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Graller Nº4 de la Pardina

Graller Nº4 de la Pardina

Esquerda al Montsec de Viudà (Àger)

Àger • Noguera33m7m

Fissure at the Montsec de Viudà (Àger), known as los Grallers, at the head of the barranc de la Pardina. A 6-metre shaft gives access to a fissure that narrows in a SE direction and that in a NW direction is impassable.

Characteristics

Location

Fissure at the Montsec de Viudà (Àger).

By the asphalted track that climbs from Àger 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 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 to 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, it is the one that is furthest to the right of all, before a large chasm with a chaos of blocks.

Mapa

Entrances

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  1. Pardina, Graller Nº4 de la

    Elevation: 1028 m

    42.041282, 0.699100
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 309562 4656921
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Description

Morphology

A 6-metre shaft places us at the base of a fissure that in a SE direction gradually narrows until it becomes impassable.

In a NW direction, the fissure is impassable; in fact if it were possible to pass it would link up further on with the Graller nº 3 de la Pardina. At this point, however, about 2 metres above the base, we find a window where a perpendicular gallery about 6 metres long takes us to a new fissure parallel to the previous one; this continues in a NW direction, but halfway along it begins to turn until it continues in a W direction; the section begins to diminish until it becomes impassable about two metres before emerging to the exterior.

Other details

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 of old 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 crag that closes the barranc on the hydrographic left bank, several climbing routes have been opened, and on the right side we find a via ferrata.

In some hiking guides they are erroneously called els Amorriadors or Amorridors. To be correct, this toponym should be placed outside the barranc, 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 wool livestock at midday in a shady place.

(diccionari de la llengua catalana), (Viccionari).

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Bibliography

  • Dades inèdites facilitades per Juli Serrano (SIE-CEA) i Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC).

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