Grotte di El Pont de Suert

The municipality of Pont de Suert, in the comarca of Alta Ribagorça, brings together 15 catalogued cavities: 7 caves and 8 pits. The group totals a length of 327 metres and reaches a maximum depth of 40 metres. Cavities developed in limestone predominate, 14 in total, while 1 is found in gypsum.

Among the most notable cavities are the Graller del Portús, a pit 40 metres deep in the serra de Sant Gervàs, with an entrance of 8x5 metres in a doline, explored since 1966, and the Graller de Sant Roc, with a drop of 35 metres, an entrance of 8x3 metres and a shaft of 28 metres. Other relevant cavities are the Cova de Fesolerets, 39 metres long in Viu de Llevata, known for ever and published in 1981 by Josep de la Vega; the Forat d'Irgo, a small pit 24 metres deep in Irgo with two entrances connected by a small passage between a chaos of blocks; and the Forat de Ventolà, 14 metres deep in Ventolà, with an entrance that gives access to a shaft of 6 metres.