123 Torca del Rayo de Sol
Secadura VN54679990 Alt. 155m  Length 730m Depth 52m
Length included in the 3500m of Cueva de Suviejo (122)

Updated 19th February 1999

The entrance is in the left hand bank of the stream bed and is a 7m pitch with a tight take-off. The landing is in a 5m diameter chamber with a short crawl on the left leading to the head of a 15m pitch which lands in a hading fault passage.

At the base, to the southwest the passage descends three steps and enters an aven. Three metres up the left hand wall a crawl goes off and branches. The left hand passage closes down while the other continues over cobbles. This route was not explored by the Matienzo Expeditions until 1995, but appears to have been dug open. The crawl continues to an enlargement with a lump hammered hole in the floor to a descending tube and mud choke. A crawl over the hole in the floor enters a climb down to a gravel choke. A small goes back underneath to a mud choke. The larger aven and rift above the final gravel choke may be accessible with climbing / bolting gear, but there is no noticeable draught.

To the northwest of the second pitch the high and narrow passage heads down the fault for 90m until it breaks out into a lofty chamber. Holes above here connect with Cueva de Suviejo (122). On the right of the chamber a low crawl leads into a series of dusty, phreatic chambers linked by short crawls.

References: anon., 1976 (logbook); Cope J et al, 1976 (survey); Corrin J et al, 1978 (survey); Mills L D J, 1981; Corrin J S and Smith P, 1981; Manchester University Speleological Society, 1982 (survey); material in file; GEISC/R and CAEAP, 1986 (survey); Corrin J and Quin A, 1992 (survey); Corrin J, 1993 (survey); material in file; anon., 1995c (logbook); García José León, 1997 (survey)
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