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el Pont Cabradís

el Pont Cabradís

Túnel natural de 45 m. de recorregut al riu Aigua de Valls (Berguedà).

Gósol • Berguedà45m2m

Natural tunnel of 45 m on the Aigua de Valls river (Berguedà), a gorge excavated in conglomerates and cemented by travertines.

Characteristics

Location

At kilometre 20.6 of the road from Berga to Sant Llorenç de Morunys (LV4241), a road branches off to the right leading to Sisquer. From here, now on a track, and one kilometre further on, you must leave the turn-off to Montcalb and turn left (signpost: Cal Vallonga, Molí de la Corriu, Pont Cabradís). A little more than 5.5 kilometres further on there is a turn-off leading to the molí de la Corriu, where we find the upper end of the first of the two small reservoirs that were built on the Aigua de Valls river. You must continue straight on for about 900 metres and you reach the end of the track, the point where a small path begins that follows the left bank of the river, crossing the Torrent Fondo, which appears on the right, until reaching a quarter of an hour later a small flat area among the woods, where a small spring rises together with other small springs that form streams. We are situated above the Pont Cabradís. To reach the lower mouth you must follow the path to the left (direction S) for about twenty metres through the middle of the woods and go down the right bank by a very steep little path, which allows you to overcome the 30 metres of drop to the river bed.

If we want to reach the upper mouth from the outside, it is a little more complicated, since it opens in a gorge section of the river and a delicate downclimb would be required. The simplest is to follow a faint path about 200 metres to the north, parallel to the river and upstream, to a point where this little path begins to descend gently and reaches the level of the Aigua de Valls. You only have to turn downstream along the interior of the ravine, getting your feet wet and retracing the distance you had covered on the outside, until you go into the cave. Very approximate coordinates.

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Entrances

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  1. Pont Cabradís, el

    Elevation: 1030 m

    42.177143, 1.697145
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 392493 4670470
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Description

Morphology

Parakarstic phenomenon formed in a gorge section of the Aigua de Valls river where a plug of conglomerate debris has accumulated, which has been excavated by the torrent and cemented by important travertine deposits. It is a tunnel with a maximum height and width of the order of 7 metres and a length of 45 metres, through which flow the waters of this river that rises in the Berguedà and empties into the Cardener (Solsonès). It follows a N-S orientation.

Hydrology

The entire floor of the tunnel is invaded by the water of the river, with a maximum depth close to 2 metres at the deepest point. Even in periods of low flow it is necessary to bathe from head to toe if one wishes to cross from side to side. On the outer part of the ceiling moss grows, where the infiltrated waters from the upper marshes trickle down.

History

Phenomenon known since time immemorial. It has been described in different hiking works, among which it is worth highlighting the formidable guide Alt Berguedà i Cardener, by Agustí Jolis and Mª Antònia Simó, published by the Centre Excursionista de Catalunya in 1965.

It is not, however, until 13 September 1996 that it is surveyed by Jordi Lloret (SIE) and Montserrat Ubach (ERE).

Toponymy: on some occasions this infrequent toponym of Cabradís has been translated as Quebradís (perhaps with the good intention, though perhaps unsuccessful, of giving a meaning similar to trencadís). Consulting the extraordinary work of Joan Coromines, Onomasticon Cataloniae, vol. III, it gives us the following etymology: “From the Latin CAPR-ARICIUM, which derives from CAPRA 'goat', with dissimilation, applied to a gorge where only goats pass”.

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Bibliography

  1. Lloret, Jordi (2002).- “El Pont Cabradís i el Torrent Fondo. Un matí ben aprofitat a l'Aigua de Valls (Gósol, Berguedà).” EspeleoSie (34): 37-42. SIE – CE Àliga. Barcelona.

· Fotografies facilitades per Jordi Lloret (SIE del CEA)

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