Avenc Sabarín

The entrance, 2.4 by 1.4 metres, gives access to a 7.6-metre pit that ends in the N end of the so-called Sala dels Pastors, 36 metres long by 4 wide and 6 high. In the central zone of this chamber and next to the right-hand wall two pits opened by digging emerge: the Pou de la Concòrdia, 33 metres deep with its first 10 metres very narrow, and the Pou de la Discòrdia, 20 metres free-hanging followed by a ramp of 8 metres and another vertical one of 4. Both pits allow you to reach the Sala Joan Sabaté Geladó (8 by 10 metres). From the SW end of this chamber two galleries leave, one above a 3-metre step and another descending. The upper one gives access to a very high fracture which, after turning sharply towards the N, drops down in some dead-end pits. This fracture, after descending a 3-metre step, leads to the Sala del Vivac, covered in sand. The Sala del Vivac is 12 x 5 x 8 metres. The Sala Pili is 10 x 7 x 6 metres. The Sala de les Banderes is 26 x 3.5 metres. The Sala GEA (Grup d'Espeleologia Autònom) is 18 x 10 x 7 metres, of great volume and with a very high ceiling. The Gorg del Tonto has a pool of 3.5 x 2 metres and one metre deep. The Per Ales chimney is 12.3 metres and reaches the level of – 11 of the cavity. The cavity reaches the level of maximum depth (- 56 m).

The Sala del Llac is decorated with an abundance of stalactites. The 20-metre-long or so bedding plane has many stalactites. The Sala Pili is decorated by some beautiful flowstone and some stalactites and stalagmites. The Sala de les Banderes is the most decorated chamber in the cavity; there is a stalagmite almost two metres high, as well as some curious gours of great beauty.

The Sala del Llac, as its name indicates, is partly occupied by a shallow body of water; the chamber has a low ceiling. At the Riu del Sandwich, in a N direction (upstream) and after 6 very awkward metres, it ends in an impenetrable sump. Downstream (S direction) you advance along a narrow meander through which a small flow of water runs; after advancing 34 metres along this meander you reach a point where you can climb a ramp up to a series of chambers of great beauty. Further on, continuing downstream along a narrow active meander, the water is lost through an impenetrable hole, where the cavity reaches the level of maximum depth (- 56 m).

From the Sala del Vivac, in a SW direction you reach the Sala del Llac. If from the Sala del Vivac you continue towards the NE you enter a bedding plane about 20 metres long with many stalactites. Back in the Sala Joan Sabaté Geladó, take the descending gallery that leads to the Riu del Sandwich. After advancing 34 metres along the meander, you can climb a ramp up to a series of chambers of great beauty; the first is the Sala Pili. Through an ascending narrow passage between formations (El Pas dels Barrots) you reach the Sala de les Banderes. From the Sala de les Banderes there is a balcony that drops over the Sala Pili (see section L of the survey). From the Sala de les Banderes you can continue ascending through a 9.2-metre pit and another of 4 metres, rigged with fixed equipment, up to the Sala GEA. From it you can reach a gallery located at its O end, which ends after a few metres; a few metres before this short gallery ends, on the right, there is a sloping 8-metre step that leads to the Gorg del Tonto. From the chamber between P-9 and P-4, a chamber with large blocks, you can reach the Per Ales chimney, 12.3 metres and rigged with fixed equipment. Returning again to the Riu del Sandwich, if instead of climbing towards the Sala Pili you continue downstream, you follow a narrow active meander; you must overcome some narrow passages (two of them dug open) such as the Pas del Pit de Pollastre, until reaching a point where the water is lost through an impenetrable hole.

Important and decorated cavity 56 m deep and 517 m long at the Mola de Catí (el Port).