Graller Nº1 de la Pardina

Small fissure at the Montsec de Viudà (Àger), at the head of the barranc de la Pardina, known as los Grallers.

Àger • Noguera 25m 7m

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Small fissure at the Montsec de Viudà (Àger), at the head of the barranc de la Pardina, known as los Grallers.

Àger · Noguera

Length: 25 m · Depth: 7 m

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Small fissure at the Montsec de Viudà (Àger), at the head of the barranc de la Pardina, known as los Grallers.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Àger
Region: Noguera
Unit: Montsec d'Ares
Length: 25 meters
Depth: 7 meters
Major Unit: Prepirineu
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: October 21, 2018

Location

Small fissure at the Montsec de Viudà (Àger). By the asphalted track that from Àger climbs towards the coll d'Ares, on reaching the plans de Badià we will take the track on the left in the direction of the font de l'Hospital and the castell de Sant Llorenç (currently in ruins); shortly before reaching it, we find on the left of the track a large metal water tank, and a little further on we find on the left the corral del Mas. We can leave the vehicle at the tank and head towards the SW, in the direction of the barranc de la Pardina; or from the corral follow the camí de Corçà; in both cases we will soon converge on a marked path that crosses the barranc and heads towards the climbing walls on the other side of the barranc. Between the barranc and the climbing walls we will find an area with a chaos of enormous blocks; at the highest part of these we will see a series of fissures among which we find this cavity, situated at the lowest part at the start of the slope.

Entrances

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Pardina, Graller Nº1 de la
Elevation: 1026 m
42.041500, 0.699252
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 309576 4656945
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Topographic

Graller Nº1 de la Pardina - Topography, Àger, Noguera

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Description

Morphology

From inside an open-air fissure, we descend a 4.7 metre shaft; its base, on a slight slope towards the SW, leads us to a small step between blocks that communicates with a lower chamber, where we find the lowest point of the cavity at -7.3 metres. On the NW side of the base of the shaft we find a low sloping conduit that after 3.5 metres suddenly narrows, becoming a conduit only 20 centimetres wide by 1 high and 4 metres long, with the exterior light visible on the other side. Situated at the mouth of the cavity, we descend the exterior slope and at 3 metres we find a fissure about 2 metres deep that does not communicate with the cavity; continuing down 3 metres more, we find a new fissure a couple of metres deep where at its base it communicates with the narrow conduit mentioned above.

History

This is a heavily fractured area with fissures and large blocks at the head of the barranc de la Pardina, at the confluence with the barranc de Pedroneta. Known since long ago in the area, they are known as los Grallers; GEFOMA located them during the 70s of the last century, but did not get to explore them. In recent years, on the cliff that closes the barranc on the hydrographic left bank, several climbing routes have been opened. In some hiking guides they are erroneously called els Amorriadors or Amorridors. To be correct, this toponym should be placed outside the barranc, about a hundred metres further to the NE, where there is an area of large trees and water. Toponymy: Amorriador: place where livestock rest. Amorriar: to gather the wool livestock at midday in a shaded place (diccionari de la llengua catalana), (Viccionari).