Carrbridge years. Duthil Old Parish Church and Churchyard, located nearby, includes many graves and memorials of Clan Grant. The village plays host to two popular annual competitions: The "Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championship" and the ""Carve Carrbridge" Scottish Open Chainsaw Carving Competition". Both contests offer keen but friendly competition, drawing entrants and spectators from all over the world. Throughout the year, many events are held by Carrbridge Community Arts, a dynamic and innovative local community group, which include Music, Art, Theatre, Celebrations and Festivals. In 2009 the village took on the BBC claiming that the Corporation constantly got the weather
Lairig an Laoigh in the Mar Lodge Estate, owned by the National Trust for Scotland where Derry Burn flows into Lui Water, a tributary of the River Dee. The northern part is in the Abernethy Estate, owned by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds where the River Nethy flows north to the River Spey. The whole area is in the Cairngorms National Park. The Lairig an Laoigh runs roughly parallel to the somewhat grander and far better-known Lairig Ghru which lies some to the west. They both dissect the high granite Cairmgorm plateau which is at about . The Lairig an