Avenc del Tòfol

Tiny 3 m deep pothole in the Serra de l'Obac, with an entrance one and a half metres in diameter.

Terrassa • Vallès Occidental 5m 3m

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Avenc del Tòfol

Tiny 3 m deep pothole in the Serra de l'Obac, with an entrance one and a half metres in diameter.

Terrassa · Vallès Occidental

Length: 5 m · Depth: 3 m

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Topographic map of the main entrance — Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Tiny 3 m deep pothole in the Serra de l'Obac, with an entrance one and a half metres in diameter.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Terrassa
Region: Vallès Occidental
Unit: Obac, Serra de l'
Length: 5 meters
Depth: 3 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Conglomerate
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

Driving along the road from Terrassa to Rellinars (B-122), in front of the entrance to the “Els Caus” residential development, a track (closed) branches off which we must follow until we find a fork. We will take the path on the right and find a power line that must be followed until almost reaching the ridge. The pit is a few metres to the right of the track.

Entrances

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Avenc del Tòfol
Elevation: 600 m
41.613671, 1.970585
UTM 31T (ED 50) 414326 4607600
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Topographic

Avenc del Tòfol - Topography, Terrassa, Vallès Occidental

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Description

Morphology

The entrance, one and a half metres in diameter, allows entry into a small earthy hole 3 metres deep with no kind of continuation and with a floor full of stones and sand.

It seems that at present, and due to the earthy component where the cavity is located, it has been disintegrating and partially filling the bottom, so the small pit may not even reach 2 metres in depth.

History

Discovered by Mr. Tòfol de Rellinars in May 1973, who reported it to members of the SIS – CET, who, after enlarging the small hole that was the entrance, explored it.

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Bibliography

Badiella, X. ; Buil, A. (1981).- “Els petits avencs de la nostra muntanya (IX)”. Arxiu del Centre Excursionista de Terrassa (25): 372-374. Terrassa.