Caves of Montellà i Martinet

The municipality of Montellà i Martinet, in the comarca of Cerdanya, brings together 5 known cavities: 4 caves and 1 pit. Together they total 64 metres of length and reach a maximum depth of 15 metres. All the inventoried cavities develop in limestone.

Among the most notable cavities are the Forats del Vent de Ridolaina, a group of three small fissures in the upper part of the Ridolaina explored on 28 September 2018 by the Espeleodijous, and the Tuta de les Encantades, a pit of about 15 m of depth at the Estret de Bastanist explored in 1961 by members of the ERE – CEC and of the Centre Excursionista Àliga. Other cavities in the municipality are the Tuta de Menús, 14 metres of length near the hamlet of Béixec, the Cova de la Font del Cristall, about 10 metres of length in the upper part of the serra del Cadí, and the Tuta Petita de Menús, a tiny little cave near Béixac with a single chamber of little more than 3m.