Founding

In Watson the author writes that it was founded at Clach Dhion - the Shelter Stone above Loch Avon in the Cairngorms

Cairngorms

The Cairngorms are a mountain range in the eastern Highlands of Scotland closely associated with the mountain of the same name - Cairn Gorm.-Name:...

 on 24 June 1887. The club's own website records the same year (only), while Alexander (1928) gives the year (only) as being 1889.

Cairngorm Club Journal

In Alexander (1928) the author writes that the Cairngorm Club Journal has been published since 1893, currently in its eleventh volume at his time of writing, and refers to many articles in the form : (C.C.J., vol. iii. p. 370). The first editor of the CCJ was Alexander Inkson McConnochie.

Each edition of the CCJ comprises a number of articles usually, but not always, focused on some aspect of the Cairngorms - for example:

Volume I

• The Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Cairngorms - Prof. J. W. H. Trail
• The Eastern Cairngorms - A. I. McConnochie
• The Central Cairngorms - A. I. McConnochie
• Outlying Nooks of Cairngorm - Rev. W. Forsyth

Volume II

• The Western Cairngorms - A. I. McConnochie
• The Braemar Highlands after the '45
• The Mountains of Scotland over 2000 feet: The Cairngorms - C. G. Cash
• Outlying Nooks of Cairngorm - Rev. W. Forsyth
• Outline View of the Cairngorms from Aviemore - C. G. Cash

Cairngorm Club Bridges

The Cairngorm Club are responsible for the construction of many bridges throughout the Cairngorms including those over the Luibeg Burn at Preas nam Meirleach, and over the River Dee at Corrour Bothy

Corrour Bothy

Corrour Bothy is a simple stone building on Mar Lodge Estate, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.It is located below Coire Odhar between The Devil's Point and Cairn Toul on the western side of the River Dee in the Lairig Ghru....

. Probably the most famous is the Cairngorm Club Footbrige over the Am Beanaidh in Rotheimurchus Forrest.