Balma dels Printers

Balma al riu Aigua de Valls (Guixers), about 100 metres wide and 10 metres deep, known since time immemorial and used to prepare the concrete for the second dam on the riu de Valls.

Guixers • Solsonès 10m

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Balma dels Printers

Balma al riu Aigua de Valls (Guixers), about 100 metres wide and 10 metres deep, known since time immemorial and used to prepare the concrete for the second dam on the riu de Valls.

Guixers · Solsonès

Length: 10 m

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

Balma al riu Aigua de Valls (Guixers), about 100 metres wide and 10 metres deep, known since time immemorial and used to prepare the concrete for the second dam on the riu de Valls.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Guixers
Region: Solsonès
Unit: Solsonès
Length: 10 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Prepirineu
Lithology: Conglomerate
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: December 23, 2016

Location

Driving along the LV-4241 road from Berga to Sant Llorenç de Morunys, at kilometre 20.725 we will turn right towards Montcalb; after passing Sisquer, we will continue for 1.7 kilometres, at which point we will leave the road and continue to the left along a track that passes by can Jou and la Perera; after covering 4.35 kilometres from the road we will reach the dam of the small reservoir of the Xut.

Upstream, following the path beside the river, we will soon find the balma on the hydrographic left bank of the river.

Entrances

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Balma dels Printers
Elevation: 990 m
42.166880, 1.690108
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 391800 4669135
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Topographic

Balma dels Printers - Topography, Guixers, Solsonès

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Description

Morphology

It is a long balma about 100 metres wide at the foot of the path; it is a high balma, and about 10 metres deep along almost the whole wall.

History

Known since time immemorial. It was used to prepare the concrete for building the second dam on the riu de Valls. Today we can still find the ramp that was used to load the gravel.

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Bibliography

Borràs, J; Miñarro, JM; Talavera, F.(1980).-”l'urgell, el solsonès, la segarra i el berguedà”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.5):159. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
Codina, Salvador.(2012).-”Ruta espeleològica pel riu de Valls”. Corriol (166):12-14. Centre Excursionista del Solsonès.
Valles, Jordi de. (2009).-”Alt Urgell, Noguera, Pla d'Urgell, Segarra, Solsonès, Urgell” Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (2):345. EC Gràcia/FCE.