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Avenc de les Ribes

Avenc de les Ribes

A 19 m deep pothole in Baén, Baix Pallars.

Baix Pallars • Pallars Sobirà 25m 19m

A 19 m deep pothole in Baén, Baix Pallars.

Characteristics

Location

On the N-260 road from Pobla de Segur to Sort, once past the last tunnel of the Collegats gorge, at 2.5 kilometres we will find the turn-off towards Baén, passing through the small village of Bresca and near that of Useu.

The path that climbs up from Baén in the direction of the cova de Porredons makes a whole series of zigzags to ascend the Allau de les Ribes; halfway up the climb and in the middle of one of these bends that the path makes is the mouth of the pit.

Map

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Avenc de les Ribes

    Elevation: 1174 m

    42.329825, 1.111196
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 344381 4688125
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

The entrance has three mouths, two of which are completely impenetrable. The first shaft is 4 metres. There is the start of two crawls, one of no importance, only 4 metres; the other leads to the second shaft. This is entirely a chaos of blocks.

Speleothems

At the bottom there is a flowstone and various formations.

Progression

We descend the 4 metres of the first shaft. The blocks of the second shaft must be dodged in order to be able to reach the bottom. No kind of equipment is needed for the descent.

History

The first exploration was carried out by members of the SIE-CEA on 1 March 1970.

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Bibliography

Amenós, A.- Inglès, A. (1977).-'La Cova de Porredons'. Espeleòleg (25):323-332. ERE-CEC. Barcelona


Valles, Jordi de (2008).-'Alta Ribagorça, Pallar Jussà, Pallars Sobirà i Val d'Aran'. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.1): 1-319. EC Gràcia/FCE.


Coordenades i fotografies extretes de Wikiloc, autor Murisec, post del dia 24-04-2016.

Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/