Cairngorms 2026 (Winter Mountaineering)
All Day
08/02/2026 – 12/02/2026
This season we are heading for the Caingorms. This rugged and spectacular landscape, offers a wide variety of winter experiences from tackling the peaks of the second tallest mountain in the UK, Ben Macdui (1,309 metres), Braeriach, Cairn Gorm, or Lochnagar, to walking the classic winter trails such as the Lairig Ghru. For 2026 we have booked Mill Cottage (The Bell Memorial Hut) situated at Feshiebridge.
Accommodation
14 persons - 2 rooms with 4 bunks each, 1 room with alpine platform for 6. Mattresses provided. Grassland and birchwood area for camping.
Location
0.25 miles to North West of Feshiebridge, off the B970. Follow old A9 to Kincraig, between Kingussie and Aviemore, take the side road in Kincraig (turn east), over bridge and past the Loch Insh Watersports Centre. Left at T-junction, and left into Forestry Commission car park, taking left fork onto unpaved track above the car park. Turn down right fork after passing below pylon line. Approx 300 yards from public road. OS Sheet 35; 1: 50,000, Kingussie; Grid Reference NH 847 047 Post Code PH21 1NF
Note that SATNAV is inaccurate on the approach to Mill Cottage and is likely to lead up a dead-end estate road.
To secure your place, please request to join the CMC Community subgroup Cairngorms 2026) , and transfer £30 to the club account (Sort code: 30-98-97, Account: 30143768) using the reference: Surname/Mill-26.
