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Gatera Penjada de Secabecs

Gatera Penjada de Secabecs

Petita cova penjada en un cingle a Torrelles de Foix

Torrelles de Foix • Alt Penedès12m2m

Small cave hanging on a cliff (cova penjada) in Torrelles de Foix, with two entrances, explored by members of Espeleodijous on 1-3-2020.

Characteristics

Location

Access is from the BP-2121 road (Vilafranca del Penedès-La Llacuna). At km 20.37, shortly after passing the houses of les Llambardes, there is a turnoff to the left that by a track leads to the farmhouse of Can Soler de Secabecs. From here one must follow the camí de Llambardes to the coll de Cal General and continue in a SE direction skirting a crop field and then towards the S until reaching the upper part of the cliff that dominates the Foix valley, until finding the foradada (Abric-túnel de Can Soler de Secabecs) that allows us to go to the other side of the cliff.

Mapa

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Secabecs, Gatera Penjada de

    Elevation: 608 m

    41.432702, 1.551746
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 378998 4587805
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

The cavity presents two entrances, the upper one is of easier access and had to be slightly cleared to be able to pass. The lower entrance is of much smaller dimensions. Once inside, one accesses a slightly descending gallery of quite comfortable dimensions, both in height and width. Its length is only about 10 m and shortly after entering, on the right, there are two short passages, one of them ascending.

Progression

Before entering, one must follow the cliff in an E direction and go to find the vertical of the entrance, preferably guided by another person from below. Perhaps easier is to go to the Cova de la Pesseta and from here a small path starts that places us below the entrance, to which one will have to climb by the rope previously installed.

History

Unpublished cavity explored by members of Espeleodijous on the day 1-3-2020.

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Bibliography

  • Dades, topografia i fotografies extretes del web: espeleodijous.cat . Apunt del 1-3-2020. Dades: Pere Cantons, Josep Pastor i Jordi Perera.

Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/