Avenc Edelweiss
A 29 m deep pit at Pla de la Corba (Rasos de Peguera), with a 2.5 m diameter entrance, drops, ramps and blocks.
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Avenc Edelweiss
A 29 m deep pit at Pla de la Corba (Rasos de Peguera), with a 2.5 m diameter entrance, drops, ramps and blocks.
Castellar del Riu · Berguedà
Length: 75 m · Depth: 29 m
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A 29 m deep pit at Pla de la Corba (Rasos de Peguera), with a 2.5 m diameter entrance, drops, ramps and blocks.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
Through an entrance about 2.5 metres in diameter we enter a 6.2 metre drop. A steep ramp follows, by which we enter a small chamber (6x4x1.5 m) bordered by blocks. On its N side and among blocks, there is a small 4.2 metre shaft. Then a steep slope where, by a couple of drops between blocks, they lead to a new small chamber (5x4 m). From this point, and above or below some blocks, it is possible to continue a few metres more in a NE direction, until the passage closes at 29.6 metres depth.
Progression
The 6.2 metre drop can be descended with the help of just a rope. The small 4.2 metre shaft can be descended by one side.
History
Around the year 1970 members of the SIRE-UEC Barcelona located and explored a pit in the area of Pla de la Corba which they named Avenc Edelweiss (among the members of the group was Ricard Gasset, owner of the fledgling Edelweiss sports shop, many years later Balmat). Pere Cantons (then a member of the ERE – CEC) was also there. This cavity remained totally undocumented and forgotten. Only a biospeleological citation gave reference to it.
Almost twenty years later, on 17 September 1989, members of the SIE-CEA found a pit that at first seemed unknown, explored it, surveyed it and published it, naming it Avenc “gran” dels Plans de la Corba.
Our colleague Pere Cantons, who had also taken part in this exploration, confirms verbally to us (2013) that it is the same pit that in 1970 they named Edelweiss.
Bio
Trichoptera
Micropterna malatesta Schmid (collected by P. Cantons on 28-5-1970)
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Bibliography
- Ferro, A. (1990).- “L'Avenc Gran dels Plans de la Corba”. EspeleoSie (31): 17-19. SIE – Centre Excursionista Àliga. Barcelona.
- Filbà, L. (1977).- “Noves localitzacions ibèriques de tricòpters cavernícoles”. Comunicacions del 6è. Simposium d'Espeleologia: 131-134. Escola Catalana d'Espeleologia i SIS del Centre Excursionista de Terrassa.
- Valles, Jordi de (2009).-”Berguedà, Cerdanya, Garrotxa i Ripollès”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.3):1-381. EC Gràcia/FCE.
- Dades i fotografies aportades per Juli Serrano (SIE-CEA) i Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC). Febrer de 2024.
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