{"id":255,"date":"2022-01-02T13:04:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T12:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/?p=16865"},"modified":"2022-01-04T17:21:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T16:21:13","slug":"best-walks-in-the-cairngorms-national-park","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/best-walks-in-the-cairngorms-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Best walks in the Cairngorms National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Daniel Graham\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 02 January 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The Cairngorms teems with towering trees, shimmering lochs and busy wildlife. It was established as a national park in 2003, and later extended in 2010 to become our largest one \u2013 almost twice the size of the Lake District<\/a> \u2013 home to four of the five highest mountains<\/a> in Britain. The park is pockmarked with 60 lochs and many more lochans (small lochs), along with more than half the surviving ancient Caledonian forest. A quarter of Britain\u2019s threatened animal, plant, insect and fungi species are found in the Cairngorms, some of which are endemic to the park. For unique wildlife, there is nowhere like it.<\/p>\n

Zip up your coat, strap on your walking boots and get ready to explore the still lochs,\u00a0rushing rivers and\u00a0rugged landscape of the Cairngorms National Park.<\/p>\n

Our guide to the most beautiful walks in the Cairngorms National Park includes route descriptions and maps.<\/p>\n

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A mountain hare hunkers down in a snow storm in the Cairngorms National Park\/Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n
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Best walks in the Cairngorms<\/h2>\n

Falls of Bruar, Perth and Kinross<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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The Falls of Bruar lie just north of\u00a0Blair Athol\/Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Step carefully beneath golden larches, towering Scots pines and over magnificent mountain ash roots in pursuit of a roaring Cairngorms cascade.<\/p>\n

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