CairnGorm Summer Events
Cairngorm Ranger Service will be providing guided walks to the summit of CairnGorm every second day in June, July and August to enable visitors to engage with the mountain at first hand. A range of other one-off themed walks catering for interests from birdwatching to archaeology and fungi will be on offer at various times during the summer.
On 25th and 26th July visitors can enjoy the spectacle of home-made soap-boxes, some of them very sophisticated vehicles indeed, hurtling free-wheel down the ski road in the first challenge of its kind at Cairn Gorm. Other challenges on the hill this year include the start and finish of the Cairngorm Classic Cycle Race on 13th June which takes competitors on 50 or 100 mile circuits from and to CairnGorm and the Mountain's very own 'Charmer' running and cycling relay race, now in its third year and growing in popularity every year.
The highest rock concert ever held in the UK will take place in the Ptarmigan Restaurant on Saturday 6th August. Rockin' the Mountain aims to raise funds for MFR's Cash for Kids campaign and other children's charities. Tickets for the concert which will headline The Windows and a very special guest are selling fast.
Tomintoul-based artist Jane Lanagan will be displaying and selling her work throughout the summer except for July when artists form the Creative Cairngorms group will be showing their work and when local artist Daniel Cottam will also have an exhibition.
And in the second half of August the Benromach Spirit of Speyside photographic exhibition will also be on view.
These exhibtions are all free to the public as will be the newest attraction at CairnGorm when it opens its doors in the mountain garden in July. The Camera Obscura takes you on a visual journey to 48 locations across Scotland, with a series of inter-connected digital vistas, panoramas and high definition moving images in four seasonal journeys along the points of the compass to the sea.
Also in July the ever-popular Highland Fling Ceilidh nights resume each Thursday, providing great entertainment and fun for all ages!
