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Balma de Ca l'andaló

Balma de Ca l'andaló

A 54-metre-wide, 4-metre-high shelter, 15 metres at its deepest, in sandstones at Santa Maria de Merlès (Berguedà).

Santa Maria de Merlès • Berguedà 15m 2m

A 54-metre-wide, 4-metre-high shelter, 15 metres at its deepest, in sandstones at Santa Maria de Merlès (Berguedà).

Caratteristiche

Località

From km 18.56 of the C-62 road (from Gironella to Vic) we take the track that leads to the Rocamentidera farmhouse and leave the car after 85 metres; we continue on foot along a track that ends after a few metres in a crop field. We head W along the side of the field, which ends in a stretch of rocky earth, and shortly afterwards we reach above the cliff where the cavity opens. We must look for a passage on the right to go down and we continue along the base of the cliff in a S direction, among the vegetation. First we find the small shelter and 10 metres further on the balma gran.

Mappa

Ingressi

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  1. Ca L'andaló, Balma de

    Quota: 678 m

    42.022007, 2.015902
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 418527 4652688
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Descrizione

Morfologia

A 54-metre-wide, 4-metre-high shelter, 15 metres at its deepest. We can distinguish two recesses that reach 15 metres in depth. To the N of this recess there is a large block 9 metres long by 2 wide, fallen from the ceiling, which on falling has been divided into several blocks that remain suspended above the ledge. About 7 metres to the N of the balma de Ca l'Andaló is the so-called small shelter, 12.5 metres long and around 1 metre high, largely occupied by a block fallen from the ceiling.

Progressione

The S recess is accessed by an ascending 2-metre step that is easily overcome. The second recess, in the centre-north, is also accessed by a 2-metre step, but a more vertical one, which is climbed thanks to some stones placed strategically by human action to form a staircase.

Altri dettagli

The whole ceiling is blackened by smoke. The entire length of the shelter is closed off by a wire fence, entirely overrun by vegetation, and the ground is covered with animal excrement, since it was formerly used to keep livestock.

Storia

Known since time immemorial. Visited in November 2015 by members of the EC Gràcia who carry out the surveying and cataloguing work.

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Bibliografia

  • Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del blog: cavitatsdecatalunya.blogspot (de Jordi de Valles). Apunt del 12-12-2015.

Fonte: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modificato. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/