These days Cairngorm Mountain is a very busy place throughout the summer, as well as our “normal” business we have lots of other things going on, and of course we are open 7 days of the week. At the week end we enjoyed hosting the inaugural Cairngorm Classic road cycling event. Promoted as UK’s highest event on a public road (632m) and held largely within the boundaries of the Cairngorms National Park, the event attracted over 350 cyclists of all standards.  The sting in the tail was the final climb up the hill road following 50 or 100 miles of cycling, depending which option you selected. Surprisingly at the Sugar Bowl section it is steeper than many alpine passes. (I took the easy option and enjoyed the 50 mile route). I am sure this event will grow in popularity – and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the organisers (for more information go to www.Handsonevents.co.uk). 

Other events coming up are:The Cairngorm Mountain Run on the 9^th August – 900metres of uphill slog for the really masochistic. www.cairngormmountainrun.co.uk  and in October the popular Cairngorm Charmer adventure relay running and mountain biking event  www.thecharmer.org On Sunday 22nd June the Biathlon Roller Ski Championships.will be taking place on the hill . This is  an opportunity to see some of the UK’s top biathlon skiers on roller skis. Racing starts at 9am on the hill road and the finish is at the Coire Cas Car Park. Racing will be  between 9.30am and 11am. 

As much as we enjoy helping to organise the events, we have a business to run and these events really do help to put Cairn Gorm on the map as well as increasing sales.  On Saturday the CAS bar was as busy as a winter week end with bacon rolls and cappuccinos top of the popularity stakes on the menu!

Bob    

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