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Tour · Scotland · On foot
Winter bothies of the Cairngorms
The tour · Cairngorms
Five short winter days between stone bothies, with a fire lit before you arrive.
This is a short winter trip for people who are curious about bothies and not sure about the cold. You need to be able to walk three hours on snow or frozen ground with a pack of about eight kilos. You do not need winter skills. We lend the kit and show you how to use it.
The days are short because the light is. We walk from nine to about two and reach the bothy with the fire already lit. The evening is soup, cards and an early night. Day three goes high only if the weather allows it.
What makes it is the bothy. No power, no signal, one stove and a room that is warm by five. A second guide goes ahead with the food and the wood, so you arrive to a lit window. Bring a book you can read by torch.
The itinerary · 5 days
The route, day by day.
Day 01 / 05Aviemore
Off the sleeper
Meet the morning train. Kit check, spare gloves handed out and a short walk in through the pines.
5 km on foot · night in a bothy
Route, day by dayDrag the line to travel it
What you pay for
What is included.
Included
- Four nights in stone bothies, with sleeping bags and mats
- All meals, cooked on the stove
- Winter kit on loan: an insulated jacket, microspikes and a head torch
- Transfers from and to Aviemore station
- Two guides with winter mountain training
Not included
- The train to Aviemore
- Walking boots
- Travel insurance
- Drinks in the village on the last day
Your guide
Calum MacRae
Lead guide, Scotland · Oban, Scotland
Grew up on a croft above the Sound of Mull and has walked every glen we use, most of them in the rain.
212tours led
Meet CalumTour · Scotland · On foot
Winter bothies of the Cairngorms
The tour · Cairngorms
Five short winter days between stone bothies, with a fire lit before you arrive.
This is a short winter trip for people who are curious about bothies and not sure about the cold. You need to be able to walk three hours on snow or frozen ground with a pack of about eight kilos. You do not need winter skills. We lend the kit and show you how to use it.
The days are short because the light is. We walk from nine to about two and reach the bothy with the fire already lit. The evening is soup, cards and an early night. Day three goes high only if the weather allows it.
What makes it is the bothy. No power, no signal, one stove and a room that is warm by five. A second guide goes ahead with the food and the wood, so you arrive to a lit window. Bring a book you can read by torch.
The itinerary · 5 days
The route, day by day.
Day 01 / 05Aviemore
Off the sleeper
Meet the morning train. Kit check, spare gloves handed out and a short walk in through the pines.
5 km on foot · night in a bothy
Route, day by day
What you pay for
What is included.
Included
- Four nights in stone bothies, with sleeping bags and mats
- All meals, cooked on the stove
- Winter kit on loan: an insulated jacket, microspikes and a head torch
- Transfers from and to Aviemore station
- Two guides with winter mountain training
Not included
- The train to Aviemore
- Walking boots
- Travel insurance
- Drinks in the village on the last day
Your guide
Calum MacRae
Lead guide, Scotland · Oban, Scotland
Grew up on a croft above the Sound of Mull and has walked every glen we use, most of them in the rain.
212tours led
Meet CalumTour · Scotland · On foot
Winter bothies of the Cairngorms
The tour · Cairngorms
Five short winter days between stone bothies, with a fire lit before you arrive.
This is a short winter trip for people who are curious about bothies and not sure about the cold. You need to be able to walk three hours on snow or frozen ground with a pack of about eight kilos. You do not need winter skills. We lend the kit and show you how to use it.
The days are short because the light is. We walk from nine to about two and reach the bothy with the fire already lit. The evening is soup, cards and an early night. Day three goes high only if the weather allows it.
What makes it is the bothy. No power, no signal, one stove and a room that is warm by five. A second guide goes ahead with the food and the wood, so you arrive to a lit window. Bring a book you can read by torch.
The itinerary · 5 days
The route, day by day.
Day 01 / 05Aviemore
Off the sleeper
Meet the morning train. Kit check, spare gloves handed out and a short walk in through the pines.
5 km on foot · night in a bothy
Route, day by dayDrag the line to travel it
What you pay for
What is included.
Included
- Four nights in stone bothies, with sleeping bags and mats
- All meals, cooked on the stove
- Winter kit on loan: an insulated jacket, microspikes and a head torch
- Transfers from and to Aviemore station
- Two guides with winter mountain training
Not included
- The train to Aviemore
- Walking boots
- Travel insurance
- Drinks in the village on the last day
Your guide
Calum MacRae
Lead guide, Scotland · Oban, Scotland
Grew up on a croft above the Sound of Mull and has walked every glen we use, most of them in the rain.
212tours led
Meet Calum
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