Balma i Forat de les Penyes Roges

Balma and small hanging hole at the Penyes Roges (Begues), observed by Espeleodijous in 2015 and visited on 29 April 2019.

Begues • Baix Llobregat 4m

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Balma and small hanging hole at the Penyes Roges (Begues), observed by Espeleodijous in 2015 and visited on 29 April 2019.

Begues · Baix Llobregat

Length: 4 m

Updated record

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

Balma and small hanging hole at the Penyes Roges (Begues), observed by Espeleodijous in 2015 and visited on 29 April 2019.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Begues
Region: Baix Llobregat
Unit: Garraf, el
Length: 4 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Litoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: May 6, 2019

Location

From Begues take the road-track heading towards the Plana Novella. Further on from the turn-off to the Carxol, when the Carxol stream crosses the track for the second time, leave the vehicles and, passing by the Penyes Roges hut and under the power line, climb up without a path towards a stretch of cliff where the holes can already be seen from a distance.

Entrances

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Penyes Roges, Balma i Forat de les
Elevation: 385 m
41.303176, 1.874685
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 405794 4573024
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Topographic

Balma i Forat de les Penyes Roges - Topography, Begues, Baix Llobregat

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Photos

Balma i Forat de les Penyes Roges - Photo, Begues, Baix Llobregat

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Description

Morphology

Balma of good dimensions, about 8 metres wide and 5 high at the edge of the overhang. The floor is sloping and rises for about 4 metres until it ends closed at the limit of the roof.

The small neighbouring hole is a hanging conduit that narrows along its 4 metres of length.

Progression

To reach the hanging hole a 4-metre climb is required.

History

Hole and balma observed by members of Espeleodijous in 2015 on the way to the pits of Can Jaques and dels Quatre Forats. On 29 April 2019 they decide to go and take a look and find that their colleagues from the GES Garraf (Sitges) had got there a little over a month earlier, although they had not done the cataloguing work given its little importance.