
Balma dels Falciots
A 14-metre-deep rock shelter in Guixers (Solsonès), with a 30 m wide and 5 m high mouth, located on the left bank of the torrent de Vilacireres.
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Balma dels Falciots
A 14-metre-deep rock shelter in Guixers (Solsonès), with a 30 m wide and 5 m high mouth, located on the left bank of the torrent de Vilacireres.
Guixers · Solsonès
Length: 14 m · Depth: 4 m
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A 14-metre-deep rock shelter in Guixers (Solsonès), with a 30 m wide and 5 m high mouth, located on the left bank of the torrent de Vilacireres.
Topographic
Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Image © its author.
Photos
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Description
Morphology
It has a mouth 30 m wide by 5 metres high on average, covered by holm oaks. The balma gran can be divided into three parts. In all the parts we will see that it slopes towards the interior, reaching a difference in level of +4 metres, some with small steps marked by the sedimentation strata and on the ceiling the wind erosion giving rounded and spherical forms, which swifts take advantage of to nest. The floor is full of scree and eroded by the herds of wild goats that settle there; there are also three large blocks that have fallen from the ceiling. The deepest point of the shelter is at 14 metres. On the west side there is a small shelter 8 m wide by 1 m high and 4 m deep.
Speleothems
Almost in the middle of the shelter there is a small spring of water forming a stalagmite.
Progression
To reach this small shelter one has to climb hard.
History
Known since time immemorial.
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Bibliography
- Catalunya Subterrània. Blog de Jordi de Valles, post del 15 de novembre de 2014. “cavitatsdecatalunya.blogspot.com.es”. Dades arxiu Salvador Codina.
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