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Avenc dels Mussols

Avenc dels Mussols

Petit avenc de 12 m. de fondària a Avinyonet del Penedès

Avinyonet del Penedès • Alt Penedès20m12m

Small pit 12 m deep in Avinyonet del Penedès, with a large entrance 7 x 3 metres and a 9-metre shaft.

Characteristics

Location

From the road from Olesa de Bonesvalls to Avinyonet del Penedès one must access the Can Mitjans urbanisation and from there follow the track that, passing through the serra dels Carlins, leads to Santa Susanna. Once the descent has begun (there is a barrier), one must take the tracks that branch off to the right. One passes some croplands and turns to the bed of the riera de Begues. One continues along a wide path going around the meander of Trencaportells until reaching the S of the collet formed by the meander.

One continues downstream for some 80 metres and climbs the right-hand slope for some 10 metres of elevation gain, up to the entrance.

Today, around the entrance, there are four large pines.

Mapa

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Avenc dels Mussols

    Elevation: 166 m

    41.326114, 1.807319
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 400283 4575850
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

Through a large entrance (approximately 7 x 3 metres) heavily covered by vegetation one enters a 9-metre shaft. Its floor, on a slope, is covered by boulders and at the lowest point, through a crawlway, one can reach a tall, narrow chimney.

History

Cavity discovered by chance by Miquel Vigorós and Xavier Arús (EG Santfeliuenc) in 1993. It is not known whether people in the area knew of it and what name it might have had.

It is suspected that it may be the same cavity that two members of the ERE – CEC explored on 21-12-1969 and that they named Avenc de Santa Susanna but without giving any data.

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Bibliography

  • Dades inèdites facilitades el 1995 per Miquel Vigorós (Espeleo Grup Santfeliuenc)
  • Revisió de coordenades i situació facilitades per Lluís Muntan (GES – CMB)

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