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
Geology of the Cairngorms National Park latest Silurian in age. Theses rocks form hills such as Carn na Farraidh, Carn Meadhonach and Tom na Bal to the west and south of Tomintoul. No solid rocks of late Devonian or succeeding periods are recorded within the area of the National Park. Numerous plutons were emplaced within the Dalradian sequence at the close of the Caledonian Orogeny from late Silurian to early Devonian times. These have been be divided into a ‘Cairngorm suite’, an ‘Argyll and Northern Highland suite’ and a ‘South of Scotland suite’ on the basis of different geochemical characteristics. There are also variations in lithology