Highest Drop 50m
Public Access
5-6hrs
Generally a moderately angled enclosed stream in the upper section with a few jumps. Longer rappels and becoming more open on the lower section.
This canyon is fully described in the Canyoning in NZ guidebook.
This canyon was severely damaged by the huge rain event in Westland, March 2019, but was successfully descended in April 2023 and reported as ‘back to normal’
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Anyone done this since the Big Rain? I hear the road round the lake is trashed.
We did Dorothy 16/03/2013. Water was low. The trip was easy and uneventful and the canyon was nice. It took our big group of 6 about 6 hours car to car. Two went ahead to set anchors and run through while four took up the rear with our own ropes. Watch out for wasps nests on the approach.