Traungold Cave (german: link=no, Traungoldhöhle, no. 1623/231 in the Austrian Cave Register) is a cave which has provided shelter and storage space to the
Cambridge University Caving Club
The Cambridge University Caving Club was founded in 1949. The club organizes single rope technique (SRT) training, social events, and weekend caving trips as well as longer expeditions.
Currently, annual expeditions are carried out to the Ardèche ...
during their expeditions to Austria. Entrance E and F are two ends of a large stone arch, which has been developed into a
bivouac shelter
A bivouac shelter is any of a variety of improvised camp site, or shelter that is usually of a temporary nature, used especially by soldiers, or people engaged in backpacking, bikepacking, scouting, or mountain climbing. It may often refer to s ...
known as the "Stone Bridge." The location allows easy access to
Steinbrücken Cave
Steinbrücken Cave (german: Steinbrückenhöhle, "Stone bridge cave", no. 1623/204 in the Austrian cave register) was discovered by the Cambridge University Caving Club on the Loser Plateau in 1999. It is part of the large Schwarzmooskogel cave sy ...
for exploration trips. Over the years the floor has been remodelled by filling in holes with stones to create more flat ground, and during this process the connection between entrances E and F and the rest of the cave was filled in. Food must be stored off the floor in hammocks to avoid becoming infested by mice.
Between expeditions, gear and food are stored inside B entrance.
References
External links
Traungoldhöhleon the Cambridge University Caving Club website
Caves of Austria
Limestone caves
Wild caves