Summary for Cairn Gorm

Cairn Gorm is an munro in Scotand and is located in the area The Cairngorms as defined by SMC. (and lies in region known as Coylumbridge )

Height	Grid Ref.	Pronunciation	Meaning
1244 metres / 4081 feet	NJ005040	Cairn Gorm	Blue cairn like peak
Location		Access
The Cairngorms		Abernethy Forest Reserve, tel: 01479 861703

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Details for Cairn Gorm

Cairn Gorm (also commonly referred to as Cairngorm) is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands overlooking Strathspey and the town of Aviemore. At an elevation of 1,244 m (4,081 ft) it is one of the ten highest summits in the United Kingdom. It has given its name to the whole range, although these hills are properly known as Am Monadh Ruadh (the Red Hills) rather than the Cairngorms. Cairn Gorm is the most prominent of the Cairngorm mountains in the view from Speyside, but it is not the highest, that honour falling to Ben Macdui.

Much of the north-western slopes of the mountain are given over to downhill skiing developments concentrated in Coire Cas. As well as ski tows and bulldozed tracks this corrie is also now home to a controversial funicular railway.

The next corrie south of Coire Cas, Coire an t-Sneachda, is separated from the skiing area by a ridge known as Fiacaill a'Choire Chais. The southern side of Cairn Gorm overlooks the remote loch known as Loch Avon (pronounced Loch A'an) which is generally regarded as the very heart of the Cairngorms.

The number of registered munro-madness users who have climbed Cairn Gorm is Sixty-Seven