Glenmore Forest Park

An easy, family-friendly walk in the Cairngorms National Park.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 6.01 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 00 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 113 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 110 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 427 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 333 m

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Description of the walk

(S/F) Start the car park of the Glenmore Visitor Centre. Take the road east-south-east (Glenmore Lodge Road) which passes just beneath the "Reindeer House”. This path runs along Norwegian Lodge then Glenmore Lodge.

(1) Pass by a path on the right and keep climbing into the forest.

(2) After a kilometre and a half you will overlook a lovely little loch called An Lochan Uaine.

(3) After a short stop at the loch, retrace your steps over a short distance and take the path that leads right into the forest.

(4) Take a moment to enjoy the view of the mountains opposite (to the south) where Scots go to ski in winter. The trail then leads to a wider forest road. Continue to walk this road a further roughly 1.8 km to reach the Visitor Centre (S/F).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 335 m - Glenmore Visitor Centre
  2. 1 : km 1.62 - alt. 347 m - Intersection, continue straight on
  3. 2 : km 3.18 - alt. 364 m - An Lochan Uaine
  4. 3 : km 3.28 - alt. 364 m - Y-intersection, turn right
  5. 4 : km 4.15 - alt. 420 m - Landscaped viewpoint
  6. S/E : km 6.01 - alt. 333 m - Glenmore Visitor Centre

Practical information

Beneath the Glenmore Visitor Centre there is a large camping site on the shore of Loch Morlich with a nice sandy beach.

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