Highest drop 17m
1hr round trip
Very short, mostly horizontal gorge with a very beautiful final waterfall.
Public access, but courtesy call required to Manager of;
Boyle River Outdoor Education Center Ph/Fax: (03) 315 7082 www.boyle.org.nz
A full description of the canyon is in the Canyoning in NZ guidebook.
January 16th 2023.
We tightened all anchors as this was required.
Good flow.
Main pool still shallow.
Lower pool excellent for jumping.
Boyle River easy to cross. Very warm day.
Visited 01/2020. Handline before R1 is torn off and is hanging of its bottom attachment point at R1 anchor. No problem in low flow, though – Body belay also possible from a big stone above waterfall.
Steel handline above R2 is ok. All rope handlines covered by moss – check them before use.
Visited Feb 2017.
All good. Was even a hand line around bottom pool.
R1 ‘s hand line to anchor had trapped a pile of drift wood debries (from a flood i guess), but appears not to have damaged bolt. Moved Debries.