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Balmes del Coll de la Grua

Balmes del Coll de la Grua

A well-known rock shelter near Coll de Grua, in Sant Llorenç del Munt: a group of two shelters opened in the conglomerate cliff.

Castellar del Vallès • Vallès Occidental 6m

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Balmes del Coll de la Grua

A well-known rock shelter near Coll de Grua, in Sant Llorenç del Munt: a group of two shelters opened in the conglomerate cliff.

Castellar del Vallès · Vallès Occidental

Length: 6 m

Updated record

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Main entrance reference 41.627623, 2.030333 UTM 31 · 419227 4608887
Topographic map of the main entrance
Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

A well-known rock shelter near Coll de Grua, in Sant Llorenç del Munt: a group of two shelters opened in the conglomerate cliff.

Characteristics

Location

We will set out from Matadepera and climb up to the Girbau car park, where we will leave the car and take a dirt track that leaves the car park heading East. We will continue to a junction where the main track begins to descend; we must follow a path that runs level and will take us to the coll de Grua; we will descend along the gully until we find on our right the cliff wall where the shelters open. The Balma Gran del Coll de Grua (no. 2) and another one (no. 1) that lies 18 towards the NW, at the same height and in the same stratum of conglomerate.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Coll de la Grua, Balmes del

    Elevation: 673 m

    41.627623, 2.030333
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 419227 4608887
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

It is a group of two rock shelters opened in the conglomerate cliff. No. 2, better known as Balma Gran, has dimensions of 12 m in length by 6 m in depth and a height of 3 m.

No. 1, 12 m in length by 5 m in depth and a height of 2.50 m.

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Bibliography

  1. Valles, Jordi de (2011).-”Bages, Barcelonès, Maresme, Vallès Occidental i Vallès Oriental”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. Volum 5: 560 pp. Espeleo Club de Gràcia / Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia. Barcelona.


  • Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del web: geb.cat (del Grup d'Espeleologia de Badalona). Apunt del 9-1-2023. Autors: Josep Cuenca i Xavier Samarra (GEB).

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