Hogmanay in Royal Deeside

Event Details

  • Start Date Monday, 29th of December 2025
  • End Date Monday, 5th of January 2026
  • Start/End Time 16:00 - 10:00
  • Near Ballater, Aberdeenshire
  • Categories
  • Groups ,
  • TerrainA mix of mountain and low level walking will be undertaken through the week

Hogmanay in Royal Deeside (Braemar)

Note that bookings for this event are now closed.  Please contact the event organiser if you want to book a place.

For this year's Hogmanay, we will be returning to the National Trust for Scotland's Mar Lodge in Royal Deeside, not far from Braemar.

We have booked one of the larger apartments in the lodge, which takes up one of the wings of the building.  The accommodation is very comfortable with a selection of twin and double rooms and, while only one of the rooms has an en-suite bathroom, there are plenty of other bathrooms serving the other rooms.  There is a large sitting/dining room, plus there is access to a billiards room shared with the other apartments.

The lodge is not far from the Linn of Dee, where most of the walks into the Southern Cairngorms start.  There is an easily accessible Corbett just out of the back door and there are plenty of low level valley walks in the area.

Photographs are from past GOC meets at Mar Lodge.

People intending to take part in this event should read GOC's document Safety in the Hills.

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