Balma Rúbia

Minor rock shelter on the cingle del Far (Susqueda), beneath a large rock block, with a central sector of about 20 square metres and traces of having been used as a shelter.

Susqueda • Selva 7m

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Balma Rúbia

Minor rock shelter on the cingle del Far (Susqueda), beneath a large rock block, with a central sector of about 20 square metres and traces of having been used as a shelter.

Susqueda · Selva

Length: 7 m

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Minor rock shelter on the cingle del Far (Susqueda), beneath a large rock block, with a central sector of about 20 square metres and traces of having been used as a shelter.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Susqueda
Region: Selva
Unit: Cabrerès, el
Length: 7 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Transversal
Lithology: Sandstone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: October 15, 2016

Location

On the cinglera del Far. From coll de Condreu one must follow the road leading to the Santuari del Far. At the coll de Malla one must take the path that, via the Grau de Cabrafiga, leads to the Triola and the molí del Roure. The path is completely lost on reaching some tracks opened a few years ago (data 1997). One continues descending through the holm oak grove and about 100 metres of elevation drop below the track, among the forest, there are several small cavities among the stone blocks, this being the largest.

Coordinates and location of very low precision.

Entrances

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Rúbia, Balma
Elevation: 775 m
42.027664, 2.517219
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 460034 4652960
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Topographic

Balma Rúbia - Topography, Susqueda, Selva

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Description

Morphology

It is a rock shelter beneath a large rock block. Its central sector has a surface area of about 20 square metres.

Other details

Its central sector presents conditions to serve as an eventual refuge and with traces of having been used as a shelter.

History

The only data we know are those provided by Joan Pallarès who, with two companions, visited it in June 1997. According to Mr. Salvi Aulet ('Bigorra'), a good connoisseur of the area, he commented to them that it must have been the cavity long known as Balma Rúbia.

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Bibliography

Pallarès-Personat, Joan (1998).- “Petita cavitat als Cingles del Far (la Selva)”. Excursionisme (263): 42. Unió Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona.