Cova de l'ós

Small cave with 40 m of passage in Toses (el Ripollès), remains of an old spring with a total elevation change of 10 m (-7.5; +2.5).

Toses • Ripollès 40m 10m

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Cova de l'ós

Small cave with 40 m of passage in Toses (el Ripollès), remains of an old spring with a total elevation change of 10 m (-7.5; +2.5).

Toses · Ripollès

Length: 40 m · Depth: 10 m

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Small cave with 40 m of passage in Toses (el Ripollès), remains of an old spring with a total elevation change of 10 m (-7.5; +2.5).

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Toses
Region: Ripollès
Unit: Alt Freser
Length: 40 meters
Depth: 10 meters
Major Unit: Pirineu Axial
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: May 24, 2015

Location

About 2 km west of the village of Toses, heading up the torrent de Rus which descends from the Pla d'Anyella, at the spot known as the Clot de la Fou. The entrance to the cavity is on a rocky spur, half hidden by vegetation, a few metres above the current torrent bed, on its right bank. Approximate coordinates.

Entrances

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Cova de l' Ós
Elevation: 1530 m
42.317501, 1.998087
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 417437 4685515
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Topographic

Cova de l'ós - Topography, Toses, Ripollès

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Description

Morphology

Small cave with 40 m of passage. Remains of the fossil conduits of an old spring. Relatively roomy for the first thirty metres, with signs that several test pits have been dug in the floor. The final stretch, after a fairly narrow passage, is made up of chimneys that allow about ten metres to be climbed. The total elevation change is 10 metres (-7.5; +2.5).

History

The only known data are those provided by members of the GE Badalona for volume 3 of the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (2009), resulting from the visit they had made in May 1980. The cave appears to have been the subject of some archaeological prospecting.