Garry trip details

A reliable and consistent river, with playspots.
Region: Scotland
Discipline: Whitewater
Difficulty: Intermediate
Grade: 3
Length: 2 km
Average Time: 1 hrs
Start: The best place is to put in below the Dam. To get there park considerately in the track leading to the Dam works. Follow a path down to the river. An alternative approach is to park in the Forest car-park and carry up to the Dam along a river right path.
Finish: Take out at the car-park or you can continue to Invergarry.

The river kicks off with some bouncy fun water. The river has some fun read and run playfeatures which leads to a nice playhole wave with an ideal big eddy on river right. Following on, the river bends left and goes through a steepish rapid. The general line is river right. Next up is a ledge drop rapid with a good playhole on river right. The finale rapid is down to the bridge at the car-park. This has some nice waves for surfing and wavewheeling.

This is a the finish point if you're just playing.

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Accommodation: Fort William is your best bet. As it's a good focal area for other rivers also.

Food and Drinks: Invergarry has plenty of pubs and restaurants to dip into.

Canoe Shops: Nevis Canoes

Guidebooks: Scottish Whitewater published by Pesda Press

Useful Websites:
www.metcheck.com
www.syha.org.uk


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