Visitor center · Cairngorms National Park
Glen Doll’s ranger base for forest walks and the Corrie Fee route.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Cairngorms Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Cairngorms National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Glen Doll and Corrie Fee“You're coming up on Glen Doll, the road end for the walk to Corrie Fee.”
Plays as you drive up to Glen Doll Ranger Base in the Parkwolf Cairngorms Tour Guide.
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Glen Doll Ranger Base is a small visitor centre and ranger reception at the road end of Glen Doll, near the head of Glen Clova. Its displays cover the glen, Corrie Fee and the wider Cairngorms; leaflets cover local walks and cycling. It is a useful place to choose a route before setting out, rather than Corrie Fee itself.
Forestry and Land Scotland lists six scenic trails for Glen Doll. The Fee Trail follows forest tracks for 3.5 km from the car park to the entrance of Corrie Fee National Nature Reserve. Allow for that approach if the reserve is your goal; driving to the ranger base does not bring you to the corrie.
Corrie Fee is a natural amphitheatre carved by a glacier. Its steep corrie walls shelter arctic-alpine plants; mid-May to mid-July is the strongest period for alpine flowers such as globeflower and dwarf mountain willow. In winter, the waterfall can freeze and snow can be deep, so conditions on the hills beyond the base can change the feel of the walk.
Wildlife
159 sightingsRed DeerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
63 sightingsReindeerMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
102 sightingsOspreyMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
37 sightingsBlack GrouseMost seen around 4 AMSighting map
72 sightingsRed GrouseMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
82 sightingsPine MartenMost seen around 9 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Cairngorms. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
ModerateCorrie Fee Trail7 km · 2.5 hr · At the trailheadA steady climb opens onto a glacial bowl and waterfall.
ModerateSouth Esk Trail3.4 km · 1 hr · At the trailheadA short loop beside the South Esk, with open Glen Clova views.
ModerateDounalt Trail8.4 km · 3 hr · At the trailheadFollow White Water through larches, then return along Jock’s Road.ChallengingMayar and Driesh Circuit15.4 km · 6 hr · 0.2 km awayTwo Munros by a glacial corrie, waterfall, and open plateau
ModerateWhite Water Trail4 km · 1.5 hr · 0.2 km awayA short riverside loop crossing a footbridge in Glen Doll.
ModerateLoch Brandy Trail5.3 km · 3 hr · 5.3 km awayA steep climb to a dark loch beneath a rocky corrie.
ModerateKilbo Path7.5 km · 4 hr · 6.5 km awayA high glen-to-glen pass with a faint line across the plateau.Parkwolf’s Cairngorms ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
