The club’s base is located in Bad Mitterndorf, Styria, Austria. Bad Mitterndorf is a small town situated between the mountain ranges Totes Gebirge and Dachstein. Most of the area is a nature reserve. For cave visits are permits required.

The area of our club, in which we do most of our explorations and also maintain the official cave register (Höhlenkataster) does almost fit to the political area of „Steirisches Salzkammergut“ a part of upper Styria. It encloses most of the Totes Gebirge (Großer Priel: 2500 m) and the Styrian part of the Dachstein (Hoher Dachstein 2995 m). Due to historical development of the cave registration some parts across the border in Upper Austria are still in our register whereas some parts of Styria, e.g. the mountain Raucher, where Raucherkarhöhle is located, is under the cave register of the upper Austrian club in Linz.

The mountains in the area are mostly of high alpine karst, particularly of Triassic limestone. Cave systems with partly very deep shafts are typical. The entrances to the caves are normally located between 500 and 2500 meter above sea level.

For queries concerning the „Höhlenkataster“ please contact Robert Seebacher.