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Loch Etchachan

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Loch Etchachan

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Cairngorms National Park

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  • Location: Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    August 21, 2019

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    Loch Etchachan is an exceedingly remote freshwater loch set deep within the central Cairngorms plateau, in the Cairngorms National Park, located in the eastern Highlands of Scotland. It is the highest waterbody of its size in the UK, the surface being 927 metres above sea level.

    August 1, 2025

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    Amazing place to stop for a sandwich and great ride down from there but pretty rocky
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    This difficult 20.2-mile (32.6 km) jogging loop from Linn of Dee tackles Derry Cairngorm and Ben Macdui in Cairngorms National Park.

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    Location: Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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