Coves de les Gatoses

Two small caves, 6 and 4 m, in Esparreguera, at the foot of a crag above the C-55, near Can Paloma and the Puda de Montserrat.

Esparreguera • Baix Llobregat 6m

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Two small caves, 6 and 4 m, in Esparreguera, at the foot of a crag above the C-55, near Can Paloma and the Puda de Montserrat.

Esparreguera · Baix Llobregat

Length: 6 m

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Two small caves, 6 and 4 m, in Esparreguera, at the foot of a crag above the C-55, near Can Paloma and the Puda de Montserrat.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Esparreguera
Region: Baix Llobregat
Unit: Sant Salvador de les Espases - Serra de Rubió
Length: 6 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Travertine
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: September 11, 2014

Location

It is located at the foot of a crag above the C-55, about 415 metres E (E9N) of Can Paloma and about 250 metres S of the Puda de Montserrat. On this crag there is a climbing area known as “Les puces”.

At Km. 7.35 of the C-55 road from Abrera to Manresa, one must take a turn-off, the B-113. At Km. 4.1, a track, often closed, runs alongside a vineyard. At a point where the track makes a 90º turn to the right, the path that will take us to the foot of the crag leaves in a N direction.

Entrances

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Coves de les Gatoses
Elevation: 147 m
41.568151, 1.876656
UTM 31T (ED 50) 406434 4602643
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Topographic

Coves de les Gatoses - Topography, Esparreguera, Baix Llobregat

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Description

Morphology

The upper cave was formed by the displacement of the rock between two bedding planes. Regular V-shaped section and 6 metres of passage.

The lower one, a few metres below the other, is a small oval-shaped chamber with a flat ceiling, only 4 metres of passage, closed off by blocks and sediments. It is at the contact between the travertines and the conglomerate.

Progression

Once here one must go to the left (E), climbing and following the crag for about forty metres.

History

They were located in 2014, when attempts were being made to rediscover the other cavities in the area explored 30 years earlier by the same ERE of the CEC.