Balma de la Riera de les Gorgues

Elongated rock shelter carved by the riera de les Gorgues. The width of the rock shelter is 69 m and its depth 9 m. The height reaches 6 m, but much of it stays below 3 m. The stratification of the rock, with a gentle dip, is perfectly visible on the walls.

Outside the sheltered surface there is a large accumulation of blocks, both those that have broken off the cliff and those that have been carried by the stream in strong floods.

The water of the riera de les Gorgues flows through its interior. In the eastern half of the rock shelter the floor is made of smooth rock, over which the water slides. In the western half the water pools, forming a large plunge pool with a depth of the order of a metre and a half.

The rock shelter is in a damp and shady spot, created both by the water of the stream and by the moss-covered blocks, by the hanging ivy and by its sunken position at the bottom of a gorge with plenty of vegetation.