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Balma de la Senyora

A rock shelter in the vall d'Ora (Navès), formed by the waterfall of the torrent de ca l'Orriols, with a free fall of about 20 metres and lush vegetation at its foot.

Navès • Solsonès 6m

A rock shelter in the vall d'Ora (Navès), formed by the waterfall of the torrent de ca l'Orriols, with a free fall of about 20 metres and lush vegetation at its foot.

Characteristics

Location

The rock shelter is located in the vall d'Ora (Navès).

It is reached via the C-26 road, at kilometre 119.5, where we find the pont d'Aigua d'Ora; we will turn off in a N direction until reaching a bridge that crosses the riu d'Aigua d'Ora, shortly before arriving at Sant Lleïr. Before crossing the bridge we will continue to the left along a paved track until reaching a junction where the asphalt ends; we will continue climbing to the left until reaching a left-hand bend from which a disused forest track leaves on the right. This track first descends, then levels out and finally climbs through the middle of the forest in a N direction, ending by descending to a torrent where it is cut off. We will cross this torrent that comes down from the rock shelter and climb in a N direction along the right-hand slope through the middle of the forest, made up of oaks, box trees and pines, passing through the most suitable place until reaching the foot of the cliff where we will find the rock shelter, after a route of half an hour from the end of the forest track.

Very approximate coordinates.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Balma de la Senyora

    Elevation: 949 m

    42.093438, 1.669709
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 389988 4661006
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Description

Morphology

It is a rock shelter that has been formed by the waterfall that comes down from the torrent de ca l'Orriols, with a free fall of about 20 metres in height approximately right in front of the rock shelter.

Hydrology

The waterfall that comes down from the torrent de ca l'Orriols has formed the rock shelter, with a free fall of about 20 metres in height approximately right in front of the rock shelter.

Other details

The waterfall has created lush vegetation at the very foot of the rock shelter, almost covering it, made up of holm oak groves, fig trees, brambles and ivy that climbs up the trees and walls of the rock shelter.

History

Known in the area since time immemorial.

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Bibliography

  1. Codina, Salvador.(2000).-”Balma de la Senyora”. Corriol (119):10-11. Centre Excursionista del Solsonès.
  2. Valles, Jordi de. (2009).-”Alt Urgell, Noguera, Pla d'Urgell, Segarra, Solsonès, Urgell” Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (2):360. EC Gràcia/FCE.

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