0051: Beralta, Torca de
S Vega 30T 451970 4794228 (Datum: ETRS89. Accuracy code: G) Altitude 610m
Length 88m Depth 50m
Area position : Logbook search

Updated 13 February 1998; 7th October 2001; 8th April 2002; 14th October 2003; 1st February 2006

The entrance is in a deep shakehole on level ground near the top of Beralta. A single shaft with a small amount of passage at the bottom.
A re-exploration and full survey was carried out in the summer of 2003.
The hole is a collapse into an old passage and the ligher level must be cut off in both directions due to the slope of the hill.
A slide down the entrance slope lands on a flat floor with a choked cave to the south west and a slope to the main pitch to the north east. Over the pitch is the continuation of the cave which has not been entered but which must soon be cut off by the hill slope.
A traverse to the right (south) down a boulder slope for 6m meets 2 bolts (nuts in place) for a 12m pitch to a big boulder and ledge: the rope is hung on the right to avoid any rock falls.
The next pitch is a free 25m shaft behind a flake that gives protection from rocks above.
The small passage that takes water at the bottom is full of boulders with no gaps of any depth. An inlet rift was surveyed for some 20m to where it became too tight. This has an inward draught in the summer; capping would be a long job.

Reference: Corrin J S and Smith P, 1981; anon., 1997b (logbook); anon., 2001c (Summer logbook);  anon., 2002a (Easter logbook); anon., 2003c (summer logbook); Corrin Juan, 2005
Entrance picture : yes
Underground picture(s):
Detailed Survey : 1:500
Line Survey :
On area survey :
Survex file : yes (Amended magnetic declination December 2013 to align with Eur79 grid and coordinates altered to fit ETRS89 datum, April 2014.)

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