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Pozzo A-22 di Piaggia Bella

Snow pit with a spindle-shaped cross-section, blocked by a snowdrift after a few metres.

Briga Alta 33m 30m

Snow pit with a spindle-shaped cross-section, blocked by a snowdrift after a few metres.

Characteristics

  • Type: Pothole
  • Municipality: Briga Alta
  • Cadastre no.: PI548
  • Length: 33 meters
  • Depth: 30 meters
  • Record updated:

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Entrances

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  1. Pozzo A-22 di Piaggia Bella

    Elevation: 2291 m

    44.168971, 7.715052
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Description

Morphology

Snow pit with a spindle-shaped cross-section.

Progression

A snowdrift blocks it after a few metres (August '84).

Other details

From the reports of August '59, however, a depth of over 30 m with snow at the bottom would appear.

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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 · Text by Massimo Taronna (Descrizione) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · https://catastogrotte-piemonte.net/caves-view-476.html · data as of 2026