The Weißenbach cave project

The working area of WCP is the south-eastern end of the Totes Gebirge and includes the cave register groups 1634, 1635 and 1636. The project was founded by Ernest Geyer and Franz Schmidt in 1996. In the beginning the main research activities of the WCP-Team referred to the area of the Weißenbach community. During the years it expanded to the entry area of the Weißenbach stream and includes now the area oft the communities Liezen and Wörschach. The area reaches in the north the Hochmölbing mountain chain (2336 m.a.s.l),  in the east the Torstein (2236 m.a.s.l) and the Rabensteinkogel (1478 m.a.s.l) and in the west the Raidling (1909 m.a.s.l). The southern border is the river Enns.

Exploration, surveying and the overall assembly of the known caves to a "Cave project" are the tasks of the WCP-Team.

Currently the main focus lies on the following caves:

Windloch (Kat.Nr. 1634/24): an active water cave, located at the foot of the Weißenbacher rock walls.  

Gr. Ochsenhalthöhle (Kat.Nr. 1634/40): located at the altitude of 1640 m. There is not much rock coverage above the cave, just above lies the plateau. The cave is has three levels, connected by shafts. In the entrance area bones and teeth of cave bears were found.  

Nazogelhöhle (Kat. Nr. 1634/62): at an altitude of 2006 m.  

Torkoppenhöhle (Kat. Nr. 1634/100): an ice cave with large chambers and beautiful ice formations.

Dohlenhöhle (Kat. Nr. 1634/105): located in the middle of the Weißenbacher rock wall. One of the more difficult caves in the area.