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Balma de la Feu

Balma de la Feu

A large shelter in Santa Pau (Garrotxa), on the bed of the torrent de Sallent, 44 m wide and 14 m deep at its maximum.

Santa Pau • Garrotxa 14m

A large shelter in Santa Pau (Garrotxa), on the bed of the torrent de Sallent, 44 m wide and 14 m deep at its maximum.

Caratteristiche

Località

Two kilometres north of Santa Pau, on the torrent de Sallent (or raig de Sallent, as it is called locally). To get there, we leave Santa Pau along the paved local track heading north. We pass the masia de la Boixeda, by then no longer paved, and a little further on we reach the entrance to the private estate of Lledó. Right here begins the path that leads to the coll de Boixedes (or de la Boixeda, according to maps).

Mappa

Ingressi

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  1. Balma de la Feu

    Quota: 596 m

    42.167879, 2.573291
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 464754 4668504
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Descrizione

Morfologia

Shelter situated in a shady corner of the wood, on the bed of the torrent. It is 44 m wide, but the most important part is found in the eastern half, where the maximum depth is reached, 14 m. The roof is not very high, we could say that the average height is of the order of a metre and a half, for which reason it is necessary to advance somewhat stooped in a good part of the cavity. The floor is relatively flat, although stony.

Concrezioni

Some concretions stand out, including small gours.

Idrologia

The torrent de Sallent drops down over the shelter in a small waterfall when it carries water, at the very mouth.

Progressione

When we have followed the path of the coll de Boixedes for some 250 m, just as we pass an elevated meadow, we must look on the right for the start of a small path that goes to cross the torrent de Sallent, which we will go up along a narrow path that runs along the left hydrographic bed. After walking some 350 m along it, we will reach the cavity, in the very middle of the torrent.

Storia

Known to some people of the area and to one or another local hiker. Speleologically unpublished, it does not appear in any speleological catalogue.

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Bibliografia

Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del web: geb.cat (del Grup d'Espeleologia de Badalona), Apunt del 4-11-2024. Dades; Ferran Cardona (ECM Barcelonès), Josep Cuenca i Xavier Samarra (GE Badalona)

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