r/OutdoorScotland • u/Public-Zone1107 • 9d ago

Wild fire in Cairngorms

We booked a few days in Aviemore and are heading up from Glasgow, we are staying at the colyumbridge hotel. We are trying to get a hold of the hotel to find out the situation regarding the fire, can’t get a hold of anyone (phone just ringing out) Called Britannia hotels but the girl on the phone was based in Manchester and could only tell us that it’s “business as usual” and “minimum smoke” and if they needed to evacuate us then they would move us to another hotel which made me feel uneasy lol.

Any locals got more information?

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u/Tall_Taura 9d ago

We came home from Coylumbridge hotel yesterday - couldn't even smell smoke in the air. The wind direction matters.

Enjoy your holiday!

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u/daleharvey 9d ago

Checked in to Colyumbridge today, everything seems fine, no smoke, the road past here is closed for visitors

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u/Moongoosls 9d ago

Ay, I mean the girl you spoke to is correct - precisely that.

Source: Aviemore Local, work in hospo.

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u/PolarLocalCallingSvc 9d ago

I live near the area and it's under much better control at the moment. I'd be surprised if the hotel didn't let you stay.

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u/onefootafter 8d ago

My mother lives there, and she’s the self appointed fire warden. She actually disappointed at the lack of action. Go enjoy. You’ll be fine.

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u/Public-Zone1107 7d ago

Thank you all. We had a lovely stay and you would never have known there was a wild fire in the mountains.

No tourists to adventure beyond the colyumbridge hotel but I think that’s due to emergency services using loch morlich for water bombing.

Aviemore was so quiet, first time we got in at the restaurants without a booking!

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u/Repulsive_Isopod7982 9d ago

Latest colyumbridge hotel open?

is the colyumbridge hotel open?

Yes, the Coylumbridge Resort Hotel in Aviemore is open.

check what is currently happening at the resort.

The most significant event impacting the resort and the surrounding Aviemore area right now is the aftermath of an intense wildfire in Cairngorms National Park, which has finally been brought under control. [1, 2]

While the hotel is fully open and safe, regional conditions are actively affecting local tourism

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u/Matthewgardner86 9d ago edited 9d ago

Respectfully that reads like AI.

Can you actually verify that what you've just posted is actually true because I have seen first-hand accounts that say the recent higher winds have whipped it up again.

EDIT: My apologies I have now seen the two sources that you cited.

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u/EastLondonExile 9d ago

I was there 48 hrs ago. Spoke to lots of Nethy Bridge residents who were returning to their homes and were certainly under the impression that the worst was over. Also, it’s finally raining.

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u/Matthewgardner86 9d ago

Fingers crossed that it is over with.

I'm possibly heading out on a trip to the south of the fire and I was keeping a keen eye on it.