16th August 2025 : Day Meet : Cairngorm Ski Centre – Loch Avon Circuit (Possible Weekend)

Day walk: Cairngorm Ski Centre, Loch Avon circuit.

Overnight stay: Option of an overnight stay in self arranged accommodation one or both nights.
If you wish to attend the walk only, click Attend on Spond.

Should you wish to stay overnight please contact Ralph directly.

Organiers Day walk Paul Yarnold
Overnight stay Ralph Davidson

OS Landranger Map: Sheet 36 Grantown & Aviemore
Start point: Cairngorms Ski Centre car park NH989061
Distance from Stonehaven to Start Point: 112miles
Drive time Stonehaven to Start Point: 2hrs 40 minutes approx.
Walk distance: 12.6 kms.
Estimated duration: 7hrs
Ascent: 976m

From the Ski Centre follow the path south to Coire an Sneachda and climb the corrie face. (Ralph may offer volunteers an alternative route via a scramble up Fiacaill Ridge). Walk eastwards round the rim of the corrie via Stob Coire an t Sneachda to the path through Coire Raibeirt south to Loch Avon. Follow the path northeast along the lochside to The Saddle then north and west via Ptarmigan viewpoint and northwest back to the car park.