Contents SCENE SETTING ....................................................................................................................................... 3 What is the ORP? ................................................................................................................................ 3 Key Activities ....................................................................................................................................... 4 What is an ORP Action? ...................................................................................................................... 4 What is an ORP Aspiration? ................................................................................................................ 4 National Park Partnership Plan 2012-2017 Vision for Outdoor Recreation ....................................... 4 Local Plan Vision for Outdoor Recreation ........................................................................................... 6 European Charter for Sustainable Tourism ........................................................................................ 6 Core Paths Plan ................................................................................................................................... 7 Visitor Management Plans .................................................................................................................. 7 National Park Tourism Strategy 2012-2017 ........................................................................................ 8 Preparatory Work ............................................................................................................................... 8 RECREATION AND ACCESS .................................................................................................................... 10 Active Travel ...................................................................................................................................... 10 All-ability Access................................................................................................................................ 11 Archery .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Camping ............................................................................................................................................ 14 Caving ................................................................................................................................................ 15 Climbing ............................................................................................................................................ 16 Cycling – Day ..................................................................................................................................... 18 Cycling – Hubs ................................................................................................................................... 21 Cycling – Long Distance ..................................................................................................................... 23 Cycling – Settlements ........................................................................................................................ 25 Diving ................................................................................................................................................ 32 Dog sledging ...................................................................................................................................... 32 Fishing ............................................................................................................................................... 33 Flight / Airsports - Powered & unpowered (excl. aircraft & helicopter) .......................................... 34 Golf .................................................................................................................................................... 35 Horse riding – Hubs ........................................................................................................................... 36 Horse riding – Multi Day ................................................................................................................... 39 Outdoor Recreation Plan 2013 – 2017 Page | 1 Kayaking & canoeing ......................................................................................................................... 40 Land-based motorised activities ....................................................................................................... 44 Motor boating ................................................................................................................................... 45 Personal Water Craft ........................................................................................................................ 46 Recreational Towing ......................................................................................................................... 46 Rowing .............................................................................................................................................. 47 Sailing ................................................................................................................................................ 47 Ski Mountaineering ........................................................................................................................... 48 Stalking & Field Sports ...................................................................................................................... 50 Swimming – Open water ................................................................................................................... 51 Walking – Visitor Hubs and Feature Paths ........................................................................................ 52 Walking – Long Distance ................................................................................................................... 54 Walking -Settlements ........................................................................................................................ 59 Walking - Upland ............................................................................................................................... 67 Wilderness Exploration ..................................................................................................................... 75 SUSTAINABLE ACTIVITY PROMOTION ................................................................................................... 76 Packaging & Promotion .................................................................................................................... 76 Events and Competitions .................................................................................................................. 78 Sustainable Transport ....................................................................................................................... 79 Outdoor and Community Sports Hubs .............................................................................................. 80 NATIONAL PARK SCENIC ROUTES ......................................................................................................... 82 MONITORING ........................................................................................................................................ 84 Visitor Counter Network ................................................................................................................... 84 Monitoring Success of the Outdoor Recreation Plan ....................................................................... 85 Outdoor Recreation Plan 2013 – 2017 Page | 2 SCENE SETTING What is the ORP? This Outdoor Recreation Plan (ORP) outlines commitments and intentions held by all stakeholders which will enhance outdoor recreation opportunities across Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park over the next five years. The overall goal is that the combined actions and aspirations will result in increased and widened participation in outdoor recreation by the public. Although the online format and content will be of interest to a wide audience the main purpose of this plan is to ensure cross-partner co-ordination, stakeholder agreements and commitments to complete actions which are agreed will maximise value for money and public benefit. The resource network shown is not a navigational tool and only shows what activity opportunities partners throughout the Park are looking to provide within the next five years. Many paths and actions shown on the system do not currently exist. The mapping has been designed for viewing at 1:25,000 scale with a maximum viewing threshold of 1:7,500. All efforts have been made to ensure that the mapping is as accurate as possible, however inevitably some errors may have occurred when uploading such a large dataset. The principal of responsible access is key to the ORP however as the structure of the plan is activity led, the ORP project team have generally categorised each path under activity headings. It should be noted that if a path is not scored under cycling, for example, this simply acknowledges that the path specification does not meet criteria for promotion under that cycling banner and access rights would still apply to the path. The breadth of activities covered within this plan is extremely large, however