Parking
Limited parking near the track by Mid Curr Farm; keep gates clear.
Overview
About Curr Wood Trail
Why go
- Short pinewood walk to a viewpoint over the Spey
- Firm track and path for most of the route
Heads up
- Short moderate climb near the viewpoint
- Limited parking near Mid Curr Farm
Map & elevation
The route
Loading the Cairngorms map
Full mapElevation247–290 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
3 active Cairngorms alerts
- CautionStorm Boelo high windsStorm Boelo will bring extremely windy weather to the Cairngorms; take extra care and limit time outdoors. - The Park Authority expects the very windy weather to last until Monday 26 October.Official details
- ClosureGlenmore wildfire closures and dangerous treesWildfire damage has closed Allt Mor car park and the path to Sugarbowl/Utsi’s Bridge; keep out of the closed area.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Cairngorms Tour Guide
Your drive to Curr Wood Trail, narrated.
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.
See the Cairngorms audio tourRecorded for this area
The Discs Beneath an Oak Leaf0:00 / 0:32
“On an autumn woodland walk, turn over an oak leaf and look for tiny brown discs underneath. These may be common spangle galls, each only a few millimetres across.”
Plays on the road 0.2 km from the trailhead in the Parkwolf Cairngorms Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- The Speyside Centre: Clootie Dumpling and Gardens
- Castle Roy and its Courtyard
- Grunts Above the Treetops
- Water’s Path Through Solid Rock
- 298 audio storiesacross Cairngorms’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Red Deer, Reindeer, Osprey, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 260 trails, 90 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
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Trail guide
Hiking Curr Wood Trail
The walkCurr Wood Trail is a short pinewood out-and-back to a viewpoint above the River Spey.
Curr Wood Trail is a short pinewood out-and-back to a viewpoint above the River Spey. The current trail information lists 2 km (1¼ miles) return and about 45 minutes. From the track near Mid Curr Farm, the route follows firm gravel and then firm earth, with a few uneven stretches. It starts gently, with a short, steeper section near the viewpoint. Published figures differ: an older leaflet gives 0.75 mile (1 km) one way, and the mapped line is only an approximate trace. Check current local information if the exact distance matters.
The viewpointThe path climbs to views over the Spey toward the Braes of Abernethy and Castle Roy.
The path climbs to views over the Spey toward the Braes of Abernethy and Castle Roy. The brief steeper slope is the main effort; the open view is the payoff.
Local historyA burial cairn in Curr Wood is associated with two Stone Age coffins.
A burial cairn in Curr Wood is associated with two Stone Age coffins. The available trail map does not establish whether the cairn is beside this path, so treat it as background to the wood rather than a wayfinding stop on the walk.
Access and dogsThe start is on the track near Mid Curr Farm, where parking is limited; keep gates clear.
The start is on the track near Mid Curr Farm, where parking is limited; keep gates clear. Dogs may accompany walkers, but from 1 April to 15 August keep them on a lead and on the path to protect ground-nesting birds.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Cairngorms
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.
