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Avenc de les Cantarelles

Estret avenc de 37 m. de fondària a la Serra de l'Obac

Terrassa • Vallès Occidental45m37m

Narrow 37 m deep pit in the Serra de l'Obac, with tight passages and a small chamber at the end.

Characteristics

Location

On the upper part of the left slope of the torrent dels Ponts, above the font de les Cantarelles.

The most comfortable route, perhaps, is from the Alzina del Sal·lari heading for the lane-path that runs below the one leading to Castellsapera and following it to the end. Here a faint trail begins, in stretches quite lost, that descends toward the torrent dels Ponts. At its start it is fairly level, then soon turns suddenly toward the S and a few metres further down, on the left of the path (about 15 metres) is the mouth of the pit.

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Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Avenc de les Cantarelles

    Elevation: 785 m

    41.645503, 1.977632
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 414955 4611127
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Description

Morphology

Not very interesting pit formed in a narrow joint that reaches 37 metres of depth with various tight passages caused by the accumulation of blocks wedged between the walls. In the final stretch it widens a little forming a small chamber.

Other details

It seems that a lack of oxygen inside is quite common.

History

The discovery and first exploration took place on 11 October 1970 by members of the SIS of the Centre Excursionista de Terrassa. They themselves made the survey in January 1971.

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Bibliography

  1. SIS (1971).- “Activitats de la SIS durant l'any 1970”. SIS (2): 4-6. SIS del Centre Excursionista de Terrassa.
  1. Vives, S. (1972).- “Topografies subterrànies al C.E. De Terrassa”. Comunicaciones II Simposium de Metodología Espeleológica: Topografía: sense paginar. SIE – CE Àliga / Escola Catalana d'Espeleologia del CRE. Barcelona.

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