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Cairn Gorm

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1 244 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

146 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 889 m

Munro

Mountains in Scotland with a height of over 914 m / 3 000 ft bear a special name, the Munros. They are named after Sir Hugh Munro, the 4th Baronet (1856–1919), who produced the first list of such hills, known as Munro’s Tables, in 1891.

About

Cairn Gorm (Scottish Gaelic: An Càrn Gorm) is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. It is part of the Cairngorms range and wider Grampian Mountains. With a summit elevation of 1,244.8 m (4,084 ft) above sea level, Cairn Gorm is classed as a Munro and is the sixth-highest mountain in the British Isles. The high, broad domed summit overlooking Strathspey is one of the most readily identifiable mountains from the nearby town and regional centre of Aviemore. Although it shares its name with the Cairngorm mountains, Ben Macdui is the highest mountain in the range.

Since the 1960s over 600 hectares (1,500 acres) of the north-western slopes of the mountain in Coire Cas and Coire na Ciste have been developed for alpine skiing. The ski lift infrastructure includes a funicular railway in Coire Cas. The corrie south of Coire Cas, Coire an t-Sneachda, is separated from the ski area by a ridge known as Fiacaill a' Choire Chais. The southern slopes of Cairn Gorm overlook the remote Loch Avon (pronounced Loch A'an).

There's a trail leading to the summit.

By elevation Cairn Gorm is

# 4 out of 4967 in Highland
# 2 out of 428 in Moray
# 8 out of 18277 in Scotland
# 8 out of 34760 in United Kingdom
# 2 out of 39 in Abernethy National Nature Reserve
# 7 out of 1071 in Cairngorms National Park
# 8 out of 5485 in the Grampian Mountains

By prominence Cairn Gorm is

# 31 out of 428 in Moray
# 6 out of 39 in Abernethy National Nature Reserve
# 92 out of 1071 in Cairngorms National Park