Caves of Vilada

Vilada, a municipality in the Berguedà, has 11 catalogued cavities: 7 pits and 4 caves. The total catalogued passage is 429 m and the maximum depth is 32 m. Conglomerate predominates, present in 9 cavities, while limestone appears in 2.

The longest cavity is the Cova I Avenc del Calvari, with 193 m of passage, three entrances and a vertical range of -28 m; the cataloguing work by the GE Badalona dates from 2013. As for depth, the Avenc Raimundo reaches 32 m; it was located and explored in 1975 by the ERS-Centre Excursionista del Solsonès and rediscovered in 2025 by Nil Hosta Ferrer. The Avenc de les Eres, 30 m deep, was also located and explored in 1975 by the ERS – Centre Excursionista del Solsonès.

Other notable cavities are the Avenc del Puig Cubell de Vilada, an 18 m deep fissure on the Puig Cubell, and the Segon Forat de la Canal Closa, a small pit 9 m deep in the Canal Closa discovered on 6 October 2013 by the GE Badalona.