
Avenc dels Rocs de l'esteve
Avenc de 31 metres de fondària al NO dels Prats de Carreu,(Coll de Nargó).
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Avenc dels Rocs de l'esteve
Avenc de 31 metres de fondària al NO dels Prats de Carreu,(Coll de Nargó).
Coll de Nargó · Alt Urgell
Length: 45 m · Depth: 31 m
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A 31-metre-deep pit in the NW of the Prats de Carreu (Coll de Nargó), with three entrance mouths, explored in 1968 and rediscovered in 1993.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
The pit has three entrance mouths that join within a few metres; the most comfortable entrance is the one closest to the cliff. This, by means of two small climbable downclimbs, places us at the -8 metre level. On the NE part of this meander-shaped level, a new shaft about 15 metres deep opens, but divided by a large wedged block and a little further down by a small ledge. At the base in a S direction, a descending level begins with two 90-degree turns and reaches the maximum depth of the pit. From the base of the shaft and initially in a NW direction, the gallery continues through a narrow passage, then continues in a NE direction, in a winding route; at the end it is necessary to climb about 3 metres to access an upper gallery that follows the same pattern, this ends in an area where we find many wedged blocks and an air current. It is more than likely that this point is a contact zone with the nearby avenc de la Ginebra, which is located externally at 46 metres of distance, while the interior route of the avenc Rocs de l'Esteve is 20 metres in the direction of the avenc de la Ginebra, and this one has a route of 25 metres in the direction of the one of the Rocs de l'Esteve.
History
The first news we have of the exploration of the cavity was carried out in 1968 by members of the SAS of the Centre Gimnàstic Barcelonès. In 1993 it is located again by the ERE of the CEC, who, thinking that it is a new cavity, rename it with the name of avenc dels Insolvents (currently, 2015 the graffiti is still preserved).
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Bibliography
- Borràs, J.; Miñarro, J.M.;Talavera, F.(1978).-”alt urgell i la cerdanya”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.1):72. Ed. Políglota.
- Devenat, E.(1968).-”Reanudación de la serie de exploraciones en el macizo del Boumort”. Circular CGB 2ª època (8):11.
- Coordenades i fotografies facilitades per Alfred Montserrat (ERE-CEC) i l'equip d'espeleoíndex.
- Actualització de dades novembre de 2017. Descripció i fotografies facilitades per Juli Serrano (SIE-CEA) i Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC).
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