Parking
Start at Allt Mor car park; parking is chargeable.
Overview
About Lodge Trail
Why go
- On-route dog-grave headstones give the woodland loop a distinctive story.
Heads up
- Uneven gravel, muddy patches and a few short steep slopes.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation332–369 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
3 active Cairngorms alerts
- ClosureGlenmore wildfire closures and dangerous treesMentions this trailWildfire damage has closed Allt Mor car park and the path to Sugarbowl/Utsi’s Bridge; keep out of the closed area.Official details
- 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
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Cairngorms Tour Guide
Your drive to Lodge 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
Allt Mòr and the Lodge Trail0:00 / 0:22
“Allt Mòr car park is coming up, and for a shorter forest outing, I'd choose the purple-marked Lodge Trail. The pinewood loop takes about an hour and a half, with uneven gravel and a couple of short steep slopes.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Cairngorms Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Hayfield and Pine Knoll
- Glenmore Lodge and Ryvoan Pass
- Cairngorm Reindeer Centre
- Glenmore and the Green Lochan
- 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 Lodge Trail
The loopThe Lodge Trail is a 2½-mile (3.
The Lodge Trail is a 2½-mile (3.9 km) loop through pine woods around Glenmore’s National Outdoor Learning Centre, starting at Allt Mor car park. Follow the purple waymarks; a short access path is shared on the way out and back around the lodge. Allow about 1½ hours for this moderate walk.
UnderfootMost of the route is on wide, uneven gravel, with patches that can turn muddy.
Most of the route is on wide, uneven gravel, with patches that can turn muddy. A couple of short, fairly steep slopes and some low branches make this more than a flat stroll. No toilet or drinking-water point is listed along the loop.
The dog headstonesSmall headstones beside the path near the lodge mark dogs buried there about a century ago by…
Small headstones beside the path near the lodge mark dogs buried there about a century ago by the Dennistoun family. The family ran a Glasgow shipping business and stayed at Glenmore on shooting parties; the stones are an unusual detail to look for as you pass.
Extend to Lochan UaineWhere the Lodge Trail meets the Ryvoan Trail, blue waymarks continue toward An Lochan Uaine…
Where the Lodge Trail meets the Ryvoan Trail, blue waymarks continue toward An Lochan Uaine (the Green Lochan). Going there and back adds 1½ miles (2.4 km); it is an optional extension, not part of the Lodge Trail distance.
AccessAllt Mor car park is the starting access, and parking is chargeable.
Allt Mor car park is the starting access, and parking is chargeable. Dogs are allowed; keep them on a lead where asked from 1 April to 31 August 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.
