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Adventure Play

Let your little ones burn off some energy at the adventure play areas near Aviemore

Young children at ball run

Open Fridays – Mondays and every day during the school holidays until Sunday 3 November.

£5 entry per child. Buy your pass from our Ticket Office.

Accompanying adults are free. Please check our T’s and C’s at the foot of the page.

*May close in extreme weather, check our Mountain Report ahead of travelling.

The Adventure Play activities provide great fun for younger children and is open Fridays – Mondays until Sunday 3rd November (weather permitting) and throughout the October school holidays. The star attraction is our new adventure ball runs located nearby to the play park which provides a great way for children to learn and have fun at the same time.  Weather permitting this allows provides free access to the enhanced play park which includes zip lines, the ‘wee’ tubing slide and the new jumping pillow. 

Children at play park

The perfect toddler activity near Aviemore

The new adventure ball runs provide a great fun day out for children and parents. There’s three runs to challenge you in three locations near to the play park. Purchase your wooden ball from the ticket office for £5 per ball and you can keep it to use over and over again. Subject to weather conditions the ball purchase also allows you free access to the enhanced play park where you little ones can slide, glide, climb and bounce!  Accompanying adults can enter the play park for free with their children. Please read our T’s and C’s at the foot of the page for full details.

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Toddler on Ball Run

ADVENTURE BALL RUNS

The new adventure ball runs are the star attraction and located in three areas of the resort.

Start your adventure at the Camera Obscura ball runs, then take on the challenge in the Mountain Garden before completing the final double ball run in the Bike Park.

Suitable for toddlers to grandparents!

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THE PLAY PARK

Child on Tubing Slide

The Snowflake

The Snowflake ‘wee’ slide is suitable for ages 2 – 8 years old.

Our gentle slide is perfect for little ones to experience mountain tubing at a slower pace.

Once the little ones build up their confidence they may wish to test out the bigger slides in our tubing park!

Boy at zip line at Cairngorm Mountain

The Double Zip Line

The dual zip line is great for older children too! 

With two zip lines, it’s great fun for children to race against each other, with spectacular views from the mountain down towards Loch Morlich. The zip lines are not manned by an attendant, it is the duty of the participants responsible adult to watch their children.

Suitable for children age 16 and under. 

Play park at Cairngorm Mountain

The Winch Cat

The Winch Cat is our climbing frame built to resemble our snow clearing equipment! 

Let your little ones explore the Winch Cat which has tunnels to climb through and a platform to let your little ones get in the drivers seat. Let their imagination run wild.

This is ideal for younger children. 

Girl jumping on trampoline type play area

NEW Jumping Pillow

The new jumping pillow is great fun for ages 2 – 16 years old.  

The jumping pillow is a great addition to the play park and is now open!

It’s around 14 metres x 10 metres in size and provides a thrilling experience for children to jump and bounce to their hearts content. 


Important Safety Information

Here at Cairngorm Mountain (Scotland) Ltd we take the safety of our staff and customers very seriously. For more details, please see Adventure Play Park terms and conditions below.

Terms & Conditions


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Why not make a day of it, we have lots to offer for the whole family.

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