Balma de Sant Rafael
An insignificant rock shelter on the old path from Queralbs to Núria, a 6-metre-deep refuge with a stone bench.
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Balma de Sant Rafael
An insignificant rock shelter on the old path from Queralbs to Núria, a 6-metre-deep refuge with a stone bench.
Queralbs · Ripollès
Length: 6 m
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An insignificant rock shelter on the old path from Queralbs to Núria, a 6-metre-deep refuge with a stone bench.
Topographic
Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Image © its author.
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Description
Morphology
It is merely a 6-metre-deep refuge with a stone bench. Set in the Cambro-Ordovician gneiss.
History
Known since time immemorial. Everything seems to indicate that it is the same hollow that has been cited in some catalogues as Balma Paredada.
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Bibliography
- Aymamí, Gener (2002).- “Les coves de Núria”. IX Jornades de Literatura Excursionista: 141-150. Unió Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona.
- Valles, J. de (2009).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol. 3: 381 pp. Espeleo Club de Gràcia / Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia. Barcelona.
- Fotografia extreta del blog (Posa't les botes), “Camí de les centrals i canal del Freser (Queralbs)”.
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