Caves of Les Llosses
The municipality of Les Llosses, in Ripollès, contains 16 cavities: 12 caves and 4 pits, with 949 m of total passage and a maximum depth of 63 m. Notable is l'Escletxa Gran de Corrubí, at 445 m.
Les Llosses has 16 catalogued caves, including 4 potholes and 12 caves. The longest is Escletxa Gran de Corrubí (445 m). Most caves are found in conglomerate.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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The municipality of Les Llosses, in Ripollès, brings together 16 catalogued cavities: 12 caves and 4 pits. Together they total 949 m of passage and reach a maximum depth of 63 m. The lithologies represented are conglomerates (8), sandstones (4), limestones (2) and gypsum (2).
The most notable cavity is l'Escletxa Gran de Corrubí, with 445 m of passage and 63 m of depth, an important group of fissures in the Rasos de Tubau (Ripollès), with l'Escletxa Gran as the main element, in a conglomerate stratum over plastic materials. Other relevant cavities are Cova de les Lloberes, with 150 m of passage and 19 m of total drop (-13/+6), first explored on 31-8-1962 by M. Ubach, C. Tarrés (EDES-CEC Bages) and J. Martínez; Cova de Llentes, of 145 m, on the S slope of the Rasos de Tubau, in the Serra de les Ajagudes, with access updated in 2025; and Cova del Castell de Palmerola, of 118 m, first explored on 21 February 1993 by the GERS of the AE Muntanya.
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