Cairngorms

Glen Feshie

Rewilding in action — reduced deer, returning pines, and a braided river through the southern Cairngorms that looks different every time you visit.

Glen Tilt

A legal right-of-way forged in an 1847 court case — the historic through-route from Blair Atholl to Braemar through some of the most remote terrain in the southern Highlands.

Glen Clova

The finest of the Angus Glens — quieter Munros, better skies, and a hotel at the end of the road that has been serving hillwalkers since the Victorian era.

Glen Doll

A Forestry Scotland glen at the head of Glen Clova — the start of Jock's Road, the most contested right-of-way in Scottish history.

Glen Esk

The most easterly and most agricultural of the Angus Glens — an approachable introduction to eastern Cairngorms walking with good Pictish history nearby.

Glen Lui

The Caledonian pine approach to the Cairngorm plateau — ancient trees, Derry Lodge ruins, and the southern gateway to Ben Macdui.

Glen Quoich

The hidden glen beside Glen Lui — the Punch Bowl gorge that most Linn of Dee visitors walk straight past, and a glen named, in Gaelic, after the very feature they miss.

Glen Tanar

One of the better-managed Caledonian pinewoods on Deeside, an ancient trans-Cairngorm road still walkable today, and the most easterly Munro approached from the south.

Glen Banchor

Three Monadhliath Munros starting 1km from Newtonmore train station — the most genuinely car-free Munro day in the Cairngorms National Park.