Damaged Anchors Reported ⚠️
Dalroy Canyon
Summary
An easy access short canyon, with abseils, jumps, slides and atmospheric gorge walking. Perfect for a quick hit.
Canyon Descent:
50m
Highest Drop:
14m
Canyon Length:
500m
Minimum Ropes:
1x 30m
Flood Risk:
Low
Access Type:
Public
Rock Type:
Gneiss
Catchment:
11.5km2
*No Water Level Indicator
Duration: in, down and out:
IN: 1min DOWN: 1hr OUT: 10mins
Anchors
Natural
Notes
River Name:
Allt Ruadh. Also known as Culloden
Description
Park in a large lay-by on the west side of the bridge. Enter the canyon on the upstream side of the bridge. Walk back under the bridge to enter an atmospheric section of slot canyon, involving a mixture of wading and swimming. This brings you to the first abseil into a shallow pool. The natural anchor has been extended from a tree (TL), a few meters before the waterfall. After this abseil a short section of gorge walking with possible escapes, brings you to a fantastic jump or toboggan! Escape possible below this. Follow easily until a second abseil is reached. This is an atmospheric aquatic abseil into a cut out gorge using another tree anchor extended from the canyon rim (TL). Enjoy a few hundred meters of scenic gorge scrambling before passing under the lower bridge and exiting TL onto the road. Walk back up the road to return to the car.
First Recorded Descent Team
Jamie Walker - 2007
Page Information
Joe Barlow, Rosie Rothwell, James Nicholson, Sarah Hodgson - 2024
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Disclaimer
No responsibility or liability is taken for any harm, death or loss of property from using the information found on Canyon Log. Topo features, descriptions and notes may not be accurate and could be misleading. You must carry anchor building materials, be experienced and use your own judgement when canyoning. Flooding can completely change the layout, features and conditions. Insufficient experience may result in death.





Descended on 2/10/25 team of , low flow.
Great short little canyon with a fun slide and a couple of jumps.
Anchor is missing from the final abseil still, but this is down climbable or a good jump.
Descended on Monday and found first anchor has disappeared – presumably removed.
The second anchor at the abseil/jump has been destroyed by wildfire so we removed the melted rope that remained.
There is scope to bolt these two abseils as the canyon is seeing more traffic recently.