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| Name: | Cairn Gorm |
| Hill number: | 525 |
| Height: | 1244.8m / 4084ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 518 Ben Macdui [Beinn Macduibh] |
| RHB Section: | 08A: Cairngorms |
| County/UA: | Highland (UA), Moray (UA) |
| Catchment: | Spey |
| Class: | Hump, Simm, Munro, Submarilyn, Murdo (Hu,Tu,Sim,M,sMa,Mur) |
| Grid ref: | NJ 00517 04056 |
| Summit feature: | rock at base of large cairn |
| Drop: | 145.8m |
| Col: | 1099m NH 9989 0350  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 36 (1:25k) OL57S 403S |
| Survey: | Leica RX1250 |
| Comments: | col measurement is 1099.0m |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 983 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| 67th Munro | lojzi860621 | 21/04/2019 |
| With D from boat of garten, speyside way after. | Rodge | 23/03/2019 |
| With Glenmore Lodge. First Munro, woop. Though not the most interesting hill climbed so far in Scotland. | animymous | 16/02/2019 |
| Visited as part of Glenmore Lodge Winter Skills course | pdhancock | 10/02/2019 |
| With Peter & Ilona | Capt Malbec | 31/08/2018 |
| MQ/DA | quartley | 18/08/2018 |
| from ski centre easy walk up with Ascents of adventure group | colinfielding | 13/07/2018 |
| Walk from Ski Centre over Cairngorm then Ben Macdui | jmistry86 | 13/07/2018 |
| From Ski Centre car park, up Cairn Gorm via Sron an Aonaich, then along ridge to Stob Coire an t-Sneachda, Cairn Lochan and Creag an leth-choin, descending along tracks directly to car park. With JS. | kdbennett | 05/07/2018 |
| Fiacaill na Leth-choin, Creag an Leth-choin North Top, Creag an Leth-choin [Lurcher's Crag], Cairn Lochan, Fiacaill Coire an t-Sneachda, Stob Coire an t-Sneachda, Fiacaill a' Choire Chais, Cairn Gorm, Cnap Coire na Spreidhe and Sron a' Cha-no. From the Cairngorm ski centre car park. wonderful day. | Alunrees33 | 26/06/2018 |
| Ben Macdui and Cairngorm from the ski-centre, with added Munro tops and xMTs. | Crib Goch | 17/06/2018 |
| 12 mile walk from Ski centre car park, followed good path ascending to then avoiding Cairn Lochan in the cloud and across excellent plateau to Ben Macdui, where the cloud cleared giving us the full view of the Cairngorms, descended to Col then followed path around then onto Cairn Lochan to its spectacular summit, then followed path onto Stob Coire an t-Sneachda, then slogged up to Cairn Gorm back into the cloud, followed stone path down to Ptarmigan Station then descended on path along Windy Ridge back to car park. Seeing a herd of reindeer on Cairn Lochan was the icing on the cake! | DanTrig | 10/06/2018 |
| KeithByTheC | 07/06/2018 | |
| From the ski centre CP, with Jenx and Bryher, diagonally up and across Sron an Aonaich to Sron a' Cha-no, then from this fine top to Cnap Coire na Spreidhe. Onwards to Cairngorm main summit, then its two subsid tops | nordicstar | 07/06/2018 |
| Northern Corries round | quadbarrel | 05/06/2018 |
| From Stob Coire an t-Sneachda. Took lower path north and east steeply up to the summit. Descended to the Ptarmigan and down the ski track to the Coire Cas car park.With DB and RP. | marktrengove | 23/05/2018 |
| Blue skies, light winds and fantastic views. Bliss. | denisB52 | 17/05/2018 |
| On winter course with Glenmore, bright sunlight. | Waterlog | 01/04/2018 |
| Via the Windy Ridge route from the Ski Centre. Dry with high cloud and deep snow underfoot. After Ptarmigan followed Marquis Well route in so far as I could discern it in all the snow. | knarf | 21/02/2018 |
| With Al in a whiteout | Howellsey | 03/01/2018 |
| Swanston-Reid family expedition, with Macdui. | eks | 18/10/2017 |
| Swanston-Reid family expedition, with Macdui. | iks | 18/10/2017 |
| With G. From ski centre car park > Cairn Gorm > Fiacaill a'Choire Chais > car park. High Winds. | RT1970 | 23/09/2017 |
| Ben Macdui first,after Lochan Buidhe path onto Stob Coire an t-Sneachda then Cairn Gorm,north to Ptarmigan Restaurant, path on Sron an Aonaich to car park. | Hutchie | 17/08/2017 |
| Overnight circuit from Cairngorm Ski centre. High winds, rain, low cloud/fog. No visibility on summits. | Ajm0310 | 16/08/2017 |
| Northern corries round. Good weather and views. Busy. | Roblex | 10/08/2017 |
| with Glenmore Lodge | highlandchief | 18/07/2017 |
| From Coire Cas Car Park - Cairn Gorm - Fiacaill a'Choire Chais - Stob Coire an t-Sneachda - Lochan Buidhe - Ben Macdui North Top - Ben Macdui - Cairn Lochan - Fiacaill na Leth-choin. | david230201 | 14/07/2017 |
| cracking day stunning views | highlandchief | 08/07/2017 |
| Climbed on route to Ben Macdui with Duncan | magirob | 19/06/2017 |
| Solo | neil hutton | 18/06/2017 |
| Set of with Will to go bothying. JK and MD in support. Will unwell and turned back. Perfect weather. | AC-OFWC | 05/05/2017 |
| last hill of the day not feeling at my best a long day think abit of fluid shortage | iannotts | 27/02/2017 |
| First munro, Cloud came over as we reached the summit. | Davemate | 15/02/2017 |
| Climbed with LUUHC, my first winter munro | JonathanConey | 12/02/2017 |
| From snow hole at Marquis Well and on to Stop Coire na t-Sneachda and 1141 | emily | 10/02/2017 |
| night nv from snow hole below Marquis Well | emily | 09/02/2017 |
| From ski centre then up and down the service road. Blizzard. | screeleep | 06/02/2017 |
| Climbed with Winter Skills Course from Glenmore lodge. Perfect visibility and great views although not a whole lot of snow! | twg27 | 23/01/2017 |
| Bagged whilst on a course at Glenmore Lodge. Heavy rain on top. | huwthomas | 10/01/2017 |
| On our way to Ben Macdui. Incredibly strong wind going down the other side. With Silas and Stuart. | simonjallen | 27/10/2016 |
| with Jf on top hunt | Dundoctoring | 01/10/2016 |
| 2 day bothy trip bagging munro tops started ski centre over cnap coire na spreidhe, cairn gorm, fiacaill choire chais, stob coire an t sneachda,cairn lochan, carn etchachan, sron riach, squrr an lochain uaine, creagan choire etchachan, stacan dubha, beinn mheadhion sw top, stob coire etchachan, then dropped down to hutchison hut for the night. | robertphillips | 22/09/2016 |
| From Allt Mor car park via Lochan Uaine track to Bynack Beg, Bynack Mor, A'Choinneach, across The Saddle and up Cnap Coire ne Spreidhe to Cairn Gorm, return to Allt Mor via Ski Centre access road | kdbennett | 10/09/2016 |
| 2nd ascent via Windy Ridge, continued on a circuit of its tops | Peterb | 02/09/2016 |
| Usual route from ski centre S to Ben Macdui, back to Stob Coire an t-Sneachda and over Cairn Gorm and down Windy Ridge. Lovely sunny day with light winds - marvellous. | milimana | 29/08/2016 |
| Beautiful day. What else could you say? | gfscott | 15/08/2016 |
| Climbed with Mum, Dad, Sergey and Paul. Aviemore Pirate Party | electricfox | 15/08/2016 |
| Climbed with Beinn Mheadhoin | FCMark | 06/08/2016 |
| With Ben Macdui from the north | Geoff Briggs | 28/07/2016 |