Glen Doll

Don't forget to look up when the trail opens out at the top of Glen Clova – if you're lucky, you may spot golden eagles circling overhead.

Listen for flocks of siskins twittering in the forest canopy and watch out for red squirrels and roe deer amongst the pines.

There's a real wow factor when you arrive at the great bowl of Corrie Fee, a vast amphitheatre carved out of the hillside by glaciers. Although the ice is long gone, plants still grow here that thrive in an arctic climate. Look out for purple coltsfoot clinging to the corrie's craggy slopes – this is the only place in Britain where it grows.

Corrie Fee is one of the Cairngorms National Park's National Nature Reserves because of its remarkable geology, wildlife and rare arctic alpine plants. Signal posts along the route will tell you more of its remarkable story.

From the entrance to Corrie Fee you can continue into the reserve and onto the plateau of the Cairngorm Mountains. This longer route is 6 miles (10 km): allow 4 hours.

This trail follows part of Jock's Road, an ancient sheep-droving route to Braemar on Deeside that was also popular with cattle rustlers and whisky smugglers!

Watch out for red deer on the craggy slopes above you – in autumn you may hear the stags roaring as they challenge each other for a mate.

This trail leads you deeper into the forest, which is the territory of the elusive pine marten – you might spot its dark, coiled droppings (called scats) on the grassy track leading down to the river. The route crosses the historic Kilbo Path to Glen Prosen, thought to be an old drovers' route for walking sheep and cattle to market.