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Pou de les Garrigoses

Petit avenc de 13 m. de fondària al municipi de Collbató.

Collbató • Baix Llobregat25m13m

Small pit 13 m deep in Collbató, with two entrances, discovered and explored by the SIS del CE Terrassa in September 1989.

Characteristics

Location

In the municipality of Collbató. From the pou de la Carbonera, follow about twenty metres more to leave the path and quickly descend a few steps to the left to locate the first opening; 5 metres to the East is the second entrance. If coming from the pla de Sant Miquel, on the steep slopes of the serrat de les Garrigoses, below the second hill, one can observe some earthy funnels that are none other than these pits.

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Entrances

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  1. Pou de les Garrigoses

    Elevation: 665 m

    41.576000, 1.836620
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 403085 4603563
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Description

Morphology

The fissure presents two entrances. One is formed by a crack 10 metres long and 1.5 metres wide; the depth does not exceed 6 metres. The other entrance is more impressive, 9 metres long and 3 wide. Once fully inside the cavity, a chamber 3 metres and sometimes up to 5 metres high leads towards a passage narrower in width, but of good ceiling size; the descending floor leads to the bottom of the cavity, all filled with rubble.

Progression

The first entrance can be accessed from the North side by a ramp of stones with some short step, or from the South by scrambling down between blocks of wedged stones that lead to a small chamber which in turn directs through a step to the bottom of the cavity. At the other entrance, a steep ramp accessed by a small step.

History

Like the pou de la Carbonera, it was discovered and explored by members of the SIS del CE Terrassa in September 1989, during one of the numerous searches of the pous de Torrent Fondo.

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Bibliography

Badiella, Xavier et al. (1992).- “La influència dels relleus fluvials epigeus en la gènesi de certes cavitats montserratines”  SIS (12): 4-22 / Arxiu del Centre Excursionista de Terrassa (75): 140-158, Terrassa

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