Balma de la Falconera

Minor rock shelter in the Serra de l'Obac, known to climbers and visited in 1993 by members of the SIS del CE Terrassa.

Mura • Bages 7m

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Minor rock shelter in the Serra de l'Obac, known to climbers and visited in 1993 by members of the SIS del CE Terrassa.

Mura · Bages

Length: 7 m

Updated record

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Topographic map of the main entrance — Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Minor rock shelter in the Serra de l'Obac, known to climbers and visited in 1993 by members of the SIS del CE Terrassa.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Mura
Region: Bages
Unit: Obac, Serra de l'
Length: 7 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Conglomerate
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

From the esplanade of la Falconera (parking area) shortly before km. 16 of the road from Terrassa to Mura, a path sets off following the whole relief of the roca de la Falconera in a N direction along its western side. Almost at its end and towards the O side, a very steep gully descends towards the torrent d'Estenalles. At the head of this gully, on the S side, this rock shelter is located. Access is via a short, somewhat delicate step, which brings us to the rock shelter from the western side.

Approximate coordinates.

Entrances

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Balma de la Falconera
Elevation: 820 m
41.678859, 1.996483
UTM 31T (ED 50) 416568 4614812
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Topographic

Balma de la Falconera - Topography, Mura, Bages

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Description

Morphology

The porch of the rock shelter measures 10 metres long by barely 1 metres high. The depth is 4 metres except on the western side, which goes in as far as 7 metres.