DALNESS
See page 185 of the Scottish Guidebook.
LOCATION
Drive down the Etive until a bridge across the river. Keep going until the road pulls away from the Etive and round a tight right-hand bend. Park (with care).
WATER LEVELS
Depends on personal preference. Some run this really low, but we've run it when the Etive was high and the burns were full.
DESCRIPTION/REPORT
A nice set of waterfalls clost to Dalness House. The main drop isn't particularly high, but the consequences of getting it wrong are nasty. The lead-in drops are great fun, although there are a couple of sticky holes. If you do it high enough, it gets pretty gnarly!
The major fall is approx 20ft high, but isn't particularly simple. A rock ledge prevents a line off the left, but a very nasty undercut on the right means that a central boof is the only option. In lower levels the pool would be slower, but ee had quite a bit of difficulty with this undercut in high water levels...........
Watch out for the landowner; he's not particularly kayak-friendly.
PHOTOS
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