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Avenc dels Murgolaires

Avenc dels Murgolaires

A 16 m deep pit in the Ingla valley (Cerdanya), with a 7 m vertical shaft, a chamber with a boulder ramp and animal remains; explored and surveyed in 2023.

Bellver de Cerdanya • Cerdanya 29m 16m

A 16 m deep pit in the Ingla valley (Cerdanya), with a 7 m vertical shaft, a chamber with a boulder ramp and animal remains; explored and surveyed in 2023.

Characteristics

Location

Leaving the village of Talló (a hamlet of Bellver) we take the paved track that leads to the Font d'Ingla recreational area and the Cortals refuge. A few metres further on from the Romanesque chapel of Sant Serni de Coborriu the track becomes a dirt track suitable for cars.

Once we pass the recreational area (5.7 km from Talló), on reaching a monument that supports a large stone, the track forks: the left one goes to the Cortals Refuge, we take the right one.

We pass the Can Serra farmhouse and further on, at a pronounced right-hand bend, a track closed to traffic comes out on the left (7.3 km from Talló).

We leave the vehicles and continue on foot along the track closed to cars. After approximately 30 minutes a path comes out on the right (ETRS89 coordinates X: 399369 , Y: 4684249, Z: 1534 m.a.s.l.) that climbs and traverses until the path begins to descend slightly (15 min).

Among the forest a limestone outcrop can be seen. We climb cross-country to the foot of the cliff (10 min) where we find the supposed cova d'en Pere Ferrer and 10 m above it, the avenc del Flabiol

Once on the path that we left to climb cross-country to the avenc del Flabiol, we follow it for a few tens of metres until we find a large stone in the middle of the path. 10 m further on we must climb straight up to the foot of the cliff where we will find the cavity (15m).

Map

Entrances

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  1. Avenc dels Murgolaires

    Elevation: 1669 m

    42.302745, 1.776772
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 399176 4684115
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

Good-sized entrance with abundant vegetation. A 7 m vertical shaft that leads to a chamber of good dimensions with a boulder ramp. At the end of the ramp a flat sediment floor marks the end of the cavity.

Progression

We leave the vehicles and continue on foot along the track closed to cars. After approximately 30 minutes a path comes out on the right (ETRS89 coordinates X: 399369 , Y: 4684249, Z: 1534 m.a.s.l.) that climbs and traverses until the path begins to descend slightly (15 min).

Among the forest a limestone outcrop can be seen. We climb cross-country to the foot of the cliff (10 min) where we find the supposed cova d'en Pere Ferrer and 10 m above it, the avenc del Flabiol.

Once on the path that we left to climb cross-country to the avenc del Flabiol, we follow it for a few tens of metres until we find a large stone in the middle of the path. 10 m further on we must climb straight up to the foot of the cliff where we will find the cavity (15m).

Other details

A 16 m deep pit in the Ingla valley (Cerdanya).

History

In 2018, Ferran Ballesteros and Josep Mª Munill, great connoisseurs of the region, located two pits that could be of speleological interest, they contacted members of the Espeleodijous and in July 2023 the exploration and survey of the cavities was completed.

Bio

Where we find abundant animal remains.

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Bibliography

  • Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del web: espeleodijous.cat (Apunt de l'1-8-2023)

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