Caves of Llanars

The municipality of Llanars, in the Ripollès, has 8 catalogued cavities: 7 caves and 1 pit. Together they total 535 m of passage and reach a maximum depth of 38 m. The lithologies present are limestone, in 6 cases, and sandstone, in 2.

The Sistema de la Bellabriga is the most notable cavity: with 405 m of passage and 38 m of depth, it is at once the longest and the deepest in the municipality. It consists of two cavities with access via the cave and via the pit, and includes galleries, shafts, crawls and a flooded chamber. Other cavities in the catalogue are the Cova del Pastor, with 38 m of passage, located in 1969 by the Grup Espeleològic Pedraforca; the el Bac d'escardenya, with a large 13x9 metre entrance visible from Feitús and an ascending gallery of 25 m; the Avenc de la Bellabriga, just over 9 m deep, located about 25 metres to the left (West) of the upper entrance of the Cova de la Bellabriga (Avenc Camprodon); and the Cova Fresca, with 15 m of passage, known as the Cova de la Rendilla.