 A funicular railway is based in the estate |
The Forestry Commission Scotland could be set to takeover the Cairngorm Estate, which includes a ski area and funicular mountain railway. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) currently owns the 3,000-acre estate within the Cairngorms National Park.
HIE announced last year they wanted to offload the site.
CairnGorm Mountain who operate the funicular have a long term lease on the �15m development so any change in ownership would not affect skiing.
HIE intend to recycle the money raised into new development projects.
It said initial soundings back the idea of Forestry Commission Scotland taking over ownership of the entire area.
Sensitive environment
This proposal is to be put to the test with people being asked to take part in a formal consultation process which will run until the end of September.
Forestry Commission Scotland said it has experience managing other sensitive mountain environments and has owned the estate before.
After buying it in the area in the 1920s, the commission transferred it to HIE's predecessor - the old Development Board - in 1971.
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