UK's longest toboggan run approved for Cairn Gorm
The Cairngorms National Park Authority planning committee unanimously backed the mile-long "dual rider track" on Friday 13 November. The applicant says it could add almost £500,000 a year to the local economy.
The funicular railway on Cairn Gorm. A mile-long toboggan run has been approved for the mountain. · Photograph: David Monniaux (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Plans for a mile-long toboggan run on Cairn Gorm, described as the UK's highest and longest, were approved by the Cairngorms National Park Authority on Friday 13 November 2026.
The authority's planning committee, meeting in Grantown, backed the proposal unanimously, STV News reports.
What has been approved?
A "dual rider track" toboggan run, proposed by Cairngorm Mountain Ltd, which says it will offer a "safe, exciting, best-in-class experience for the public". It will be built on land about 300 metres east of the mountain. The idea was first raised in 2018.
Who supports and opposes it?
Aviemore Community Council supports the plan. Objectors argued it would be visually intrusive and that building it would breach local environmental policy.
What difference will it make?
The applicant claims the attraction could add almost £500,000 a year to the local economy.