Avenc Fred de Vallcebre

A 16 m deep fissure at les Cambrotes, Vallcebre (Berguedà): 30 m long by 2.5 wide, elevation -13, a side chamber with an entrance at 7 m and elevation -16. Discovered in 1963 and surveyed in 1979.

Vallcebre • Berguedà 48m 16m

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A 16 m deep fissure at les Cambrotes, Vallcebre (Berguedà): 30 m long by 2.5 wide, elevation -13, a side chamber with an entrance at 7 m and elevation -16. Discovered in 1963 and surveyed in 1979.

Vallcebre · Berguedà

Length: 48 m · Depth: 16 m

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A 16 m deep fissure at les Cambrotes, Vallcebre (Berguedà): 30 m long by 2.5 wide, elevation -13, a side chamber with an entrance at 7 m and elevation -16. Discovered in 1963 and surveyed in 1979.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Vallcebre
Region: Berguedà
Unit: Peguera - Ensija
Length: 48 meters
Depth: 16 meters
Major Unit: Prepirineu
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: January 12, 2014

Location

At the upper part of the S cliff of the Boixater (or Boixeder), which extends in an approximately E-W direction from Sant Corneli de Fígols to Fumanya.

We reach the Grau de la Mola, at a marked bend in the road connecting Sant Corneli with Fumanya. At this point there is a natural pass that allows the cliff to be climbed comfortably by path. Here there are also several climbing routes. We go up the grau and follow the path to the left. We continue for approximately 10 or 15 minutes, until we find a branch of the path that goes off to the right towards Vallcebre passing through Santa Magdalena. At this point we rule out the path to the right and also leave the one we were on. We go into the middle of the dense forest towards the left, in the direction of the cliff. Close to it, before reaching les esquerdes de les Cambrotes, is the avenc Negre pit and a few metres further on is the avenc Fred pit.

Coordinates to be reviewed and without much precision.

Entrances

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Fred de Vallcebre, Avenc
Elevation: 1440 m
42.183105, 1.822045
UTM 31T (ED 50) 402817 4670982
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Avenc Fred de Vallcebre - Topography, Vallcebre, Berguedà

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Description

Morphology

It is a long fissure open close to the cliff, 30 metres long by 2.5 wide, with the base formed by an accumulation of blocks of regular dimensions and which descends to elevation -13.

At its NE end there is a hole that comes out at the cliff, and opposite it, on the other wall, there is a point of communication with another parallel fissure, this one completely underground. The entrance of this side chamber hangs 7 metres above its base, in which the point of maximum depth is reached at elevation -16.

Other details

Long fissure 16 m deep in the area of les Cambrotes (Vallcebre, Berguedà).

History

In October 1963 it is discovered by members of the GES – CMB, who together with other cavities in the area are the object of a campaign that lasts until May 1964.

In order to include them in the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya, in 1979, other members of the GES – CMB return again to the area, explore and survey them.

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Bibliography

Astier, Luis (1964).- “Alt Berguedà – Campaña espeleológica en el Pre-pirineo barcelonés”. Geo y Bio Karst (3): 22-23. Ed. J.Mª Armengou. Barcelona.

Borràs,J; Miñarro,J.M; Talavera,F.(1980).-”l'Urgell, el Solsonès, la Segarra i el Berguedà”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol. 5): 1-233. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.