Moth

Summary

One big abseil. Low flow canyon which also includes a fair few short abseils / features. Would make a good addition to butterfly

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Flood Risk:

Low

Access Type:

Public

Rock Type:

Psammite

Catchment:

4.87km2

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Anchors

Notes

Bolts were placed to get our team down and we hope that this will now provide good anchors for next parties. Be prepared to work out rigging on some parts. The lower section has more trees for anchors. For the most part canyon is escapeable. River Name - Allt Cheanna Mhuir

Description

Follow Loch Arkaig road. 1km past butterfly there are some buildings and you can find parking but not much space. Walk in - go through gate and past large building. This meets 4x4 track, you can then find a good path continuing up hillside, follow all way to top. A few small features are encountered, 2 of which have a single bolt to abb off. The main falls has a bolt for hand line river right to an anchor point on the edge river right. There is also then a second anchor point a short way down on a good ledge. After this there are more downclimbs and smaller abseils back to loch. Page Information - Andrew Coultherd

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First Recorded Descent Team

📸 – Andrew Coultherd

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Andrew C

October 5, 2026 7:45 pm

Canyon Experience :

Ran this back in May with Ryan
Good trip
Notes for people to find path following Kier’s post ….
You go through a big gate , left past the building and up. Turn left when you reach the upper gravel road and after maybe 50 m youll see a really good path going up hillside. Follow to top.

Adventure canyon !

Keir Collins

July 30, 2026 5:42 pm

30/08/2026 party of 2 Low-mid lvl

We got in pretty low down as the previous beta was very confusing on where to enter the canyon.
We ended up starting just above the abseil with the yellow tat in tree (all in good condition)

That was the only good part, after that it was a lot of very greasy down climbing

My only beta is bring a wire brush!!

Ryan Nicol

May 11, 2026 12:59 pm

I descended this canyon yesterday with Andrew who has bolted and added the route to canyon log. I did this canyon after doing Butterfly the same day. Bolts are there at the top of the big ab. It’s an incredible canyon that keeps giving and in my opinion was better than butterfly. We ghosted a couple of the pitches further down and left some tat however this canyon could definitely benefit from further bolting to fully open it. Well done Andrew and thanks for showing me it.