European Caves

EUROPEAN CAVES VISITED BY US

We have, over the years, visited a lot of caves in other countries (especially in France). For every cave we have (when necessary) corrected the rigging information, the description of the way to the cave etc. We can also provide some additional information such as access conditions or our personal comments about the cave.
PS: we limit ourselves to caving-activities in Europe only and that were organized by SC AVALON (not by its individual members)

Column "CL"(=class) is subjective! It classifies the cave into these 5 classes:

1 easy, light trip, max . 5 h, maybe a bit of rope work
2 not difficult, a bit heavier, max. 8 h, more rope work
3 pretty difficult, pushing trip, often a lot of rope work, max. 12 h.
4 difficult, strenuous trip, often a lot of rope work, max. 18 h.
5 very difficult, very strenuous, a lot of rope work, 18-30 h, a "killer" cave...

This classification depends upon the objectives of the caving trip. In general, OUR objective was to bottom the cave! This classification is only of use for experienced cavers who perfectly master all rigging- and SRT-techniques and are in good physical condition

FRANCE... caver's paradise

DEPT.	CAVE	L/D in metres	COMMENT	CL
Alpes de Hte Provence	Aven des Cèdres	D173m	Nice and easy vertical cave.	2
Alpes de Hte Provence	Gouffre du Caladaire	D667	We only visited the first two pitches (P63 & P90) of this famous cave.	4
Alpes de Hte Provence	Perte du Calavon	D263	Nice active cave, but non-divers can only go as far as the sump (-167m)	2
Alpes Maritimes	Aven de l'Air Chaud	L 4000 D 270m	Pleasant cave, with a big streamway at -200m	2
Alpes Maritimes	Aven St-Joseph	L2000 D130m	Splendid 76m pitch, then a very wet streamway with a couple of ducks	2
Alpes Maritimes	Aven de Calernaum	L11 km D400m	The biggest cave in the area. A lot of variation, 200m of nice picthes, a labyrinth of big galleries	2 ?3
Alpes Maritimes	Grotte de Paques	L5000 ?	Classic cave, with very corroded galleries. A must.	1
Alpes Maritimes	Embut de Rouaine	D155m	Active sinkhole; the pitches are formed in pure white limestone.	1
Ardeche	Aven du Marteau	D113	/	2
Ardeche	St-Marcel d'Ardeche- Reseau 4	L +30 km	Very nice and delicious formations.	2
Ardeche	Aven Despeysse ->St. Marcel d'Ardeche	L +30 km D165	Grandiose through-trip (4km).	3
Ardeche	Aven de Faux Marzal	D200	Impressive P200	2
Ardeche	Aven Reynaud & Aven Centura	D80	Two P80's with lots of CO₂-gas	2
Ardeche	Event de Peyrejal	L5365	World-famous phreatic tubes	1
Ardeche	Aven d'Orgnac (Orgnac I, II & III)	L +4km	Orgnac 2 & 3 are amongst the most beautiful caves we ever saw. Without doubt, the European Lechuguilla!	2
Ardeche	Aven de CocaLiège	L ? km	Small piece of a big horizontal system	1
Ardeche	Grotte-Aven Nouvelle de vallon	D 50	Fossil cave, once beautiful.	1
Ardeche	Grotte de Sanilhac	L +4km	Horizontal but sporting cave	2
Ardeche	Aven de Rochas	D167	Big vertical cave, but lots of mud	2
Ardeche	Aven de Noel	D146 L +4 km	Fantastic cave.	2
Ardeche	Source de Champclos	L1500	Only Salle de Mont-Blanc is interesting.	1
Aude	Gouffre de Cabrespine	L 20 km D 250	Impressive, 6km long underground river with lots of formations	2
Aude	TM71	L 11 km	Fantastic cave, beautiful, well preserved and very varied.	2
Aude	Grotte de l'Aguzou	L 5 km?	Beautiful cave	1
Aude	Grotte de Varennes	L 2,6 km	Sporting and varied horizontal cave	2
Aude	Aven de Clergues	L 2,9 km D 171m	Very nice "Aven", well decorated, labyrinth	2
Aude	Aven de Castanviels	D -250m	Splendid series of pits, recently discovered (in 2005)	2
Aude	Vent d'Anges	L > 2 km D >-340 m	Beautiful new cave in which we had the pleasure to discover over 700 m of new passages (together with the local caving club)	2
Aude	Aven des Lacs	L 1 km D -100	nice debutant cave	1
Aude	Réseau Andr?/td>		Underground river	1
Aude	Rivière de Courounelle	L 1,5 km D -100	easy underground river	1
Aude	Bufo Fret	L 5 km D +200	Nice and sporting cave.	2
Aveyron	Aven de Trouchiols	D128	Enormous pitch (P128 free drop); recommended!	2
Aveyron	Aven de Puech Negre	L+9400 D400	One of the most sportive and biggest caves in the "Causses"	4
Aveyron	Aven de Goussoune	D126	Very vandalized.	1
Aveyron	Aven des Pauvres	D221	Includes the deepest pitch in the region: P153 (re-belayed)	2
Aveyron	Aven du Mas Raynal	L2074 D111	P106 with tropical allures	1
Aveyron	Aven du Sotch de la Tride	L+16000 D274	Grandiose labyrinth, very complex, very varied	3
Aveyron	Aven du Valat Negre	D100	Nice formations	1
Aveyron	Aven Emilie	D66	Nice P24 and formations	1
Aveyron	Aven Noir	L1457 D100	Entrance-pitch is a real must!	1
Aveyron	Aven des Patates	L2600 D277	Impressive galleries (up to 80 m wide!) and an unforgettable P65.	3 ?4
Aveyron	Grotte de Matarel	L630	Fossil tunnel (big)	1
Aveyron	Pas Destrech->Cabane de St.Paul des Fonts	L4000	Exciting through-trip; features several long and beautiful blue lakes	2
Aveyron	Aven de Lacas	L+7 km D 320	Impressive pitches and nice streamways around -280 m	3
Aveyron	Aven des Perles		With pearls, of course	1
Cote d'Or	Creux Perce	D63	Nothing special	1
Cote d'Or	Gouffre de Soucy (Reseau de la Combe aux Pretres)	L21000 D140	Pitch that leads to a big lake (=sump)	1
Cote d'Or	Grotte du Bel Affreux	L3530	Nothing special (some nice eroded galleries)	1
Cote d'Or	Grotte de la Douix	L945	Wet progression in a nice streamway	1
Cote d'Or	Reseau de la Combe aux Pretres	L21000 D140	Very nice and varied. Most beautiful and biggest cave in the department.	2
Doubs	Grotte du Cul de Vau	L=4500 D=+115	Underground river with lots of swimming	2
Doubs	Gouffre de la Baume des Cretes (Reseau du Verneau)	L1400 D181	Gives access to the upstream part of the Verneau's "main drain": splendid!	3
Doubs	Gouffre de la Chenau	L1740 D175	Why not....	2
Doubs	Gouffre de la Bief Boussets (Reseau du Verneau)	L1800 D172	Possibility to visit 1800 m of the Verneau "master cave"	2
Doubs	Gouffre de la Belle Louise	L790 D116	Entry pitch is nice (P48); the rest is rather muddy.	2
Doubs	Gouffre de la Baume St Anne	D117	THE classic cave that must be visited by every caver that comes to the Doubs	1
Doubs	Gouffre de la Legarde	L768 D219	Classic cave, worth doing	2
Doubs	Gouffre de Montaigu	L1400 D385	Big and impressive pitches, killer-meander, deepest cave around: recommended!	2
Doubs	Gouffre de la Jerusalem (Reseau du Verneau)	L1300 D56	Amusing little cave	1
Doubs	Gouffre de Folaven	D167	One of the biggest drops in the Doubs: wide P90	2
Doubs	Gouffre de Vauvougier	L2500 D215	Lot's of possibilities to practise SRT-techniques. Big cave, +10 hr. trips possible	3
Doubs	Gouffre de Vaux	L456 D102	Very muddy below -58m.	1
Doubs	Gouffre des Bruyeres	D180	A lot of varied SRT work, that end in a big fossil gallery	2
Doubs	Gouffre du Bois D'Ully	D98	Blind P90 that offers little interest.	1
Doubs	Gouffre du Leubot	L 3775 D 215	Nice cave, with a difficult meander and a big streamway	2
Doubs	Grotte des Chaillets	L 9050 D70	Big horizontal cave, begins with a long duck	2
Doubs	Gouffre des Chaseaux	D160	A lot of rigging, a real squeeze: fun!	2
Doubs	Gouffre de la Vieille Herbe	D180	Beautiful entrance pitches!	2
Doubs	Gouffre du Gros Bourbier	D155	Some nice pitches but also a lot of VERY tight passages.	2
Doubs	Gouffre du Mont Ratey	L2000 D238	Superb cave: beautiful and deep. But very flood-prone!	3
Doubs	Gouffre du Paradis	D215	Famous cave, big continuation found in '89 with an enormous sump, but muddy...	3
Doubs	Gouffre du Petit-Siblot	L180 D64	Small cave but well decorated	1
Doubs	Gouffre de Pre-Rond	L176 D107	Small, vertical cave. Some fine pitches, sometimes very wet.	2
Doubs	Gouffre de Pourpevelle	L9000 D106	Classic cave, very decorated, big, very varied. The "Avenue Sud" is a must.	2
Doubs	Gouffre des Ordons	L 200 D 40	Small but very decorated	1
Doubs	Grotte Sarrazine	L4115 D90	Labyrinth with peculiar corrosion-phenomena.	2
Doubs	Grotte des Cavottes	L3170 D109	Very easy and overvisited cave. Notorious meander.	1
Doubs	Grotte d'En Versenne (pre-siphon)	L+8000	Very decorated stream passage but unfortunately most of it is behind the sump.	1
Doubs	Grotte de Chauveroche	L8000 D50	A must! 5 km of deep river. Pretty tough because of the long distance, lot's of swimming	2
Doubs	Grotte du Chateau de la Roche	L2000 D45	Very decorated underground river	1
Doubs	Gouffre de Champremond	D +100	Some nice pitches	1
Doubs	Grotte de Noailles	L5120 D+165	Sporting and quite wet	2
Doubs	Grande Baude de Septfontaine	L145 D61	Nice, small pothole	1
Doubs	Grotte de la Tuilerie	L 750 D32	lots of mud!	1
Doubs	Reseau du Verneau: traverse Baudin->Bief Boussets	L31000 D387	Fantastic and varied trip, very long (+8 km); often wet. It demands a good preparation and dry and absolutely stable weather. 10 to15 hr. trip.	4
Drome	Reseau Christian-Gathier	L9406 D309	Nice river. Some very big rooms.	2
Drome	Scialet Vincens	D403	Sporting -400, recommended.	3
Gard	Abime de Bramabiau (traversee)	L+9000	Historical through-trip (2 hrs) in the footsteps of E.A Martel. Must be done by very caver!	1
Gard	Aven du Salamandre	D89	P45 giving into big room with lot's of formations..	1
Gard	Aven du Pas de Madame	L2150 D342	"Suberbe mais penible", it says in the Speleo Sportive Guide. It's more than true: this one is a tough cave!	4
Gard	Aven des Pebres	D88	Beautiful formations: a must for photographers.	1
Gard	Aven de Combe Albert	L4000 D360	Essentially a narrow cave that widens up when you go deeper. A tough cave and tyring trip	4
Gard	Grotte de Baume Layrou	L9700	Our team quickly lost it's way here. All we can say is: very labyrinthine!	2
Gard	Grottes du Cabane de Trevezel	L 4000	Easy.	1
Gard	Grotte de la Barbette	L 989	Nice helectites	1
Gard	Aven de la Buse	D 100		2
Gard	Aven du Cam?i?/td>	L 6500 D 150		2
Gard	Aven de Lagas	L 1200		1
Haute Garonne	Coume Ouarnede, traverse Mile->Pene Blanque (-627m)	L100000 D1004	Splendid trip in the biggest French cave (11-15 hrs). Other through-trips are possible in this incredible maze with it's 36 entrances!	4
Haute Garonne	Coume Ouarnede, traverse HenneMorte->Commingeois (-399m)	L100000 D1004	Short but exciting through-trip, in the footsteps of Casteret.	3
Haute Garonne	Grotte de Riusec	L3000 D245	Some giant rooms.	1
Haute Marne	Grotte de Castades	L815 D15	Easy river-cave	1
Haute Marne	Reseau Jean Phildo	L350 D15	"Reseau" is a big word for it!	1
Haute Saone	Rivière de Cerre-les-Noroy	L 5000	Nice underground river	1
Haute Saone	Rivière du Chaland	L 10000	Fantastic cave	2
Haute Saone	Grotte du Deujeau	L 10000	Part of the Chaland	1
Hautes Alpes	Chourum Dupont-Martin	L1200 D360	Famous cave. Enormous P165 were even Martel retreated. Wilfried dropped his false teeth while passing a knot halfway down the pitch!	3
Hautes Alpes	Chourum du Roti	L550 D248	Fun trip; respectable cave dimensions	1
Hautes Alpes	Chourum de la Parza	D145	Presence of large underground glacier.	2
Hautes Alpes	Puits des Bans	L1450 D257	-200m but you hardly need any rope at all...	1
Herault	Abime de Rabanel	D190	Impressive entrance pitch but the cave ends too soon.	2
Herault	Aven du Grelot	L3000 D139	Very varied and sometimes very decorated cave. Beautiful walk to the cave. Recommended.	2
Herault	Aven des Huttes	D250	Amusing vertical cave.	2
Herault	Aven de la Leicasse	L15000 D350	One of the biggest caves in the S?anne. Don't underestimate it!	3
Herault	Aven de la Combe de Buis	L1263 D208	P75 (free drop) en magnificent semi-active gallery with blue-green pools	2
Herault	Aven de la Dame	D156	With a huge P84 that matches the Rabanel.	2
Herault	Grotte du Garrel	L7200 D273	Big, complex, sporting: you must do this one.	2
Herault	Grotte de la Cave de Vitalis	D191	Fossil cave, some beautiful passages. Actually entrance forbidden!	2
Herault	Aven du Pic Baudille/Aven de la Licorne	D 270	The two caves connect at -200m, but a not foreseen P10 in this connection made our through-trip impossible	2
Herault	Aven de la Capitelle	L 550 D 407	Pretty tough entrance series, splendid big pitch P110	3
Herault	Grotte du Roque Bleue	L6000	Beautiful cave, much formations and formed in blue marbel	2
Herault	Grand Aven de Mont Marcou	D -345m	Famous cave with one of the most impressive big pits in France, the 146m deep "Puits des Cèdres" (freedrop with a section of 15x50m)	2
Herault	Grotte du PN77	L >2 km	Beautiful cave with a lot of splendid formations an crystal clear river.	1
Herault	Grotte de Rautely	L 1500 m	Well decorated fossil cave	1
Herault	Source de Rautely	L 200	Very photogenic gallery	1
Herault	Aven du Basset	L > 2 km D > 150 m	Spectacular underground river	2
Herault	Grotte de l'Ascension	L 500 m	Little cave but very nice	1
Herault	Aven Clara	L > 1,5 km D -224m	Cave explored in 2002. A couple of very nice pits (P44 and P76) and a horizontal part starting at -150m.	2
Herault	Grotte de PousseLiège	L >2 km D >-100m	One of the most beautiful caves in France	1
Herault	Grotte du Sergent	L3360 D106	(Too) Classic cave.	1
Herault	Aven des Ecossaises	L 1000	Splendid cave	1
Isere	Gouffre Jean Noir	D215	Fine cave near Gouffre Berger. Take along a bolting-kit!	2
Isere	Gouffre Berger (bottom)	L22400 D1248	Every caver's dream. One of the most prestigious caves in the world. Huge, beautiful, easy to -500 m. Majestic, stressing, thundering, sometimes deadly between -700 m. en -1100 m. Great trip that needs a good preparation, some luck and a good team.	5
Isere	Grotte de Bournillon	L5950 D65	Over-dimensioned passages. The entrance is gigantic: 100 metres high!	2
Isere	Grotte du Gournier	L15150 D680	Beautiful cave: emerald entrance lake, large decorated gallery, marvellous streamway. A must.	2
Isere	Reseau de la Dent de Crolles	L60000 D668	Famous labyrinth where one can do lot's of through-trips of varying difficulty: Glaz-Annette (2); Glaz-GuiersMort (2); P40-GuiersMort (3-4)	2 ?4
Isere	Scialet de Malaterre	L1600 D230	Spectacular free-drop rigged on the small bridge that is built over the 120m deep entrance shaft.	2
Is?e	Scialet du Silence	D-542m	Beautiful, clean vertical cave - it is said to be the most beautiful cave in the Vercors	4
Isere	Trou du Chevreau	L700 D205	Easy -200 in the Chartreuse, ends with a nice P125	2
Jura	Baume de la Faviere	L750 D229	Sporting descent; lot's of rigging, 2 separate ways leading to -153 en -229	2
Jura	Gouffre du Gros-Gadeau	L360 D112	Very wet and spectacular thing.	1
Jura	Grotte de Vaux	L+/-300	Easy cave, very well suited for children or novices ...	1
Jura	Riviere de la Baume	L3600 D32	Underground river, unfortunately very polluted	1
Lozere	Aven de Crapounet	D116	Small aven with a nice P55	2
Lozere	Aven de la Licorne	D200	Narrow, vertical cave. Not really interesting.	2+
Lozere	Aven des Corgnes	D187	Vertical stuff, a lot of rigging. Features a big P91	2
Lozere	Aven des Hures	L1630 D330	Famous, clean and beautiful "aven". Very selective wet passage at -260!	3
Lozere	Aven de Deidou	D -179	Sporty cave, with climbs, squeezes and a free drop P76.	2
Lozere	Aven de Fraissenel		Small aven	1
Lozere	Grotte Am?ineau	L150	The cave with the most and longest "straws" in France (closed)	1
Lozere	Aven des Offraous	D165	Nice pitches.	2
Lozere	Aven de Banicous	D 347	Very vertical en nice cave, with a beautiful P94.	3
Lozere	Aven de la Caze	D 177	Decorated aven.	2
Lozere	Aven de los Peyros	D226	You'll need all your rigging skills to master the first pitch (P123). The final P40, very wide, is impressive.	2,5
Lozere	Aven de la Cheminee	L 4000 D 400	Very varied and sporting -400, with big fossil streamways at -350m.	3
Lozere	Aven de la Portalerie	L 1000 D 149	Local school cave.	1
Lozere	Aven de Cassan	L1070 D185	Classic cave	2
Lozere	Aven de la Barelle	D 126	Beautiful entrance.	2
Lozere	Aven de Baume Rousse	D166	Well decorated	2
Lozere	Aven du Bois du Bac	D108	Small but well decorated "aven"	2
Lozere	Aven de Mont-buisson No 3	D126	Small cave, with a nice P53	1
Lozere	Grotte de Dragonhiera	?	Climbing to this cave takes longer than doing the cave...	1
Lozere	Grotte de Malaval	L10000 D250	Long underground river, much variation and fine formations	3
Lozere	Grotte du Coutal	L7800 D100	Large and complex cave. Big fossil streamways. Ends in a bizarre big hall: Salle Blanche. Absolute must.	2
Lozere	Grotte de la Clujade	L 4000	Famous underground river	2
Lozere	Grotte de Castelbouc No 4	L1500 D72	Giant gallery (30x30) ending in a beautiful sump. Entrance part is narrow.	1
Meuse	Gouffre BC27 Gouffre des Cascades Gouffre du Collecteur	D43 D48 D34	Some little caves in the "Bois Communal" in Lisle-en-Rigault	1
Meuse	Gouffre de la Besace Gouffre du Cornuant Puits de la Meche	D63 D30 D15	(Too) small stuff in the underground quarry of Savonnieres	1
Meuse	Gouffre de la Sonnette	L500 D70	Very famous and beautiful pitch: Puits des Grand Cercles (P30)	1
Meuse	Gouffre des Parsons	D48	Wide P39 (that's all!)	1
Meuse	Gouffre de la Beva	L5000 D50	Active streamway, average height 1 metre! Nice entrance pitch (P38).	2
Meuse	Grotte du Cimetiere	L640 D40	Fossil cave, don't waist your time doing it.	1
Meuse	Reseau de la Vallee Dorma	L2700 D32	Walk like an Egyptian... endless meanders	2
Meuse	Reseau Avenir-Grande Viaille	L1080 D45	Very narrow meander leading to nice P28. Fun cave.	2
Meuse	Reseau de Jean d'Heurs	L1500	Extremely muddy "river" cave	1
Meuse	Rupt du Puits	L10680 D54	Classic river cave, but rather monotonous.	2
Pyrenees Atlantiques	Gouffre Gaspi	L500 D285	Two nice series of pitches, separated by a 50 m crawl	2
Pyrenees Atlantiques	La Bidouze	D 80	Short but pleasant though-trip	1
Pyrenees Atlantiques	Gouffre de Lonn?Peyret (bottom via T102)	L+17000 D774	Tremendous trip in a mega-cave. Apotheosis in Salle Styx, but here isn't a tunnel to leave the cave and the way back is long... Physically a lot tougher than the PSM-traverse: about 20-25 hrs.	5+
Pyrenees Atlantiques	Gouffre du Couey Lodge (bottom)	L+7000 D625	Though not as big as it's neighbours (PSM & Lonn?Peyret), this cave is worth doing. Can be done in 16-18 hrs.	4
Pyrenees Atlantiques.	Gouffre de la Pierre-St-Martin (traverse SC3->Verna)	L+50000 D1342	World-famous cave. Long (9 km) and varied trip: 360m of pitches, some narrow passages, impressive Grand Canyon, thrilling Tunnel du Vent, gigantic galleries ending in one of the biggest rooms in the world: Salle Verna. The final 4 km. of boulder-walking really knocks you out. You leave the cave through an artificial tunnel. Every caver must do it once... but heavy stuff (about 13 -21 hrs).	5-
Pyrenees Atlantiques	Arresteliako Ziloa	D 840m L 50000	Enormous system, discovered in 1990. We only did a 7 hour (-300m) trip, enough to be impressed by this giant en beautiful cave.	3/5
Pyrenees Atlantiques	Gouffre d'Aphanic?	D504	155 m of spacious pitches leading to a magnificent free drop, the Puits des Pirates (328 m deep). One of the deepest free-drops in the world. Hallucinating descent (and climb-up!). Unforgettable but serious undertaking (about 15-20 hrs).	5-
Pyrenees Orientales	Grotte d'En Gorner	L16000	Once beautiful, now devastated	1
Pyrenees Orientales	Grotte de Vida-Tripa	L+/-4000	Very pretty cave	1
Pyrenees Orientales	Réseau Lachambre	L24000	One of the most beautiful caves in Europe.	1-2
Var	Grotte de la Castelette	L1880m	Nice river, big gallery	1
Var	Aven du Cercueil	D238m	If you want to see the splendid gallery at -155m, you will have to pass many a narrow squeeze!	2
Var	Aven Cyclopibus	D370m	Deepest in the Var, with a big P150. But not difficult at all (9 hrs)	3
Var	Grotte des Rampins	D2000m	Fossil, easy cave	1
Var	Aven de la Ripelle	D102m	Once beautiful, now totally muddied	1
Var	Aven de la Solitude	D197m	Series of big and clean pitches. Recommended!	2
Vaucluse	Aven du Chateau	D95	Situated in the middle of the public footpath!	2
Vaucluse	Aven Autran	L+5000 D640	Very recommended! Deep, clean cave, with some very big pitches.	4
Vaucluse	Aven de la Vip?e	D157m	Only the first 100 metres of pitches are worth doing.	2
Vaucluse	Perte du Calavon	D263m	Pleasant cave, especially when wet.	2
Vaucluse	Trou Souffleur	D610m L+4000m	This cave is generally considered as the best in the region, because of it beautiful 2 km long river at -600m.	4

SPAIN... hot and deep

PROV	CAVE	L/D in m	COMMENT	CL
Huesca	Sistema Badalona (traverse B1->B15)	D1150	One of the deepest through-trips (-1150 m) in the world and also one of the most beautiful. The cave looks more like an underground canyon with roaring waterfalls and white water. (12-17 hrs when fully rigged, 20 hrs when 'rappeling')	4+
Cantabria	Sistema Cueto-Coventosa (traverse)	L32000 D815	Very varied through-trip, featuring a huge 300 m deep entrance shaft, an enormous gallery over a mile long (Galerie du Chicarron), lakes, and the big Coventosa Cave where passages are 50 m or higher! Lot's of gypsum flowers (12-15 hrs).	4-
Cantabria	Torca del Carlista	D350	Europe's biggest room (500 x 200 m) that you enter via a free hanging 90 m drop in the roof! Beautiful formations as well.	2
Cantabria	Sima Tonio - Cueva Canuela (traverse)	D400??	Easy through-trip, exiting through the big and fossil Canuela Cave.	2
Cantabria	Cueva Sopladores - Cueva del Agua (traverse)	??	Not very inspiring through-trip. "Walking" to and from the caves is a long and dangerous undertaking.	2
Navarra	Sima de las Puertas de Illamina (BU56)	L15 km D 1408m	The deepest, biggest, most spectacular cave of the Pyrenees. A trip to the sump (at -1325m) in this mythical cave is not a sunday walk. You will need at least 35 hours of continuous progression.	5
Navarre	Anialarra System (AN3-AN6-AN519-AN51)	L24200 D739	Typical PSM-cave, with 450m of pitches and kilometres of big river passages (13-15 hrs, if fully rigged). Avalon explores in this cave and has done it .. too many times	4
Navarre	Pozo de los Ninos (AN506)	L818 D410	The first big cave that we discovered outside of Belgium (1998). Features a giant 260 m pitch.	3
Navarre	Trou Vaille-que-Vaille (FR1)	D337	Typical vertical cave, not so interesting	3
Navarre	Pozo del Eclipse (AN534)	D136	Avalon-discovery, nice pitches and big room	2
Navarre	Pozo de los 2 Acuarios (AN51)	D387m	One of the entrances to the Anialarra-system	3
Navarre	Pozo Ibarra (AN519)	D347 L529	Our second discovery (1999), featuring a giant 222m pitch. This caves connects with the Anialarra System	3

GREAT-BRITAIN... wet

COUNTY	CAVE	L/D in m	COMMENT	CL
Yorkshire	Alum Pot --> Diccan Pot (traverse)	D100	Alum is a wide, free hanging P60, Diccan is a very wet and spectacular cave that connects with Alum Pot. Recommended!	2
Yorkshire	Bull Pot of the Witches	?	Nice entrance shaft, but not very interesting cave. Can be pretty wet.	2
Yorkshire	Ease Gill: Lancaster Hole	D85	Classic descent into Ease Gill Master Cave, via P33	1
Yorkshire	Ease Gill: Pool Sink	D70	Clean-washed and wet upstream entrance of Ease Gill System.	2
Yorkshire	Ease Gill: Wretched Rabbit	?	Boring meander, but to only access to Ease Gill that needs no ropes.	1
Yorkshire	Ease Gill: County Pot	?	Attractive but complex cave. Access to Ease Gill via Eureka Junction	2
Yorkshire	Ease Gill System	L	Still the biggest cave in the U.K., a real maze. The Main Drain is one of the most beautiful river passages we have ever seen. Lot's of through-trips are possible. The first times, you better find yourself a guide!	2 ?3
Yorkshire	Ease Gill: Cow Pot	D85	Interesting route in Ease Gill, fine rigging, breath-taking free drop into Fall Pot	2
Yorkshire	Gaping Ghyll System	D110	THE all time classic! Main Chamber, with it's roaring 100 m high waterfall, is a must. Unfortunately, this P100 is often too wet to descent.	2
Yorkshire	Gaping Ghyll: Bar Pot	D100	Most used and easiest route to get into Gaping Ghyll. Nice P32.	1
Yorkshire	Gaping Ghyll: Flood Entrance Pot	D110	In wet conditions, this is a super-exciting cave.	2
Yorkshire	Gaping Ghyll: Stream Passage Pot	D110	Also a spectacular wet cave.	2
Yorkshire	Ireby Fells Caverns	D125	Fine "streamway"	2
Yorkshire	Jingling Pot	D65	Just a P45, worth doing.	1
Yorkshire	Lost John's Cave	D140	Big and fascinating system. Lot's of possibilities for rigging it. The streamway is a real jewel.	2
Yorkshire	Rift Pot - Lon Kin East Pot	D?	Again some wet stuff.	2
Yorkshire	Rowten Pot	D105	Amusing cave, featuring a big pitch.	2