
Cova Remuntant de la Bretxa
Cova Remuntant, an ascending cavity with a 21 m route in the Coma Oriola (la Masella, Cerdanya), explored and catalogued on 16 July 2015 by members of the grup de l'espeleodijous.
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Cova Remuntant de la Bretxa
Cova Remuntant, an ascending cavity with a 21 m route in the Coma Oriola (la Masella, Cerdanya), explored and catalogued on 16 July 2015 by members of the grup de l'espeleodijous.
Urús · Cerdanya
Length: 21 m · Depth: 10 m
Updated record
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Cova Remuntant, an ascending cavity with a 21 m route in the Coma Oriola (la Masella, Cerdanya), explored and catalogued on 16 July 2015 by members of the grup de l'espeleodijous.
Topographic
Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Image © its author.
Photos
Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Image © its author.
Description
Morphology
Through a wide entrance one enters a vestibule with an ascending floor and the presence of blocks. At its far end and after a small step, a gallery about 10 metres long and also ascending begins, which is immediately closed off at the level + 10 relative to the lowest point of the entrance. The total route is 21 m.
Other details
All the caves and cracks located in the area are residual cavities, probably vestiges of other climatic circumstances. It is undeniable that the valley bears the imprint of a glacial past, and even today the action of ice widening the fracture structure is responsible for small cavities and for the great extent of these fragmentation scree slopes. The original appearance of the Coma Oriola (according to the ICGC: Comaoriola), has been profoundly altered by the imprint of the ski resort, since a piste runs through this valley. In summer and therefore out of season, the excavators, concrete mixers, etc. have extraordinarily transformed the bed of the basin, widening it and modifying its margins, causing original vegetation and soils to disappear and burying channels.
History
Although some of the cavities had certainly been observed by skiers and mountaineers who pass through the area, they had never been the object of speleologists until 16 July 2015, when members of the grup de l'espeleodijous proceeded to explore, study and catalogue a good number of cavities in the area.
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Bibliography
- Totes les dades, topografies i fotografies han estat extretes del blog: espeleobloc.blogspot (Apunts dels dies 30 i 31-7-2015). Les coordenades han estat facilitades pel mateix equip de l'Espeleodijous.
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