Cairngorms National Park

Cairngorms National Park

The Cairngorms

With summits rising to over 4000 ft (1300m) the Cairngorms form a large mountain massif in Northern Scotland. The landscape is of high moors, forest, rivers, lochs and glens. With remnants of the ancient Caledonian Forest, the Cairngorms are home to some of Britain's rarest wildlife.

Getting to the Cairngorms

The Cairngorms National Park is accessible from all over Scotland. In the west, the Cairngorms range itself is close to the main railway and long distance bus routes between Inverness and Edinburgh and Glasgow. Trains regularly call at Aviemore as well as Kingussie. Additional buses and trains serve Newtonmore, Grantown on Spey and Carr-bridge: see Rapsons' timetable for the Aviemore and Badenoch area

Buses from Aberdeen access the Dee valley in the east of the National Park. Stagecoach Bluebird Service 201 runs hourly in summer from Aberdeen to Braemar. Buses also reach the south from Dundee to Kirremuir and Glen Cova see Angus Council website for services 20 and 22. In summer, service 500 runs from Elgin to Grantown on Spey and the Cairngorm Mountain Railway.

Cyclists are catered for with National Cycle Route 7 passing through the National Park, and there are on and off cycle road routes within the National Park.

Detailed timetables and lots of useful information on walking and cycling is in the excellent Cairngorms Explorer leaflet, published by the Cairngorms National Park.

Useful Contacts :

Cairngorms National Park or tel. 01479 873535.

Scottish Mountain Weather Forecasts

The Mountaineering Council of Scotland

Upper Deeside Access Trust

Hillphones Daily information for hillwalkers about stag stalking activities between July and October

Sustrans (for National Route 7 details)