Caves of Vilada
Vilada (Berguedà) has 11 catalogued cavities: 7 pits and 4 caves, with 429 m of total passage and 32 m of maximum depth. The Cova I Avenc del Calvari is the longest, at 193 m.
Vilada has 11 catalogued caves, including 7 potholes and 4 caves. The longest is Cova I Avenc del Calvari (193m) and the deepest is Avenc Raimundo (32m). 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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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.
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The 20 longest
- 1Cova I Avenc del CalvariVilada, Barcelona193 m
- 2Avenc de les EresVilada, Barcelona60 m
- 3Avenc RaimundoVilada, Barcelona54 m
- 4Avenc del Puig Cubell de ViladaVilada, Barcelona37 m
- 5Segon Forat de la Canal ClosaVilada, Barcelona20 m
- 6Balma de la VaqueraVilada, Barcelona18 m
- 7Primer Forat de la Canal ClosaVilada, Barcelona16 m
- 8Foradada de la Canal ForadadaVilada, Barcelona15 m
- 9Cova de la Canal del Castell de RosetVilada, Barcelona7 m
- 10Forat del VentVilada, Barcelona6 m
- 11Tuta del CintVilada, Barcelona3 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Avenc RaimundoVilada, Barcelona32 m
- 2Avenc de les EresVilada, Barcelona30 m
- 3Cova I Avenc del CalvariVilada, Barcelona29 m
- 4Avenc del Puig Cubell de ViladaVilada, Barcelona18 m
- 5Segon Forat de la Canal ClosaVilada, Barcelona9 m
- 6Foradada de la Canal ForadadaVilada, Barcelona8 m
- 7Balma de la VaqueraVilada, Barcelona6 m
- 8Primer Forat de la Canal ClosaVilada, Barcelona5 m
- 9Cova de la Canal del Castell de RosetVilada, Barcelona3 m
- 10Forat del VentVilada, Barcelona3 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cova I Avenc del Calvari | 193 meters | 29 meters | Vilada | Berguedà |
| Avenc de les Eres | 60 meters | 30 meters | Vilada | Berguedà |
| Avenc Raimundo | 54 meters | 32 meters | Vilada | Berguedà |
| Avenc del Puig Cubell de Vilada | 37 meters | 18 meters | Vilada | Berguedà |
| Segon Forat de la Canal Closa | 20 meters | 9 meters | Vilada | Berguedà |
| Balma de la Vaquera | 18 meters | 6 meters | Vilada | Berguedà |
| Primer Forat de la Canal Closa | 16 meters | 5 meters | Vilada | Berguedà |
| Foradada de la Canal Foradada | 15 meters | 8 meters | Vilada | Berguedà |
| Cova de la Canal del Castell de Roset | 7 meters | 3 meters | Vilada | Berguedà |
| Forat del Vent | 6 meters | 3 meters | Vilada | Berguedà |
| Tuta del Cint | 3 meters | 0 meters | Vilada | Berguedà |
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