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Avenc dels Talps

Avenc dels Talps

Avenc de 24 m. de fondària a Castellar del Vallès

Castellar del Vallès • Vallès Occidental60m24m

A 24 m deep pit in Castellar del Vallès, discovered and explored in May 1964.

Characteristics

Location

Before reaching les Arenes, one must find the riera de la font del Carme and follow it upstream. When we come to the fork of another torrent that comes out on the left, we will see that in the middle a ridge is formed, along which we will then climb a small path until we reach some walls. From here we will move to the right following a path below the wall until we reach the mouth of the pit.

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Entrances

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  1. Avenc dels Talps

    Elevation: 535 m

    41.646540, 2.064960
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 422134 4610955
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

The mouth, of small dimensions, gives way to a narrow descending crawl about 3 metres long that leads us to a ledge. From here we will descend a 16 metre pit and at its base we will continue in a W direction until we cross a descending joint. At the N end we will find a short gallery that leads us to the level -24. Returning to the mouth of the 16 metre pit and making a difficult “ramonage” along the upper part of the joint, once one reaches the W end one finds a small chamber, from which one can descend a 20 metre pit that leads to the gallery that was crossed with that of the entrance pit.

History

Cavity discovered and explored for the first time in May 1964 by members of the now-defunct Talps group of the Centre Excursionista del Vallès.

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Bibliography

  1. Badiella, X.; Aguirre,F.; Muñoz,J.; Mota,F. (1981).- “Les cavitats del vessant Est del riu Ripoll” SIS (8): 56-70 / Arxiu del Centre Excursionista de Terrassa (23): 296-310. SIS del CET. Terrassa.
  1. SES - Talps (1968).- “Resum d'activitats” Espeleòleg (7): 256-260. ERE – Centre Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona

· Coordenades i fotografies JNC facilitades per Jordi Navarro del Centre Excursionista de Castellar del Vallès.

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