Cova dels Ermitans

Cave with 287 m of passage at the Farell (Caldes de Montbui), in the Serrat d'en Vila, beside the torrent del Farell. Three entrances, total elevation difference of 28.7 m (+9.3; -19.4) and 286.8 m surveyed.

Caldes de Montbui • Vallès Oriental 287m 29m

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Cova dels Ermitans

Caldes de Montbui · Vallès Oriental

Length: 287 m · Depth: 29 m

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

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Caldes de Montbui
Region: Vallès Oriental
Unit: Farell, el - Cingles de Gallifa
Length: 287 meters
Depth: 29 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

In the Serrat d'en Vila, beside the torrent del Farell.

Along the BV-1243 road from Caldes de Montbui to Sant Sebastià de Montmajor, before km. 7 and on the right, there is a track (locked with a padlock) that climbs towards an urbanisation. Following this track, one must find a path well signposted with signs and green paint marks. Even the small step down towards the cave is equipped with via ferrata rungs.

Entrances

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Cova dels Ermitans
Elevation: 520 m
41.661989, 2.142249
UTM 31T (ED 50) 428682 4612808
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Topographic

Cova dels Ermitans - Topography, Caldes de Montbui, Vallès Oriental

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Description

Morphology

The cave has three entrances to the outside, two of them located at the upper level and the third at the middle level, this being the normal access.

The whole cavity is structured along a strongly inclined fracture, and large blocks wedged between the walls create different routes which the authors of the survey group into four levels. The total elevation difference is 28.7 metres (+9.3; -19.4) and the surveyed passage reaches 286.8 metres.

Speleothems

No reconstructive forms are observed.

Progression

The whole complex is a clastic pile-up that must be overcome with climbs of various degrees of difficulty. At some point the use of a rope is not amiss.

History

Known for a long time by the people of Caldes, especially hunters. Having learned of its existence, Joan Pallarès-Personat made several attempts to locate it, but it was not until November 1974 that, accompanied by Agustí Vila of the Escoltes de Caldes, they were able to make a first reconnaissance (J. Pallarès, X. Bellés and T. Cuñé) mainly for biospeleological purposes. On a new visit the following month, they carried out a topographic sketch of the cave, calculating a passage of about 70 metres.

It is not until 1999 that members of the Col·lectiu Escunhau (Espeleo Grup de l'Hospitalet and GIEG – Agrupació Excursionista de Granollers) visit the cavity again and observe the complexity of the cave, due to the accumulation of blocks forming different floors and the existence of two more entrances. After laborious and complicated surveying they manage to fix the total passage at 287 metres.

Bio

Coleoptera: Speonomus urgellesi Español (Captured by Bellés, Cuñé, Pallarès on 17-11-1974 and 20-12-1974). Species discovered by Isidre González Urgellés in 1963 at the avenc de les Aranyes (Montnegre).