Birks of Aberfeldy

Adventure Canyon

Grade: 4 C PG II / V3 A3 II ★★

Summery

A good fully featured canyon with easy access. Currently open but protected as a SSSI.

Canyon Descent:

100m

Highest Drop:

23m

Canyon Length:

780m

Minimum Ropes:

1X 60m

Flood Risk:

Moderate

Access Type:

Public

Rock Type:

Metalava

Catchment:

⚠️ 28km2

Water Level Indicator

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Duration: in, down and out:

IN: 30 mins DOWN: 2hrs OUT: 10 mins

Anchors

Mixed

Notes

Bolting the canyon is not allowed by SSSI at the moment. Also known as the Urlar Burn on the moneys burn. Excellent jump from the right of the last big fall by the old walkway, check first! Can be run in most levels except when in spate. Check water levels before if in doubt.

Description

Approach by Car: Park in the birks of Aberfeldy car park, follow the track up the TL side of the canyon until you reach the footbridge that crosses the canyon, enter here. Canyon entry: at the tree next to the bridge. Check for suitable anchors, often trees on the TR are used for a good line. Canyon descent: Some interesting features mixed in with some scrambling. Exit: After going through a small slot section the river flattens out and a path appears on the right, walk out here. Escapes: would be difficult but possible.

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📸 - Red Evans

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August 8, 2024 2:00 pm

Canyon Experience :

Descended on 07/08/24. Team of 3. (In – 20mins / Down 40mins / Out 10mins). Good trip, canyon level was moderate, all features seemed easy to manage, Like Sol said, feels continuous despite how spaced out some features are.

Sol Armer - Adventure Activities Wales

April 24, 2024 10:37 pm

Nice canyon. The features are relatively spaced out by scrambling but it feels continuous in nature; with abseils, a slide and some jumps at the end.

Water level was moderate and being early in the season it was still mega slippy, which meant all the down climbs we abseiled.

I would class this more as an adventure canyon, whilst some of it is bolted, some of it has some interesting natural anchors which require tat or ghosting. The trees for the first pitch are relatively far back and the pull line isn’t very clean which makes it easy to get a rope stuck. Perfect place for a fiddlestick if you can keep the pull cord out of the water.

Red

April 4, 2024 6:24 pm

Beautiful canyon with some fun rappels and a great jump towards the end.