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Cueva del Hoyo Salcedillo and Torca del Hoyo Salcedillo
Coordinates:- Cueva del Hoyo Salcedillo 30T 446454 4784973 1118
Coordinates:- Torca del Hoyo Salcedillo 30T 446384 4784986 1126
The Cueva del Hoyo Salcedillo is truly the upstream end of a gigantic network that would most likely lead to the Ason valley, via the cueva Fresca. The entrance opens at the bottom of a perched depression formerly occupied by a glacier whose moraine, above the village of Valdicio, is still very visible. As for the cavities of Picon del Fraile or Lunada, it is located at the base of a small limestone bar in a calcareo-sandstone alternation conducive to the digging of caves. The dip and fracturing do the rest and we get as a rule beautiful pipes that sink peacefully under the mountain ...
Torca del Hoyo Salcedillo is a small remanant cave above Cueva del Hoyo Salcedillo with three entrances, one of them is a walk in. This cave is well decorated with old stall and a round trip can be done.
Cueva del Hoyo Salcedillo Entrance
Updated 21.11.19