Corrie Fee from Glen Doll

The walk starts from the Glen Doll car park at the head of Glen Clova, where there is a ranger post, toilets and a parking charge. Forest tracks lead past the farm at Acharn and the start of Jock's Road, the old right of way over to Braemar, then across the White Water. The Corrie Fee trail climbs gently through the trees to the deer fence at the entrance to Corrie Fee National Nature Reserve, where the whole corrie comes into view. Return the same way.

It is 7.0 km (4.3 miles) with 194 m (640 ft) of ascent; allow about 2¼ hours. The grade is Easy.

Corrie Fee is a huge bowl carved by a glacier, with mounds of moraine on its floor and a waterfall at the back. Rare arctic-alpine plants grow here, and golden eagles hunt over the crags. A well-made path continues across the corrie floor and climbs steeply beside the waterfall, a fine extension, though the plateau above is hill-walking ground.

Jock's Road has a special place in the story of access in Scotland: in the late nineteenth century a court case over it was fought as far as the House of Lords.

Route drawn by Global Adventurer along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), with figures worked out from it. Check the forecast and the ground on the day: paths change.