Avenc del Pont de l'escalat

The first exploration of which we have record is the one carried out by members of the GES – CMB in October 1962.

We will always be left with the doubt whether the vanished pit of the Riera de Begues, explored only by Dr. Francesc Español and to which a depth of 70 metres was attributed (Speleon V;1-2), could not be this same one. The description, if we except the speleometric differences, fits. In the epic account by Joaquim Montoriol: “Catorce horas de lucha en el avenc de l'Escarrá” (Boletín del CMB, 1952) mention is already made of a pit at the stream and, from the few details he gives, it seems to be the avenc del Pont de l'Escalat. The veterans of the GES have always been opposed to this totally unprovable theory and affirm having been at the point of the stream where large blocks plug that sinkhole.