Nathrach
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Descended group of 4, (15 mins in, 1.5hrs down, 10 mins out) Water felt low despite some rain earlier in the day. Stayed in the tributary until we reached the main canyon, all anchors are okay except for what has already been mentioned. Love the canyon just a shame there is so much slippery scrambling in between each element.
Descended 7/7/24 team of 3. Topo accurate, including trib. Bolts for abseil 2 in trib are a bit flexy and lacking much glue, especially seeing as it’s a hanging belay.
There is a bolt on river right for a guided rappel on abseil 5 on this topo, which is pretty wobbly, but it’s possible to use a huge jammed tree as the lower anchor. On Abseil 10, couldn’t find the bolts for the ab through the arch, but a couple of big logs are easy to use for an anchor, or it could be downclimbed.
The guy who owns the house nearest the get-out is a bit of a knob. Had a bit of a go at us for parking in the lay-by at his driveway end for 5 mins to check levels, despite us not being on his property or blocking it. Tread carefully so as not to upset this delicate little flower.
There’s a tiny trib to the main nathrach at 166629 on the 1:25k map, we entered river just downstream of this and it seemed to fit description well.
Fantastic canyon!!!
One of my favourite canyons in Scotland with plenty of fun features. 2nd time I’ve descended this canyon, this time was in relatively high flow.
Be prepared for some complex natural anchor building required on certain pitches at high flow. Don’t go expecting it to be fully bolted, as it is not. Some more bolts wouldn’t go amiss. You have got several slides and jumps with no anchors, so should the pool depths change/ no one in your team wants to commit to jumping/ sliding them then you may need to place bolts yourself.
Definitely recommend this descent to any experienced team.
Descended on 10/07/2023. Group of 5 mixed ability. Entered at the trib, water was moderate (At road bridge), some natural anchors are in need of replacing especially A3. Jumps are still deep! The path from the trib to the main canyon is all but gone, had some heavy rain which was predicted, by the time we made it to the section where the trib drains into the main canyon levels had risen significantly and was equal to the amount of water flowing down the main canyon. See water level indicator for reference.
Abseil 3 in the trib now has good tat on a tree on river left near the lip. Some older junk on other trees which probably wouldn’t reach the pool on a 40m rope