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Balma de la Cresta

Balma de la Cresta

Petita cova de poc més de 7 m. de recorregut a la zona de Coma Oriola (la Masella, Cerdanya)

Urús • Cerdanya7m0

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Balma de la Cresta

Petita cova de poc més de 7 m. de recorregut a la zona de Coma Oriola (la Masella, Cerdanya)

Urús · Cerdanya

Length: 7 m

Updated record

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Information can change. Always verify coordinates, access, weather, and cave conditions before setting out.

Main entrance reference42.329915, 1.886234UTM 31 · 408238 4687008
Topographic map of the main entrance
Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Small cave of just over 7 m of passage in the Coma Oriola area, in Masella (Cerdanya).

Characteristics

Location

Located at the car park of the Masella ski resort, called Coma Oriola, it climbs the valley of the same name in a S direction towards the Tosa d’Alp. The cavities are found on the west cliffs of the valley (going up on the right), in intensely fractured Devonian limestone, between elevations 2,135 and 2,300 m.

Mapa

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Balma de la Cresta

    Elevation: 2135 m

    42.329915, 1.886234
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 408238 4687008
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Photos

Balma de la Cresta - Photo, Urús, CerdanyaView image
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Description

Morphology

Small cave that, after a wide vestibule, narrows until it becomes impassable at 7.5 metres from the entrance.

History

The only known data are those published by the members of the espeleodijous who visited it in 2016.

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Bibliography

  • Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del blog: espeleobloc.blogspot. Apunt del 16-10-2017

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