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Avenc Hostench

Avenc Hostench

A 26-metre-deep pit in Torroella de Montgrí, discovered in 1968 and explored and surveyed on several occasions.

Torroella de Montgrí • Baix Empordà 79m 26m

A 26-metre-deep pit in Torroella de Montgrí, discovered in 1968 and explored and surveyed on several occasions.

Characteristics

Location

There are two alternatives for accessing the cavity. One is from the C-31 road between Verges and Torroella de Montgrí: we will turn off in the direction of Bellcaire d'Empordà; just after passing it, at kilometre 3.500, we will turn right in the direction of Sobrestany and la Torre Ferrana; after passing this last house, we will follow the track until we pass a series of bends, we will see a water tank on the right and a little further on a wide space to park on the right of the path (mirador del Roc Ferran); 300 metres further on, on the left, we will see the remains of a stone hut located about a hundred metres from the track; the cavity is about 9 metres from the hut.

The other access begins from the Càmping de l'Estartit: you must follow the camí de la Torre Ponça; once past it, 500 metres further on we find a crossroads, we will continue along the track on the left; after 1900 metres we will find a new crossroads, we will continue along the left for 2 kilometres; at this point and on the right of the track, we will see the remains of the hut mentioned above, next to which the cavity is located.

Map

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Hostench, Avenc

    Elevation: 116 m

    42.078237, 3.157647
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 513132 4658678
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

A first pit with a drop of 3.50 metres connects with a descending gallery 7 metres long, which is followed by another shorter and less steep one; then the descent stabilises and one enters a zone crossed by other galleries at different levels, creating a fairly complex closed circuit. Continuing along the main gallery, three small pits of 3.50 and 4.50 metres respectively follow one another; at the bottom of the last one the maximum depth is reached. The cavity continues through a narrow crawlway, full of mud and with a siphoning appearance, and then takes a notable ascent until reaching the -18 level, where the cavity ends. In this final sector some small side galleries and a final chamber on the upper level develop.

History

Discovered in 1968 by two relatives of the well-known Girona industrialist Torras Hostench, hence its name.

On 3 December 1972 it is explored and surveyed by the Centre Excursionista Empordanès de Figueres.

In 1978 La SIRE-UEC de Sants explores and surveys it again.

In 1986, while reforestation work was being carried out with a subsoiling machine, they moved the rocks that formed the entrance and the cavity was covered with the same rocks.

Between May and June 2008, members of the SIE-CEA unblock the cavity, placing a wooden pallet at the entrance to prevent falls.

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Bibliography

  1. Borrás, J.;Miñarro, JM.;Talavera, F.(1981).-”el baix empordà, el gironès, la selva, l'osona, el vallès oriental i el maresme “. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol. 6):1-292. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
  2. SIRE (1978).-”Estartit (Girona) notas sobre el Pla del Vent”. Boletín Infor. SIRE (3-4):35-63. SIRE-UEC-Sants.
  • Torró Cabratosa, Joan(1988).-”Coves, Caus i Pous del massís del Montgrí”.
  • Topografia inèdita Sebastià Delclós, Centre Excursionista Empordanès de Figueres.
  • Fotos extretes de www.espeleobloc.com.es (post del dia 11 de junt de 2008).

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