Coves de Santa Creu d'olorda

Under the name Coves de Santa Creu d'Olorda five cavities are known, a short distance from one another and clearly interrelated, from west to east, they are:

• Cova de l'Or: In the lower part of a small crag with an elongated mouth that gives way to a small vestibule of rounded section and low ceiling; at the opposite end and at floor level, there is a fissure 1.90 metres deep that is the start of a gallery 19 metres long, meandriform in shape and with the floor covered by earth and dust, ending in a narrow passage.
• Cova de la Molsa: 12 metres from the previous one, with a narrow mouth, it opens beside a large slab, half hidden by the abundant vegetation, and gives way to a single gallery of modest dimensions and descending direction along its 11 metres of passage.
• Coves dels Encantats 1 and Cova Petita: Cova dels Encants 1 opens through a short corridor that leads directly into the so-called main gallery, 25 metres long and with a section of 2 x 5 metres. In its widest area several branches emerge. The first is found just upon entering on the right, being the continuation of the main gallery, it is reached through a vertical crawl and immediately places us in a small chamber from which three continuations emerge: The first comes out to the exterior through the so-called Cova Petita, although its access is impenetrable; the second gives way to a narrow gallery of 4 metres and after passing another crawl and climbing a short step, leaves us at Cova dels Encantats 2, a few metres from its entrance. Descending along the main gallery, we will find on the right side a step, which gives access to a gallery of 4 metres, ending in an ascending step that is no more than its continuation at a higher level. A few metres further on it opens into a chamber of considerable dimensions, the largest in the cavity, from which three new continuations emerge, two of them of short length and ending in small exits caused by the accumulation of large blocks. The third continuation is the most evident, after climbing a gallery wide at the start and narrow at the end, and it also communicates with the Cova dels Encantats 2. Back in the main gallery and leaving behind the first step mentioned before, we will find another step (R-3) that abruptly cuts the gallery. This small pit, easily down-climbed on the right, gives access to two continuations, connected to each other by an upper gallery, which is reached through an R-3 on one side and a P-5 on the other, the base of this latter pit is formed by a chamber of very irregular section and with the floor totally covered by blocks. In the final stretch of the main gallery is the last branch, on the right side a short and descending gallery opens, joined to another of similar characteristics, but with a horizontal floor, linked to a triangular chamber; at its left end and at ceiling level, there is a crawl that links again with the final part of the main gallery. Back in the triangular chamber, on the right, a small room opens divided in two by accumulations of blocks and from this, two galleries at right angles of about 5 metres of passage each.
• Cova dels Encantats 2: It is found some 4 metres above Encantats 1, behind a small tree and with a mouth in the form of a crawl giving access to a flat-out passage cut a few metres on by a step that links with the lower cavity. Some 3 metres from this obstacle the flat-out passage widens and forms a small room with a low ceiling, joined at one end with a gallery of short length, divided in two by a curious rock bridge, this gallery in descending direction communicates again with the lower cave by means of a small step.

Speleometry: The sum of the passage of all the cavities is 206 metres. It should be noted that the authors of the survey specify that this is the surveyed passage, therefore the real passage would be somewhat greater. The maximum vertical range reached is 14 metres (- 11; +3) in the Encantats 1 cave.