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Cova de Rotgers R-1

Cova de Rotgers R-1

Gypsum cave with a 78-metre passage in Borredà, with its entrance in a doline. Discovered on 2 March 1969 by Montserrat Ubach. In 2025 it is resurveyed and the connection with la Cova de Rotgers (R-2 and R-3) is ruled out.

Borredà • Berguedà 78m 26m

Gypsum cave with a 78-metre passage in Borredà, with its entrance in a doline. Discovered on 2 March 1969 by Montserrat Ubach. In 2025 it is resurveyed and the connection with la Cova de Rotgers (R-2 and R-3) is ruled out.

Characteristics

Location

From Borredà, follow the track that leads to Sant Jaume de Frontanyà until it crosses the Torrent de Casadejús and turns east. At this point take a turn to the left, which leads to the collet de Cirera and, from there, passing through Can Cirera and the ermita de la Mercè to the Pujot and Sant Sadurní de Rotgers.

The R-1 entrance lies about 30 metres north-east of the junction that goes to the ruins of the mas del Pujot, crossing the flat ground formed by the collet. It is a large doline surrounded by vegetation.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Rotgers R-1. Cova de

    Elevation: 978 m

    42.154985, 1.977219
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 415501 4667490
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

The entrance opens inside a doline that has formed at the base of a torrent. The access presents a steep slope, and when the ground is wet it is advisable to rig a rope. The inner entrance presents itself as a large overhang and with a downward slope from its start. The dimensions of the passage gradually diminish on the descent, until it becomes impenetrable in a narrow squeeze partially flooded at the -26 m level.

Hydrology

The outer torrent has deepened the entrance doline below the access overhang to the cave; water seeps through this point in the rainy season, but it becomes impenetrable within a few metres; part of the water that seeps through this point reappears by filtration in the final squeeze.

Other details

Throughout 2025 Juli Serrano, Montse Roca (SIE-CEA), Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC), Nil Hosta and Tanit Sanmartin carry out a survey revision and several diggings both in R-1 and in R-2 and R-3, observing that there is no possibility of a connection between the two cavities, since the closest point of R-2 with respect to R-1 is 23 metres away in a SW direction, and, most decisively, the final point of R-2 in the direction of R-1 lies at +8 metres in height above the final level of R-1, which is why communication between the two cavities is not considered feasible.

History

On 2 March 1969 Montserrat Ubach located R-1 thanks to directions from the residents of Borredà. It was subsequently surveyed by the SIS de Terrassa and also by the ERE del CEC, with the aim of being able to connect it with the rest of la Cova de Rotgers (R-2 and R-3).

In 2025 Juli Serrano, Montse Roca (SIE-CEA), Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC), Nil Hosta and Tanit Sanmartin carry out a survey revision and several diggings in R-1, ruling out the possibility of a connection with la Cova de Rotgers (R-2 and R-3).

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Bibliography

Ubach, M. (1972).-'La primera exploració de Rotgers'. Espeleòleg (16):809-810 ERE-CEC. Barcelona.



Noguera M.; Germain, J. (1978).-'El Sistema de Rotgers'. SIS (6):25-29. SIS-CE Terrassa.



Inglès i Alcon, Antoni.(1991).-'La Cova de Rotgers: Una 'clàssica' excavada en guixos'. Espeleòleg (39):38-42. ERE - CE Catalunya. Barcelona.



Valles, Jordi de (2009).-'Berguedà, Cerdanya, Garrotxa i Ripollès'. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.3): 1-381. E C Gràcia/FCE



Revisió topogràfica, coordenades i fotografies, facilitades per Juli Serrano, Montse Roca, Francesc Rubinat, Nil Hosta i Tanit Sanmartin. Gener de 2026.

Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/