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Blue cairn like peak |
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Altitude
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1244 metres
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Grid Ref.
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NJ00560407
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Cairn Gorm
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Cairngorm (centre/right) viewed from the south across Loch Etchacan. The cliffs in the mid-distance lead down to Loch Avon with the path down the slightly gentler slopes of Coire Raibert visible at the lowest point of the cliffs. Carn Etchacan is on the
© Steve Cooke
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Image by Steve Cooke
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Mountain Description
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Cairn Gorm has many ridges on its N and W slopes giving rise to a series of corries. Of these Coire Cas and Coire na Ciste are scarred by ski equipment and debris and are best avoided unless you are in a hurry, in which case you may as well use the ski lift. To the S and E are steep slopes some craggy leading to Loch Avon and Strath Nethy. Cairn Gorm can be ascended from Coire an Lochain and Cairn Lochan to the SW, Ben Macdui to the SSW, Loch Avon to the S or from the N ridges of Cairn Gorm, all of which offer better views.
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Available Routes
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Ascent
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Distance
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650 m
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7.74 km
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3 hrs
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Cairn Gorm
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A very easy route is made less desirable by the ski tows, funicular railway and the erosion of fragile soil and plants. It is best climbed on route to somewhere more pleasant e.g. Beinn Mheadhion.
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1841 m
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18.42 km
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7 hrs
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Cairn Gorm and Beinn Mheadhoin
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Moderate route but with steep descent from Coire Raibeirt to Loch Avon. This is an interesting climb covering a variety of terrain and offering excellent views.
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Me on top of Cairn Gorm in the middle of JUNE!!! 2008
© Martin Forbes
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Image by Martin Forbes
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Route down Coire Raibeirt into Loch Avon.
© Alan Bolt
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Image by Alan Bolt
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Looking over to Cairn Gorm from Stacan Dubha above Loch Avon.14.07.06
© David Singleton
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Image by David Singleton
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Andrew on Cairn Gorm.22/09/07.
© Mark Thomson
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Image by Mark Thomson
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Mupps on the summit of Cairn Gorm (her first Munrow). xmas eve 2006. Crystal clear views. Pity there is not more snow.
© Ken Mcinnes
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Image by Ken Mcinnes
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Weather & Maps, etc ...
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View Location
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Kurt Lancaster
wrote on June 28, 2005:
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Mine and my fiance's first munro in feb 05. Wot a day, snow every where all you could see was snow. Waist deep snow. We started from the bottom of the ski lift and worked out way up to the top following the ski lift above. Visabilty was very poor so we used the lift as a good marker. Top class day got some mega pics will put on internet in the next couple of months.
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Andy Johns
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June 1995 and my first Munro, although I never found out what munros were until later. A long pull up the track from the Coire Cas car-park with full pack - 3-man tent, stove, etc on a fabulously hot day. Blue sky and lots of big snow patches. Big traverse over Cairn Lochan, Ben Macdui & Derry Cairngorm and down to camp at Derry Lodge where I was meeting up with a friend (who had left a car at the Linn of Dee for the return trip, of course). A totally inspirational first day out walking over the big hills of Scotland.
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Local Accommodation Options
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| Showing the nearest 10 of 28 within 100Km of the summit of Cairn Gorm. Would you like to view all 28? |
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| 19.2 km |
Dalmore House - Fife Brae, Braemar, AB35 5NS Tel: 013397 41225
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Croft Holidays - Croft Dhu, Newtonmore, PH20 1BA Tel: 01540 673504
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Creag Meagaidh - Creag Meagaidh, Main Street, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, PH20 1DP Tel: 01540 673798
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The Cnoc Hotel - Struy, by Beauly, , IV4 7JU Tel: 01463 761264
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Invergarry Lodge - Mandally Road, Invergarry, PH35 4HP Tel: 01809 501 412
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Ardgarry Farm - Faichem, Invergarry, Inverness-shire, PH35 4HG Tel: 01809 501226
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