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Avenc de la Canal del Bisbe

Small 7 m deep pit in the Montcau area (Sant Llorenç del Munt), discovered in 1985.

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Small 7 m deep pit in the Montcau area (Sant Llorenç del Munt), discovered in 1985.

Characteristics

Location

By the asphalted (and closed) track that climbs from the Coll d'Estenalles to the Coll d'Eres, once past the Coll d'Estella, the track levels out until just below the S face of the Montcau. At a bend where it crosses the Canal del Bisbe, we must head up this gully along the middle of the streambed until we find, a little more than 20 metres from the track, the pit on the right, easy to see between two large blocks.

Fairly approximate coordinates.

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Entrances

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  1. Avenc de la Canal del Bisbe

    Elevation: 925 m

    41.673077, 2.004424
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 417206 4614162
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Description

Morphology

The entrance opens beneath a large block and presents itself as an earthy hole that had to be cleared a little. We quickly reach a ramp-like shaft that widens after a few metres and drops vertically about 3 metres.

The origin of the cavity seems basically mechanical, formed by the detachment of large rocks from the S face of the Montcau that occupied the upper space of a small water-carved gully.

Progression

From the base of this small shaft we can take two directions. Towards the E we must climb a small 1 metre step followed by a fairly steep ascending ramp, ending very narrow. In the opposite direction we can still descend a little down a slope that takes us to the -7 metres level, the deepest point. We can still continue in the same direction, climbing over a pile of stones and passing a narrow, constricted section to reach a small chamber of reduced dimensions.

History

Discovered by chance on 1 May 1985 by José A. Pérez and Joan Boixader (GES – CM Terrassa) during an improvised prospection of the area.

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Bibliography

Buil, A.; Badiella, X. (1986).- “Els petits avencs de la nostra muntanya (XVIII)”. Arxiu del Centre Excursionista de Terrassa (45-46): 1104-1109. Terrassa.

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