Grotte di Guixers

The municipality of Guixers, in the Solsonès, brings together 30 catalogued cavities: 24 caves and 6 pits. The group totals 631 m of passage and reaches a maximum depth of 33 m. By lithology, 23 cavities develop in conglomerates, 5 in limestones and 2 in travertines.

Among the cavities most notable for passage are the Avenc del Bages, with 210 m, followed by the Avenc del Coll de Jouet and the Avenc del Llop, both with 50 m, the Cova del Puig de les Morreres, with 34 m, and the Bòfia de Maçana, with 30 m. As for depth, the Avenc del Bages reaches 33 m; the Bòfia de Maçana, 16 m; the Avenc d'en Jordi Francesc Vila, 15 m; the Avenc del Coll de Jouet, 11 m, and the Avenc d'en Marc Solé, 10 m.

The documented explorations extend over several decades: the Avenc del Bages was explored by the EDES in 1962 and re-explored in 1964 and 1995; the Avenc del Coll de Jouet was surveyed by J. Subils between 4 and 6 January 1964; the Avenc del Llop was discovered on 3 June 1984 and explored on 10 June 1984 by the CE Solsonès; the Cova del Puig de les Morreres was located and partially visited in 1969 by Joan Estella and fully explored by the SIS – CE Terrassa from 1973; the Avenc d'en Jordi Francesc Vila and the Avenc d'en Marc Solé were explored for the first time on 27 August 1994, and the Bòfia de Maçana was explored in 2018 and catalogued in 2021.