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Missing Anchors! If you have the required skills and are planning a trip to eagles, please bring a drill and bolts to make descents through this canyon safer. See topo for details

Eagles

Adventure Canyon

Grade: 4C R III / V4 A3 IV ★★★

Summary

A very steep approach leads to an impressive canyon with big drops and narrow walls.

Canyon Descent:

350m

Highest Drop:

60m

Canyon Length:

1.2km

Minimum Ropes:

1 X 120m

Flood Risk:

Extreme

Access Type:

Public

Rock Type:

Pelite

Catchment:

5.05km2

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Duration: in, down and out:

IN: 1.5hrs DOWN: 4hrs OUT: 40 mins

Anchors

Mixed (needs work)

Notes

River name: Eas an Tuirc. Very sustained, check weather before you go! (written on 29/09/24) The canyon is still in need of additional anchors, to help manage abrasion and increase safety. See the updated topo and comments for more information.

Description

Approach by Car: Follow A83 to Clachan, park in the small parking area located just after you turn off the main road. Approach by foot: follow signs to the brewery then the private road. Follow the private road until you reach the power lines then head up the hill. Once you reach the top of the hill head left towards the right side of the large crag in the distance. The canyon begins to the right of this crag. Canyon entry: The canyon begins with a DC TL of the river. Canyon descent: Very steep narrow and committing, multiple drops which require a rope, the upper section has some very impressive features and definitely shouldn't be missed. Exit: The final drops are now shallow, once you make it to a long flat section of river either exit TL immediately and walk parllel to the base of the hill until you reach the road or follow the river TR until you see the road. Escapes: Only escapable in the middle section of down climbs, see topo.

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A3 Looking towards A2

Approaching A1

Looking down from A1

The 60m A6 pitch

The messy A7 pitch.

The 22m A9 pitch

📸 – The Adventure Photographers

📸 – Matt Dingley

📸 – Matt Dingley

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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.

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Matt Dingley

September 28, 2024 8:58 am

Canyon Experience :

Descended 12-09-2024

Fantastic trip. Adventurous feeling, varied, and lots of problem solving. Go in with a good team and your skills toolbox.

Lots of drops requiring abrasion management and careful rope placement to avoid snags.

Absolutely worth the big walk-in.

Notes:

A3 – Rope damage due to abrasion point.

A6/A7 – may be slightly over 60m. We rigged with a 60m rope which was too short and needed to rebelay, however some length was taken up with rigging.

A8 – Mono bolt installed on the downriver face of boulders as an anchor, accessed from boulder handline. However this still suffers abrasion on descent.

Stuck rope removed from a previous team.

Most anchors in decent condition.

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Canyon Log Admin

September 29, 2024 4:51 am

Reply to Matt Dingley

Thanks for adding the bolt to A8! the topo has been updated.

Steve Small

January 14, 2024 4:01 pm

*New anchors added (11th Jan 2024)*

Low levels, pools frozen and bolts under a layer of ice.

We added/replaced some anchors on troublesome pitches (see updated topo).

A1 – the original anchors are 2 linked bolts on TL but it’s snaggy, previous groups got ropes stuck. We used the TL anchors for a traverse line to access TR and placed a monobolt with cleaner pull through.

A2 – it’s not too difficult to get on top of the sump

A4 – there’s a steep but straightforward escape here on TL

A6 & A7 – we added 2 linked bolts at the lip on the falls on TL, accessed by a 5m traverse line from the tree. We also added a monobolt for an optional rebelay ~35m down on TL. So the pitch (60m total) can be split into roughly 5m (traverse line) 35m (A6) then 20m (A7) *not exact, needs measured.

A8 – three old flood damaged pieces of webbing have been removed and replaced. Recommended to bring spare tat with you.

Fun adventure canyon, well worth the trip

July 27, 2023 10:50 am

Descended on the 18th July. Team of 4, Low water. Approach took 1.5hrs, definitely recommend not wearing the wetsuits for it. Very impressive canyon with some poor anchors, majority are Steel bolts that have deteriorated, some anchors are missing completely however it could still be ghosted at the time of descending. If anyone with the right skills is planing a descent, bring a drill and about 10 bolts for anchors and deviations to manage the pitches with multiple abrasion points.