Archives for 2009
New Directors Apponted
The Cairngorms Outdoors Access Trust (COAT) has appointed 2 new directors to help steer the Trust in the development of its new business plan. Paul Johnson and Jeremy Roberts have been co-opted as Directors, to bring specific skills to the Board. Paul Johnson was formally Head of Countryside Management for the National Trust for Scotland […]...
Craigellachie Access Path
Craigellachie National Nature Reserve (NNR) is located on the West side of Aviemore, just 15 minutes walk from the town centre. The reserve features birch woodland, lochans, breeding peregrine falcons and spectacular views of the Cairngorm Mountains. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has overseen work to develop paths and all-abilities routes through the reserve accompanied by […]...
Kingussie to Newtonmore path link
Following consultation with Kingussie Community Development Company and Newtonmore & Vicinity Community Council and with generous co-operation from Pitmain Estate, an upgrade to the informal path from Kingussie to Newtonmore via loch Gynack has been agreed. The route winds up though birch woodland from the Golf Course in Kingussie past loch Gynack and on up to […]...
Cairngorms Upland Path Audit
The Upland Path Audit is a culmination of two rounds of evidence gathering and consultation to identify and prioritise the upland paths in the Cairngorms National Park that most require work in order to enhance and protect the upland landscape and heritage to which they give access too. The first of these was carried […]...
Tarland All-abilities Path
Alastrean Woods contains some beautiful woodland and fantastic views of Deeside. Existing trods however meant that it was not accessible to people of all-abilities. COAT took forward the project to develop a circular all abilities trail, covering some 1.2km. Development was done with the current all-abilities standards very much in mind, and a great deal […]...
21/09/2009AGM Press Release
ONWARDS AND UPWARDS – ACCESS TRUST MARKS ITS FIRST YEAR The Cairngorms Outdoors Access Trust (COAT) has it’s first AGM on 30th September 2009 at Boat Of Garten Community Hall. In what has been a very encouraging year, the Trust has developed and delivered key access projects at Kingussie, Strathdon and Tarland. COAT has also developed a […]...
Volunteers Upgrade Kingussie Path
A group of volunteers from the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers have now completed path improvement works on Kingussie’s Golf Course Circular path. The week long project focussed on improving the drainage on the worst sections of the route as well as constructing a boardwalk over a very boggy stretch. A popular path with both […]...
Joint Upland Maintenance Programme
Over the last 10-15 years Highlands and Islands Enterprise, The National Trust for Scotland and Upper Deeside Access Trust (now Cairngorms Outdoors Access Trust) have been highly successful in generating funding for and carrying out upland path repair and development on the Cairngorm Estate, Mar Lodge Estate and the Upper Deeside mountain path networks respectively. […]...
10/07/2009 New Chairman
New Chairman of COAT Board Appointed Peter Ord has been appointed chairman of the board of Cairngorms Outdoor Access Trust following the retirement of Patrick Chalmers. Mr Ord has been a director of the Trust since its inception as Upper Deeside Access Trust in 1988 and brings a wealth of experience to the […]...
Insh path improvements
Work has been undertaken to improve the path behind Insh village. Formerly, a 300m section of the path suffered from very poor drainage and initial work in March concentrated on reinstating the path side ditch and installing culverts to remove standing water from the path line. However, it was decided during works that the path […]...
