Canyoning
Exploring a canyon is a fun, awesome adventure activity. It’s an exhilarating activity that must be experienced,
especially in The Lake District and Yorkshire Dales.
Experience the thrill and exhilaration of canyoning, it’s invigorating and fun, just the recipe to refresh the body and mind. You will explore waterfalls, rock pools and natural water slides (toboggan). Your journey will involve a mixture of techniques: abseiling, zip lines, jumping and sliding, scrambling and swimming. This is a fun, awesome and adrenaline producing activity/sport. Choose your adventure below.
I only use the very best equipment specifically designed for canyoning, which includes specialized footwear.
Had an amazing day canyoning for the first time. Couldn't recommend Mountain Rat Adventures enough.
Stevie
What Is Canyoning?
Canyoning is a mountaineering activity, which involves descending a watercourse. It is an activity that is becoming a very popular adventure sport in the UK. Canyons have a vast array of features, for example, vertical waterfalls, water flumes, steep-sided, enclosed/open sided, slots, slides and deep/shallow pools. Depending on the rainfall or natural watercourse they can be slow or fast flowing. Do not confuse it with gorge walking or ghyll scrambling. More information can be found here.
Canyoning involves numerous skills and requires the use of specific equipment, both of which you will use to make your experience safe and enjoyable. You will pass over or under natural obstacles, utilising a number of methods: abseiling/rappelling, down climbing, sliding, jumping, swimming and walking.
Canyoning in The Lake District is a fun and fabulous adventure, which will create a memorable experience in a very unique environment.
What I Offer
Choose A Canyon Below For Your Adventure To Begin...
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Longsleddale Canyon
Fisherplace Gill
Swarthbeck Gill
Cautley Spout
Ingleton Waterfalls
Our grading system to help you choose...
This canyon has limited steep sections, it is mostly open-sided allowing for sections to be missed or repeated. Most sections are easy to escape.
Ideal for beginners.
This canyon has some steep waterfalls and some steep-sided sections. In certain sections, it is enclosed and escape can be challenging. Ideal for someone with prior knowledge of abseiling or canyoning, or ideally holds the ICOpro CAI.
This canyon is very steep and in places it could be over-hanging. It is mostly enclosed making escape very challenging or impossible. Ideal for someone who has experience or holds the ICOpro CAI. It is very challenging.
This is only a guideline to help you choose your adventure. If you are unsure or want more information, please contact us for more information and advice.
Choose A Canyon Below For Your Adventure To Begin...
Our grading system to help you choose...
This canyon has limited steep sections, it is mostly open-sided allowing for sections to be missed or repeated. Most sections are easy to escape. Ideal for beginners.
This canyon has some steep waterfalls and some steep-sided sections. In certain sections, it is enclosed and escape can be challenging. Ideal for someone with prior knowledge of abseiling or canyoning, or ideally holds the ICOpro CAI.
This canyon is very steep and in places it could be over-hanging. It is mostly enclosed making escape very challenging or impossible. Ideal for someone who has experience or holds the ICOpro CAI. It is very challenging.
This is only a guideline to help you choose your adventure. If you are unsure or want more information, please contact us for more information and advice.
Bespoke Adventure Experience
Your adventure does not need to be confined to the canyons listed; there are other canyons waiting to be explored.
Explore some of the most beautiful canyons in The Lake District, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
If you cannot find the specific adventure you are looking for, or you know what you want to explore, but don’t have the confidence - then I can offer you a tailored experience.
Take your adventure off the beaten track and explore other canyons.
Contact me to chat about the experience you would like.
There are other fantastic Canyons in the Lake District, and we can help you to discover them from a new angle. If you have enjoyed canyoning with me, or you have had your own experience and would like a challenge, why don’t you get off the beaten track and head somewhere different?
All Canyons are special places; some have numerous abseils down huge waterfalls, some have long-guided slides down some of the best rock in The Lake District and The Yorkshire Dales. Every canyon has its unique characteristics, so don’t just jump into deep water, an alternative adventure awaits you. View the Lakes from a new perspective.
If you have already completed one of my canyoning trips or have prior knowledge, then this might be a favourable option for you.
If you have no previous experience? Well, that is fine too. I can adapt an adventure to suit you; I don’t just guide, I teach. Check out my mission statement HERE, bring your adventure face and have fun.
