Forat de la Faixa de Roca Roja

Cave with a large mouth hanging on a wall of the Regatxol ravine, in Mas de Barberans. Access by track from km. 12 of the TV-3421, marked path and cross-country. Linear route of 20m in a collapse.

Mas de Barberans • Montsià 20m 2m

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Cave with a large mouth hanging on a wall of the Regatxol ravine, in Mas de Barberans. Access by track from km. 12 of the TV-3421, marked path and cross-country. Linear route of 20m in a collapse.

Mas de Barberans · Montsià

Length: 20 m · Depth: 2 m

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Topographic map of the main entrance — Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Cave with a large mouth hanging on a wall of the Regatxol ravine, in Mas de Barberans. Access by track from km. 12 of the TV-3421, marked path and cross-country. Linear route of 20m in a collapse.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Mas de Barberans
Region: Montsià
Unit: Port, el
Length: 20 meters
Depth: 2 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: March 9, 2022

Location

The approach can be made from km. 12 of the TV-3421 road, from Mas de Barberans to la Sénia, where a track begins (sign: a Casetes Velles) that follows the Galera ravine. Very soon one must turn off onto another track, to the left, which penetrates through the Barranc del Regatxol. After a small bridge, at about 500 m we will find a small path that descends the ravine and following it we will find a path marked with red lines. This will take us back up and bring us closer to the Barranc de l’Avenc pit. There we will turn off cross-country up the ravine until we reach the base of the wall where the cave is located.

Entrances

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Forat de la Faixa de Roca Roja
Elevation: 956 m
40.721534, 0.295452
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 271576 4511364
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Topographic

Forat de la Faixa de Roca Roja - Topography, Mas de Barberans, Montsià

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Description

Morphology

The cave mouth is large (15m wide by 4m high) and hangs on the wall of a cliff, at a height of 30m from the base of the wall. The cave has a linear route of 20m and is a collapse. The entire floor of it is slabs that have fallen from the ceiling of the cavity.

Speleothems

At the back of the cave we can find a couple of formations.

Progression

To access it there is a fairly vertical inclined wall that can be climbed with care. There are very good holds and trees and shrubs to grab onto. One can slip under the blocks; from the cave mouth one can almost reach the back of it under the slabs. To descend the wall that we initially climbed, one can downclimb with care, although it is somewhat exposed. It is recommended to bring some rope to descend using naturals.

History

Known forever by the people of Mas de Barberans, but unexplored due to its difficult access. In the speleological catalogue found in the blogs of the clubs of the area (Espeleo Club Tortosa, UEC Tortosa and Grup d'Espeleologia Dinàmics) it is marked as cavity no. 252: Cova del Barranc de Crots, but without any type of information, since they only glimpsed it and marked it in the catalogue, according to veteran voices who prepared it.

A few days after posting the record on Espeleoindex, Rafa Genovés (GE Dinàmics) informs us that the correct name of the cavity is: Forat de la Faixa de Roques Roges. The toponymy of the ICGC map indicates Faixa de Roca Roja, which is the name that has been incorporated into the catalogue, and Cova del Barranc dels Clots as a synonym (not Crots as had first been said).