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Access Outdoor Scottish the Remember • very rapidly. very be warm and dry higher up as mountain conditions change change conditions mountain as up higher dry and warm be Leaving the car park in sunshine does not mean that it will will it that mean not does sunshine in park car the Leaving This is known as recessional moraine. recessional as known is This including sleet or snow between autumn and late spring. spring. late and autumn between snow or sleet including glacier melted in stages, each time leaving behind a ridge. a behind leaving time each stages, in melted glacier Be prepared for sudden changes in mountain weather, weather, mountain in changes sudden for prepared Be • mounds form a pattern of ridges showing how the Corrie Fee Fee Corrie the how showing ridges of pattern a form mounds From the top of the corrie looking down you can see these these see can you down looking corrie the of top the From excursion. excursion. waterproof clothing, and food and drink for a whole day’s day’s whole a for drink and food and clothing, waterproof in heather. Look out for them as you walk up through the corrie. the through up walk you as them for out Look heather. in You will need walking boots with a good tread, warm and and warm tread, good a with boots walking need will You • melted, leaving behind distinctive mounds that are now covered covered now are that mounds distinctive behind leaving melted, As the Scottish climate grew warmer the Corrie Fee glacier glacier Fee Corrie the warmer grew climate Scottish the As and short areas of unguarded boardwalk. boardwalk. unguarded of areas short and or icy. Some sections of the path are steep with cross drains drains cross with steep are path the of sections Some icy. or leaving gravelly debris behind filling the floor of the glen. the of floor the filling behind debris gravelly leaving prepared for rough ground that can sometimes be slippery slippery be sometimes can that ground rough for prepared As the ice melted, the glaciers retreated back into the corries, corries, the into back retreated glaciers the melted, ice the As things you will see on route to Corrie Fee NNR. Fee Corrie to route on see will you things track becomes a steep mountain trail, so you need to be be to need you so trail, mountain steep a becomes track carving out the rough shape of the glen over thousands of years. years. of thousands over glen the of shape rough the out carving Muir of Dinnet and Invereshie and Inshriach NNRs. Inshriach and Invereshie and Dinnet of Muir and crossbill. Signal posts along the trail will reveal some of the the of some reveal will trail the along posts Signal crossbill. and about 2 hours there and back to the edge of the forest. The The forest. the of edge the to back and there hours 2 about plucking up rocks and excavating the ground underneath, underneath, ground the excavating and rocks up plucking glacially carved features can be seen on the Creag Meagaidh, Meagaidh, Creag the on seen be can features carved glacially some of the wildlife here, such as red squirrel, roe deer, dipper dipper deer, roe squirrel, red as such here, wildlife the of some the top of the corrie and onto the Cairngorm plateau. Allow Allow plateau. Cairngorm the onto and corrie the of top the Then during the Ice Age, glaciers flowed down the glen, glen, the down flowed glaciers Age, Ice the during Then Similar processes happened all across the Cairngorms and other other and Cairngorms the across all happened processes Similar and colourful fungi in the autumn. Tread quietly and you may see see may you and quietly Tread autumn. the in fungi colourful and about 1.5 km through the Reserve. This climbs 670m up to to up 670m climbs This Reserve. the through km 1.5 about granite can be seen on the summits. the on seen be can granite As you walk up through the forest look out for woodland plants plants woodland for out look forest the through up walk you As You can continue your walk following the unmarked trail trail unmarked the following walk your continue can You • Corrie Fee and Corrie Sharroch. Corrie and Fee Corrie frost and ice wore away the softer rock above. Today this hard hard this Today above. rock softer the away wore ice and frost As it flowed downhill, the glacier ice excavated the deep corries of of corries deep the excavated ice glacier the downhill, flowed it As and rivers. and the edge of the wood, where you can see into the corrie. corrie. the into see can you where wood, the of edge the was exposed millions of years later after weathering by water, water, by weathering after later years of millions exposed was broadleaved trees like birch along the sides of the forest streams streams forest the of sides the along birch like trees broadleaved (roughly 45 minutes) along the waymarked forest trail to to trail forest waymarked the along minutes) 45 (roughly The magma cooled and hardened, becoming granite which granite becoming hardened, and cooled magma The July. of middle for wildlife. You can see Sitka spruce, Scots pine, larch and and larch pine, Scots spruce, Sitka see can You wildlife. for Corrie Fee NNR is reached after walking about 3.5km 3.5km about walking after reached is NNR Fee Corrie • deep inside the earth rose up to about 6km below the surface. surface. the below 6km about to up rose earth the inside deep the in even crampons, and axe ice rope, required have would a wider variety of tree species and create sustainable habitats sustainable create and species tree of variety wider a when several gigantic masses of molten rock (magma) from from (magma) rock molten of masses gigantic several when Fee Corrie through walk a then, Back Fee. Corrie in here glacier Glen Doll car park and finishing at the top of the corrie. corrie. the of top the at finishing and park car Doll Glen managed by the Forestry Commission Scotland to also encourage encourage also to Scotland Commission Forestry the by managed The Cairngorm mountains northwest of Glen Doll were formed formed were Doll Glen of northwest mountains Cairngorm The small a was there ago years 12,000 age ice the of end tail the At The Corrie Fee Trail runs for about 5km, beginning in the the in beginning 5km, about for runs Trail Fee Corrie The • originally planted in the 1950s and 1960s for timber, and today today and timber, for 1960s and 1950s the in planted originally Earthmoving glaciers Earthmoving ice by carved armchairs Giant’s The trail to Corrie Fee first takes you through a working forest, forest, working a through you takes first Fee Corrie to trail The Trail tips Trail Moraine corries The wonders Woodland Getting there Take the B955 north from Kirriemuir to the head of Glen What to see in Corrie Fee Clova, then take the minor road to Glen Doll car park. Hidden valley, hidden jewels Follow a glacier’s journey. The car park is 25km from Kirriemuir. The Glen Doll Walk up the Corrie Fee Trail to the edge of Glen Doll forest and Imagine its strength when it Ranger Base and toilets are by the car park. Corrie Fee enjoy the views of the natural amphitheatre of Corrie Sharroch carved out the cliffs and For public transport information please visit National Nature Reserve and the slopes of Craig Rennet, formed by glaciers and ice. corrie. Walk between the www.travelinescotland.com hummocks and erratics that Welcome to the botanical paradise of Corrie Fee National show where its power literally Nature Reserve, managed by Scottish Natural Heritage. There melted away. For more information please contact: are nine National Nature Reserves in and around the Scottish Natural Heritage Tel: 01224 266516. Cairngorms National Park. Fee Burn Follow the burn as it flows down the corrie and discover the Look out for white bog cotton, yellow bog plants, birds and mammals that make this quiet mountain asphodel and purple cross- leaved heath Search for ‘Scotland’s National landscape special. Nature Reserves’ on Facebook. flowers brightening the wet flushes With the correct equipment, you can walk up through the corrie between May and August. to the Cairngorm plateau and onward to the nearby Munros of © Scottish Natural Heritage 2019 Mayar and Dreish to experience the whole upland atmosphere. ISBN: 978-1-85397-807-4 Cotton grass Support this NNR at www.nature.scot/donate-nnr Discover the deep blue delicate milkwort and sunshine yellow tormentil between June and August when their flowers nestle amongst the drier heath.