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Forat Cb-6 de la Collada de la Bòfia

Forat Cb-6 de la Collada de la Bòfia

A 9 m deep fissure at the Collada de la Bòfia (Bagà), cave CB-6 in a joint with three entrances, fractured Devonian limestone, explored by the GE Badalona and the CE Castellar del Vallès in 1991-1992.

Bagà • Berguedà 44m 9m

A 9 m deep fissure at the Collada de la Bòfia (Bagà), cave CB-6 in a joint with three entrances, fractured Devonian limestone, explored by the GE Badalona and the CE Castellar del Vallès in 1991-1992.

Characteristics

Location

From Bagà along the BV-4024 road towards Coll de Pal, before reaching the refuge of the same name, a track branches off to the left leading to the mirador dels Orris. This is the old path from Gréixer to Coll de Pal; to drive along this track it is recommended to use a 4×4 vehicle and thus be able to approach the collada de la Bòfia, from where, on our right, we will already see the great fissure where the Baritina mine is located.

We will continue on foot climbing up the fracture and, at approximately the 2030 metre level, we will turn right, where inside the pine wood we will easily find the cave marked CB-6.

Map

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Collada de la Bòfia, Forat Cb-6 de la

    Elevation: 2033 m

    42.295974, 1.897738
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 409137 4683227
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

Cave structured along a joint, with three entrances. It is strongly fractured Devonian limestone.

Entrance number 1, currently the highest one, is very narrow and was opened by digging out; it leads us to a gallery descending a 4.50 metre pitch.

This gallery is a joint with an average width of one metre and a height of approximately 3.50 metres.

If we enter the cave through entrance 3, we will descend a slippery 7.50 metre ramp, which leads us to another gallery; we land on a debris cone. If we go towards the NE, the gallery ends after 3 metres; here the width is 1.30 metres and the height 2.60 metres. We are at the deepest point of the cave: -9 metres.

If we go towards the SW, on the ceiling we will see the connection with entrance 2; we descend into a small chamber, where on the right and left small rubble ramps block the continuations, and 5 metres further on the gallery ends, blocked by large blocks.

Cave with many unstable blocks and dangerous passage.

Progression

The recommended access to this gallery is entrance 2, where we will descend an r-1.80; here we will find, in a southerly direction, a narrow passage which, by removing blocks, connects us with the upper part of the gallery of entrance 3. In a NE direction, we will descend an r-1.60 and find the base of the gallery where the already mentioned entrance 1 is in its ceiling.

If we advance along this gallery, after 1.80 metres we find a large wedged block that we will have to get past above or below. Nine metres further on this passage ends blocked by blocks; a small gallery branches off to the left along which we can advance a couple more metres.

Before reaching the end, at mid-height a gallery hanging between blocks can be seen.

History

Continuing the prospections in the area carried out by the GE Badalona in 1991-1992 (see the magazine Cavernes nº 24, 1997), members of the GE Badalona and of the CE Castellar del Vallès located and explored an unpublished cave which they marked as CB-6.

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Bibliography

  • Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del web: geb.cat (del Grup d'Espeleologia de Badalona). Apunt del 26-11-2019. Dades: Enric Porcel, Carles Miranda (GEBadalona), Montserrat Mañosa i Jordi Navarro (CE Castellar del Vallès).

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