Tresviso Caves Project

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T103: Torca del la Nevera

Area:Mazarrasa Mines
East, North:360978, 4785645 (nearby)
Coordinate Quality:GPS
Long, Lat:-4.711461652087, 43.210762479922 (map)
Elevation (m):1871
Length (m):0
Depth (m):-104
System:Torca del la Nevera
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Approach

Past the Pozo de Andara (Lake Depression) above the Caseton de Andara into the valley. Continue along the track from the long cabana and climb the large spoil mound to the entrances.

Alternate route from Caseton de Andara: From the refugio take the path to the Lake Depression (Pozo de Andara), at the obvious red pond (on LHS) take the track directly south and head up and over to the Long Cabana and the Sara Depression (Vegas de Andara)

Entrance

Three obvious, numbered, interconnecting mined entrances on a mined out fault. The natural surface fracture runs 100 - 200m towards the Pozo de Andara (Pozo de Andara (Lake Depression)) with many entrances along the fracture

Easiest access by T104, the only horizontal entrance,

Description

18m pitch at west end passes connection with T104 and lands on snow plug (see T104 description)

Left the passage soon ends in a tight natural shaft filled with rubble. Dug 8', but choke continued.
Leading right at the Junction is descended passage.
blind high level passage enters from left, passage descends to steep ramp needing hand line. - steep ramp not descended.

Reference

L.U.S.S. (1980)

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