Britain's largest National Park, the Cairngorms are the most extensive range of high mountains in the UK, with a vast, tundra-like wilderness at the heart of the region. This is encircled by the beautiful valleys of the River Spey and the River Dee, each passing through beautiful landscapes of Caledonian pinewoods teeming with wildlife. Aviemore on the northern side is the best known centre, joined by other Kingussie, Newtonmore and Grantown-on-Spey, all close to or on the River Spey.

To the south is Royal Deeside. Ballater is the main centre here together with the attractive village of Braemar, with Balmoral Castle lies between. To the northeast are the remote but more rolling hills of Glenlivet, famous for its whisky distilleries.

The site also features a range of self-catering cottages, bed and breakfasts, hotels, and hostels.

All the featured routes are available as free QUO digital route downloads for GPS. For those who haven't yet switched to QUO, .GPX downloads are also provided.

Map of Cairngorms region derived from SVG map of Scotland by Eric Gaba; licenced under CCSA.

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