Grotte di Matadepera

Matadepera, a municipality in the Vallès Occidental, brings together 89 inventoried cavities: 30 pits and 59 caves. The group totals 4052 m of passage and reaches a maximum depth of 126 m. Conglomerate predominates (88 cavities) and, to a lesser extent, limestone (1).

Among the longest cavities are the Cova del Manel, with 788 m of passage and 64 m of vertical extent (-12; +52), known since 1899 and explored throughout the 20th century; the Avenc de les Rovires, of 416 m; the Coves de les ànimes, of 264 m, joined in 2012 by the pas Boixader; the Avenc del Club, of 210 m, discovered in 1906; and the Avenc de la Pinassa, of 190 m, with shafts of 6, 36 and 27 m.

As for depth, the Avenc de les Rovires reaches 126 m, followed by the Avenc del Club (90 m), the Cova del Manel (64 m), the Avenc de la Pinassa (58 m) and the Avenc del Figuerot (55 m), discovered in 1972 by the Espeleo Club Sabadell.