Oykel Bridge And Waterfalls, Sutherland, Scotland,UK. Stock Photo

Oykel Bridge and Waterfalls, Sutherland, Scotland, UK.The Oykel is a fairly large river, starting in Ben More Assynt and draining a large portion of the northeast of Scotland. Although flat and boring for most of its length, the upper reaches of this river can offer some excellent white water if conditions are high enough. At a good flood level, this run is an awesomely powerful high volume run, as a Scottish version of the lower Oetz, complete with a steep, low volume gorge to warm things up at the start. At lower levels, it is used by the locals as a grade 2/3 intermediate run, but if you are making the effort of a trip from afar it really needs to be tanking it to make the drive worth the effort.