Outstanding National - Cairngorms National Park

An Outstanding
National Park
What is in a name?
Cairngorms means blue hills from the blue crystals
found here but the Gaelic Am Mhonaidh Ruaraidh
means red hills from the pink granite.
Blue hills or Red Hills…
100 countries have
National Parks
Cairngorms is part of that
International Family and
is the largest in the UK.
you choose
Twice the size of the
Lake District National Park
and bigger than
the whole of
Luxembourg.
90%
6
%
94
%
of British
people think
National Parks
are important
places
47% of the Cairngorms
National Park is
considered wild land
Wild enough for our own Yeti….
Fearlas Mhor
49%
of the Park is of international
importance for nature
(protected by European Law)
is translated as the Big Grey Man!
“I was seized with terror
and took to my heels”
“One day’s exposure to the mountains
is better than a cart load of books”
Professor Norman Collie
John Muir (Scots born founder
(1925 on Ben Macdui)
of all National Parks)
www.cairngorms.co.uk
Our Outstanding
National Park
Four of the five highest
mountains in the UK
1350m
1300m
1291m
1309m
18,000 people live and work here
Property and
Construction
1296m
1200m
4236ft
4295ft
4081ft
4252ft
Cairn Toul
Ben Macdui
Cairn Gorm
Braeriach
The Park is owned by lots of people
6%
Public
Sector
1244m
1250m
Forestry 3%
Whisky 1%
17%
Food and
Agriculture
12%
43%
18,000
Other
Production 2%
14%
Services and Activities
75% Private
10% Public bodies
Tourism
Information
Industries 2%
15% Charities
A geologist’s
paradise
“Granite defines
the landscape”
The largest area of
native woodland in Britain
Caledonian pine, juniper, birch,
rowan, aspen, alder and willow
Rachel Wignall, geologist
The high plateau is more
like the arctic than Scotland
Snow can last all year like in
Corrie an Sneachda
- Corrie of the snow
There are three
mighty rivers in the Park
And world class fishing….
www.cairngorms.co.uk