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Originally Posted by diggleken  If you can slum it, the FC tent/camp site at Loch Morlich is very good - lots of great walks from there into the wilderness, with abundant wildlife close by too, plus the deer herd! |
I think 'reindeer' herd is meant above!
I personally have camped at Coylum Bridge for the last few years. It's much quieter than the Forestry Commision one.
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If you are pushed for time, take the cable car up Cairngorm and descend back via a number of good routes,
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My understanding is that they don't let you out if you go up on the funicular, except onto a viewing platform. At least that was the original intention to prevent excessive pressure on the plateau from casual day trippers.
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In the forests, keep quiet and go off the trail, at early light and late evening, pine marten and others such as capers are better seen then.
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The capercaille are suffering a serious decline. It's thought that they fly into deer fences and get killed. It's also thought that because their feeding on young pine needles takes up a lot of the day, the disturbance caused by the increase in visitors in the region prevents them getting enough food. I haven't seen one for years.
Jim