Pou del Gendarme

Petit avenc de 7 m. de fondària a Marganell

Marganell • Bages10m7m

EspeleoWorld

Pou del Gendarme

Petit avenc de 7 m. de fondària a Marganell

Marganell · Bages

Length: 10 m · Depth: 7 m

Updated record

https://espeleoworld.com/en/c/pou-del-gendarme

Information can change. Always verify coordinates, access, weather, and cave conditions before setting out.

Topographic map of the main entrance — Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Small pit 7 m deep in Marganell, first explored on 24 March 1990.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Marganell
Region: Bages
Unit: Montserrat
Length: 10 meters
Depth: 7 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Conglomerate
Last review: 2012-11-17

Location

From the coll de les Agulles or Portell Estret you must head for the gully between the agulla d'en Passola and the agulla Sense Nom, to reach the base of the needle known as the Gendarme. Directly below it, on the right-hand side of the gully that climbs up to the left, characterised by an overhang, lies the entrance of the pit, in the form of a cave.

Approximate coordinates.

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

Pou del Gendarme
Elevation: 1025 m
41.610570, 1.788950
UTM 31T (ED 50) 399188 4607452
Open in map Open in Google Maps

Download all entrances as GPX

Topographic

Pou del Gendarme - Topography, Marganell, Bages

View image

Click to enlarge

Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Image © its author.

Image 1 of 1

Description

Morphology

The cavity consists of a single shaft 7 metres deep which, although at first, thanks to a sandy stratum, is somewhat comfortable, becomes narrower as you descend. An impenetrable fissure can be seen cutting perpendicularly across the shaft and bringing the cavity to an end.

History

First explored on 24 March 1990 by X.Badiella and M. Quirós (SIS del CE Terrassa). It had been located on the 13th of the same month by the climber Amadeu Pagès of the CE Terrassa.