Aviemore is a town and tourist resort, situated within
the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of
Scotland. The town is popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking
in the Cairngorm Mountains.
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CAIRNGORMS
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Aviemore
has been in existence since the 1600s, the quiet growth of this historic village of Aviemore began in the 1800s with the
advent of the railways, when it functioned as a small junction on the old
Highland Railway. It is situated on the plain overlooked by the Monadhliath and
Cairngorm Mountains. With the advent of the
rail, travel inevitably became easier in this previously inaccessible area of Scotland.
Aviemores’ popularity as a holiday destination grew, especially with Queen
Victoria who visited regularly, enjoying the nearby spa village of Grantown-on-Spey
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| Loch an Eilen |
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Castle on Loch an Eilen
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| Loch Morlich |
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| Carn Lochan na Bienne |
The
awesome Cairngorms beckoned to the intrepid explorers, climbers and geologists
of the time, many of whom were already hardy visitors to Aviemore, seeking a
challenge and the truth of existence. In the 1800s many of these geologists
combed the Cairngorm
Mountain range searching
for the cairngorm semi-precious stone, a wonderful pale gold or amber in
colour,
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Storm Clouds over Loch Morlich
The village began to grow as a result of it
becoming a railway junction in 1898,
following which the Highland Railway became a major constructing housing for
its staff and the Aviemore Hotel. Aviemore became one of the first skiing resorts
to be established in Scotland
with the opening of the chairlift in 1961 and is also notable for being near
the freely grazing reindeer herd at Glen More, the only one in the United Kingdom. The resort has since grown into Britain's most
visited ski resort during the winter months.
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