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Avenc del Torrent de la Carlina

Petit avenc de 4 m. de fondària a la Serra de l'Obac

Terrassa • Vallès Occidental7m4m

Small 4 m deep pit in the Serra de l'Obac, explored on 25 October 1986 by GES-CMT and SIS-CET after a fire.

Characteristics

Location

Shortly before kilometre 7 of the road from Terrassa to Talamanca is the torrent de la Riba, which must be followed upstream, and before reaching the well-known Salt de la Riba, on the right is the confluence with a torrent that comes down from the turó de la Carlina. Going up this for about 200 metres, we will find a lime kiln on the left, and going up on the right (left hydrographic slope) about 40 metres is the entrance of the pit.

The authors of the original record call it Avenc del Torrent de la Cardina (as this hill appeared in the old editions of the Editorial Alpina maps).

According to the coordinates of the SIS – CET, the pit would be on the left of a path that climbs from the torrent de la Torrota towards the carena del Pou de Glaç.

Mapa

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Avenc del Torrent de la Carlina

    Elevation: 830 m

    41.630905, 1.974909
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 414709 4609509
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Description

Morphology

A tiny hole gives access to a short drop; this connects with an earthen gallery, descending and just over 5 metres long and very low; in some corner we can stand upright. At the end of the gallery a narrow fissure can be seen through which the joint seems to continue, but it is completely impassable.

Speleothems

Some small stalactites can be seen.

History

After a fire that burned from the Caus to the torrent de la Riba, members of GES-CMT and SIS-CET located and explored this small cavity on 25 October 1986.

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Bibliography

Badiella, Xavier (1988).- “Els petits avencs de la nostra muntanya (XXI)”. Arxiu del Centre Excursionista de Terrassa (54-55): 253-256. Terrassa.

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