Gemenele Pothole (Twins Pothole), is located on the eastern slope of the Dambau Peak and is considered the most beautiful cave in the area, with a great wealth of speleoteme. The pothole is located in the town of Zlatna, Alba County, in the south-west of Trascău Mountains. It was discovered, explored and mapped by Viorel Ludusan ( Polaris Blaj ).
Gemenele Pothole it’s named so, after the two access verticals: one of 17 meters and another of 20 meters. For descending you may choose any version, the vertical of 20 meters is equipped with a python (you can also use natural Mooring – trees) as the same for vertical 17 meters.
Both the verticals descend in the same room, the second one as development. From here you climb up on a cone of debris at the base of the 17meters vertical. It continues to go up until a horizontal gallery. You pass through a corridor rich in remains of animals that have fallen into a pit and you reach a modest-sized room, from which are detached about 3 galleries, all descendant. In the middle one, you get in a room higher than the previous one, beautifully decorated. Continuing in the same direction, after we climb a small threshold we reach a area rich in stalagmites, stalactites, columns, parietal flows, clusters.
The pothole can be visited by trained teams and properly equipment. There are needed strings, locking parts, descenders, carabiners, illuminating sources.
