Balma del Fornó

It is a large rock shelter with a floor plan of 20X8 metres and an average height of one and a half metres. It is one of the largest and flattest rock shelters in the region, with a commanding view over the torrent de Torroella and the sanctuary of Lord.

We will start from the bend of font Fenarals on the LV-4241b road from Solsona to Coll de Jou. We will follow the old royal road from Solsona to Sant Llorenç de Morunys, which is currently waymarked with the GR-7. First we will walk on the flat and then descend to a col, where we will leave this path to follow the whole ridge, in the direction of the Tossal del Sòbol. On reaching the point where the path begins the climb to the last elevation from which the whole planell del Sòbol is overlooked, we will continue to the left (Torroella slope), and on the rock we will see some painted marks (green and yellow, data from 1999). We will leave the rocky ridge and after a short horizontal walk, we will end up going into the forest. We will lose height alternating stony clearings and forest. Care must be taken not to lose the marks, especially in fog. We will reach a point where the path makes a marked turn to the right, passing a few metres later above some stone slabs. At this point, we will follow the marks of the same colour, and making an almost horizontal walk and passing through rocky terrain, in about 200 metres we will reach the rock shelter.