A sandy loch beach in Glenmore forest with the Cairngorm massif reflected on a still day and a watersports centre right there for a paddle afterwards. The water stays cold even in high summer, but it's about as easy a Highland loch swim as you'll find.
Managed loch beach in Glenmore Forest Park, Cairngorms National Park; robust, well-known, watersports centre on site.
Glenmore/Loch Morlich pay car park (Forestry and Land Scotland).
Sandy beach directly from car park; watersports centre with launch slip.
Cairngorms, near Aviemore
A climb onto a genuinely sub-arctic plateau above Aviemore, past Lairig Ghru toward Ben Macdui, in some of the windiest conditi…
Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms
A level loop around a loch with a ruined castle on its island, set among some of the oldest Caledonian pines in Rothiemurchus. …
Kincraig, Cairngorms
A gentle Cairngorms loch run by a watersports centre, with ospreys often working the water and the mountains as backdrop. An ea…