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Cova Penjada

Cova de 14 metres de recorregut al Coll d'Ases (Gallifa)

Gallifa • Vallès Occidental14m0

A 14-metre-long cave at Coll d'Ases (Gallifa), within the Complex de les Falgueres.

Characteristics

Location

At Coll d'Ases (Gallifa). From Castellterçol we will follow the BV-1245 road towards Granera; after kilometre 2 we will turn left onto the paved track towards Coll d'Ases and Gallifa. After covering about 7 kilometres we will reach Coll d'Ases; on the right-hand side and next to the traffic signs a path sets off, which we will follow until we find an iron pole where the path divides. We will continue to the left, which will take us to the base of the cliff where we will find some cairns; shortly afterwards we will find the first of the caves a little more than 250 metres from Coll d'Ases. A few metres further on we will find the rock shelter and immediately afterwards the entrances of the cova Central; we continue onwards, where the cliff turns to the right and then immediately continues in the previous direction, and 22 metres from the last entrance of the cova Central we find the cova Petita. Continuing 11 metres further on we find the cova Penjada about 3 metres above the ground; at the base of the cliff there is a small 4-metre passage.

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Entrances

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  1. Penjada, Cova

    Elevation: 881 m

    41.708599, 2.091023
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 424377 4617822
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Description

Morphology

A cave with a length of 14 metres. It has a main gallery with an almost parallel impassable branch that opens to the outside.

Other details

This group of cavities is known among hikers as the Coves de Coll d'Ases; the Matagalls-Montserrat route even passes just below them.

History

Located by members of the SIS del CE Terrassa after the fire of 2003. In November 2005 Jordi Guillemot surveyed them and named them “Complex de les Falgueres” after the toponym that appears on a nearby hill and that on the Editorial Alpina map is georeferenced as Coll de les Falgueres, but on the current ICGC map this toponym does not appear anywhere.

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Bibliography

  1. Guillemot, Jordi (2007).-”Dos regals del bosc cremat: el complex de les Falgueres i la cova de Salallassera”. VI Trobada d'estudiosos de Sant llorenç del Munt i l'Obac. pp.249-252. Diputació de Barcelona.

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