Aven du Lapiaz n°3
A cavity beginning with Un P15 narrow, followed by Un P40 and a rugged gallery leading to an immense, heavily concretion-covered horizontal fault.
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Aven du Lapiaz n°3
A cavity beginning with Un P15 narrow, followed by Un P40 and a rugged gallery leading to an immense, heavily concretion-covered horizontal fault.
Laroque
Depth: 95 m
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A cavity beginning with Un P15 narrow, followed by Un P40 and a rugged gallery leading to an immense, heavily concretion-covered horizontal fault.
Description
Morphology
The cavity begins with the fairly narrow P15. At the bottom, Un very short sloping crawlway opens directly onto the P40. A first narrow length (with 2 deviations), then the shaft becomes vast and concretion-covered. One reaches the bottom of the P40 onto a slide. One then follows a rugged gallery. Almost before the bottom and on the right, a large (and heavy) calcite plate is placed to mask and protect what follows. The passage, once cleared, leads to Un passage ascending between blocks and concretions (easy climbing of about ten metres) which ends at an immense horizontal fault with a calcified floor.
Speleothems
The horizontal fault is very richly concretion-covered, with lines of white concretions and very fragile soda straws.
Progression
Equipment is no longer necessary for what follows after the bottom of the P40. Take care to follow the few routes marked by the passages (but unfortunately not waymarked) and do not stray from them so as not to soil and break! Remember to close the protected passage properly when leaving!!!
Other details
Photos here: http://p.prince.free.fr/pages/avenlapiaz3.htm
A report here: http://cr-spits.voila.net/cr_lapiaz.pdf
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Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/1887 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected] · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by Soufflet Benjamin (Description générale) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/1887 · data as of 2026