Aviemore and the Cairngorms Walking Festival 2009
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Friday 15th May
| Leader | Walk | Start | Finish | Grade | Notes |
| Glenmore Lodge National Outdoor Centre | Navigation skills - intermediate – compass skills, relocation skills, navigation strategies. | Meet at Glenmore Lodge at 9am. Car Share. | 4pm | Bring packed
lunch, minimum age 16, no dogs, equipment for low level walking..
Participants 15 and over. Cost £17 per head. Maximum 12 walkers. |
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| AWF Leader | Braeriach The third highest mountain in Britain with stunning views from the plateau. | A long day, meet at Cairngorm Hotel at 9 am. Car share plus limited number of seats with leaders transport | As Start | Strenuous | Full mountain
walking gear, packed lunch
Cost £15 per head. |
| Highland Council Ranger - Saranne Bish | The Hills of
Cromdale Right of Way for Slow Coaches! Walk
(slowly!) along an old Right of Way across the Cromdale hills from Strath Avon to the Haughs of Cromdale. |
Transport required to Strath Avon from Cairngorm Hotel, Aviemore 10am, | Return transport from The Haughs of Cromdale. | Moderate/strenuous | Stout footwear, suitable outdoor clothing, packed lunch and water required. Cost £10 |
| Duncan Macdonald Highland Council Ranger | Feagour; A superb, ancient route through a wild landscape with fabulous views and quite challenging. This route is through rough and rugged terrain mainly off path | Transport from Cairngorm Hotel, Aviemore 10am | return transport from Feagour, Strath Mashie | Moderate/Strenuous | Stout footwear, suitable outdoor clothing, packed lunch required. Cost £10 |
| AWF Leader | Craigellachie, Aviemore. Walk on paths through the National Nature Reserve to the top of Craigellachie, with beautiful views of Strathspey and the Cairngorms. | Meet at Cairngorm Hotel, Aviemore at 11am. No transport required | As start | Moderate | Stout footwear, suitable outdoor clothing, packed lunch required. Cost £5 |
| Cairngorm Ranger Service | An afternoon with Milly the search and rescue dog. Join Milly, the Search and Rescue Dog Association (SARDA) Border collie who, with the help of her Ranger handler Heather, will show you how rescue dogs can find a casualty on the hill even when they are completely invisible to onlookers. The afternoon will involve a walk to Coire an’t Sneachda, demonstrations by Milly, a visit to the Rescue Box and lots of interesting mountain rescue stories. Suitable for all ages. | Cairngorm Ranger Base, car park at the top of ski road at 1pm. OS Grid NH990 060. Car share or Service Bus. Check in to Cairngorm Hotel on your way. | Cairngorm Ranger Base | Moderate | Mountain walking kit, including boots Max: 15 Min 4 Free but £5 donation to SARDA on the day. |
| AWF Leader | Lochan Mor, Loch an Eilein & Balvattan This route is mostly on Rothiemurchus Estate taking in the "Lily" Loch, a ruined castle on Loch an Eilein and ending with views from Balvatten across Rothiemurchus to Loch Pityoulish. | Inverdruie car park at 1.00 pm. OS Grid NH 902 109. Walk to start 1.5km/1mile from Cairngorm Hotel or Car share | As start | Moderate | Stout footwear, suitable outdoor clothing. Only graded as moderate due to distance covered Cost £5 |