
Tuta de Saus
A cave with 186 metres of passage at La Pobla de Lillet, explored to a depth of -59 metres.
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Tuta de Saus
A cave with 186 metres of passage at La Pobla de Lillet, explored to a depth of -59 metres.
Pobla de Lillet, La · Berguedà
Length: 186 m · Depth: 59 m
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A cave with 186 metres of passage at La Pobla de Lillet, explored to a depth of -59 metres.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
The entrance, in the form of a large inclined funnel, follows a steeply descending ramp covered with dry leaves. At the lowest end, after passing a small step and some blocks, a large room with a triangular structure is formed, with the floor and ceiling covered in blocks, following the same inclination as the access ramp. At the end of the large room there is a short, narrow passage through which we crawl along an inclined conduit about 10 metres long to reach a 2-metre-deep step. It soon takes on more regular dimensions between large blocks; a few metres on and entering through an easy passage free of blocks, one reaches a thin descending concretion-covered ramp, which forces one to climb to reach the centre of a gallery-room measuring 15x12x5 metres, Sala d'Enllaç, with a broader, comfortable and well-decorated structure, maintaining a totally descending direction passable on the left. A trench on the right allows simple progress until reaching a broader room with a horizontal ceiling and a floor with no notable unevenness. Two small side steps to the right of the aforementioned room lead to decided ramps that follow the bedding planes, until stopping at an impassable low-ceiling passage, located at -59 metres depth.
Once in the Sala d'enllaç, we find the logical continuation of the explored section, but in the opposite direction, we can climb up a rising gallery about 30 metres in linear length, very beautiful and with the floor full of water pools of different sizes, the highest point is at -14 metres with respect to the entrance mouth.
From the Sala d'Enllaç to the room with the horizontal ceiling, a second conduit with a lower ceiling and full of slabs fallen from the ceiling runs parallel to the main gallery, which greatly hinders exploration. At its final part, of more notable dimensions, we again reach the room with the horizontal ceiling via a vertical drop of 4 metres.
Hydrology
A small current of water flows through this last section, produced by the abundant drips in the aforementioned galleries.
History
The first news we have of the exploration of the cavity is that carried out by the SIEP of the Centre Excursionista Poblet de Barcelona in 1980, who explored it to a depth of -22 metres, with a length of 60 metres.
In the summer of 2006 the SEO of the Centre Excursionista de Vallirana cleared the final point known until then, accessing new galleries of greater length and unevenness.
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Bibliography
- Borràs, J.; Miñarro, JM.; Talavera, F. (1980).-”l'Urgel, el Solsonès, la Segarra i el Berguedà”. Catàleg espeleològic de Catalunya. (Vol. 5): 1-234. Políglota. Barcelona.
- Tolrà, A.(1981).-”Contribución espeleológica para el conocimiento de cavidades del Alt Berguedà”. Boletín espeleológico SIEP (13):3-32. SIEP-CE Poblet. Barcelona.
- Valles, Jordi de (2009).-Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (Vol.3):1-381. E.C. Gràcia/FCE. Barcelona
- Fotos coordenades i dades, Montse Roca i Juli Serrano. “Espeleobloc”. Post del dia 24 de febrer del 2013.
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