Parking
Start at Feshiebridge Car Park. The access road climbs in steep zig-zags; a picnic area is on site.
Overview
About Feshiebruach Trail
Why go
- A short pinewood circuit with blaeberry, heather and red squirrel habitat.
Heads up
- Moderate slopes and narrower, sometimes muddy paths.
Map & elevation
The route
Loading the Cairngorms map
Full mapElevation235–256 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 Feshiebruach 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 trailhead
Feshiebridge and Frank Bruce’s Sculptures0:00 / 0:34
“You're nearing Feshiebridge, where the Frank Bruce Sculpture Trail makes an unusual woodland break. The gentle one-mile circuit takes about forty-five minutes through trees and a former walled garden.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Cairngorms Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Loch Insh, Paddling and the Boathouse
- Kincraig’s Lochside Loop
- The Bird That Sounds Like Stones
- A Swan Family’s First Crossing
- 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
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Feshiebruach Trail
The loopFeshiebruach is a short circular walk through mixed pinewood, with blaeberry, heather and the…
Feshiebruach is a short circular walk through mixed pinewood, with blaeberry, heather and the chance to hear red squirrels. The loop is about 1 km (0.62 mi) from Feshiebridge Car Park; allow around 45 minutes. Expect firm gravel tracks, narrower unsurfaced sections and moderate slopes; some patches can be muddy. The stored line is an approximate trace from the local map, not a surveyed track, so follow the path on the ground at junctions.
What to look forBlaeberry and heather grow beneath the pines.
Blaeberry and heather grow beneath the pines. Red squirrels are around; listen for faint scratching as they climb the trees. It’s a compact forest walk rather than a climb to a summit or named viewpoint.
Starting outFeshiebridge has a picnic area but no public toilets.
Feshiebridge has a picnic area but no public toilets. The approach road climbs in steep zig-zags; the nearest places to eat are in Kincraig, with public toilets in Aviemore, Glenmore and Kingussie. Dogs are allowed under responsible access rules, but a local ground-nesting bird notice asks for leads from 1 April to 15 August.
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.
