Pozzo della Cascatella
Cavity discovered in 1972 at Piaggia Bella, near the Gachè abyss, with a 26 m x 2.5 fissure in marly Cretaceous limestone leading to a 32 m deep shaft with an ovoid section, at whose bottom there are snow and pebbles.
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Pozzo della Cascatella
Cavity discovered in 1972 at Piaggia Bella, near the Gachè abyss, with a 26 m x 2.5 fissure in marly Cretaceous limestone leading to a 32 m deep shaft with an ovoid section, at whose bottom there are snow and pebbles.
Roccaforte Mondovì
Length: 60 m · Depth: 60 m
Updated record
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Cavity discovered in 1972 at Piaggia Bella, near the Gachè abyss, with a 26 m x 2.5 fissure in marly Cretaceous limestone leading to a 32 m deep shaft with an ovoid section, at whose bottom there are snow and pebbles.
Description
Morphology
Having descended a few meters on the ladders, one can notice how the limestone becomes dark gray, probably Jurassic, which continues to the bottom. After the first 26 m of descent one finds a large terrace covered with snow and boulders. The fissure narrows in width but shortly after widens into a shaft with an ovoid section 32 m deep, at whose bottom there are snow and pebbles.
Hydrology
From the terrace after the first shaft descends a small waterfall fed by snowmelt water. This waterfall is practically nonexistent until 9 in the morning and reaches its maximum and considerable flow around 15.
Progression
Climbing back up this shaft for about 12 m in the direction from which one descended, through a window one descends into a parallel small shaft also full of snow.
Other details
In a more favorable season an attempt will be made to extend the exploration in the zones now hidden by the snow.
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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 Carlo Garelli (Descrizione), Carlo Garelli (Itinerario) · 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-800.html · data as of 2026