Quarries

Surveys and Rigging Guides

(Drawn up by DL from Frank's notes in 2002#23)

Underground Description

Original name on discovery: "Ampitheatre".

Three entrances along an obvious N-S aligned rift connect underground. The largest is the A entrance, which in 2006 was descended via a rebelay and subsequent deviation to pass through a small hole in the floor of the shaft at around -18m. The landing is on a snow slope continuing down to the south. In 2006 this was blocked almost immediately, but in 2002 it could be followed for ~15m to reach a gap down one side of the snow plug. This point is 34m below the surface and a mere 9m above Crowning Glory in 204, but there does not seem to be a corresponding aven or snow pile.

Explorers

CUCC 2002 Frank, Ben

References

2002#23

Wallets: scanned survey notes

There are 1 wallets with data for this cave:
2002#23

Entrances

Id letter: '' 2002-07 Edit this entrance

Marking
Tag

Marking Comment
Tag "2002-07" placed by original explorers

Findability
Coordinates

Approach
Follow usual route from 204 bivvy to 204e entrance and continue up the same gully to reach 204f. Climb up to left and follow ridge past 2002-08 to an obvious line of holes in a sloping slab. The A entrance is the northernmost hole, just below an obvious ~3m cliff.

Photo(s)

A entrance Sandeep descending A entrance shaft

Photos © Dave Loeffler 2006-08-11

Tag Location
1623.p2002-07 47.69283N 13.82068E (UTM33 411508, 5282835), 1829m (SRTM is +56 m, distance from reference: 14m)

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