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Cova Fosca

Cova Fosca

Small rock shelter 12 m long in Castellet i la Gornal (Alt Penedès), with a triangular plan, known by climbers.

Castellet i la Gornal • Alt Penedès 12m 1m

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Cova Fosca

Small rock shelter 12 m long in Castellet i la Gornal (Alt Penedès), with a triangular plan, known by climbers.

Castellet i la Gornal · Alt Penedès

Length: 12 m · Depth: 1 m

Updated record

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Main entrance reference 41.265095, 1.647342 UTM 31 · 386695 4569068
Topographic map of the main entrance
Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Small rock shelter 12 m long in Castellet i la Gornal (Alt Penedès), with a triangular plan, known by climbers.

Characteristics

Location

Leave the car at km 12.2 on the Castellet to Vilanova i la Geltrú road (BV-2115), from where a track (vehicles prohibited) starts; follow it for 110 metres until you find on the right a path that runs parallel to the bottom of the Cova Fosca. Follow the path and after about 350 metres you will see on your left a small crag. The cavity is in this crag, at its W end. A path climbs up to the base of the crag, where there are several climbing routes.

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Entrances

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  1. Fosca, Cova

    Elevation: 174 m

    41.265095, 1.647342
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 386695 4569068
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Photos

Cova Fosca - Photo, Castellet i la Gornal, Alt PenedèsView image
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Description

Morphology

Rock shelter with a triangular plan, 8.5 metres wide, 5.5 metres high and 7.1 metres deep. At the end of the shelter, half hidden by a fig tree, a narrow gallery starts and ends impassably at 5 m.

History

Known since time immemorial. A cavity that had been mentioned, but without any data. It is a cave quite well known by climbers, who have opened several climbing routes.

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Bibliography

  • Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del blog: cavitatsdecatalunya.blogspot (de Jordi de Valles). Post del 7 agost del 2013.
  • Fitxa original de: J. Ferreres, J. de Valles (EC Gràcia), J. Cuenca (GE Badalona)

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