
Avenc Estella
Petit avenc de 10 metres de fondària a la Coma i la Pedra (Solsonès).
EspeleoWorld
Avenc Estella
Petit avenc de 10 metres de fondària a la Coma i la Pedra (Solsonès).
Coma i la Pedra, La · Solsonès
Length: 38 m · Depth: 10 m
Updated record
https://espeleoworld.com/en/c/avenc-estella
Information can change. Always verify coordinates, access, weather, and cave conditions before setting out.
Small 10-metre-deep pit in la Coma i la Pedra (Solsonès), discovered when the slope was levelled to build the tennis courts.
Topographic
Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Image © its author.
Photos
Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Image © its author.
Description
Morphology
A door gives access to a small 2-metre-deep shaft, which with caution can be descended without a rope. Once inside, we will descend a 2-metre drop in a N direction, and reach a small chamber with lithogenic formations. We will descend 3 metres more down a ramp with a 0.40x0.50 metre crawlway that leads to a small chamber similar to the previous one. The deepest point is reached by descending through a crawlway and a 2-metre drop and continuing along a ramp full of fallen rocks that block the way. To go to the other side of the cavity, it is better to descend through the crawlway at floor level in the first small chamber, where we will find the widest and highest room of the pit; this communicates with the entrance shaft in its upper part, but with more difficult access. At floor level there is a possible continuation through a crawlway blocked by mud and stones that have fallen from the entrance. We will continue in a S direction, going up the ramp of mud and stones, passing towards another longer and steeper room with a lot of mud. At the end it climbs 2 metres but with no possibility of continuation.
Speleothems
A small chamber with lithogenic formations.
Progression
A door gives access to a small 2-metre-deep shaft, which with caution can be descended without a rope. Once inside, we will descend a 2-metre drop in a N direction. We will descend 3 metres more down a ramp with a 0.40x0.50 metre crawlway. The deepest point is reached by descending through a crawlway and a 2-metre drop and continuing along a ramp full of fallen rocks that block the way. To go to the other side of the cavity, it is better to descend through the crawlway at floor level in the first small chamber. We will continue in a S direction, going up the ramp of mud and stones. At the end it climbs 2 metres but with no possibility of continuation.
History
It was discovered when the tennis courts were built, when the slope of the land was levelled and the retaining wall was made.
User Comments (0)
No comments yet.
Be the first to share your experience!
Registered Explorations (0)
No explorations registered yet.
Register your visit to this cave!
Bibliography
- Codina, S.(1999).-”Avenc d'Estella”. Corriol (115):8-9. CE Solsonès.
- Valles, Jordi de (2009).-”Alt Urgell, Noguera, Pla d'Urgell, Segarra, Solsonès, Urgell”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (2):313-314. EC Gràcia – FCE.
- Fitxa actualitzada maig 2018. Revisió coordenades i fotografies facilitades per F. Fadrique i Montserrat Ubach
Nearby caves
Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/




