Avenc d'Esteles

A 31-metre-deep pit in Subirats (Ordal), with two entrance mouths, a 17-metre shaft and a first exploration on 13 July 1899.

Subirats • Alt Penedès 50m 31m

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Avenc d'Esteles

A 31-metre-deep pit in Subirats (Ordal), with two entrance mouths, a 17-metre shaft and a first exploration on 13 July 1899.

Subirats · Alt Penedès

Length: 50 m · Depth: 31 m

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A 31-metre-deep pit in Subirats (Ordal), with two entrance mouths, a 17-metre shaft and a first exploration on 13 July 1899.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Subirats
Region: Alt Penedès
Unit: Ordal, muntanyes de l'
Length: 50 meters
Depth: 31 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Litoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: July 6, 2026

Location

Located at the roundabout on the N-340 road at kilometre 1222.5, we will leave it in the direction of La Muntanya Rodona; after travelling 620 metres we will turn left and then immediately turn right; after travelling 1.5 kilometres with some steep uphill sections but with the path cemented, we will reach the junction with the track that comes from the coll de l'Ordal; here we will park, since the avenc d'Esteles is a few metres below the path.

It can also be reached by the track that leaves from the coll d'Ordal and passes through the Plans d'en Ravella until reaching coll d'Esteles.

Entrances

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Avenc d' Esteles
Elevation: 484 m
41.372750, 1.831980
UTM 31T (ED 50) 402417 4581000
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Topographic

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Description

Morphology

The cavity has two entrance mouths; the larger one opens into a 17-metre shaft; halfway down the shaft, it joins with a parallel chimney. The base places us in a kind of chamber with a steep slope. At the bottom, a portico in the wall places us in a chamber with a lower ceiling but wider than the previous one; the floor continues as a ramp and completely full of stones until reaching a depth of -31 metres.

History

At the proposal of Mr. Marc Mir of Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, en Font i Sagué carried out the first exploration of the pit on 13 July 1899 as a preliminary to the campaign that he carried out that summer in the lands of the Priorat.

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Bibliography

Font i Sagué, N. (1900).-'Sota Terra. Excursió espeleòloch-geològica al Priorat, Montanyes de Prades y Alt Panadès'. Butll. Centre Excursionista de Catalunya 10 (68): 209-226 ; (69): 245-256. Barcelona.

Miñarro,JM. (1975).-'Avenc d'Esteles'. Butlletí del CE Àliga (253) CE Àliga. Barcelona.

Rubinat Aumedes, Francesc.(1984).-'Catàleg Espeleològic del Massís de Garraf-Unitat Septentrional' GOURS (10):19-73. GE Foment Martinenc. Barcelona.

Rubinat Aumedes, Francesc (2004).-'Catàleg Espeleològic del Massís de l'Ordal'. Espeleosie (monogràfic):1-117. SIE-CE Àliga. Barcelona.

Valles, Jordi de (2023).-'Alt Penedès, Baix Penedès, Garraf, Tarragonès'. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.7):1-508. EC Gràcia / FCE.

Actualització de dades i fotografies facilitades per Montse Roca, Juli Serrano i Francesc Rubinat. Juliol de 2026.