" src="90survey.jpg" border="1" /></div><p>Grade 2 (at a guess), drawn up in loose leaves in front of 1996-9 NotKH book	caves/90/90.svx		20m		Briefly known as CUCC96-WK01, but the number existed meaningfully only for an hour or so until Wookey spotted that the cave was, in fact, 1623/90		p90				Surface survey		gps00.90				Br&auml;uning Wall pt. 1828: 247&deg;, Br&auml;uning Nase: 153&deg;, Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel (nipple): 097&deg;, Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel: 050&deg;, Sch&ouml;nberg: 346&deg;		Plateau - below Br&auml;uning Scharte - the large and dramatic breach in the Br&auml;uning Wall. GPS (1996) UTM 33T 0410257 5280891; UTM 33T 0410281 5280823; GK 5410141 5283007	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. Surface survey location sketch in not KH 1996 p 3		</p><table class="imgtable"><tr> <td><img src="90_entrance_location.jpg" /></td> <td><img src="90_entrance_tag_ringed.jpg" /></td> </tr><tr class="caption"> <td>Entrance area</td> <td>Closeup of entrance (red circle marks tag - original <a href="90_entrance.jpg">here</a>)</td> </tr></table><p>	Tag	red painted number "90" (1977), 1998 tag "1623 90 CUCC 1977"	Surveyed
90	91	1/S +				plateau/91/91.html			Br&auml;u Schacht 91			1a	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).						</p><div class="centre"><img alt="1996 survey" src="91survey.jpg" border="1" /></div><p>Grade 2 (at a guess), drawn up in loose leaves in front of 1996-9 NotKH book	caves/91/91.svx		20m				p91						gps00.91				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;		Plateau - below Br&auml;uning Scharte. GPS: UTM 33T 0410171 5280908; UTM 33T 0410155 5280976; UTM 33T 0410177 5280894	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><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><table class="imgtable"><tr><td><a href="../others/l/91_93.htm"><img src="../others/t/91_93.jpg" alt="Entrance 91 looking towards entrance 93 (77k JPEG)" width="214" height="155" /></a></td><td><a href="91entclose.jpg"><img src="91entclose_small.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr class="caption"><td>Entrance 91 looking north towards 93 and Sch&ouml;nberg</td><td>Closeup showing location of tag and paint markings (original <a href="91_entrance.jpg">here</a>)</td></tr></table><p>(Photos &copy; Andy Waddington 1990 and Olly Betts 1999)	Tag	number in red (1977) on small scarp facing south, 1998 tag "1623 91 CUCC 1977"	Surveyed
91	92	2/S +				plateau/92.htm			Br&auml;u Schacht 92			1a	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.						</p><p><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.		Paint		Lost	Not seen since 1977 despite several concerted searches. Below Bräuningscharte
92	93	1/S +				plateau/93/93.html			Br&auml;u Schacht 93			1a	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								Plateau - below Br&auml;uning Scharte, north of Kataster <a href="../91/91.html">91</a>.	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><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.		</p> <table class="imgtable"> <tr> <td><a href="../others/l/91_93.htm"><img src="../others/t/91_93.jpg" alt="Entrance 91 looking towards entrance 93 (77k JPEG)" width="214" height="155" /></a></td> <td><a href="ent.jpg"><img src="ent_tag_small.jpg" /></a></td> <td><a href="entclose.jpg"><img src="entclose_small.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr class="caption"> <td>Entrance 91 on left, looking towards 93 and Sch&ouml;nberg</td> <td>93 entrance area, with location of tag highlighted</td> <td>Closeup of entrance</td> </tr></table> <p>Photos &copy; Andy Waddington 1990 (1) and &copy; Olly Betts 1999 (2,3).	Tag	numbered in red (1977) on scarp facing south, 1998 tag "1623 93 CUCC 1977".(placed in middle of "9")	Surveyed
93	94	1/S +				plateau/94/94.html			Br&auml;u Schacht 94			1a	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									35m				p94				Surface survey								A little north of Kat.93.	From <a href="../91/91.html">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="../93/93.html">93</a>, which is about 20m from 91).		</p><table class="imgtable"><tr> <td><a href="../others/l/94x93.htm"><img src="../others/t/94x93.jpg" alt="Location of 94 in the landscape (71k JPEG)" width="218" height="160" /></a></td> <td><a href="94_ent.jpg"><img src="94_ent_tag_small.jpg" /></a></td> <td><a href="94_ent_close.jpg"><img src="94_ent_close_tag_small.jpg" /></a></td> </tr><tr class="caption"> <td>View of 94 from <a href="../93/93.html">93</a></td> <td>Entrance area (tag highlighted) in 1999</td> <td>Entrance closeup</td></tr></table> <p>Photos &copy; Andy Waddington 1990 (1) &amp; &copy; Olly Betts 1999 (2, 3)	Tag	number in red (1977) on scarp facing south, 1998 tag "1623 94 CUCC 1977" - tag bolt (middle of "9")	Surveyed
94	95	1/S -				br-alm/95.htm			Br&auml;u Schacht 95			3	CUCC 1977 - Team Enthusiast.	A 10m climb down to an unpushed and unpromising tube.													p95				GPS post SA					1585m			South of Br&auml;uning Alm, near camp 1 (1977), close to <a href="96.htm">96</a>			On Olly's camera	Tag	Number painted on rock (very faint). Tag added 2005-07-28.	Surveyed
95	96	3/S +				br-alm/96.htm			Br&auml;u Schacht 96			3	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.						</p><p><img alt="grade 1 elevation: 13k gif" width="640" height="900" src="96.png" />			105m				p96				GPS post SA					c 1600m			In grassy pasture east of Br&auml;uning Alm, next to CUCC's high-level camp of 1977 (<a href="../tcamps.htm#id1977camp">camp 1</a>).			</p><div class="centre"><img alt="entrance photo - 16k jpeg" width="240" height="360" src="t/s109.jpg" /></div><p>Original photo; 2005 photo on Olly's camera	Tag	number painted red in 1976, refreshed (probably in orange which elsewhere hasn't lasted well) in 1990. Tag added 2005-07-28.	Surveyed
96	97	4/S/W x				plateau/97.htm			Schneewindschacht			1d	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><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><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><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.						</p><ul><li>grade 1 extended section, JTG, 1977.</li><li>Surface survey grade 3, 1984, AERW+MM from laser 0/4 at <span lang="de">Wolfh&ouml;hle</span></li></ul><div class="centre"><img alt="100 dpi elevation (710x1710) 30k gif" width="710" height="1710" src="others/97.png" /></div><p>			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="76/76.htm">76</a> (aka 106), then away from the col past the open shaft of <a href="105/105.html">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.		Tag	"97" in red paint on doline wall, tag 2005	Surveyed
97	98	1/S +				plateau/98.htm			Plateau Schacht 98	Dropped Light Shaft		1d	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#id1978-98-1">Logbook accounts</a>					47m													c 1630m	HSK 116&deg;, Nipple 174&deg; (?!?), Nase 199&deg;. Zinken 216&deg;		Out on the plateau somewhat further than <a href="97.htm">97</a>, in a large sloping rockface. Refound 1990, "shaft further up bedding plane from 176" (presumably away from 175).		A small shaft in a large grike with very sharp rocks at the top		Spit	Bolts at entrance; conjectured to be paint marked as well.	Refindable	Hopefully refindable via 176
98	99	1/S x				plateau/99/99.html			Plateau Schacht 99			1d	</p><ul><li>CUCC 1979</li><li>Surface survey 1999</li><li>Partial reexploration 2004</li></ul><p>	Entrance gully of 5m leads to 20m pitch at 70&deg; over snow, heading roughly back towards Eislufth&ouml;hle. At the base is a 'snow-duck' under a rock wall beyond which a small rift-like chamber descends about 3m. Straight ahead at the same level, the rift quickly becomes an impenetrable slot through which can be seen a 2m wide passage with an ice floor running down from right to left at 5-10&deg;. This is the source of the strong draught. Below the slot is another low hole, this leaks a vague draught and leads to a small boulder-strewn ledge with a definite blackness continuing to the left behind more boulders. Energetic but nervous removal of these gave obvious signs of a continuation, but other commitments and rain prevented a return. Note therefore it has been <strong>Left Going</strong>.				<a href="../../years/1979/log.htm#id1979-99-1">1979 logbook</a>, <a href="../../years/2004/logbook.html#t2004-07-21C">2004 logbook</a>		Grade 1 3-d sketch by Tony Malcolm, 1979</p><div class="centre"><img alt="3-d sketch - 21k gif" width="590" height="890" src="99sketch.png" /></div>							p99				Surface survey								A short way South East of <span lang="de">Eislufth&ouml;hle</span> Kat.76</p><p>E 35876.6 N (52)82903.5 H 1638.9		Draughting entrance near <span lang="de">Eislufth&ouml;hle</span><a href="../76/76.htm">(1623/76)</a>, ignored at first, since it was assumed it would join 76.	</p> <table class="imgtable"><tr><td><img src="99_entrance_tag_and_number_ringed.jpg" /></td><td><img alt="" src="99ent.jpg" /></td></tr><tr class="caption"><td>Entrance area in 1999, with tag highlighted (original <a href="99_entrance.jpg">here</a>)</td><td>Jenny Black on the entrance slope, 2004</td></tr></table><p>(Photos &copy; Olly Betts)	Tag	Tag placed 1999	Surveyed
99	100	1/S +				plateau/100.htm			Plateau Schacht 100	Viper Shaft		1a	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								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.	0			Tag	red painted number, with 1998 tag "1623 100 CUCC 1977" in centre (M6 stud).</p><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 number 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.	Surveyed
100	101	1/S +	main a		yes	plateau/101.htm			Plateau Schacht 101			1d	</p><ul><li>CUCC 1977 - Team Youth (A.Waddington &amp; N.Thorne)</li><li>Surface survey to entrance CUCC, 1998</li></ul><p>	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.						? MISSING (grade 1)			~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="1996_05.html">CUCC 1996-05</a>, and is a short way south of <a href="173.htm">1623/173</a>.</p><p>(GPS: (cliff directly above 101A) GK 5410503 5283483 (FOM 9.2m))				Tag	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).
101			main		entrance	plateau/101main.htm																					t101				Surface survey						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;		Tag	extremely faded numbers "101" in red. 1998 tag "1623 101 CUCC 1977" southeast-facing (M6 stud).	Surveyed
102			a		last entrance	plateau/101a.htm																					gps98.101a				GPS pre SA	gps98.101a							(GPS: (cliff directly above 101A) GK 5410503 5283483 (FOM 9.2m))				Paint	extremely faded numbers "101A" in red	Surveyed
103	102	1/S +				plateau/102.htm			Plateau Schacht 102			1d	CUCC 1977 - Team Youth (A.Waddington)	A near-straight shaft of 20m ends on a snow plug.													gps00.102				GPS post SA	gps98.102				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.				Tag	painted number is extremely faded, and appears only as a slight lightening in the lichen when wet. Part drilled hole for tag. Tagged 1998	Surveyed
104	103	1/S +				plateau/103.htm			Plateau Schacht 103			1d	</p><ul><li>CUCC 1977 - Team Youth (S.Farrow &amp; N.Thorne)</li><li>Surface survey to entrance, CUCC 1998</li></ul><p>	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.									30m				t103				Surface survey	gps98.103					HSK 075&deg;, VSK Nipple 153&deg;, Lost Rucksack Cairn 325&deg;		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>´s northward crawl, which is about 35m away to the SE.				Tag	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 face in which the entrance lies.	Surveyed
105	104	1/S +				plateau/104/104.html			Plateau Schacht 104			1d	CUCC 1977 - Team Youth (S.Farrow). Relocated and surface surveyed CUCC 2005.	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.													p104				Surface survey					c 1650m			In deep scrub adjacent to a very large erratic boulder, in the same area as <a href="../76/76.htm">Eislufth&ouml;hle</a> (Kat. 76). The boulder has an incipient split, and is visible from the col.			</p><div class="centre"> <a href="104.jpg"><img src="104_small.jpg" /></a> <p class="caption">Entrance looking down from top of boulder (spit visible in front on boot)</p></div><p>Photo &copy; Olly Betts, 2004	Tag	Red-painted number (1977). Traces of paint still visible in 2004, but number very hard to make out. Described boulder with spit on top fortunately still enables reliable identification. Tag placed on spit 2005-07-28.	Surveyed	Close to 76, worth a look
106	105	1/S +				plateau/105/105.html			Plateau Schacht 105			1d	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								30m north of <a href="../76/76.htm">Eislufth&ouml;hle</a> on the plateau.			</p><div class="centre"><img src="105ent.jpg" /><p class="caption">Entrance (red circle indicates tag - original <a href="105_entrance.jpg">here</a>)</p></div><p>	Tag	paint; tag 1999	Surveyed
107	106										Number not allocated (see <a href="plateau/76/76.htm">Eislufth&ouml;hle 1623/76</a>)	nonexistent
108	107	4/S/T +				plateau/107.htm			Gemsh&ouml;hle			1c	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><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><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><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><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.					Reverse-engineered data in dataset measured from drawn-up survey	grade 5 survey from 1978</p><p><img src="others/107.png" alt="107 survey" />			280m					p107	exact point not recorded		Surface survey	gps98.107							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="76/76.htm">Eislufth&ouml;hle</a> (Kat.76).			</p><div class="centre"><a href="others/l/107.htm"><img alt="Photo of entrance" src="others/t/107.jpg" width="117" height="175" /></a></div><p>	Tag	number twice in orange paint, 1998 tag on survey point "1623 107 CUCC 1978"	Surveyed
109	108	1/S +				plateau/108/108.html			Schwa-H&ouml;hle 108			1d	CUCC 1980 John, Tony and Andy Connolly	Horizontal entrance to a large chamber with narrow rift dropping away. Ends too tight.</p> <p>A cave numbered 108 was relocated in 2004, but does not match this description. It's marked with paint "108" and has a spit in the centre of the "0". The spit isn't great, but there's a good chunky flake to use too. The shaft descends ~9m to a ledge. At this level there's a horizontal passage which leads immediately to a 4m deep blind rift pitch. Back in the main shaft, a few natural rebelays get you to a floor just under 30m down. At one end of the rift a draught emerges from rocks, but removing some rocks it appears it would need quite a lot of work to make progress and the continuation may be too small anyway.</p>									7m		This does not appear to be in the Austrians' Kataster.			p108									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			</p> <table class="imgtable"> <tr><td><a href="108_ent.jpg"><img src="108_ent_small.jpg" /></a></td><td><a href="108_paint.jpg"><img src="108_paint_small.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td>Entrance</td><td>Closeup of marking</td></tr></table><p>Photos &copy; Olly Betts 2004	Paint		Surveyed
110	109	1/T/S +				smkridge/109.htm			Schwa-Schacht 109			2a	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.						? grade 1					This does not appear to be in the Austrians' Kataster.			p109	point above 1623/109 entrance		Surface survey									This is a hole you step over on the way to <a href="113.htm">Sonnenstrahlh&ouml;hle</a> (113).			Paint	as at Aug 2001: "109" in very faded yellow paint, with an Omega.	Surveyed
111	110	1/S/T +				remote/110.htm			Kein Hubschrauber H&ouml;hle			6	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.						</p><p><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/76/76.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.				Paint		Lost	We don't have a cat's chance in hell of finding this
112	111	1/S +				plateau/111.htm			Plateau Schacht 111			1d	CUCC 1978 - Supersmooth/Supercool	Shaft 20m to ledge, then 10m to choke/too narrow.																									Out on plateau, quite near <a href="98.htm">98</a>.				Paint (?)		Lost	Near 98
113	112	1/S +				plateau/112.htm			Plateau Schacht 112			1d	CUCC 1978 - 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>.				Paint (?)		Lost	50m from 111 and close to 98
114	113	4/S/T +				smkridge/113.htm			Sonnenstrahlh&ouml;hle			2a	</p><ul><li>CUCC 1980 (Team Sunbeam) to bottom</li><li>1982 to push bottom, but no new passage found.</li><li>Entered from 152 in 1985, Ibbeth Perilous Pot route connected 1987</li></ul><p>	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><div class="centre"><a href="others/l/113day.htm"><img src="others/t/113day.jpg" alt="(photo (23k jpeg))" width="130" height="200" /></a></div><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><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><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><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><div class="centre"><a name="ppitbot" href="others/l/purple.htm"><img src="others/t/purple.jpg" alt="(B/W photo (58k jpeg))" width="134" height="200" /></a><p>Simon Kellet at the top of the short dry pitch below Purple Pit </p></div><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><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><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.						? MISSING (grade 3)	caves/113/113.svx	521m	330m approx (apparently, but surveyed only to 206m)	91m				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´t rush beyond the tree or you'll fall a long way.		</p><div class="centre"><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></div><p>	Paint	Orange painted number on north-facing wall above shaft	Surveyed
115	114	0 + ?				wilden/114.htm			Verlorenschacht 114			5	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><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.						Lost	Near Wildenseealm (not a hope)
116	115	6/t/S/W x		40m		smkridge/115.htm			Schnellzugh&ouml;hle			2a	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><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><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	CUCC's parts surveyed to Grade 5 but not all drawn up - see <a href="41/survey.htm">	smk-system.svx		-740m, +231m		The Austrian Kataster has adopted a very perverse way of numbering things. Their numbers are as follows:</p><ul> <li>115a&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stellerwegh&ouml;hle entrance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;41a</li> <li>115b&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stellerwegh&ouml;hle entrance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;41b</li> <li>115c&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stellerwegh&ouml;hle entrance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;41c ( where ? )</li> <li>115d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Schnellzugh&ouml;hle entrance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;115</li> <li>115e&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;unnamed entrance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;142</li></ul><p>			p115	P115 on left in Schnellzug entrance.	p115x	Nils		gps00.115	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><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.			Paint	number painted on right (east-facing) wall of entrance	Surveyed
117	116	2/t/S/E +				noinfo/smkridge/116.htm			Kleine Eish&ouml;hle			2a	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)	caves/116/116.svx	286m	38m		This cave was previously marked as having an altitude of 1820m			p116			Nils			81449	35689	1662m			Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.						Surveyed
118	117	2/T/S/ +				noinfo/smkridge/117.htm			Stuttgarter-Schacht			2a	Germans																										Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.						Lost
119	118	0/S =				noinfo/smkridge/118.htm			Schwa-Schacht 118			2a	Germans																										Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.						Lost
120	119	0/S =				noinfo/smkridge/119.htm			Schwa-Schacht 119			2a	Germans																										Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.						Lost
121	120	0/S =				noinfo/smkridge/120.htm			Schwa-Schacht 120			2a	Germans																										Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.						Lost
122	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.	nonexistent
123	127	1/T =				noinfo/smkridge/127.htm			Kleine Firnh&ouml;hle			2a	Germans																										Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.						Lost
124	128	1/S =				noinfo/smkridge/128.htm			Enttauschungsschacht			2a	Germans																										Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.						Lost
125	129	2/T =				noinfo/smkridge/129.htm			Gro&szlig;e Firnh&ouml;hle			2a	Germans																										Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.						Lost
126	130	2/S +				noinfo/smkridge/130.htm			C&auml;cilien-Schacht			2a	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;.				Lost
127	131	2/E/S x				noinfo/remote/131.htm			Thomas-Eish&ouml;hle			6									caves/131/131.svx	1017m	193m	234m				p131			Laut Information Robert Seebacher, E-Mail 11/00 an Thilo			83700	37700	1721m			SE face of Kleines Augsteck.						Surveyed
128	132	2/T +				noinfo/remote/132.htm			Tropfsteinh&ouml;hle am Augsteck			6																								1600m			SE face of Kleines Augsteck..						Lost
129	133	1/T +				noinfo/remote/133.htm			Unterstandh&ouml;hle			6																								1604m			SE face of Kleines Augsteck.						Lost
130	134	1/T +				noinfo/wilden/134.htm			H&ouml;hlenruine bei der Wasserstelle			5																								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.						Lost
131	135	1/S +				smkridge/135.htm			Schwa Schacht 135			2c	</p><ul><li>CUCC 1983</li><li>Surveyed-to 1999 (Wookey, Mark Shinwell)</li></ul><p>	Shaft choked at -20m				Surface survey (138-136a-135) NotKH Survey book p88-89	In dataset		caves/135/135.svx	21m	20m	4m			p135				Surface survey			82219	36399	1783m			East of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel. 1 shelf below 136. 40m East of 136a.	Approach as for 136 – then from large cubic boulder at 136a follow gully NE for 35m, then down to next shelf. 135 is immediately (5m) on R.	Rift approx 1m x 8m	On Dave's camera	Spit	Red Paint "CUCC 135" (1983). Spit 1999. Tag 2005-08-01.	Surveyed
132	136	2/S +	a&ndash;d		yes	smkridge/161/136.htm			Steinschlagschacht			2c	CUCC 1983, 1984, <a href="../../years/1997/index.htm">1997</a>, <a href="../../years/1999/index.htm">1999</a>	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.</p><p><i><a name="id136p1" href="../../years/1997/index.htm">1997</a> rigging</i></p><div class="onleft"><a href="fullsize/136elv.png"><img alt="Elevation - 26k GIF" width="300" height="709" src="inline/136elv.png" /></a></div><div class="centre"><a href="l/jh97-3.htm"><img alt="Photo - 57k" src="t/jh97-3.jpg" width="150" height="225" /></a></div><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><div class="centre"><a name="p1" href="l/jh97-7.htm"><img alt="Photo - 38k" src="t/jh97-7.jpg" width="148" height="225" /></a></div><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.</p><p style="clear: both"><i><a name="id136p2">Second</a> Pitch</i></p><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><div class="centre"><a href="l/jh97-9.htm"><img alt="Photo - 55k" src="t/jh97-9.jpg" width="225" height="150" /></a><a href="l/jh9711.htm"><img alt="Photo - 60k" src="t/jh9711.jpg" width="150" height="225" /></a></div><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><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.</p><p><i><a name="id3rdp">Third Pitch</a></i></p><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>.</p><h4><a name="eyehole">Eyehole</a> Route (<a href="../../years/1997/index.htm">1997</a>)</h4><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><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><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><div class="centre"><a href="l/jh9715.htm"> <img alt="Photo - 21k" src="t/jh9715.jpg" width="150" height="225" /></a></div><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><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><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><div class="centre"><a href="l/jh9719.htm"><img alt="Photo - 38k" src="t/jh9719.jpg" width="150" height="200" /></a></div><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><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><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.</p><h4><a name="thegods">The Gods'</a> Traverse (<a href="../../years/1997/index.htm">1997</a>)</h4><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><div class="onleft"><a href="l/godst.htm"><img alt="Photo - 48k jpeg" width="150" height="200" src="t/godst.jpg" /></a></div><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><p>Back through the eyehole, a couple of pitches lead eventually to the Orchestral Pit.</p><h4 style="clear: both"><a name="footlight">Fifth pitch and Footlights</a> Traverses (<a href="../../years/1997/index.htm">1997</a>)</h4><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><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><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><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><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><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><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.</p><h4><a name="wetdream">Wet Dreams</a> (1983/4)</h4><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><p>Continuing from the foot of the <a href="#id3rdp">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><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.</p><p><i>1983 rigging</i></p><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 lengt s (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.</p><p><i>1984 series</i></p><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	</p><ul><li>1983 Surface survey from Vord. Schwarzmooskogel (p1843)</li><li>1997 Surface survey to 1623/147</li><li>Underground survey, CUCC 1983 to -194m (unpublished ?), and a new one in 1997</li></ul><p>	smk-system.svx		(to deepest point in 161) 534m																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 &amp; 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><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.		</p><div class="centre"><a href="l/jh97-2.htm"><img alt="Photo - 58k" src="t/jh97-2.jpg" width="225" height="150" /></a></div><p>Photos of b, c, d ents on Dave's camera
133			a		entrance	smkridge/161/136a.htm																					p136				Nils		gps00.136 gps00.136_2	82220	36364	1796m	135m on bearing of 66&deg; from Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel summit or 123m East and 55m north of the summit.						Tag		Surveyed
134			b	CUCC96-WK10	entrance	smkridge/161/136b.htm							</p><ul><li>Discovered CUCC 1996 (Wookey)</li><li>Explored and surveyed 1999 (Andy Atkinson, Simon Flower)</li></ul><p>															p136b	spit		Surface survey			82237	36367	1789m	VSK: 233&deg;, Hollweiser: 145&deg; (from a point between the WK7-WK10 entrances)		136b is 22m N of 136a		Slot entrance, leads 10m down spacious boulder slope to p5. Warm draught.		Spit		Surveyed
135			c	CUCC96-WK9	entrance	smkridge/161/136c.htm							</p><ul><li>Discovered CUCC 1996 (Wookey)</li><li>Explored and surveyed 1999 (Andy Atkinson, Simon Flower)</li></ul><p>															p136c	spit		Surface survey			82252	36371	1790m	VSK: 233&deg;, Hollweiser: 145&deg; (from a point between the WK7-WK10 entrances)		136c is 28m N of 136a		136c is slot next to Schistock-Absturzschacht, and clearly connects to 136d.		Unmarked		Surveyed
136			d	CUCC96-WK9	last entrance	smkridge/161/136d.htm							</p><ul><li>Discovered CUCC 1996 (Wookey)</li><li>Explored and surveyed 1999 (Andy Atkinson, Simon Flower)</li></ul><p>														p136d				Surface survey			82252	36376	1792m	VSK: 233&deg;, Hollweiser: 145&deg; (from a point between the WK7-WK10 entrances)		136d is 35m NNE of 136a.		136d is 15x10m funnel-shaped shaft over a 1m ridge from <a href="../209/209.html">209 - Schistock-Absturzschacht</a>, so not quite as obvious.		Retag	Tag "CUCC 97-08" between 136d and 209 (Schistock-Absturzschacht)	Surveyed
137	137	1/S +				smkridge/137.htm			Schwa Schacht 137			2c	CUCC 1983	Shaft									47m													c 1790m			East of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel				Paint (?)		Refindable	Believed marked (may have been seen 1996) Same area as 135 & 136. Should be refindable
138	138	1/S +				smkridge/138.htm			Schwa Schacht 138			2c	</p><ul><li>CUCC 1983</li><li>Surveyed-to 1999 (Wookey, Mark Shinwell)</li></ul><p>	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.	caves/138/138.svx	46m	42m	6m			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="161/136.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.			Tag	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.	Surveyed
139	139	1/S +				smkridge/139.htm			Schwa Schacht 139			2c	</p><ul><li>CUCC 1983</li><li>Relocated 1996 (Wookey).</li><li>Surveyed to 1999.08.07 (Andy Atkinson, Simon Flower)</li></ul><p>	Shaft. Two pitches to -30m, then too narrow.					In dataset		caves/139/139.svx	21m	20m	0.6m			p139				Surface survey		gps00.139	82312	362328	1827m	HSK 022&deg;, Gries Kgl. 356&deg;, Hollweiser 147&deg;		Vord SMK, just below (~70m on bearing 070&deg;) secondary Northern summit. 90m NW of 136d, approx 200m N of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel summit.</p><p>GPS fix GK 5411207 to 5282893, Alt. 1877 &plusmn; 91m	From VSMK summit: go down 50m on E side to a large shelf, walk along ~NE 200m to where shelf peters out. Up slope on left is 139.</p><p>From VD1 to 136 route: As you come over crest out of grassy gully there is a choss bowl/snow ahead (you cross this to get to the 136 shelf. Instead turn right uphill, up small steps on open limestone. 139 is a large square cleft in a limestone scarp after about 60m.			Tag	Tag "CUCC 139" (1997). Red Paint "139 CUCC 1983" (1983).	Surveyed
140	140	2/S x				smkridge/140.htm			Schwa Schacht 140			2b	CUCC 1983	Shaft entrance is 9m by 6m, with first pitch 15m to boulders. A 6m pitch is immediately followed by a 10m drop to a sloping boulder floor. From the end of this, a 5.5m drop reaches a longer boulder slope, which leads into a canyon at 90&deg;. Down this is a longer pitch split into 10 and 10.5m sections by a small ledge, landing on a very large boulder. Over the boulder are two ways on.</p><p>Through a squeeze is a shaft 10m deep to floor with <b>continuing hole and a further shaft to one side, neither of which were descended, despite a draught coming out through the squeeze</b>.</p><p>The way followed is a 5m pitch from the big boulder, to a boulder false floor. At the end of this, the roof rises into a high aven and an 11m pitch drops to a flat boulder floor next to another huge block. A hole down gives a 7m drop next to stacked rocks and a way on across boulders leads to a final 8m pitch.</p><p>Forward over boulders passes under another high aven from which water falls. A short climb down leads to where this water disappears into a scrofulous slot, at a depth of 95m.</p><p>The cave is in a key position, almost directly above the Breeze Block area of <a href="161/chile.htm">Chile,</a> in Kaninchenh&ouml;hle. However, these passages lie between 250 and 300m below the 140 entrance, so this is probably not a potential easy way in.						? grade 3. In 1983 logbook (but not scanned?)								p140	very old surface survey (notes missing)			gps98.140	gps00.140			1796m			South of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel - 126m on 194&deg; from summit.</p><p>47&deg; 40' 41" N 13&deg; 48' 58" E	From Top Camp, climb the "high" route towards 161. Just past the highest point, join a traverse round the Schwarzmooskogel heading south and eventually more west. If you pick the right level, this passes the large open shaft of 140. Alternatively, the cave may be approached from the summit (point 1843) though various cliffs make this approach difficult.			Paint (?)		Surveyed
141	141	1/S =				smkridge/141.htm			Schwa H&ouml;hle 141			2a	CUCC 1982, 1983															p141			Surface survey								On the hillside above Windloch (Kat.32).		A large non-draughting entrance, not pushed, appears to contain an 80m pitch in a narrow rift. Described in a later journal as -30m.		Paint	painted number "131" in red <i>[is this a typo? I hope so]</i>	Surveyed
142	142	6/T/S x		40n		smkridge/142.htm			Schwa H&ouml;hle 142			2a	</p><ul><li>CUCC 1982-85</li><li>Arge/CUCC 1996</li></ul><p>	Yet another entrance to <a href="41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a>, with two points of connection, and also the first point of connection with Schwabenschacht, a similar cave explored by <a href="http://arge.itvd.uni-stuttgart.de/">Arbeitsgemeinschaft H&ouml;hle und Karst Grabenstetten e.V.</a>. 142 contains a very large chamber, imaginatively named <b>The Big Chamber</b> reached by a 34m pitch from a point adjacent to the connection. A <a href="41/off41.htm#ent142">full description</a> of 142 (but not 78) is one of the components of the Stellerwegh&ouml;hle guidebook, just an overview is given here.</p><p>Note: With apparent perversity, the Austrians have numbered this as 115e in their Kataster. This is likely to give rise to immense confusion in the long term as more caves are connected, and numbers on entrances cannot readily be altered (owing to the obscurity of their location and inaccessibility from within the system).</p><p>After an initial small tube, the cave opens into passages very similar to those in Schwabenschacht and the upper levels of Stellerwegh&ouml;hle. Descent of some of the steep ramps to the right of the main way on may provide further connections into the main cave (and one may have already done so). However, staying high leads through tubes to an inobvious junction. Left is the connection to 78, whilst right leads immediately to the head of a pitch into the <b>Big Chamber</b> - a popular name in the system. A route from this chamber leads to the foot of an 18m pitch in the entrance series of <a href="41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a>, and a more obscure route through boulders from the head of the Big Chamber pitch leads to the same place.					In dataset	CUCC plan from surveys 1982-1985, here in several sections:</p><ul><li><a href="41/142ent.png">Entrance area</a></li><li><a href="41/142bc.png">Big Chamber</a></li><li><a href="41/142-41.png">Stellerweg connection</a>...</li></ul><p>	smk-system.svx				this entrance to the main system really should have a name.			p142			Nils			81218.2	35770.4	1615.1m				Hack up the hillside behind <a href="../noinfo/smkridge/32.htm">Windloch</a> (Kat.32).			Tag (?)	The entrance was prominently numbered '132' in red but this was finally changed in 1996 after the connection to <a href="../noinfo/smkridge/78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a> (1623-78)	Surveyed
143	143	3/S +				smkridge/143.htm			Wei&szlig;e Warze Schacht I			2a	CUCC 1983, 1984	The first pitch starts after a short climb down boulders. From here light may be seen entering from another entrance 143b. The pitch of 20m lands on a small ledge and a short freeclimb leads to a traverse over wedged blocks. The next pitch of 10m is rigged over the edge of the last of these and brings one to a balcony at the start of a 23m shaft. Another clean, almost circular shaft (19m) follows, to a climb of 6m down wedged boulders. The passage now narrows to a small vadose canyon with a stream in it, but soon turns vertical at an 8m pitch, followed quickly by one of 18m. At the foot of this final shaft, the stream flows down a rift, approximately 10m deep, but too narrow to follow. Much hammering here achieved little progress, but could be heard clearly in passages leading from above the Big Pitch in <a href="41/41.htm#bigpitch">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a>.					In dataset	See <a href="41/hlevel.png">Stellerwegh&ouml;hlensystem upper levels</a> survey	caves/143/143.svx	182m	124m	36m	The above name is provisional, since its not really my prerogative to name it, but it should have a name really.			p143		p143x	Nils								The Nipple, (aka "Wei&szlig;e Warze")		The square shaped entrance lies just below (22m vertically at 34m on 158&deg;) the nipple at the end of the ridge running SSW from Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel.				Surveyed
144	144	6/S/T x				smkridge/144.htm			Tony's Second H&ouml;hle			2a	CUCC 1983, 1985	This is the highest entrance to Stellerwegh&ouml;hle found by CUCC, and a full description is included in the Stellerwegh&ouml;hle <a href="41/144.htm">guidebook description</a>, just an overview is given here.</p><p>A predominantly vertical entrance series leads to a level of extensive fossil phreatic development, <b>not fully explored</b>. The main passage, <b>The Yellow Brick Road</b>, leads to the lip of a 25m pitch into a large muddy chamber. From the bottom, a steeply dipping tube is followed down until a canyon is reached from a boulder chamber. Most ways close down quickly from here.</p><p>Across the pitch from Yellow Brick Road is a large continuing passage, gained by an obscure and somewhat exposed route in boulders. It soon leads to a bolted climb, but a ramp down below drops to another large passage. Right here, the draught is followed through winding passage until it emerges 20m up in a chamber. Backtracking leads to a squeeze and muddy crawls to the bottom, from where a canyon develops, finally dropping into <a href="41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a> below the Big Pitch via a 10m chimney.</p><p>There are a significant number of unpushed leads in the cave, but all are expected to connect back to already known passage. One may provide a connection to the northernmost reaches of <a href="../noinfo/smkridge/78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a> (1623/78).					In dataset	Survey integrated into <a href="41/144.htm">guidebook description</a>	smk-system.svx				This name is the 1983 provisional name, which was intended to be scrapped. Wei&szlig;e Warze H&ouml;hle II might be better, but this cave really should have a proper name - after all, it was 284m deep before the connection to the main system! It appears in Austrian lists just as Schwarzmooskogelschacht. ARGE call it "Tony's Second H&ouml;hle" , so we're probably stuck with the name now.			p144		p144x	Nils								The Nipple, (aka "Wei&szlig;e Warze")						Surveyed
145	145	4/t/S +	a&ndash;c		yes	plateau/145/145.html			Wolfh&ouml;hle			1c	CUCC 1983-4. There is now a <a href="histry.htm">history file</a> indexing into the log book write-ups.	Entrance is 2m high and 1m wide and walking passage leads for 120m of level going to first pitch, with a few side passages (one to higher entrance). Pitch is 19m into <b>Wolf Chamber</b> where the skeleton proved not to be of a wolf but of a Brown Bear, <i>Ursus arctos</i>. A pit in the floor, the <b>Bear Pit</b> is blind, and the continuation of the entrance pitch emits no draught and is believed to choke, but was never seriously investigated. A loose 3m climb at the far end of the chamber leads up into a draughting tube. This leads to an awkward 15m slimy tube descent, <b>Bog Seat Climb</b>, best laddered. A short grovel enlarges to a sandy stooping passage which pops out over the edge of a large black hole. Off to the left at this point a crawl intersects a larger passage leading to another set of smaller shafts only partially descended. It is also possible to reach the opposite side of the big pitch by this route.</p><p>The 83m <b>Big Leap</b> is rigged in three sections of 22, 25 and 36m via two freehanging rebelays and a deviation near the bottom, in a large rift with black peaty mud on the walls in the upper section. The rift narrows and bottoms out in a small streamway blocked here and there by jammed boulders which no longer (since 1984) constitute a squeeze. Short traverses and pitches of 15m and 6m are straightforward until a second large shaft is reached. The water cannot be avoided on the 59m <b>Tiddley Pom pitch</b>, which can become a serious proposition in wet weather. The first section is 11m, to the level where a heavy drip (rapidly becoming a torrent in thunderstorms) enters. The rebelay bolt is tucked away to the left, a long reach round the corner. Further sections of 17 and 24m in a circular shaft of about 6m diameter reach a big wet ledge. The final section of 7m reaches a big dry stance on jammed boulders, <b>Cold Toes Ledge</b>. This is far enough out of the water to be an acceptable place to sit and wait for 16 hours, or to brew soup.</p><p>The stream continues to drop in a rift, with pitches of 13 and 14m from jammed boulders. The water then sinks into a slit, <b>Nobody Knows</b>, which was descended for 15m before becoming too tight. To continue, traverse over this hole and continue a short way to a large black chasm, the 112m <b>Fear and Loathing Pitch</b>, involving some airy traversing near the top. Sections of 10, 29 and 16m reach <b>Acrobat Flake</b>, where careful rigging is required to avoid a particularly gymnastic changeover for the next section of 16m. The rift (never wider than 3-4m) continues with drops of 18 and 23m to land on an unpleasant bit of damp floor:<b> Las Vegas</b>.</p><p>A particularly unpleasant mud-walled rift, <b>Beezley Street</b>, (&quot;where the rats have rickets&quot;) continues as a traverse if you can stay up, or a nasty thrutch otherwise. This ends abruptly where an aven brings clean washed limestone for the next 14m pitch. A clean, but sharp traverse continues to corkscrewing 18 and 5m pitches into <b>The Drainage Ditch</b>, a wading depth section of passage occasionally blocked by boulders, which hold back the static pools. Short pitches of 8, 9 and 7m twist down to another section of drainage ditch which continues for a few more metres to a static sump 399m below the main entrance.</p><p>A hole above the sump leads to a small, muddy, grovelly continuation to some small avens and a further sump, before closing down.</p><p><b>Geology :</b> Tubes near the entrance are formed along the prominent NE-SW joint direction in the area, which so dominates the nearby <a href="82.htm">Br&auml;uningh&ouml;hle</a>, and the cave trends generally SW as it drops. However, all the major vertical development is in deep shafts on joints at right-angles to this major trend, on a strike of about 120-300&deg;. Fear and Loathing pitch in particular is in a strikingly narrow rift over 110m deep, suggesting an almost vertical joint. Below this shaft there is very little significant jointing, and the cave meanders considerably before the dismal end another 140m SW.					In dataset	There is a particularly inadequate elevation only in Cambridge Underground 1985. There is an <a href="145.png">area plan, drawn at 1:2000</a>, showing 145, <a href="../82.htm">82</a> and <a href="../148.htm">148</a> on Gau&szlig; and Kr&uuml;ger coordinates, which has never been published.</p><p>There is enough survey bumph to draw a respectable plan.</p><p><a href="145.png"> <img src="145-2.png" alt="Survey (17k PNG)" width="752" height="948" /></a>	caves/145/145.svx	1108m	402m	354m							laser point								On the plateau, 18m above <a href="../82.htm">Br&auml;uningh&ouml;hle</a> (Kat. 82)</p><p>Permanent survey station 0/4 at entrance a.	There are two routes to this entrance, one directly from the Schwarzmoossattel, which is marked by the remains of a line of blue bailer twine, and one from the plateau camp.</p><p>For the latter, follow route described under Kat. <a href="80.htm">80</a> and <a href="82.htm">82</a>, but rather than heading for the obvious entrance of 82, follow the cairns uphill towards the col between the Schwarzmooskogels. Shortly on the right is a horizontal draughting entrance 0.9m high and 1.1m wide with no number - this is presumed to be 145b (it has been checked as going into 145). 20-30m further up the hill, drop into a doline with a horizontal entrance leading off. This is 145a.		</p><table class="imgtable"><tr><td><a href="l145.htm"><img alt="Entrance photo" src="t145.jpg" width="109" height="152" /></a></td><td><a href="145a.jpg"><img src="145a_small.jpg" /></a></td><td><a href="145b.jpg"><img src="145b_small.jpg" /></a></td><td><a href="145c.jpg"><img src="145c_small.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr class="caption"><td>145a (&copy; Andy Waddington 1984)<!-- Original photo: not in archive --></td><td>145a (&copy; David Loeffler 01/08/2005 12:03:13)<!-- Original photo: 2005/david/p8010009.jpg --></td><td>145b (&copy; David Loeffler 01/08/2005 10:46:39)<!-- Original photo: 2005/david/p8010007.jpg --></td><td>145c (&copy; David Loeffler 01/08/2005 12:18:14)<!-- Original photo: 2005/david/p8010011.jpg --></td></tr></table><p>(We strongly believe the hole above is 145c, but we are not completely sure.)
146			a		entrance																							p145	May be Laser point 0/4, but it is dubious				gps00.145										Tag	Red paint "145"; tag.	Surveyed
147			b		entrance																							p145b			Surface survey												Tag		Surveyed
148			c		last entrance																							p145c			Surface survey												Unmarked		Surveyed
149	146	1/S -				smkridge/146.htm			Tobogganschacht			2c													Interestingly, the Austrians have this as 1/T +, at 1700m, NE of Schwarzmoossattel, and think it was explored by CUCC in 1984 to a depth of -40m. A photocopy of an annotated copy of the OAV map lying around in the Expo files puts this about halfway between 145 and 147, which makes sense when you think about it.																Unexplored entrance (may be the one Tony called Tobogganschacht)				Refindable	May be unexplored; AERW had this marked as lost, but the mysterious map suggests it shouldn't be too hard to find - worth a look.
150	147	2/T +				smkridge/147.htm			Schwa H&ouml;hle 147			2c	CUCC 1988	Horizontal walking entrance leads south to a descending passage and junction. Down to right is a shorter but smaller route to the lower cave, while ahead leads past a small choked passage on the right to the head of a pitch. Across the pitch a smaller passage continues to a blind pitch where a draught enters from the floor, and an even smaller continuing passage which ends too small, also draughting.</p><p>Down the main pitch, in a rift, is 10m to a boulder pile in a chamber where the shorter route reenters, and a passage continues back north towards the entrance. South is a rift ending too tight. The main way soon leads to a pitch of 10m with a large ledge halfway. A short passage intersects a cross-rift before becoming too small (with a draught), but down the rift drops c15m to a choke at about -45m.					In dataset	Elevation and plan, 1988, unpublished? Claims to be grade 5b, but comment in 1988 logbook suggests that compass may have been seriously deviated by use of a torch to illuminate it. Drawn up survey has only one scale bar, though clearly plan and elevation are not to the same scale. Surface survey to top of Vd. Schwarzmooskogel, 1994</p><p>Re-explored and surveyed in 1999 - see <a href="../years/1999/log.htm#id1999-147-1">log-book write-up</a> &ndash; but apparently never drawn up.</p><p><img alt="Plan, 12k gif" width="800" height="500" src="others/147p.png" /></p><p><img alt="Elevation, 15k gif" width="500" height="800" src="others/147l.png" />	caves/147/147.svx				Number originally allocated to a cave which was not marked with a number, and which was not relocated until 1988. Interestingly, the Austrians had this as 2/T +, at 1700m, NW of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel, and think CUCC explored it to 60m long and 10m deep in 1984. This suggests a CUCC documentation failure and probably a relocation failure, as the cave explored in 1988 was very different...		t147	p147	Start of (old) underground survey (Orange circle with orange dot in middle on rock nodule above entrance)		Nils								Probably somewhat uphill from 146, ie. NW of Vd. Schwarzmooskogel.</p><p>&quot;3m entry pitch in rift going into bluff wall on camp 2 side of Vord. Schwarzmooskogel on cairned path.&quot; (<a href="../tcamps.htm#vd1camp">Camp 2</a> refers to the 1988/89 camp up near the col between Vord. and Hint. Schwarzmooskogel.)				Tag		Surveyed
151	148	2/t/S +				plateau/148.htm			Marilyn Monroe H&ouml;hle			1c	CUCC 1984, 1987	Not really pushed in 1984, since discovered right at the end, but relocated in 1987: horizontal tube entrance about 1m in diameter. An awkward crawl over boulders for 10m leads to a squeeze down behind a boulder with light entering ahead. Short freeclimb reaches a phreatic tube of about 3m diameter. To the right silts up in boulders while to the left descends gently over snow and big rocks to reach a sizeable chamber and pitch of about 20m. Avoiding the pitch, a route down through boulders for 3m reaches a very unstable boulder slope, which is crossed to reach another 3m pitch to a rift with a further pitch on the left. To the right, the roof lowers over large boulders, and a small ice chamber is reached with a frozen stream. A narrow section leads down to a rift of 5m down to an earthy passage.</p><p>Back at the boulder slope (I think), the 20m pitch can again be attained and from here is 15m to the floor of a 20m high chamber with three ways on. Facing away from pitch, righthand rift leads to a flat-out crawl over ice. This passes remarkable ice formations to emerge at <b>The Ice Castle</b>, a chamber with a large ice-stalagmite formation. The route terminates in a steep ice slope at the far side of the chamber.</p><p>Way directly ahead from pitch is a 3m climb into a large phreatic tube round a 90&deg; bend to a solid wall of boulders. Ways into the choke proved very loose and tight, but a continuing rift/chamber could be seen through a tiny but strongly draughting hole.</p><p>Third way on from pitch ascends steeply and becomes tight, with a jammed boulder now in the way. Route ends at a steep ice-climb for which no equipment was available.					In dataset	? MISSING (grade 3)	caves/148/148.svx	92m surveyed	39.2m surveyed	48m surveyed				p148			Surface survey								On the plateau, next to cairned path from the col past 82 leading to 107 etc., just by a short climb up; noticeable by (and discovered by) its cold outward draught.				Tag	red painted number "148". 1998 tag "1623 148 CUCC 1984" on survey point on RHS of entrance.	Surveyed
152	149	1/S +				smkridge/149.htm			Plateau Schacht 149			2c	CUCC 1984	Documentation comprises a grade 1 sketch with no description in 1984 logbook. Horizontal entrance leads under a shaft to surface and a 5m climb down to a choke. Over the hole and left leads in a sandy tube to a traverse reaching a 4m diameter tube. To the right this is choked, with small blocked tubes leading off. Ahead and left a 10m pitch leads to a solid choke.											Until the 1984 logbook surfaced in 1993, we thought this number was not allocated, but, interestingly, the Austrians had this as 2/T +, 1685m, NE of Schwarzmoossattel, and think it was explored in 1984 by CUCC to 100m long and 15m deep. Where is this information coming from, and why didn't CUCC record it for their own benefit too?														The entrance is in a large gully, just above the sandy depression, opposite Wolfh&ouml;hle. Several draughting entrances. Sketch with no north arrow, but would guess that its north from <a href="../plateau/145.htm">145</a>.						Lost	Needs looking at again, AERW doesn't know where to find it
153	150	0/T +				smkridge/150.htm			Schwa R&ouml;hrh&ouml;hle 150			2a	CUCC 1985	Draughting tube, too tight at -2m, and therefore should not really have a kataster number.														p150			Surface survey								On the way to 152						Surveyed
154	151	0/T +				smkridge/151.htm			Schwa H&ouml;hle 151			2a	CUCC 1985	Chamber 3m in diameter with draughting slot which proved too tight, -3m. This suggest that it is is too small to have a number.														p151			Surface survey								On the way to 152						Surveyed
155	152	4/S +				smkridge/152.htm			Bananeh&ouml;hle			2a	CUCC 1985	A vertical entrance which leads, at a depth of -145m, into <a href="113.htm">Sonnenstrahlh&ouml;hle</a> below the Purple Pit, just before M&uuml;sli crawl (-198m from Sonnenstrahl entrance bolt). Entrance pitch <b>Scott</b> is 9m over snow, then a small tube leads down to a short climb down boulders to an 8m pitch <b>Virgil</b>, followed immediately by <b>Alan</b>, another 8m pitch landing in <b>Dump Chamber</b>. A long rift, <b>Boulder Alley</b> leads to a rock bridge and scramble down boulders into <b>Boulder Chamber</b> which ends in a 4m climb and pitches of 5m (<b>John</b>) and 4m (<b>Parker</b>) over boulders. A 5m pitch (<b>Mr. Tracy</b>) drops into the top of a very tall narrow rift. A slight widening allows a short climb down into the canyon, but is soon too tight - <b>Lady Penelope</b>. The rift continues until a fault is met and <b>The Good Pitch Venus</b> is 24m to <b>Behind the Drinks Cabinet</b>. A further rift leads to a 16m pitch which lands in Sonnenstrahlh&ouml;hle.</p><p>Boulder Chamber appears to correspond with the bouldery Opera House in Sonnenstrahlh&ouml;hle, while the Good Pitch Venus and following 16m pitch correlate with the Purple Pit.					In dataset	? MISSING (grade 4)	caves/152/152.svx	321m	145m	80m				p152	drilled station at entrance		Surface survey								on the hillside below and to the east of 113				Spit	Drilled station	Surveyed
156	153	1/S +				smkridge/153.htm			Schwa Schacht 153			2b	Discovered CUCC 1985 (on last day), explored 1987	Entrance climb of 12m in doline appears to choke, but a small letterbox squeeze in side of shaft leads to broken pitch. First section of 6m in a rift less than 2m wide leads to a ledge, then 12m down to a floor. A slightly hammered squeeze leads into another narrow rift dropping 10m. This constricts to 20cm and then becomes totally impassable only shortly below. Squeezes are quite epic to reverse.						Grade 1 elevation from 1987 Log Book, surface survey from cairn on Bunter's Bulge.</p><div class="centre"><img alt="Sketch survey, 9k gif" width="640" height="510" src="others/153.png" /></div><p>								p153			Surface survey		gps00.153						~200m on 013&deg; magnetic and +03&deg; from Bunter's Bulge <span lang="de">(Wei&szlig;e Warze).</span>	From <span lang="de">Wei&szlig;e Warze,</span> follow red arrows until you see yellow arrows, follow these (there would seem to be just two of them). After last yellow arrow, cross gully in same direction, then permanent survey mark TC is on large slab in centre of next depression. From here, climb out of depression on bearing 035&deg;, then keep going up gully to 153 (large boulder above on left is a good vantage point).					Surveyed
157	154	1/S x	a b		yes	smkridge/154.htm			Schwa Schacht 154			2b	Discovered CUCC 1985 (on last day), explored 1987	Loose pitch head gives onto 5m entrance pitch. A rift leads off but quickly chokes, while a draughting slot could be dug, but is rather loose and dangerous, so was left.						Grade 1 plan (no scale) from 1987 Log Book, surface survey from Bunter's Bulge.</p><div class="centre"><img alt="sketch - 3k gif" width="280" height="250" src="others/154.png" /></div><p>					This doesn't sound much like the 1985 log book description, which is of a climb down in a rift below the survey mark into a chamber with daylight entering in two or three places. There is another way out, though where this is isn't mentioned, and the cave needed a rope to push further. However, the 1987 sketch does sound like this ! It is not clear whether the 1987 push addressed the way out needing a rope - perhaps another look would be a good idea, if a party is working in this area.														~60m on 222&deg; from outcrop which is ~100m on 10&deg; from 153.	From 153, follow gully, keeping slightly left to end (10&deg; magnetic), climb over ridge to left and continue with next gully into depression. Lower entrance in bottom of depression, but this is not marked, on over next ridge to find marked entrance.				No definite evidence which entrances are marked as what; but the survey notes say 154b is unmarked, so presumably 154a is marked somehow - presumably paint, or perhaps a spit?
158			a		entrance																							p154			Surface survey												Paint (?)		Surveyed
159			b		last entrance																							p154b			Surface survey												Unmarked		Surveyed
160	155	1/S -				smkridge/155.htm			Unerforscht Schacht 155			2b	CUCC 1985 (on last day), was this pushed in 1987 ?	The cave can be entered via a slot on the right hand side of snow plug, or by crossing the snow plug onto the ice. The ice slopes down in one corner, possibly to a pitch, which, however, will need a rope to verify. Another slot nearby may drop into the same chamber.						Grade 1 elevation in 1985 Log Book ?								p155			Surface survey		gps00.155						about 150m ENE of <a href="154.htm">154</a>	From 154, climb up and right and around a grassy shoulder. Then walk down (heading roughly east), skirting past a choked doline and 155 lies ahead.	A huge snow-plugged entrance apparently akin to <a href="113.htm">113</a>.				Surveyed
161	156	1/S +				smkridge/156.htm			Schwa Schacht 156			2c	CUCC 1987	An open rift with a rock bridge. Pitch of 25m drops onto snow bank, and route to southeast of this drops a further 15m to a complete choke with snow.						</p><div class="centre"><img alt="Map+survey, 10k gif" width="620" height="336" src="others/156.png" /></div><p>Grade 1 plan/elev of 156 and T.B.H. from <a href="../years/1987/log.htm">1987 Log Book</a>					The <a href="../years/1987/log.htm">log book</a> refers to exploration in the vicinity of 0/1 including 156 and a nearby cave (unnumbered in 1987) <a href="199.htm">Tumbling Boulder Hole</a>. There is, however, another piece of paper which says it is very near (and NE of) point 0/2. This appears to arise from the diagram which accompanies the log book entry, which shows 0/2 with no north arrow, and uphill up the page. If the point was really 0/1 on this diagram, then the descriptions would match, with north at 7 O'Clock on the diagram. The logbook suggests that the discoverers had visited 0/2 (and found very little nearby) and then 0/1 later, finding 156. GPS location and later a surface survey (1998) confirms that 0/1 is the correct laser point.		t156	p156	random point or top rigging bolt		Surface survey	gps98.156							<span lang="de-at">Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel,</span> 50m south of <a href="../handbook/survey/lasers.htm">laser rangefound point 0/1</a>. The recently (1998) cairned route up the <span lang="de-at">Vd. Schwarzmooskogel</span> NW flank passes very close to the laser point, and skirts the NE end of the open rift of 156. Surface survey connecting Tag and original survey ( to top rigging bolt) done in 1999.			Dave's camera	Tag	"1623 156 CUCC 1987" on alloy tag on west side of more southerly opening, more-or-less directly above the first rigging bolt	Surveyed
162	157	2/S x				smkridge/157.htm			Schwa Schacht 157	Pirat Schacht		1c	Uncertain. Rediscovered CUCC 1987	Entrance shaft of 50m until gap between snow and rock became too perilous in 1987 - bottom still out of sight. About 25m below the karren, a rift passage leads off from side of shaft into parallel shaft with aven. This shaft is of unknown depth but has recent looking bolts of unknown origin. It is just conceivable that these bolts are in 107, but far more likely that the cave had been looked at by GSCB who were in the area on a reconnaissance in 1986 (?) and more seriously in 1987.</p><p>The second cave has a walk-in entrance, splitting just inside. The left passage comes out below a shaft from the surface, and apparently continues unexplored. The main passage reaches a 10m pitch, also below a surface shaft, which drops into a chamber. To the left is a short passage to an undescended pitch of about 10m, while to the right are three ways on. First is a rift, then a passage with an ice floor, and finally, half back towards the entrance, is a passage emerging below another surface shaft (passed on the surface just before reaching the entrance). This final passage also appeared to continue. Because a large carbide pig was found outside the entrance, it was assumed that someone else was in the course of exploring this cave.													p157												"about 6m above <a href="../handbook/survey/lasers.htm">Laser rangefound point 0/5</a>" (which is above gully containing <a href="../plateau/107.htm">Kat. 107</a> and marked with an alloy tag stamped "LASER 0-5"). The cave was looked for but not seen in a visit to this laser point in 1998. A second cave 100m from 0/5, uphill to the left, was not given a number because of evidence of previous exploration, but should be investigated further. (This might, or might not, be <a href="bogen.html">Bogenh&ouml;hle</a>.) 157 was relocated in 2001, visible to the right of the route up to 204. It was marked with faded yellow paint.				Tag	Tag placed 2000	Surveyed	Much confusion
163	158	3/S +				smkridge/158.htm			Donner und Blitzen H&ouml;hle			2b	CUCC 1987	A body-width passage formed by a wall on the left and a large detached slab on the right descends for about 5m at 45&deg;, with occasional glimpses of daylight above. A cross passage is then encountered. To the right is blocked after a few metres, but left descends to meet the base of the wall. To the right here, a 20-22cm squeeze is passed by lying on one side. After 2m of further tight progress, the rift opens onto a drop. A steep tube descends for about 12m to a small chamber and with care can be descended free.</p><p>From the chamber, the passage curves to the left and opens onto the head of a 7m pitch, which drops onto a large ledge. A rebelay just over the lip of the ledge at the left hand side gives a further 18m free-hanging pitch to a landing on boulders several metres across, which appear to be jammed across the shaft.</p><p>A narrow rift around a corner stops at a drip and a small pool. The way on is through a gap to a hole with a jammed block. Climbing down to the block leads to the head of an 18m pitch which rapidly opens into a huge split-level chamber. The pitch lands on <b>Big Bertha</b>, a boulder some 4m in diameter. </p><p>To the north, a narrow rift has been followed for about 10m to a tight vertical drop of at least 5m down the rift, but this has not been pushed. East from Big Bertha leads to a 5m drop to the lower half of the chamber, which is floored with loose rock. An archway to the left leads to a 7m pitch to a small stream. This disappears down an impassable slot, but is met lower in the cave.</p><p>From the archway, a climb up behind a boulder propped against the side of the chamber leads to a col. One side rapidly curves up to the roof. The other ascends over very loose boulders for at least 25m (15m vertical) until the roof is met. This area has not been exhaustively pushed, but seems unlikely to lead anywhere.</p><p>Descending the other side of the col gives a series of ledges via 5m, 7m and 8m pitches, in a canyon some 5m wide and at least 15m high. The stream enters at the bottom of the 7m pitch. Below, the rift continues down a moderate slope and round a corner, with a final short 4m pitch to a soil and rock floored chamber.</p><p>A strong draught is felt around the edges of the chamber, rising from the choked floor. It is possible to descend in loose boulders in a number of places but all ways meet the roof and choke - pushing in this area is dangerous and unpromising.</p><p>Near the bottom of the previous pitch, a 5m deep circular pit in the floor can be descended. This takes a large drip from the stream above. At the bottom, a tight (22-26cm) rift leads on for 3m to a further 3m pitch to a small chamber. An impassable passage continues, while a small window gives a view of a widening beyond.					In dataset	Grade 3 plan and elevation in <a href="../../jnl/1988/index.htm">Cambridge Underground 1988</a>, p 6</p><p><img alt="E-W Elevation, 15k gif" width="500" height="760" src="others/158ew.png" /></p><p><img alt="Plan, 15k gif" width="840" height="400" src="others/158p.png" />			128m (deepest surveyed point is -118m)					p158	on big rock at entrance		Surface survey		gps00.158						400m NNE of The Nipple <span lang="de">(Wei&szlig;en Warze)</span> at the base of a wall to the left after passing a sandy depression (walking from the Nipple).				Paint		Surveyed
164	159	2/S +				plateau/159.htm			Winded Hole			1a	CUCC 1988 (1st pitch Chris &amp; Becka, bottomed by Chris).	Two bolts in entrance for Y-hang to give c40m vertical to a boulder floor, then a further 20m in a big boulder chamber. A "nice skeleton" and an old colander (!) were found on the terminal choke in 1988.									c50m				t159				Surface survey						1990 Bearings (we have no idea where these came from and they aren't remotely in the right place): HSK 116&deg;, Nipple 174&deg;, Br&auml;uning Nase 199&deg;, Br&auml;uning Zinken 216&deg;</p><p>1996: HSK 059&deg;, VSK nipple 111&deg;, Br&auml;uning Nase 152&deg;, Kleine Wild Kogel 009&deg;(left) and 010&deg;(right), Br&auml;uning Wall pt. 1828 209&deg;, Br&auml;uning Wall pt. 1835 221&deg;, Br&auml;uning Zinken 232&deg;		Near 'crapping region' of Top Camp (1990). Cave is on the same fault/joint as <a href="90/90.html">1623/90</a>, <a href="207/207.html">1623/207</a> and <a href="208/208.html">1623/208</a>, but further out from the Br&auml;uning Wall, c 100m on 067&deg;.	Cave relocated 1990, 1996 and surveyed to in 1998. Entrance reached in two minutes from upper top camp by heading west and dropping down one terrace.		</p><div class="centre"><img alt="entrance photo - link to 56k jpeg" width="200" height="270" src="others/t/159.jpg" /></div><p>Also on Dave's camera	Tag	orange number "159" facing north. 1998 tag "1623 159 CUCC 1988" attached to more northerly of two Y-hang bolts, just below surface. This is the anchor visible in the photograph (with an orange circle painted round it), taken before the tag was attached.	Surveyed
165	160	2/S/ +				plateau/160.htm			Plateau Schacht 160	Jared's Hole		1a	CUCC 1988	Bottoming trip used a 70m rope to reach a choke (with a draught). A small side rift at the bottom choked after 3m.</p><p>The cave could probably do with another descent to record some details of the interior or even a survey !											1988 logbook implies that this is &quot;Jared's Hole&quot;. Was provisionally numbered &quot;181&quot; but apparently never marked.		p160				Surface survey		gps00.160						On plateau, near <a href="b10.htm">B10</a> (according to B10 info). <a href="../years/1988/log.htm#start">Map in 1988 logbook</a> shows 160 as out on the plateau from Br&auml;uning Scharte in an area of terracing, and WSW of B10. Hole tagged in 1998 is just east of 91, and can also be reached by following the terrace west from the 159 entrance.				Tag	The hole believed to be 160 was unmarked until tagged in 1998 "1623 160 CUCC 1988" on flat limestone 1m east of entrance. This had been relocated in 1996 and was then thought to be <a href="159.htm">159</a>, but latter was found marked in 1998.	Surveyed
166	161	5/S/E x	a&ndash;h		yes	smkridge/161/top.htm			Kaninchenh&ouml;hle			2c	CUCC 1988-98	Rather than adopting the usual approach of describing every side passage in the main description, which makes the 'normal' descent route hard to follow, this description describes each main route down the cave first, mentioning side passages only where necessary to make the correct main route clear. Various side passages and connecting routes are described subsequently, area by area. The directions left and right are always relative to travel in the direction of the description, compass directions are given where there is any ambiguity. Most passages are described going 'into the cave', on the assumption that this is how they will be first met. Some passages are described in both directions, either because it is difficult to follow them without getting into side leads, or because they form important links between different parts of the system, and may be traversed either way on various round trips.</p><p>The <b>clickable index</b> has developed into a <a href="names.htm">glossary</a>, which it is hoped will make it easier to find bits of the cave by name - <b>be warned</b>, this became so big that it was decided to split it up and it is now a <b>framed</b> page.</p><p>There are also <a href="pix.htm">virtual tours</a>, containing thumbnails of all the pictures of the caves. Although these pages are kept small, all the photos mean that they can require a <b>lot</b> of memory to load. The original comprehensive tour has been split into two, for the <a href="pixrh.htm">Right Hand Route</a>, and for passages most conveniently reached from the <a href="pixsf.htm">Scarface entrance</a>. Two new tours have been created for the <a href="pixlw.htm">Lost World</a> and Wheelchair Access, and for the new way into the Forbidden Land via <a href="pixss.htm"><span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span></a>.Each thumbnail on these tours links to a full-size version of the picture, and each full-size picture has links into the appropriate bit of the description.</p><h4>Exploration</h4><p>Throughout the guide, the date of exploration is noted for each area. There is a <a href="histry.htm">history</a> page which can be used as a clickable index into the logbook write ups of all the 161 trips, so it should be easy to follow the exploration of any part of the cave. <b>Warning</b>, this was also getting too big and is now framed.</p><h4>Overview</h4><p>The upper part of the system can be best thought of as a number of separate areas, each with its own vertical development. The more recently found extensive horizontal development, being easier to traverse, is generally better connected. Although there are various links between the vertical routes, a given destination will tend to have one 'obvious' approach. These areas are <a href="france.htm">France</a>, the <a href="lhr.htm">Left Hand Routes</a>, the <a href="rhr.htm">Right Hand Routes</a>, the southernmost part of the system reached via <a href="136.htm"><span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span></a>, routes from <a href="sftotp.htm">Scarface</a> entrance. So rapidly has exploration proceeded from Triassic Park that now more than half the total length is most conveniently reached via 161d.</p><p>The key to all the deepest and most remote parts of the system is the huge collapse chamber of Knossos. This was reached from the 161a entrance via the Right Hand Route, and now via the 161d <a href="sftotp.htm#id161d">"Scarface"</a> entrance through <a href="triasp.htm#triasp">Triassic Park</a>. This provides a much easier route in, making trips to the further reaches less strenuous. From Knossos, horizontal trunk passage leads north, giving access first to a series of <a href="deepwy.htm">deep vertical systems</a>, and further on to complex areas of rifts and old passages. A significant horizontal route leading northwest, <a href="sibria.htm#siberia">Siberia</a>, has only been pushed as a result of the new entrance, but has yielded a new deep point to the cave. There appear to be deep vertical leads in the far north, too, though they have mostly been avoided by a series of "mental" tyroleans and bolt traverses.</p><h4>Tourist trips</h4><p>It is still probably some way off the time when one might choose a tourist trip on the basis of its "classic" quality. Mostly, choices available depend on what is rigged this year for exploratory purposes. This will usually only include one main route into an area, so trips like a Left Hand Route / Garden Party or Drunk &amp; Stupid exchange will not be easy. Similarly, the original classic Right Hand Route / Dreamtime exchange was only really possible during the exploration of the latter, before the Squeeze was bypassed and this modified RHR became the trade route.</p><p>However, now that <a href="sibria.htm#knossos">Knossos</a> is accessible from the Scarface entrance, this has opened up the possibilities for a whole raft of pull-through trips with a minimum of pre-rigging. The one fly in the ointment is the relative difficulty of surface travel between the 161d and upper entrances. The route used in 1996 seems to be good enough to have become a trade route, and after one benightment through loss of the route in 1997, it has been very well marked with cairns.</p><p>Already possible is the 161c to 161d through trip via France. In the future, pull-throughs of LHR, Garden Party or Drunk and Stupid should all be possible via Ambidextrous. Right Hand Route or Dreamtime give access to Knossos. Care must be taken, however, not to try rapelling down any of the plethora of routes which <b>don't</b> connect into the Knossos area.</p><p>As in the more famous <b lang="fr">Dent du Crolles</b> system, route-finding errors on bridge-burning trips could entail a long wait for someone to figure out where you went!</p><h4>Structure</h4><p><a href="svlinx.htm">Line plots</a> of the cave give some idea of it's shape, extent and structure.</p><p>The main entrance at 1787m drops to a major sub-horizontal level at 1720-1750m, containing the large passages of <a href="bsains.htm#bigsain">Big Sainsbury's</a> and its continuation into the upper part of <a href="dream.htm#dreamtime">Dreamtime</a>, and the smaller passages of the <a href="offtop.htm#rabbitw">Rabbit Warren</a> and the French entrances <a href="offtop.htm#id161b">161b</a> and <a href="france.htm#id161c">161c</a>. From this level a number of vertical routes drop to another significant sub-horizontal level dipping from around 1700m in the SW of the system (upper part of France) to around 1600m where this level is lost in the roof of <a href="sibria.htm#knossos">Knossos</a>. [This is probably debatable, as Boulder Alley from Poxy Pitch downwards is probably in a fault rift].</p><p>Multiple, predominantly vertical, routes drop to the cave's most important sub-horizontal passages around 1540m in the area below the entrance dipping to c1510m in <a href="sibria.htm#tblocks">Tower Blocks</a> and the start of <a href="sibria.htm#yapate">YAPATE</a>. This is a major fossil passage rising up the dip to the NNE, and continuing as <a href="sibria.htm#cfn">Chicken Flied Nice</a> to c1540m where complexity increases. The major horizontal development in France is entered at c1550m, with the lowest passages down to 1480m. The major trunk route through Triassic Park is between 1560 and 1620m, and this level is also lost in what is presumed to be the roof of Knossos.</p><p>Whilst none of the routes below the entrance area get below about 1480m, there are a series of interconnecting shafts dropping below YAPATE and Chicken Flied Nice ending at or just above 1290m in sumps or tightness. The original deepest point, at the bottom of Flapjack, is at 1289m, 498m below the main entrance. Passages to the northwest led through a bitterly cold, draughty passage known as <a href="sibria.htm#siberia">Siberia</a>, which was left well alone until access via 161d made it easier. It was pushed in 1997 and 1998 down two very large pitches to a new deep point 534m below the 136 entrance at 1258m altitude.</p><p>There is just one section of <a href="deepwy.htm#elevel">horizontal level</a> at c1400m, which is not very extensive to date, and similarly a tantalising glimpse of what appears to have been very large trunk passage below 1300m in Siberia, but this is comprehensively choked in both directions.</p><p>This overview is currently mostly updated to reflect exploration to 1995, though the line plots are up to 1996.		<a href="qmtodo.htm">Outstanding</a> and <a href="qmdone.htm">now finished</a>			In dataset	? grade 5	smk-system.svx	24485m after 1999 expedition	534m																On the limestone ridge between the <span lang="de-at">Hinterer</span> and <span lang="de-at">Vorderer Schwarzmooskogels</span>, about 200 metres up towards the <span lang="de-at">Hinterer</span> from the col, and about 20m down the east side of the ridge itself. The main <a href="bsains.htm#id161a">161a</a> entrance shaft overlooks a gully dropping steeply SE towards <span lang="de-at">Augstwies See</span>. The <a href="offtop.htm#id161b">161b</a> and <a href="france.htm#id161c">161c</a> (French) entrances are close together about 75m to the SE, down the gully. Considerably further down the gully, a traverse is possible (somewhat engineered) to reach an area of recently fallen rock, where the "Scarface" <a href="sftotp.htm#id161d">161d</a> entrance is located. Continuing the traverse, but regaining about 20m of height to the NE, the "exits" of 161f and then 161e can be reached.
167			a		entrance	smkridge/161/161a.htm						2c		<a href="bsains.htm#id161a">Click here for underground description</a>														p161a			Nils		gps00.161a2										Tag		Surveyed
168			b		entrance	smkridge/161/161b.htm						2c		<a href="offtop.htm#id161b">Click here for underground description</a>														p161b			Nils												Tag		Surveyed
169			c	VSS 88AF	entrance	smkridge/161/161c.htm						2c		<a href="france.htm#id161c">Click here for underground description</a>														p161c			Nils											The 161c entrance is <a href="../others/l/161c.htm">shown here</a>.	Tag		Surveyed
170			d		entrance	smkridge/161/161d.htm						2c		<a href="sftotp.htm#id161d">Click here for underground description</a>													p161dtag	p161d			Surface survey		gps00.161d gps00.161d_2										Tag		Surveyed
171			e		entrance	smkridge/161/161e.htm						2d		<a href="icelnd.htm#id161e">Click here for underground description</a>														p161e			Nils												Tag		Surveyed
172			f		entrance	smkridge/161/161f.htm						2d		<a href="pheast.htm#id161f">Click here for underground description</a>														p161f			Surface survey												Tag		Surveyed
173			g	2003-06	entrance	smkridge/161/161g.htm			Arachnowrapper			2d	CUCC 2003	<a href="icelnd.htm#id161g">Click here for underground description</a>													p161g						gps03.161g										Retag	Tag still says "CUCC 2003/06".	Surveyed
174			h	2004-12	entrance	smkridge/161/161h.htm						2d	CUCC 2004	<a href="icelnd.htm#id161h">Click here for underground description</a>													p161h				Underground survey		gps04.p2004-12						NE slope of Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel	Difficult route finding past Damoclesschact and 2003-07 to edge of plateau. Climb down to easy gemsa path and turn north for 200m.	Above short climb low body sized tube below cleft in cliff.	</p><div class="centre"><img src="i/161hclose.jpg" alt="close up entrance picture" /><img src="i/161hfar.jpg" alt="distant entrance picture" /><p>161h entrance </p></div><p>	Retag	Tag still says "CUCC 2004-12"	Surveyed
175			136		last entrance		smkridge/161/136.htm	a
176	162	2/S +	main b		yes	smkridge/162.htm			Schwa H&ouml;hle 162			2c	CUCC 1988. 162b independently discovered by Brian and Becka 1999 and relocated + tagged "1999-10" by Wookey and Andy A 2000.	The cave takes a good couple of hours to explore thoroughly. Through the entrance is a large chamber with a 4m x 8m crater in it. A 3m climb down to the bottom gives access to a 3m climb back up to the right, leading into the cave and a crawl at the lowest point of the boulders leading into a choked bit of cave with small solutional stuff in the roof. It is also possible to traverse around the left edge of the crater to reach a triangular crawl which goes for about 10m before it gets too tight.</p> <p>The entire floor of this cave consists of small rocks and boulders. There is no solid rock anywhere horizontal, except halfway down the pitch.</p> <p>After climbing out of the hole there is another 5m deep choked hole beyond. Traverses round to both the left and right are possible, although a little care is required due to the low roof and loose floor.</p> <p>To the right, rubble coming out of the bottom of a choked shaft almost blocks the passage but a crawl through to the left remains, with a strong wind blasting through the confined space. Beyond this constriction the draught is lost. The roof remains low on the other side, although it is possible to stand up off to the left where there is a 4m climb up to what looks like a way on but is actually blind. Moving around the boulder pile to the right leads to a big passage. There are a few large boulders 10m to the right with a 4m climb down between them leading to a tight choked rift. This was also dug into from the top passage by the extremely zealous original explorers! There is an alcove in front and a rubble slope up to the right. Round the corner to the right is another shaft-bottom rubble pile and a hole disappearing into the roof. At the top of the slope to the left is a 4m climb up through and around big wedged boulders to reach an impressive chamber 7m × 9m and 12m high. There is a possible climb up into an aven in the corner which probably doesn't go and has a couple of moves at the top which need protecting.</p> <p>Back at the fork near the entrance, turning left and thrutching over a couple of rocks (another windy spot) leads to the head of a 17m pitch broken by a ledge 8m down. There is a bolt for a ladder hang on this ledge. Going off to the left allows a safe traverse past the pitch continuation to the bottom of a 6m high rift with some ice in it, slowly narrowing as it goes up.</p> <p>At the foot of the pitch is what looks like an ancient phreatic remnant. It is about 40m long and 6m wide, and mostly full of rocks. To the left it is blocked at the end by the rubble coming out of the bottom of a big shaft. It is possible to work round the foot of this for about 3m to the left and 10m to the right.</p> <p>Going the other way down the passage reveals a large snow column by the left hand wall. It is possible to climb up between the column and its containing shaft, presumably all the way to the surface, but no-one has managed it yet. Beyond this column the roof gets lower, apart from a couple of solutional avens and eventually a small shaft-bottom rock pile and a couple of small inlet tubes mark the end of the cave.</p> <p>There is no extant description or survey of what Brian and Becka discovered in 1999 except that it was a shaft to around 50m of passage. This and the position of their entrance suggests that they had dropped into the lower part of 162, near the snow column from the original description.					In dataset	1990 plan Cambridge Underground 1991</p><p><img alt="survey - 16k gif" width="649" height="505" src="others/162.png" />	caves/162/162.svx	156-159m	22 m (survey) or 33 m (text)		The <a href="../years/1988/log.htm">1988 log book</a> refers to this cave as "Adam's Hole (2)".						Surface survey		gps00.162						Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel, about halfway between <a href="161/top.htm">161</a> and <a href="../noinfo/smkridge/40.htm">Eish&ouml;hle</a>. Following the French traverse route along the shelf marked with orange paint from 161c will take you to just below 162 and <a href="163/163.html">163</a>.	About 250m from survey point vd1. From vd1, head directly down the gully (bearing about 100&deg;, for about 130m, then turn right, angle right and traverse below the bunde field on the right along the most obvious shelf (you should find the french path here) for another 130m or so. The cave entrance is a 1.5m × 2m hole in the wall to the right of the traverse shelf with a very cold draught coming out of it. It is one shelf above the French path and if you are at the wrong level you will miss it.
177			main		entrance																							p162															Paint		Surveyed
178			b	1999-10	last entrance																							p162b	spit hole				p1999-10										Retag	Tag placed 2000, still says "CUCC 1999-10"	Surveyed
179	163	2/S +				smkridge/163/163.html			Schwa H&ouml;hle 163			2b	CUCC 1988	This is a fairly small cave remnant, but it does have a draught at the end suggesting more passage beyond.</p><p>The entrance is low and wide (3.5m) and descends down a rocky slope for 20m to some impressive ice stals. There is a small tube in the roof on the right through which daylight can be seen. The cave extends another 10m past the ice stals in fossil passage until it chokes. A 3m climb up on the left allows access to a tiny rift which can be climbed down for a few uninspiring metres.</p><p>5m back from the ice stals, towards the entrance, there is a stoop under a massive boulder forming the left wall. Here is a 3m climb down into the second part of the cave. Downslope from here is a chamber with a small frozen stream running through it and a choked alcove containing another ice stal beyond the stream. The chamber through which the stream 'flows' appears to have been formed by the entire roof falling about 1.5m in one piece and it is possible to climb beneath this huge rock near the way in. Over on the right is a climb through an eyehole to a 3m climb down into a stream rift. This has a howling draught coming out of it but it is too small to get down - although the heavy application of a hammer might do the trick.					In dataset	1990 plan, Cambridge Underground 1991</p><p><img alt="survey - 12k gif" width="640" height="385" src="163plan.png" />	caves/163/163.svx	58m	17m		The <a href="../../years/1988/log.htm">1988 log book</a> refers to this cave as "Adam's Hole (1)".		p163tag	p163			Surface survey		gps00.163						In the right hand side of a 15m diameter couloir near <a href="../162.htm">162</a>.			</p><div class="centre"><a href="163ent.jpg"><img src="163ent_small.jpg" /></a><p class="caption">Olly Betts at the 163 entrance with the numbering board</p></div><p>Photo &copy; Wookey 2002	Tag		Surveyed
180	164	2/S +				plateau/164.htm			Plateau Schacht 164			1a	<a href="../years/1988/164.htm">CUCC 1988</a>	The entrance pitch is 10m, and has a detectable draught - quite strong in view of the size of the entrance. There was only the remains of a snow plug in 1988, although the plug is almost complete in some years (eg. 1995 - it was gone again in 1996).</p><p>A small stream enters and lands on boulders at the foot of the pitch in a passage leading south along a fault. A climb of 4m over precarious boulders reaches a bolt for the second pitch. The quality of rock in this area leaves a lot to be desired. The second pitch, 12m and third pitch, 15m are separated only by a small ledge. Water sinks in floor of small passage floored with what would appear to be the previous season's roof, now decayed into small jagged rocks. Continuing passage over boulders rises to 4-5m dropping steeply for 30m on the same south-trending fault. The water is rejoined at a freehanging 10m pitch from a rock bridge overlooking a sizeable chamber.</p><p>The stream sinks at the foot of the pitch in the centre of the 15m by 7m chamber floor. To the east, a scramble leads up to a shattered cross-rift from a large shelf about 15m long and 10m wide, but ends too tight. A similar feature to the west up a 4m climb becomes a low bedding with no way on. Due south are two passages, the one to the right leading 20m round a couple of bends to a sandy choke. The left passage quickly chokes. The draught seems to be lost into the continuation of the passage above the final pitch, on the far side of the chamber. This would be best reached by a traverse on steep loose rock from the 4m climb in the chamber. The pitches take large quantities of water very quickly in rain.						<a href="others/164.png">Elevation</a> in Cambridge Underground 1989			60ish metres				p164tag	p164rig			Surface survey								On plateau, beyond <a href="198/198.html">B11</a> (1623/198). This is a snow-choked shaft next to the very large snow-choked shaft, which has always been blocked with snow and was therefore not explored or numbered for many years, but is now <a href="189.htm">189</a>.			</p><div class="centre"><a href="others/l/189164.htm"><img src="others/t/189164.jpg" width="121" height="176" alt="entrance picture - 87k jpeg" /></a><p>164 entrance (left of centre) seen over 189 entrance.</p></div><p>	Tag	On wall above entrance, facing NE, number in red, 1988. Austrian metal tag, 1995.	Surveyed
181	165	1/S +				smkridge/165.htm			Schwa Schacht 165			2d	CUCC 1989	15m shaft explored by Adam and Planc on 24th August 1989, and apparently never returned to, but did get its number painted. Relocated and surveyed to in 1999.</p><p>In same fault line, but further north, in an area of bare limestone is another shaft. This already had a bolt when encountered in 1989, despite being outside the area previously looked at by CUCC. It was in excess of 35m deep and was not marked by CUCC. Cross on Sch&ouml;nberg 322&deg;, Br&auml;uning Nase 222&deg;</p><p>This latter cave may be <a href="195.htm">195</a> (marked in 1995) which is c 80m almost due north, although the faults in this area are mainly aligned on about 020&deg;, so it may be an as-yet-unrelocated shaft.														p165			Surface survey						Cross on Sch&ouml;nberg 331&deg;, Br&auml;uning Nase 226&deg;		On the west side of the Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel in a fault line. About 80m due south of <a href="195.htm">195</a>, which is visible from top camp.				Tag	Tag placed 1999	Surveyed
182	166-170										Not CUCC numbers	nonexistent
183	171	1/T +	a b	90/1	yes	plateau/171/171.html			Plateau H&ouml;hle 90/1			1a	CUCC 1990.	Subhorizontal phreatic tube trending 154&deg;. Multiple entrances and windows with total passage length in excess of 150m. Passage generally elliptical: 5m wide and 3m high.</p><p>Along the fault to the north are numerous choked shafts with a maximum depth of 5m.																						1644m	Br&auml;uning Nase 190&frac12;&deg; (in 1995, recorded as 186&deg; in 1990), Br&auml;uning Zinken 236&frac12;&deg; (1995), Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel appears as a single peak on 056&deg; (both 1990 and 1995), East end of Top Camp 177&deg; (1995), Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel appears as 126&deg; (1990 and 1995) but this point is <b>not</b> the true summit, and therefore cannot be used to plot the cave on the map. It is useful if you just want to find the cave.		150m north of Top Camp (camp 3). c 20-50m east of prominent fault which cuts through Br&auml;uning Nase, in sub-horizontal limestone.			</p> <table class="imgtable"> <tr> <td><a href="171_ent_old.jpg"><img src="171_ent_old_small.jpg" /></a></td> <td><a href="171_entrance.jpg"><img src="171_entrance_small.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr class="caption"> <td>171 entrance in 1995</td> <td>171 entrance in 1999</td> <tr> <td><a href="171vw.jpg"><img src="171vw_small.jpg" /></a></td> <td><a href="rwc171.jpg"><img src="rwc171_small.jpg" /></a></td> </tr> <tr class="caption"> <td>1623/171 entrance and a small shaft linked to it <br />by a section of mostly unroofed cave, seen in 1995</td> <td>Robert Seebacher at the entrance in 1995</td> </table><p>Photos &copy; Andy Waddington 1995, except 1999 photo &copy; Olly Betts	Tag	Paint marking on wall facing southwest:</p><div class="centre"><a href="../others/l/90-1.htm"><img src="../others/t/90-1.jpg" alt="CUCC painted marking (17k JPEG)" width="73" height="67" class="aligntop" /></a></div><p>Original 90/1 marking of 1990 vintage, converted to "171" in 1991. This image taken in 1995. There is also a metal tag bolted on by the Austrians in 1995.
184			a		entrance																						t171				Surface survey												Tag		Surveyed
185			b		last entrance																							p171b			Surface survey												Paint (?)		Surveyed
186	172	1/T +		90/2		plateau/172.htm			Plateau H&ouml;hle 90/2			1a	Almost certainly seen before, but recorded CUCC 1990	Horizontal, walk-in phreatic tube dipping to S and trending 190&deg;. 40m long, 4m wide, 1.5 to 2m high. Choked at end.					In dataset	</p><div class="centre"><img src="others/172plan.png" /></div><p>Notes in 2000#34	caves/172/172.svx							p172			Surface survey								North of <a href="171/171.html">171</a> along fault, on cliff facing north, 10m east of fault. HSK 063&deg;, Sch&ouml;nberg cross 343&deg;. Relocated from these bearings, which seem about right, in 1995.			</p><div class="centre"><a href="others/l/172.htm"><img alt="Entrance photo" src="others/t/172.jpg" width="200" height="150" /></a><p>Entrance to 1623/172, seen in 1995</p></div><p>	Tag	Originally marked "CUCC 90/2" in red, changed to "172" in 1991. An Austrian metal tag bolted to entrance in 1995.	Surveyed
187	173	1/S +		90/3		plateau/173.htm			Plateau Schacht 90/3			1d	Recorded CUCC 1990	Lies along fracture line from <a href="172.htm">172</a> with several shafts connected by a narrow rift. Most of these are snow plugged - 173 also has a plug but this has shrunk and a large gap is visible around the edges. Fracture trends 024&deg;, shaft is c20m deep and 7m diameter.									C20m				t173				Surface survey						Br&auml;uning Nase 191&deg; (1995, 1990 record says 186&deg;), Nipple 159&deg;, Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel appears as two peaks, left hand one is 080&deg; (1995, 1990 figure 082&deg; unclear which peak), Br&auml;uning Zinken 224&deg; (1995, 1990:220&deg;)					</p><div class="centre"><a href="others/l/173.htm"><img alt="Photo - 96k" width="194" height="130" src="others/t/173.jpg" /></a></div><p>	Tag	Originally marked "CUCC 90/3" in red, changed to "173" in 1991. An Austrian metal tag bolted to entrance in 1995.	Surveyed
188	174	1/S +		90/4		plateau/174.htm			Plateau Schacht 90/4			1d	Recorded CUCC 1990, descended by Adam ?	c 30m shaft, climbable for first 10m to rock bridge. Snow at bottom, but cobble floor also visible.									C30m										gps00.174			1665m (by altimeter set 1610 at Bergrestaurant)	Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel 088&deg; (1995, 1990:087&deg;) to right hand peak, Rightmost apparent peak of three on Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel 160&deg; (1990), Br&auml;uning Nase 188&deg; (1995, 1990:189&deg;), Br&auml;uning Zinken 221&deg; (1995, 1990:218&deg;)		Situated on fracture bearing 044&deg; which forms prominent banded cliff visible North of Top Camp on second low ridge.	This cave is quite hard to find, even though the bearings get you very close. It is just below a cliff, which is almost the highest bit of cliff in the vicinity. The entrance is almost on the (E-W) axis on the ridge and the cliff faces SE. The number is easily missed.		</p><div class="centre"><a href="others/l/174.htm"><img alt="Photo of entrance" src="others/t/174.jpg" width="124" height="185" /></a></div><p>	Tag	Originally marked "CUCC 90/4" in red, changed to "174" in 1991. An Austrian metal tag bolted to entrance in 1995.	Surveyed
189	175	1/S +		90/5		plateau/175.htm			Plateau Schacht 90/5			1d	Recorded CUCC 1990, descended 1990-07-29	c20m shaft, snow at bottom. Last (2nd) pitch led to climb into choked bit.						Sketch survey in 1990 survey book, page 78													gps00.175				Nipple 167&deg;, Br&auml;uning Nase 193&deg;, Br&auml;uning Zinken 220&deg;, HSK 100&deg; (1990 bearings)			Further round cliff to NE of <a href="174.htm">174</a> on NW side of shallow valley bounded on one side by the HSK.</p><p>If you <b>are</b> coming from 174, 175 is a couple of scars down from where you arrive by simply following the cliff.		</p><div class="centre"><a href="others/l/175.htm"><img src="others/t/175.jpg" alt="Entrance photo (85k JPEG)" width="123" height="175" /></a><a href="others/l/175snr.htm"><img src="others/t/175snr.jpg" alt="Entrance in context of surroundings (68k JPEG)" width="154" height="110" /></a></div><p>	Tag	Originally marked "CUCC 90/5" in red, changed to "175" in 1991. An Austrian metal tag bolted to entrance in 1995.	Surveyed
190	176	1/S -		90/6		plateau/176.htm			Plateau Schacht 90/6			1d	Recorded CUCC 1990	c30m shaft with snow-covered ledge at 15m. Rocks thrown down land on cobble floor.																			gps00.176			1665m (by altimeter set 1610 at Bergrestaurant)	Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel 102&frac12; (1995, to left hand peak; 1990/91 100 or 104&deg;?), rightmost (of three) peak of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel 168&frac12;&deg; (1990/91: 167 or 169&deg;), Br&auml;uning Nase 195&deg; (1995, 1990:193&deg;), Br&auml;uning Zinken 220&frac12; (1995, 1990/91 220 or 214&deg;), Top Camp 192&deg; (1991?)		At foot of SE-facing scar, just NE of a much more obvious (but unmarked) NW-SE rift with snow. Below this scar is a pavement formed in a shelly band of limestone, which dips c 10-15&deg; on a strike of 135-315&deg;. Following the pavement down and dropping down one scar leads to <a href="175.htm">175</a>.			</p><div class="centre"><a href="others/l/176snr.htm"><img alt="Photo of entrance" src="others/t/176snr.jpg" width="122" height="172" /></a></div><p>	Tag	Originally marked "CUCC 90/6" in red, changed to "176" in 1991, on scar above cave, rather small. An Austrian metal tag bolted to entrance next to the number in 1995.	Surveyed
191	177	1/S +		90/7		plateau/177.htm			Tantalus Schacht			1d	CUCC 1990	Named by dehydrated discoverers who had allowed water (and paint) out of their possession. At the bottom of the shaft is beautiful flowing stream. 35m shaft from Bunde belay to pool, water seep and ice at bottom. Access to promising looking passage which unfortunately quickly chokes.						</p><p><img src="others/177pln.png" alt="Sketch plan (5k PNG)"/>																	Br&auml;uning Nase 215&deg;, Br&auml;uning Zinken 234&deg;, Sch&ouml;nberg summit 332&deg;. This proved impossible to find in 1995 from these bearings which bring one to a point c 200m NNE of 1623/104 (easily spotted by the prominent split boulder above its entrance). The vicinity is hard to search owing to an excess of dwarf pine scrub and small cliffs.		At break of slope between HSK and the plateau.						Lost	There is a shaft nearby with a loose rock numbered 177, which is <b>wrong</b> (suspected at the time, hence the use of an easily erasable mark)
192	178	1/T +		90/8		plateau/178.htm			Plateau H&ouml;hle 90/8			1d	CUCC 1990	Window into very large passage about 10&times;20m, fluted snow plug, second drops onto end of plug. To NE, passage leads to another large chamber with another shaft coming in at the far end.																							Sch&ouml;nberg cross 330&deg;, Br&auml;uning Zinken 239&deg;, Br&auml;uning Nase 229&deg;, Nipple 210&deg;. The last is apparently totally wrong, but the other three lines intersect within a circle about 200m across								Lost
193			h		entrance																							p231h			Surface survey												Tag		Surveyed
194			i		last entrance																							p231i			Surface survey												Tag		Surveyed
195	232	2/S x							Grie&szlig;kogelschacht
196	233										Number allocated to Germans	nonexistent										244m	111m
197	234	3/S/W x	a b	2000-09	yes	smkridge/234/234.html			Hauchh&ouml;hle			2d	CUCC 2000, 2002, 2004.	</p><ul><li><a href="upperlevel.html">Upper level</a></li><li><a href="pie.html">Pie Series + Wowoland level</a></li><li style="margin-top: 1em"><a href="gallery.html">Photo gallery</a></li></ul><p>	20m rope + 2 slings for ent pitch; 5m handline + 1 or 2 slings for climb down into Flashgun Chamber. More needed for Pie Series and traverse to Sweet Sight.	<a href="qm.html">Question mark list</a>.	Form submitted summer 2003 as part of a misnumbering cockup. Resolved 2004-07-28 with allocation of new number 234.		In dataset; download <a href="234.3d">.3d file</a> or <a href="surveydata.tgz">Raw survey data</a>	plan drawn up after 2005 expo:</p><p><a href="234plan.png"><img alt="234 plan survey" src="234plansmall.png" /></a></p><p>(2004 version archived <a href="surveys/234-2004-survey.png">here</a>, or in colour <a href="surveys/234-2004-surveycolour.png">here</a>.)	caves/234/234.svx	619m	61m	127m																The arch-shaped entrance and gully are obvious from the route used in 2000 onwards from Top Camp to <a href="../204/204.html">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</a>. Shortly after crossing the large bare area of limestone slabs on the flanks of the Hinter, the path traverses directly around the right-hand side of the entrance gully.		</p><div class="centre"><a href="l/tag.html"><img src="t/tag.jpg" /></a> <a href="l/bent.html"><img src="t/bent.jpg" /></a></div>
198			a		entrance																						p234a				Surface survey												Tag		Surveyed
199			b	2002-02	last entrance																						p234b				Surface survey												Tag		Surveyed
200	235	1/T +				smkridge/235/235.html			Schaukelfelsbrockenh&ouml;hle			2b	CUCC 2001	A rift can be descended, over wedged stones, inculding one that rocks. This leads to a narrow hading rift with wedged boulders for a ceiling.						</p><p><a href="235surveylarge.jpg"><img alt="235 survey" src="235surveysmall.jpg" /></a></p><p>		6m	3m					gps02olly.235											The cave is situated on a flatish area of limestone uphill from the row of Eish&ouml;hle entrances that lead to Schneevulcanhalle.				Tag	"1623/235" tag placed 2002-08-09. (Is this correct, or does the tag really say 1623/230, as the 2002 logbook asserts?)	Surveyed
201	236	1/T +				smkridge/236/236.html			Moostunnelh&ouml;hle			2b	CUCC 2001	A short initially mossy cave that slopes downhill to a corner, where the cave becomes to tight.						</p><p><a href="236surveylarge.jpg"><img alt="236 survey;" src="236surveysmall.jpg" /></a>		5m	2m					gps02olly.236											The cave is situated on a flattish area of limestone uphill from the row of Eish&ouml;hle entrances that lead to Schneevulcanhalle.			</p><div class="centre"><a href="236entlarge.jpg"><img alt="236 photo" src="236entsmall.jpg" /></a><p>Photo of 236 entrance</p><a href="236entcloseuplarge.jpg"><img alt="236 photo" src="236entcloseupsmall.jpg" /></a><p>Close up photo of 236 entrance</p></div><p>	Retag	Alloy tag "1623/232" placed 2002-08-09. Number realised to be in error 2004, needs correcting	Surveyed
202	237	1/T +	a&ndash;c		yes	smkridge/237/237.html			Dreieingangabdrosselnh&ouml;hle			2b	CUCC 2001, 2002	A moderate sized chamber with large blocks on the floor, one entrance is low and wide, one is small up a 3m climb and one is a walk in entrance						</p><p><a href="237surveylarge.jpg"><img alt="237 survey" src="237surveysmall.jpg" /></a></p><p>		10m	5m																The cave is situated on a flattish area of limestone uphill from the row of Eish&ouml;hle entrances that lead to Schneevulcanhalle, SW of 163 and below VSK summit cliffs. Very broken area.	Follow "path" towards 163, but instead of taking down-trending traverse ledge (above 40f), after very steep slope up, continue up slope and to left.		</p><table class="imgtable"><tr> <td><a href="237Aphotolarge.jpg"><img alt="237A entrance photo (JPEG)" src="237Aphotosmall.jpg" /></a></td> <td><a href="237Bphotolarge.jpg"><img alt="237B entrance photo (JPEG)" src="237Bphotosmall.jpg" /></a></td> <td><a href="237Cphotolarge.jpg"><img alt="237C entrance photo (JPEG)" src="237Cphotosmall.jpg" /></a></td> </tr><tr class="caption"> <td>237A</td><td>237B</td><td>237C</td></tr></table><p><!-- Not sure who took the earlier photos; the 2002 237C photo is from Wookey's collection -->	Retag	Main entrance tagged "1623/233A" in 2002, owing to misnumbering cockup. Spits placed for 233B and 233C and tags left by spit holes 2002-08-09 (failed to take enough bolts - d'oh). Misnumbering noticed 2004, needs correcting.	Surveyed
203			a		entrance																							gps02olly.237
204			b		entrance																																					</p><div class="centre"><a href="237Bphotolarge.jpg"><img alt="237B photo" src="237Bphotosmall.jpg" /></a></div><p>
205			c		last entrance
206	238	1/T +	a b		yes	smkridge/238/238.html			Flinkameiseschacht	Speedy Ant Shaft		2b	CUCC 2001,2002	An approximately 20m deep shaft with snow at the bottom. If snow levels allow, a way on can found down the left side of the snow plug, through an awkward squeeze over a large rock into a chamber with a snow and ice slope. A second short pitch leads off to the left, but soon ends.</p><p>A second small entrance leads via an awkward crawl to a sloping ledge on the right hand wall of the shaft a couple of metres down.			2002 logbook (2002-08-05)			</p><p><a href="238surveylarge.jpg"><img alt="238 survey (from 2001)" src="238surveysmall.jpg" /></a></p><p>Survey of 238 from 2001. The cave was resurveyed in 2002 but this has apparently not been drawn up.		25m	20m																The cave is situated on a flattish area of limestone uphill from the row of Eish&ouml;hle entrances that lead to Schneevulcanhalle. The shaft is located at the base of a cliff. Refound in 2002 by following path from 163 towards 162 for ~100m.					Tag "1623/234A" placed on main entrance in 2002. "1623/234B" tag placed 2002-08-09. Misnumbering noticed 2004, needs retagging.	Surveyed	Tags on both entrances say 234
207			a		entrance																							p238															Tag
208			b		last entrance																																						Tag
209	117	3/S =				noinfo/1626/117.htm			Trunkemboldschacht	Gouffre Empagadure, H1		1626	</p><ul><li>Discovered in July 1976 by <span lang="fr">F.Vergier.</span></li><li>Explored between 12th and 23rd July 1976 by <span lang="fr">A.C.Toulon, S.C.Toulon, Lou Darbon &amp; Sp&eacute;l&eacute;o Ragaie</span> to -587m.</li><li>In 1977 <span lang="fr">A.C.Toulon,</span> and groups from <span lang="fr">Aragnous &amp; Darboun</span> reached -854m.</li></ul><p>	Down to -287m the cave is made up of shortish pitches interspersed with tight meandering passage : p8, p12, p17, p9, p20, p3, p12, p30, p7, p6, p9, p8, p7, p5, p34, p6, p8, p5, p9. At -287m, an 18m pitch drops into a large chamber. The water disappears in the boulders to reappear in a whole series of wet pitches of which the longest is 30m. Floods impeded exploration at the bottom of this branch: at -456m a pitch of about 20m was definitely too wet to be descended. At -488m a low passage was also too wet. Moreover, the draught there was weak or absent.</p><p>In the chamber at -308m, a reascent of about 15m gave access to a fairly wide fossil canyon which blew a detectable draught. After 30m, this passage opened onto the enormous <span lang="fr">Puits de Naufrag&eacute;s</span> (The Castaway's pitch), with a cross section of 15 by 25 metres and 242m deep. Near the bottom of this pitch, several inlets appeared to come from the first branch explored. The bottom of the pitch contracted to a joint-guided rift, exploration in 1976 ending at the head of a pitch estimated at 40m. (Depth 587m).</p><p>The cave continued predominantly vertical in 1977, with pitches of 54, 88, 53 and 25m to two siphons at -854m. The altitude of these sumps is 756m - the valley level.				</p><dl><dt>78.2012</dt><dd><cite>(GSAB) <span lang="fr">Sp&eacute;alp</span> 1 (June 1977) pp 33-49</cite>, <b>Totes Gebirge: <span lang="fr">Description des principaux gouffres de la zone ouest du massif</span></b>, <span lang="fr">Jean Claude Hans &amp; Etienne Degrave</span><br /><a href="../../others/gsab/en/782012.htm#id117">English Translation</a><br /><a href="../../others/gsab/fr/782012.htm#id117" lang="fr">En Fran&ccedil;ais</a></dd><dt>78.2003</dt><dd><cite>(GSAB) <span lang="fr">Sp&eacute;alp</span> 2 (1978) p64, survey</cite>, <b lang="de">Trunkemboldschacht</b>, <span lang="fr">Jean Pierre Braun</span><br /><a href="../../others/gsab/782003.htm" lang="fr">En Fran&ccedil;ais</a></dd></dl><p>The description is translated mainly from reference 78.2003 by Andy Waddington and Jill Gates.					-854m to 3 sumps, a predominantly vertical system.													1610m			NE of point 1895m (<span lang="de">Hangender Kogel,</span> NE face).
210	120	4/T/S x	a&ndash;d		yes	noinfo/1626/120.htm			Feuertalsystem			1626	</p><ul><li>Found in 1973 by <a href="../../others/gsab/index.htm"><span lang="fr">Groupe Sp&eacute;l&eacute;o Alpin Belge</span></a> under the name T3, but not pushed to any depth.</li><li>Rediscovered in July 1976 by <span lang="fr">J.M.Piron</span> and explored from 12th to 23rd of July by <span lang="fr">A.C.Toulon, S.C.Toulon, Lou Darbon &amp; Sp&eacute;l&eacute;o Ragaie</span> to a depth of 708m. Later sources refer to this group as 'an unheard of group of <span lang="fr">"Sp&eacute;l&eacute;os Proven&ccedil;aux"'.</span></li><li>The same group in 1977 discovered the two lower entrances, using them to explore to the bottom at -913m.</li><li>The Austrian expedition of 1985 set out to connect <span lang="de">Feuertalsystem</span> to <a href="55.htm"><span lang="de">Raucherkarh&ouml;hle</span></a> and found a large horizontal passage, but no connection.</li></ul><p>	From the <span lang="fr">Quelli</span> entrance, pitches p8, p19, p83, p33, p24, p17, p5, p33, p24, p9, p33, p27, p103 lead to -400m. Here one reaches a vast passage going up and downhill. The downstream passage emerges at the top of an 84m pitch. Below this a winding canyon interspersed with small pitches gives onto a 15m pitch and the end of exploration in 1976 at -708m.</p><p>The lower entrances lead by large phreatic passages to pitches which drop into a further large horizontal level which undulates between -410m and -500m. At -497m, this links to the main vertical system from <span lang="fr">Quelli.</span> Using these lower ways in, exploration reached a sump at -913m in 1977. Following the large phreatic level away from <span lang="fr">Quelli</span> goes for about a kilometre before breaking into the side of a colossal shaft at -414m. This is a 211m pitch to a choke at -625m. There is a possible way on across this shaft, which is, however, 20m in diameter.				</p><dl><dt>78.2012</dt><dd><cite>(GSAB) <span lang="fr">Sp&eacute;alp</span> 1 (June 1977) pp 33-49</cite>, <b><span lang="de">Totes Gebirge</span>: <span lang="fr">Description des principaux gouffres de la zone ouest du massif</span></b>, <span lang="fr">Jean Claude Hans &amp; Etienne Degrave</span><br /><a href="../../others/gsab/en/782012.htm#id117">English Translation</a><br /><a href="../../others/gsab/fr/782012.htm#id117" lang="fr">En Fran&ccedil;ais</a></dd><dt>78.2013</dt><dd><cite>(GSAB) <span lang="fr">Sp&eacute;alp</span> 2 (1978) pp 66-67, survey</cite>, <b lang="de">Feuertalsystem</b>, <span lang="fr">Jean Claude Hans</span><br /><a href="../../others/gsab/782013.htm" lang="fr">En Fran&ccedil;ais</a></dd></dl><p>The description is translated mainly from these references by Andy Waddington and Jill Gates.							</p><ul><li>The Austrian expedition of 1985 found a 3km horizontal passage, which brought the total length of the system to 15km.</li><li>In early 1997 the length was given as 19808m <span lang="de">(Markus Wiesinger,</span> personal comm.)</li></ul><p>														In the south flank of <span lang="fr">Feuertal</span> on the north side of <span lang="de">Sch&ouml;nberg. Kataster</span> says west of <span lang="de">Sch&ouml;nberg,</span> east of <span lang="de">Franzosenschacht,</span> 1626/119.
211	120		a		entrance																					<span lang="de">Kacherlschacht</span> (<span lang="fr">Quelli,</span> F3)										1940m
212	120		b		entrance																					<span lang="fr">Velo-Tracteur</span> (F6)										1774m
213	120		c		entrance																					<span lang="fr">Carcajau</span> (F9)										1736m or 1731m
214	120		d		last entrance																					<span lang="de">Altark&ouml;gerlh&ouml;hle</span>										1670m
215	122	3/S =				noinfo/1626/122.htm			Ufoschacht	Gouffre Ovni		1626	</p><ul><li>Discovered in August 1974 by D.Motte.</li><li>Entrance unblocked by <span lang="fr">Groupe Sp&eacute;l&eacute;o Alpin Belge</span> in 1975 and 76.</li><li>Explored in August 1976 by <span lang="fr">F.Dechany &amp; J.C.Hans</span> (GSAB) to -201m</li><li>Pushed to -565m on a further GSAB trip 5th-29th August 1977.</li></ul><p>	The entrance consists of a crack about 20cm high, which was at first cleared as far as a chamber with no exit. The draught which had enabled the entrance to be found now showed the way on. After having unblocked a fissure dubbed Sas, a pitch, <b lang="fr">Escalier Anti-G,</b> was reached. This is broken in five places. A second pitch, <b lang="fr">Puits Androm&egrave;de,</b> broken into three, leads to a short canyon, then to several drops and pitches interspersed with short squeezes. The following pitches can be seen as forming a single 80m shaft, the <b lang="fr">Puits Ganim&egrave;de,</b> divided into five and becoming bigger and bigger in depth as well as width. The cave continues by a fault rift two or three metres wide and 40m deep, <b lang="fr">Puits Trou Noir</b> (The Black Hole). The early pitches are dry, but by this point, at -200m, the shafts are much wetter.</p><p>The explorers in 1977 started on the descent of a fine 60m pitch of constant shape, slightly sloping, <b lang="fr">Puits Zorglub.</b> At the bottom of this is the only chamber of the cave : the <b lang="fr">Salle Galactique.</b> Here the cave splits into two routes, the active and the fossil.</p><h4>Active system</h4><p>Downstream from the chamber a drop leads to a small chamber among boulders, the Love Nest. (No idea who ventured to call it this). Between the boulders a 20m pitch opens, immediately followed by a 25m pitch. In fact, the last 25m of descent drops between the walls of an immense aven to land on a flat gravel floor. A diagonal chimney leads to a trickle of water.</p><p>A fissure marks the start of the <b lang="fr">M&eacute;andre Anti-Mati&egrave;re,</b> where one immediately rejoins the underground stream. This has an average flow of two litres per second but quite rapidly increases to 10-15 litres per second in flood. The first part of the meander is straight and interrupted by 3 small pitches and two drops. At the top of the first, in the roof, is the connection with the fossil system. Quickly, the meander becomes less amenable: high and narrow, it is plastered with mud (the anti-matter) which makes progress quite arduous. Three pitches of 5, 14 and 10m punctuate progress. This last, followed by a drop of 3m, gives access to a section of passage blocked by clay. At the end of this, the stream disappears into a fissure with tight impenetrable bends.</p><p>The main passage continues ahead as a quite large fossil branch. After some 50m, the draught goes into an earthy hole, the start of a big pitch of 70m in several stages, the <b lang="fr">Puits du Centaure.</b></p><p>Halfway down, the pitch is rejoined by the stream which is avoided by a parallel fossil shaft. There immediately follows another pitch of 55m, the <b lang="fr">Puits du Fond des Ages,</b> totally wet and characterised by an elliptical cross-section and constant slope. At the bottom, the water is engulfed by a fissure about three metres long, followed by a tight meander which has not been pushed. This is the deepest point : -565m.</p><h4>Fossil system</h4><p>Upstream from the <span lang="fr">Salle Galactique,</span> a window some metres high gives access to a good-sized passage (3x3m on average), the <b lang="fr">M&eacute;andre des Petits Hommes Verts</b> (the Little Green Men's passage). One comes up against a climb of 3m at the base of which the trickle of water is lost into a meander cut below the fossil passage (see below). After a narrowing and a climb, the passage ends in boulders between which it is still possible to penetrate for a dozen metres.</p><p>Back in the meander below the fossil passage: this ends at the <b lang="fr">Puit de la Com&egrave;te</b> (discovered by the <span lang="fr">Gaumais</span>), a 60m pitch, spray-lashed in its lower part by <b lang="fr">Le Pipi</b> (the wee-wee). At the base of this pitch is the beginning of the <b lang="fr">M&eacute;andre des Mutants.</b> This is a passage for masochists <span lang="fr">par excellence</span>: low and tight, gear gets caught everywhere. It ends in a series of climbs and a 30m pitch joining the active system.				</p><dl><dt>78.2012</dt><dd><cite>(GSAB) <span lang="fr">Sp&eacute;alp</span> 1 (June 1977) pp 33-49</cite>, <b>Totes Gebirge: <span lang="fr">Description des principaux gouffres de la zone ouest du massif</span></b>, <span lang="fr">Jean Claude Hans &amp; Etienne Degrave</span><br /><a href="../../others/gsab/en/782012.htm#id117">English Translation</a><br /><a href="../../others/gsab/fr/782012.htm#id117" lang="fr">En Fran&ccedil;ais</a></dd><dt>78.2008</dt><dd><cite>(GSAB) <span lang="fr">Sp&eacute;alp</span> 2 (1978) pp 14-19, figures, surveys</cite>, <span lang="fr"><b>Gouffre Ovni</b>, Georges Feller</span><br /><a href="../../others/gsab/en/782008.htm">English Translation</a><br /><a href="../../others/gsab/fr/782008.htm" lang="fr">En Fran&ccedil;ais</a></dd></dl><p>							Description adapted from the references by Andy Waddington. This translation has not been vetted by a fluent french reader, and I'm afraid it shows rather badly in places.</p><p>See reference 78-2008 for Geology and Meteorology.											1520m			<span lang="de">Plagitzergrube,</span> NE of <span lang="de">Hangender Kogel.</span> This puts it quite close to <span lang="de">Trunkemboldschacht,</span> <a href="117.htm">1626/117</a> (which is 90m higher) and also near the path.
216		1/S +		A1		kratzer/a1.htm			CUCC 1976/A1			4	CUCC 1976	An obvious open entrance leads to an 11m pitch into a rift chamber choked in both directions.									11m													c 1635m			Situated some 50m vertically below Schwarzmoossattel, up valley from the Loser H&uuml;tte. (I think the reference to the Loser H&uuml;tte is very misleading outside the context of the original article in <i>Cambridge Underground</i>, and should really be up valley from Br&auml;uning Alm).						Lost	Probably hopeless
217		1/S/T +		B1		kratzer/b1.htm			CUCC 1976/B1			4	CUCC 1976	A 14m pitch drops into rift passage quickly choking to the east. To the west, a short walk reaches a 3m climb to a higher level, choking rapidly.									14m		Thought by the Austrians to be one of a group of <a href="../noinfo/kratzer/36.htm">shafts numbered 36</a> in the Kataster, but the location of B1 relative to <a href="b4.htm">B4</a>, which is very near 36, precludes this interpretation. Unfortunately, B1 was not relocated in a search in 1990.											c 1640m ?			Situated some 40m from <a href="a1.htm">A1</a>, up valley and slightly higher up the east slope, the hole lies in an obvious E-W fault.						Lost	Probably hopeless
218		1/S +		B2		kratzer/b2.htm			CUCC 1976/B2			4	CUCC 1976	A 4m climb leads to two 5m drops and a snow plug. Across the snow a direct pitch can be reached.									15m																Up the bottom of the valley from <a href="b1.htm">B1</a>, B2 is met just at the foot of the last steep pull up onto the col. Not relocated in search in 1990.						Lost	Probably hopeless
219		1/S +		B3		kratzer/b3.htm			CUCC 1976/B3			4	CUCC 1976	The lowest entrance drops via a 10m pitch into a descending rift. The rift drops steadily over boulders to a choke. Up rift from the pitch, daylight is reached from one of the other holes.									15m ?																Just a few metres up valley from <a href="b2.htm">B2</a>, a series of holes. (<i>Cambridge Underground 1977</i> gives bearings of Loser 238&deg;, Br&auml;uning Nase 280&deg;. However, Loser is not visible from this area and it is most likely that this bearing is to Sommersitz, which looks rather similar from this direction.) Not relocated in search in 1990.						Lost
220		1/S +		B4		kratzer/b4.htm			CUCC 1976/B4			4	CUCC 1976	Descent of 45&deg; snow slope reaches a choked rift. Above and ahead water enters via small aven but no sign of a way on.						CUCC sketch 1996			?					p1976_b4			Surface survey		gps00.b4						Again just a short distance up valley from <a href="b3.htm">B3</a>, a significant shakehole with snow at foot. (<i>Cambridge Underground 1977</i> gives bearings of Loser 234&deg;, Br&auml;uning Nase 292&deg;. However, Loser is not visible from this area and it is most likely that this bearing is to Sommersitz, which looks rather similar from this direction.)</p><p> Relocated in searches in 1990 and 1996 - best (and pretty easily) found from Schwarzmoossattel or <a href="../tcamps.htm#topcamp">Top Camp</a> by following the path south until a small spring (at the site of the <a href="../tcamps.htm#id1979camp">1979 bivouac</a>) feeds a tiny stream descending into the valley. This sinks in the northernmost shaft of <a href="../noinfo/kratzer/36.htm">Schachtgruppe 36</a>. In the centre of the valley across from this point is an obvious shakehole, usually with a small snowchoke, in a shaft.				Tag		Surveyed
221		1/S +		B5		kratzer/b5.htm			CUCC 1976/B5		probably = <a href="#id74">74</a>	4	CUCC 1976	Descent over snow of 10m or so ended a snow choke.									10m		Probabaly =<a href="../noinfo/kratzer/74.htm">74</a>														"Right on the col - the scar to the west has large holes immediately below it." A scar to the west with large holes below it exactly describes <a href="../noinfo/kratzer/36.htm">Schachtgruppe 36</a> as seen from <a href="b4.htm">B4</a>. B5 was not relocated in a search in 1990, nor so far in 1995. However, the Austrians thought B5 was the same as Kat. 35, whose description is nothing similar, <em>but</em> 35 is in the same doline as Kat. 74, which <em>does</em> sound exactly like B5, so we can probably assume that it is the same place.						Lost	Probably hopeless
222		1/S +		B6		plateau/b6.htm			CUCC 1976/B6			1a	CUCC 1976	Descent of 8m to a choke.									8m																Small shaft on plateau just over the col. It is believed that this has not been found since 1976, despite a number of searches.						Lost
223		1/S +		B10		plateau/b10.htm			CUCC 1976/B10			1a	CUCC 1976, 1988	Simply a 5m climb to two short pitches choked at foot of second. Rigged entirely on natural belays in 1988.											This was apparently relocated and reexplored by CUCC <a href="../years/1988/log.htm#id1988-B10-1">in 1988</a>, before they spotted the number. Shown as being near the foot of the Br&auml;uning wall, in the same area as <a href="159.htm">159</a> and <a href="160.htm">160</a>. Not relocated, however, in a search in 1990, probably because it's further out onto the plateau than the 91,93,94 area where I looked. There are a couple of likely looking holes immediately north of the grassy area containing lower top camp, but no number was visible in 1998.														Lies in maze of karren north of B9.						Refindable	Persistent reports of this being seen (including accidental reexploration in 1988), but not by those doing the documentation :-(
224		2/S +		LA11		1626/la11.htm			Lungeh&ouml;hle			1626	<a href="../others/luss/index.htm">LUSS</a> 1987-9	A large rift gives an awkward 7m ladder climb down into a chamber leading to a boulder slope. Climb down in a rift for 8m (narrow at top) until a loose slope leads down to a 7m pitch where a small dry inlet enters. The pitch leads onto a rocking boulder wedged in a narrow rift and a tight squeeze down, <b>The Jaws</b>, forms the head of the next 16m pitch and the start of <b>Deep Throat Series</b>.</p><p>The pitch lands in a small chamber with a short walking rift exit. Pitches of 14m, 8m and 10m follow in rapid succession. At the foot of the 10m pitch, a smooth, oval squeeze, <b>The Cnut</b> (spelling mistake), opens onto <b>The Womb</b>. This is a fine pitch of 41m in a spacious shaft, landing in a chamber 12m x 10m with a floor of large boulders of dubious stability.</p><p>A rift to one side is a loose and narrow pitch of 17m to a ledge and much nicer drop of 10m. A large rift, <b>The Large Intestine</b>, follows. Initially traversed on wide ledges, this soon narrows to a crawl along the rift at roof level. A 14m pitch descends to the foot of the rift and a short section of sharp, suit-ripping rift leads to a chamber with an inlet up to one side. The suit ripping rift can be bypassed by a pendulum, but the rope left for this is now hanging inaccessible, so the original manoevre would need to be repeated.</p><p>The exit from the chamber is too tight, but a 12m pitch up reaches a muddy solution tube at roof level, originally reached by an exposed traverse from a point halfway down the previous pitch. A slippery climb up and a short flat-out crawl, <b>The Small Intestine</b>, leads to the head of a constricted pitch of 10m to a wider section of the rift. After a few metres, a pit in the floor necessitates a climb down, then back up of 5m. At this point, a traverse follows the roof of the rift while the floor cuts down sharply. A pair of 13m deep holes are crossed by fairly exposed traverses, and further traversing reaches the next pitch <b>Fantasy</b>, in a shaft which is initially about 15m in diameter.</p><p>A drop of 46m, broken by ledges covered in loose boulders, lands on a large sloping ledge at a junction with a much larger shaft. The rubble needs caution, as much of the rest of the pitch is in the firing line.</p><p>The next section is 58m with two deviations, close to a wall down which some water falls. The opposite wall is some 20-30m away, and to either side, no walls are visible. Below this section, a narrow saddle of rock splits the shaft, the left hand route (facing the water) being taken. A further 27m lands on an enormous (20m x 30m) flat ledge right across the shaft, with pitches continuing both sides.</p><p>The right hand (facing the water) shaft is the continuation of the route voided at the rock saddle. A steep, muddy slope leads onto a 41m pitch and, below this, a climb over a muddy boulder pile leads onto a steep ramp (rope required) descending 15m into <b>The Dream Machine</b>. This is a massive passage 30m wide leading through boulders the size of houses. After about 100m, a boulder pile with a large central boulder is reached. Beyond, the passage can be seen to continue, but scaling equipment will be required to reach it.</p><p>From the 30m x 20m ledge, the left hand shaft is undescended, but rock tests indicate a similar depth to the right hand shaft, ie. about 50m.</p><p>At the end of 1988, the depth is 354m with excellent potential.</p><p>Stopped at -375m, no further details at present.				</p><ul><li><dl><dt>87.1514</dt><dd><cite>Austria Reconnaissance Expedition 1987, Lancaster University Speleological Society</cite></dd></dl></li><li><dl><dt>89.1866</dt><dd><cite>Dead Mountains Expedition 1988, L.U.S.S.</cite> 24pp illus.</dd></dl></li></ul><p>					354m <strong>Still going</strong>													1839m			13&deg; 50' 22&quot; E, 47&deg; 42' 26&quot; N</p><p>150m due south of Ro&szlig; Kogel summit - to north of a snowfield. In a depression 90m due East of <a href="la12.htm">Sternloch</a> and the Rock Shelter.
225		3/S -		LA12		1626/la12.htm			Sternloch			1626	<a href="../others/luss/index.htm">LUSS</a> 1987-8	A narrow slot (1m x 5m) with a small capping roof, soon bells out to a landing after 17m on a boulder-strewn ledge. The second pitch, <b>Virgo</b>, follows immediately, bolt belays giving a fine hang of 21m. Ways down through the boulder floor soon choke, but a step up into a small alcove reveals a small hole dropping into a rift. This is the take-off for <b>Aquarius</b>, an 85m shaft in six sections. Halfway down, the water cascades in from the roof, usually in large quantities.</p><p>From the base of Aquarius, traversing forwards gains a drier hang for the next pitch of 16m. A pendulum 10m down avoids the worst of the water, which continues down a clean circular shaft (see below).</p><p>The pendulum reaches <b>W.C.S. series</b> where two short drops in a rift lead to a bolt rebelay in a massive jammed boulder. Just below this, a window opens into a narrow shaft which is undescended. At the foot of the rift, a short section of hading rift gets wetter at the head of the next pitch, whose 11m are always lashed by spray from somewhere above.</p><p>A short traverse into a large alcove escapes the spray and facilitates a dry hang for <b>FUDE</b>, a 14m pitch with natural belays set well back and soft squidgy choss at the pitch head. Two climbs lead to a rift/ramp area where the way on is tight and thrutchy. <b>Nil Desperandum</b> soon drops to the head of a short pitch and more climbs down into a chamber.</p><p>The rift outlet is too tight, but a 5m climb up gains a bypass where a short traverse leads to <b>Ardua</b>, a pitch of 11m. Down the slope, the water sinks in boulders, but the way on is a slot in the wall behind a large boulder. This immediately bells out onto <b>Astra</b>, a 38m pitch where a pendulum onto and over a huge chocked boulder reaches bolts for the second part of the pitch, a superb 25m drop down one end of a large rift.</p><p>Climbing down at the far end of the rift, an area of breakdown is reached. Up the boulders, a rift enters from the right (presumed to be an inlet, but not explored), while water can be heard away to the left. However, the loose nature of this area, combined with the pitch below, precluded anything more than a cursory examination.</p><p>Under the boulders, a short pitch lands in a chamber where the water is rejoined shortly before it cascades over the lip of another large shaft, the limit of exploration in 1987.</p><p>The pitch is 57m and quite wet, dropping into a sizeable chamber (50m x 10m and 40m high), <b>The Planetarium</b>. This chamber is formed along a fault, with breakdown littering the floor. At one end, under a large waterfall, is a pitch between the wall and the boulders. This drops 15m into an extremely loose boulder choke <b>Religious Places</b>, with no way on. No other route out could be found from the Planetarium, giving an overall depth of 331m.</p><p>The wet way on from the bottom of Aquarius descends pitches of 7m and 27m. The latter is arguably the best pitch of the cave, hanging free for 23m beside a column of water. Unfortunately, the way on is a tiny impassable rift.				</p><ul><li><dl><dt>87.1514</dt><dd><cite>Austria Reconnaissance Expedition 1987, Lancaster University Speleological Society</cite></dd></dl></li><li><dl><dt>89.1866</dt><dd><cite>Dead Mountains Expedition 1988, L.U.S.S.</cite> 24pp illus.</dd></dl></li></ul><p>					331m													1850m			13&deg; 50' 20&quot; E, 47&deg; 42' 27&quot; N</p><p>On flat col to the south of Ro&szlig; Kogel, slightly above and to the west of a small but prominent rock shelter.
226		2/S +		LA25		remote/la25.htm			LUSS/LA25			6	LUSS 1987-8	A tricky 4m climb down to a ledge and further 2m drop gain the floor of a chamber. Down boulder slope in chamber leads to a further short climb on overhanging loose rubble to a small chamber with draughting rift. A squeeze through the rift opens directly onto the head of an awkward 8m pitch. Beyond, the floor soon disappears and way on is 5m of traverse in a widening rift to where stones fall free for 5 seconds, this was the 1987 terminus.</p><p>A 6m drop reaches a point overlooking a 5m wide circular shaft. Bolts for a Y-hang lead onto the 56m free-hanging <b>Heart of Gold</b> pitch, named for its cross section. Another 10m drop on the other side of a boulder lands on a large ledge covered in loose boulders, <b>The Italian Bistro</b>. Awkward rigging on the right wall and two lower bolts allow <b>Deep Thought</b> to be rigged just clear of the tottering boulders that give the 18m pitch its name.</p><p>At the base is <b>The Restaurant at the End of the Cave</b>, a large chamber sporting five waterfalls. From the foot of the pitch, the floor is steeply inclined up to an arch, beyond which the chamber continues to rise to a total length of about 50m. A debris slope up to a tube at the highest points leads only to a choke. There is no other way on from the Restaurant since the floor is choke by major collapse at a depth of 117m.				The above description is taken from the LUSS <a href="../others/luss/index.htm">reports</a> on the 1987 and 1988 expeditions.		A4 elev/plan to grade 5b, LUSS 1987-8			117m													1880m			13&deg; 50' 04" E, 47&deg; 42' 04" N</p><p>A large depression on the Hohes Augst-Eck ridge about 1km SSW of Ro&szlig; Kogel, is reached from the crest of the ridge above the obvious rock arch, by following a large snow field to the head of the depression. Contouring around to the south of the depression, following the bedding, LA25 to 27 are close together.		Above the large depression, LA25 is an open, but obscure hole on a bedding shelf.				Lost
227		2/T +		LA26		remote/la26.htm			LUSS/LA26			6	LUSS 1987	A large low opening behind a large snow field soon develops into a large horizontal passage dropping to a choke after 50m. A climb up before the choke reaches a loose ramp. Uphill in the ramp chokes, whilst down the slope passes an oxbow toreach a drippy choked chamber. Opposite the point of entry to the ramp, a slot in the wall reaches an ascending ramp. To the left is a small inlet, and to the right is a pitch into the rift. A climbable bypass gains the roof of the drippy chamber.				The above description is taken from the LUSS <a href="../others/luss/index.htm">report</a> on the 1987 expedition.																		1880m			13&deg; 50' 06" E, 47&deg; 42' 02" N</p><p> A large depression on the Hohes Augst-Eck ridge about 1km SSW of Ro&szlig; Kogel, is reached from the crest of the ridge above the obvious rock arch, by following a large snow field to the head of the depression. Contouring around to the south of the depression, following the bedding, LA25 to 27 are close together. LA26 is approximately 200m SE of <a href="la25.htm">LA25</a>						Lost
228		1/T +		LA27		remote/la27.htm			LUSS/LA27			6	LUSS 1987	A small tube at the foot of the cliff leads as a low crawl for about 30m to a choke. A slight draught emerges from a 10cm wide rift.				The above description is taken from the LUSS <a href="../others/luss/index.htm">report</a> on the 1987 expedition.																		1860m			13&deg; 50' 08" E, 47&deg; 42' 04" N</p><p> A large depression on the Hohes Augst-Eck ridge about 1km SSW of Ro&szlig; Kogel, is reached from the crest of the ridge above the obvious rock arch, by following a large snow field to the head of the depression. Contouring around to the south of the depression, following the bedding, LA25 to 27 are close together. LA27 is approximately 100m E of <a href="la26.htm">LA26</a>, down the snow slope and around to the foot of a small cliff.						Lost
229		1/S -		LA30		remote/la30.htm			LUSS/LA30			6	LUSS 1987-8					The above description is taken from the LUSS <a href="../others/luss/index.htm">reports</a> on the 1987 and 1988 expeditions.																		1820m			13&deg; 50' 13" E, 47&deg; 42' 12" N		Hole at base of snowfield drops to head of ice-ramp which is undescended. Small chamber visible below.				Lost
230		3/S +		LA34		1626/la34.htm			R&auml;tselh&ouml;hle			1626 or 6 (borderline)	<a href="../others/luss/index.htm">LUSS</a> 1987, 1989	Originally thought to be a choked shaft, it was noted as &quot;worth another look&quot; in 1987, but was not relocated in 1988. Closer inspection with a ladder revealed parallel slots in the rift and a noticeable draught.</p><p>The original entrance is a &quot;walk-in&quot; open shaft which leads on to a twisted vertical pitch of 17m, <b>Parthos</b>, into a sizeable chamber at the top of a rubble slope. The obvious small wriggle at the bottom of the slope leads to the <b>Musketeers' Series</b>, while a bolted climb leads to the main way on.</p><p>The Musketeers' Series consists of stooping phreatic passages, with a 5m pitch, then a couple of climbs to the head of an 11m pitch, <b>Aramis</b>, into a chamber. At the far end, a further pitch, <b>Athos</b>, is 8m. The way on is up a short climb to the head of a 5m+10m ramp, <b>Porthos</b>, down to a phreatic tube with a silted up floor. Digging in the silt revealed a tight rift rising up, but as this was too tight, the dig was abandoned. The water from Aramis descends a tight rift in the base of the phreatic tube, but after 3m, this too became too tight.</p><p>The climb up before the Musketeers' Series leads quickly to a T-junction. To the right, a winding ramp passage of decreasing size leads on and up with several fallen blocks making progress awkward. This route ends at a small chamber with an inlet dropping from the roof. Left from the T-junction leads on down a gently sloping boulder ramp in stooping, then walking passage. This increases in size and becomes steeper before emerging into the side of an enormous boulder ramp, <b>Hillsborough Revisited</b>. The inlet passage enters three quarters of the way up Hillsborough, which is 10m wide by 5m high and drops a total of 40m at 40&deg;. At the base of Hillsborough, an aven rises to the surface and daylight can be seen reflecting off the sides of this second entrance. A third entrance was discovered on the surface which leads down a deep grike through a tight arch and into a small chamber. Digging boulders revealed a steeply inclined squeeze leading onto a pitch at the top of the Hillsborough ramp. The base of this pitch leads onto an inclined overhanging terrace with a hole at the back which drops 2m onto another inclined overhanging terrace. A 4m climb down from this ledge ends at the top of the boulder ramp of Hillsborough.</p><p>The base of Hillsborough was blind until a dig in unstable boulders on the left hand side revealed a tight drop between two wedged boulders into another very sizeable ramp, <b>Penistone Road</b>. This ramp is convoluted and twists around open shafts and roof collapse to end in a huge chamber with a small muddy hole in the floor, <b>The Hole in the Road</b>. This way on is blind.</p><p>An alternative route from the main ramp of Penistone Road leads down an old phreatic tube decorated with calcite frost and numerous small helictites to a flat-out crawl to a 25m blind pitch.</p><p>Near the bottom of the Hole in the Road, a 6m rope climb up the eastern wall, <b>The Escalator</b>, leads to a series of solution tubes. A 1m diameter tube drops NE into <b>The Broadwalk</b>, a sizeable mud-floored phreatic passage. Here, following a strong draught, the passage opens up, becoming very high with a number of avens cutting down into the passage. A 4m rope climb drops down to the head of a pitch, <b>Reason to Believe?</b>. This dry shaft is disjointed and 144m deep, broken at approximately half depth by a 'saddle'. A further short pitch lands on a slope before the final drop into a sizeable chamber. The only exit from this chamber is to the east and is a muddy rift passage traversed at various levels. This leads to the head of a further series of disjointed shafts and the wet 77m pitch <b>More than a Feeling</b>. Here a 57m drop lands on a spray-lashed ledge and a further 20m drop gives way to a large boulder slope. Two wet 2m climbs lead up to the head of a 7m pitch which leads to the base of the shaft.</p><p>Through the small passage across the base of the shaft, a climb down through boulders leads to a rift streamway. Only a short way down is an 11m pitch followed immediately by a 17m pitch, <b>Leonie's Birthday Leap</b>. The stream leads on once more until it cuts away and a traverse along a muddy rift passage leads to the head of a fault collapse chamber running away at an angle of 70&deg;. Over 20m above the stream a distinctly dodgy rope climb/abseil leads to a point where a climb back around rejoins the stream. A further 8m rope climb leads to the last 19m pitch which drops into a sump at a depth of 425m.				</p><ul><li><dl><dt>87.1514</dt><dd><cite>Austria Reconnaissance Expedition 1987, Lancaster University Speleological Society</cite></dd></dl></li><li><dl><dt>90.1341</dt><dd><cite>Dead Mountains Expedition, Ian Rolland, Underground October 1989 pp 4-9 (Army Caving Association)</cite></dd></dl></li><li><dl><dt>90.1342</dt><dd><cite>Dead Mountains Expedition 1989, Ian Rolland, Chelsea Speleological Society Newsletter 32(5) pp 56-9</cite></dd></dl></li></ul><p>					425m													1835m			13&deg; 50' 30&quot; E, 47&#176; 42' 20&quot; N</p><p>Slightly to the right of a hillock visible from Sternloch (<a href="la12.htm">LA12</a>) approx. 200m SE of <a href="la11.htm">LA11</a>. <em>(This is borderline 1626 or 1623).</em>						Lost
231		1/S +		LA35		remote/la35.htm			LUSS/LA35			6	LUSS 1988	Crawl at back of rock shelter leads to 15m pitch to large chamber on fault. Many loose boulders. Squeeze between boulders onto 16m pitch to choke.				The above description is taken from the LUSS <a href="../others/luss/index.htm">report</a> on the 1988 expedition.																		1880m			13&deg; 50' 05" E, 47&deg; 42' 03" N						Lost
232		1/S +		LA37		remote/la37.htm			LUSS/LA37			6	LUSS 1988	Steep snow ramp descends 10m to pool of water. No way on.				The above description is taken from the LUSS <a href="../others/luss/index.htm">report</a> on the 1988 expedition.																		1860m			13&deg; 50' 08" E, 47&deg; 42' 03" N						Lost
233		1/S +		LA38		remote/la38.htm			LUSS/LA38			6	LUSS 1988	15m inclined pitch to snow blockage.				The above description is taken from the LUSS <a href="../others/luss/index.htm">report</a> on the 1988 expedition.																		1900m			13° 50' 01" E, 47° 42' 02" N						Lost
234		1/E +		LA40		remote/la40.htm			LUSS/LA40			6	LUSS 1988	Small entrance leads to boulder ramp to choke with ice formations.				The above description is taken from the LUSS <a href="../others/luss/index.htm">report</a> on the 1988 expedition.																		1860m			13&deg; 50' 01" E, 47&deg; 42' 13" N						Lost
235				BS1-15							UBSS finds - no documentation																																		Lost
236				BS16							UBSS finds - no documentation																	bs16			Coordinates probably read from map, converted from lat long assuming MGI datum														Lost	No idea if these coordinates are any good
237		2/S +		BS17		noinfo/remote/bs17.htm			Organh&ouml;hle			6	<a href="../../others/ubss/index.htm">UBSS</a> 1990	A deep and serious cave in a very remote location, with numerous Puits en bayonettes, from which rescue would be virtually impossible after a tortuous tube at -100m.</p><p>The 1m diameter entrance is followed by a walking sized phreatic passage with further entrances in the roof. This continues to a four-way junction. Straight on soon chokes at a boulder slope. Up to the left, the passage winds back to a further entrance. The way on is down to the right. The 5m high passage continues, passing low crawls on the left and right to a point where the roof lowers and the passage is split horizontally. The lower passage leads to an extensive series of low crawls whilst the upper passage continues to a squeeze past a debris cone with a distinct draught. Past the debris cone the passage splits again. The right hand passage chokes soon after a 12m pitch but the left hand passage carries on as a hands and knees crawl, crosses a blind 4m pit and soon reaches the <b>first pitch</b>.</p><p>A fine descent of 66m in a large shaft lands on a boulder ledge with the <b>second pitch</b> following on immediately. This descends 50m to a 15cm wide rift. Although there is a possible continuation beyond, this would require considerable effort to enter and was not pushed. A climb up to a window above the second pitch (krab and sling left rigged) gains a climb down to the boulder-strewn foot of an aven and a horizontal tube going off (not explored). 13m down the second pitch, <b>Fledermaus ledge</b> can be gained, with a passage leading off to <b>Fledermaus pitch</b>, named for the quantities of bat skeletons at its head. This 27m descent reaches about the same level as the base of the second pitch, and is blind except for a small slot in one wall. Traversing over Fledermaus leads to a small chamber with two tubes leading off, both draughting. The left tube becomes too tight, but a pitch can be seen beyond the constriction. The right tube is the <b>Organ Grinder</b>.</p><p>The Organ Grinder is 46m of exceedingly tortuous passage - nowhere extremely tight but twisting and turning, rising and falling, requiring a unique combination of contortions. It is best tackled feet first on the way in (head first on the way out) until a flat out crawl near the end which leads to the crux: a U-bend, best approached head first on the descent. This is even more difficult on the return, when it is best tackled feet first. UBSS's times to pass this passage varied from 10 minutes to 3½ hours, with an average of 20 minutes. There is just room to replace SRT gear before the following pitch. <b>The return of an injured person through this tube would be almost impossible without extensive modification of the cave.</b></p><p>The <b>third pitch</b> descends 42m, passing two windows, to a floor with no way on. From the foot of the pitch, a 3m climb up to a ledge reveals two climbs down. One of thse is blind, but the other leads to an undescended pitch of c20m.</p><p>Both of the windows in the third pitch connect with <b>Topher's pitch</b>, and the lower one was rigged. From here the pitch is 86m with a large ledge near the bottom. At the foot, a window leads to an aven, whilst in the opposite wall, another window looks onto the fifth pitch, <b>Toccata and Feuge</b> (sic).</p><p>Toccata and Feuge is best descended from a ledge above the large ledge in Topher's pitch. Rigged mainly from flakes and threads, it drops in a series of steps, 39m in total. A small hole in the floor drops into a chamber with no passable way on - just two exits, both too tight. 10m back up the pitch, a ledge can be gained and is the start of the <b>Rift Climb</b>. This is a 40m descent, and is best rigged as a self-lined climb. The rift continues for some distance horizontally, but has not been followed. Below the Rift climb, the head of another pitch can be gained, but great care should be exercised in the Rift Climb and this following pitch (<b>The Pitch of the Flying Boulders</b>) as there are many loose rocks, which, when dislodged, fall the full depth of both pitches. From the bottom of Topher's Pitch to the head of PotFB, many fossils of "large bivalves and snails on sticks" protrude up to 25mm from the rock.</p><p>The PotFB was rigged from a thread and is somewhat awkward for 6m to a rebelay, after which it hangs free. The 32m descent lands in <b>The Hall of the Flying Boulders</b>, which again contains much loose rock, choking the floor level. However, a 2m climb up a mudbank leads to an impressive phreatic passage. A pit in the floor of this passage drops to a chamber with a deep well. Passing this, and a smaller side passage on he left, one soon reaches <b>Another Bloody Pitch</b> with a strong draught at the head. The side passage also joins this pitch. Another Bloody Pitch is 31m, but ends blind. A window part way down reaches a further shaft of 36m, also blind, but this is the deepest explored point, at -295m.</p><p>From the head of Another Bloody Pitch, a continuation of the phreatic passage can be seen, but will not be reached without a serious bolted traverse. It is thought that this is the main way on, at c260m depth.				The above description is adapted from the <cite>UBSS report in Newsletter Vol 6 No. 3, November 1990</cite>.		Grade 3c survey on cover of UBSS Nls 6(3), 11/90		235m	295m					bs17			Coordinates probably read from map, converted from lat long assuming MGI datum					1950m			About 300m along the north side of the ridge running east from Hohes Augst-Eck, about 50m from the summit of the ridge at the foot of a 5m cliff, a 1m diameter tube. [no surface survey info or coordinates].						Lost	No idea if these coordinates are any good
238				BS18							UBSS finds - no documentation																																		Lost
239				BS19							UBSS finds - no documentation																	bs19			Coordinates probably read from map, converted from lat long assuming MGI datum														Lost	No idea if these coordinates are any good
240				BS20-nn?							UBSS finds - no documentation																																		Lost
241		+ (?)		HFG-KA88		smkridge/hfg-ka88/hfg-ka88.html						2b	Franco-German group 1988					See 2002 logbook entry (2002-08-05)										gps02olly.hfg-ka88											Close to 163, down a couple of ledges from 2001-08.		Nice sloping shaft on a rift/diaclase	</p> <table class="imgtable"><tr> <td><a href="hfgapproach.jpg"><img src="hfgapproach_small.jpg" /></a></td> <td><a href="hfgent.jpg"><img src="hfgent_small.jpg" /></a></td> <td><a href="hfgcloseup.jpg"><img src="hfgcloseup_small.jpg" /></a></td> </tr><tr class="caption"><td> Approach</td><td>Closeup of entrance</td> <td>Paint markings</td></tr> </table><p>Photos &copy; Wookey 2002	Paint	Hard to read (originally read as BFG-KA88). Also a red splodge which is more likely to be a + than a -	Surveyed
242				88H							GSCB	2b																																	Refindable	Has been seen recently (1998)
243				88F		smkridge/88f.html					GSCB	2b																gps02olly.88f															Tag	tag VSS188F 2002	Refindable	Has been seen recently (2002)
244				1987-02		plateau/1987_02.html						1c	? GSCB exploration																										100m up from 157 and 0/5						Lost
245				1989-01							Probably <a href="#id195">195</a>. See <a href="#id195">165</a> for more details.																												North of 165				Unmarked		Lost	May be 195 but seems unlikely; or 196
246				1990-15																																							Paint	Numbered erroneously as "185"	Lost	AERW doesn't know where to find it
247		1/S -		1992-X01		plateau/1992-X01.html				Olly's 1992 minus cave		1b	CUCC 1992 Olly Betts	Undescended. 2 second drop with a rattle for a bit.				1992 logbook (1992.08.01)																									Unmarked		Refindable
248		1/S -		1996-01		smkridge/1996_01.html			Ski-pole h&ouml;hle			2c	CUCC 1996-07-15 Nick, Brian, Tina	Climb down shakehole to open shaft with a jammed boulder at the top. Shaft developed on joint is 1.4m across, 1.5m in the other direction and drops straight down 10m. Rift at bottom is 2m high. 1.5m drop then gently ascending rift gets too tight.									11.1m		There are many holes along the rift - all the others are choked or too tight.							gps96.96_1								Situated at top end of rift/gorge next to <a href="../smkridge/161/sftotp.htm#id161d">path to 161d</a>. Walking <em>to</em> 161d: go into the very narrow gorge, then up the right hand wall about a third of the way along. This gets you into the next gorge, trending on bearing 031&deg; (looking towards 161d end of path). Turn right up the rift. 96/01 is at the top end.			Tag	A spit with "CUCC 96-01"	Refindable	Has a 1996 GPS fix which is almost certainly hopelessly wrong as it puts it way to the north of 161d
249		1/S -		1996-05		plateau/1996_05.html						1d	CUCC 1996 Andy Waddington and Fran	Cave is a North-South rift in a joint hading very steeply - say 85 degrees dip to west. Stones rattle down shaft for a very long time. No evidence of previous exploration (ie. no spits, no mud, vegetation not noticeably trampled).																		gps98.1996_05				c. 1640m	Sch&ouml;nberg 342&frac12;&deg;, Br&auml;uning Zinken 204&frac12;&deg;, Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel 101&deg; (very flat summit, so exact point not obvious), Loser Cross 213&frac12;&deg;, using AndyW compass NPC#2 (Suunto #439258)			From <a href="../plateau/164.htm">164</a>, follow recent (1996 vintage? - not of CUCC origin) fluorescent orange paint dots (these had faded almost completely by 1998, but there are some older red ones for the early part of the route), over a ridge passing the OAV ski marker pole, then leftish over a series of limestone steps to reach a descent into a large broken area (thought to be near <a href="../plateau/173.htm">173</a>). Climb steeply left up boulders to a large cairn with a bright orange dot, then over a series of limestone shelves. Shortly up here is a shaft now known to be <a href="../plateau/200.htm">Lost Rucksack Cave</a> (marked with temporary number CUCC 1993 01). The route continues remarkably easily over a series of bunde-free pavements - easily relocated in 1998. Eventually a large orange dot with an arrow points into a gap in the pines with many fresh (1996) cut branches (again, not CUCC's work). No more dots are to be found, and all ways close up in bunde beyond an obvious shaft in a N-S rift which is therefore clearly the ultimate destination of the marked path.		</p><div class="centre"><a href="others/l/9605.htm"><img alt="Entrance photo (45k JPEG)" width="150" height="188" src="others/t/9605.jpg" /></a><p>Entrance rift, looking north.</p></div><p>A picture of the Br&auml;uning wall and Loser from the vicinity of the entrance is <a href="../piclinks/bw_pks.htm">here</a>.	Tag	Tag placed on pavement on east side of shaft near middle, a spit with CUCC tag "9605".	Surveyed
250		1/S -		1996WK4		smkridge/1996wk4.html						2b	CUCC 1996 (Wookey)	Big enough to be worth dropping.																			gps00.wk4						A picture of the Br&auml;uning wall and Loser from the vicinity of the entrance is <a href="../piclinks/bw_pks.htm">here</a>.	This is a GPSed hole found by Wookey on a thrashed route whilst looking for a possible route from 161d over the top of the Hochklapf spur of the Vord to the Stogerweg. There is a large N-S (ish) fault/joint in the bunde here which provides useful path. Approximately on top of bulge sticking out into valley.	This cave was a squareish hole in a the path that one had to traverse carefully		Unmarked		Surveyed
251		1/S -		1997-07		smkridge/1997-07/1997-07.html				=1996-07, 1996wk7		2c	CUCC 1996 (Wookey) <strong>Incomplete</strong>	Descent through narrow rift and choked bouldery leads (after 10m) to an <b>undescended pitch</b> (20m ?). Draught stops and starts with a period of about 30 seconds (on the day of discovery), but when active, it was inwards.																			gps00.wk7			c. 1810-1820m	VSK: 233&deg;, Hollweiser: 145&deg; (from a point between 97-07 and the 97-08 group of entrances)		GPS: E 36338 N (52)82260 H? or E 36385 N (52)82234 H? Averaged from GPS: E 36370 N (52)82269 H?	From route to <a href="../smkridge/139.htm">139</a> E of VSK, take big shelf which leads to a series of holes (CUCC 96 WK7 to WK10) and eventually to <a href="../smkridge/161/136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a> (136).		<div class="centre"><a href="ent.jpg"><img src="ent_small.jpg" /></a></div><p>Photo &copy; Paul Hammond 1999. Model: Wookey. This picture is <i>believed</i> to be 1997-07, but it has not been definitively ident ified. Definitive photo on Dave's camera.	Tag	Tag placed 1997	Surveyed
252		1/S -		1996WK11		smkridge/1996wk11.html						2b	CUCC 1996 (Wookey)	Big rift aligned 115&lt;-&gt;295&deg;. At WNW end is big. Descends over boulders and then snow beyond point of exploration. Needs rope to complete descent, although it is likely to be choked.						? Survey plan and elv in NotKH book.NotKH book 1999- p16													gps00.wk11			1661 +/- 53	Nipple: 202&deg;, Trissel: 179&deg;, Hollweiser: 138&deg;		At foot of slope from top of VSK, on Eastern side, before flat area containing Nipple to south of VSK.				Unmarked		Surveyed
253		1/S -		1996WK12		kratzer/1996wk12.html						4	CUCC 1996 (Wookey)	Oval 3m deep hole. Way on in opposite corner from difficult climb down of 3m to bottom. To the SW is a small mossy hole to choked chamber about 2 x 3m. To the NE clamber 6m down rocky slope then 6m along narrowing rift. V. tight possible way on down, but easier way along can be followed for 10m to awkward boulder blockage. Passage continues at least 3m to corner. The boulder was not passed in shorts and goretex for fear of ripping!				NotKH book p29-p30		? Plan, elevation (grade2)							pwk12				GPS post SA					c. 1684m			Surface survey passes over cave, but no station at cave.	About 12m or 30m SW of laser point 7 'LSR7_' on south side of Schwarzmoossattel (the one with incorrect position on original laser survey), 40m NE of 36. NW (upslope) from <a href="b4.htm">CUCC 1976 B4</a>.	Oval hole 4m x 3m at edge of pavement next to grassy area. Draughting - particularly on entrance slope.		Tag	Tagged 2005-08-01 as "2005-89" as no letters available in tag kit	Surveyed
254		1/T +		1996-X01		plateau/1996-X01/1996-X01.html				Sheep Cave		1a	CUCC 1996 (Wookey, Andy W, while surface surveying to old Top Camp)	3m long, full of sheep shit								3m						nasetotc.7											Halfway up the Brauning N&auml;se			</p> <div class="centre"> <a href="../others/l/76bivvyvw.html"><img src="1996-X01vw_small.jpg" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="1996-X01-ent.jpg"> <img src="1996-X01-ent_small.jpg" /></a> </div><p>Photos &copy; Olly Betts 2004 + 1996	Unmarked		Surveyed
255		? +		1998-X01		plateau/1998-X01.html						1d	Has a "+" mark of unknown provenance. Rediscovered and tied to surface survey by Wookey and Andy W 1998.															p1998-x01			GPS post SA												Unmarked (?)		Surveyed
256				1999-X01		smkridge/1999-X01/1999-X01.html				MI5 Cave		2c	Has a "-" mark of unknown provenance. Rediscovered and surveyed to (but not descended) 1999															pmi5											Schwarzmooskogel ridge near 180 and 191			</p> <div class="centre"> <a href="../others/l/1999x1.htm"><img src="../others/t/1999x1.jpg" /></a></div><p>	Paint (?)		Surveyed