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Cnoc nan uamh system, Inclinded rift cave, Lower trailgill cave, Tree cave

Alex Ritchie · June 16, 2023, 6 a.m. 4 people · 5 hours and 20 minutes
Cavers Phil, Dave & Wife, Rich
Date/time entered Fri 16 Jun 23 — 06:00 2023-06-16 06:00
Date/time exited Fri 16 Jun 23 — 11:20 2023-06-16 11:20
Trip type Sport
Region Assynt
Country Scotland
Clubs YSS
Notes

Cnoc was a sporting slanting streamway cave reminding me of a mine but with lots of water flowing down. Too quickly we arrived at a sump. However, upstream was extensive with large chambers and lots of passages and even offered a few round trips and a through trip, Including Rift cave which was partially blocked and needed digging out, once done I did not force it too far as I was worried about getting back out. Lower Traigill cave, I managed to do the round trip, with the first half being rather horrible and low (going down) apparently this is normally sumped to some depth. Tree cave, I pushed upstream into what I thought was new territory but it's not in the new book and downstream through a tight slot into a waterfall chamber which was quite loose.