Grotta Papillon
Cavity with a tiny entrance at the base of a small wall, which after an initial narrow passage continues into a conduit under pressure one metre and a half in diameter, ending downstream in a fissure and upstream beneath an impassable open-air shaft.
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Grotta Papillon
Cavity with a tiny entrance at the base of a small wall, which after an initial narrow passage continues into a conduit under pressure one metre and a half in diameter, ending downstream in a fissure and upstream beneath an impassable open-air shaft.
Briga Alta
Length: 10 m · Depth: 1 m
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Cavity with a tiny entrance at the base of a small wall, which after an initial narrow passage continues into a conduit under pressure one metre and a half in diameter, ending downstream in a fissure and upstream beneath an impassable open-air shaft.
Description
Morphology
After an initial narrow passage, a conduit under pressure one metre and a half in diameter follows, ending downstream in a fissure and upstream beneath an impassable open-air shaft.
Other details
Very strong air current.
History
Explored by GSP in 1984.
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Source: Catasto speleologico del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta (AGSP, catastogrotte-piemonte.net) (catastogrotte-piemonte.net), modified. CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Associazione Gruppi Speleologici Piemontesi (AGSP), Catasto Speleologico Piemontese e Valdostano · https://catastogrotte-piemonte.net/caves-view-908.html · data as of 2026