Highland · United Kingdom · ski area
Cairngorm Mountain ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Cairngorm Mountain is a ski area in Highland, United Kingdom with 0.0 km of mapped downhill runs and 22 lifts, between 781 m and 784 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 0.0 km
- Lifts
- 22
- Top elevation
- 784 m
- Vertical drop
- 3 m
- Nearest airport
- INV · 52 km
Slopes by difficulty
1 run mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the European piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 10 Funiculars
- 6 Button lifts
- 4 T-bars
- 2 Magic carpets
Cairngorm Mountain is a ski area in Highland, the United Kingdom. Its 1 mapped downhill run add up to 0.0 km, which ranks it #23 of 45 ski areas in the United Kingdom and gives it 0% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 20 m long.
Slopes at Cairngorm Mountain
About 0% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 0% intermediate and 100% advanced or expert, which makes Cairngorm Mountain best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 22 lifts: 10 funiculars, 6 button lifts, 4 t-bars, 2 magic carpets. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 781 m up to 784 m, a vertical drop of 3 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Cairngorm Mountain
The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), about 52 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 7 min by car; Dundee Airport (DND) is 84 km away. Nearby ski areas include Aviemore dry ski slope (0.1 km), Loch Insh Watersports & Skiing Centre, The Lecht (10.3 km) and Glenshee Ski Center (22.4 km), which together add 33 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Cairngorm Mountain
- 1Inverness AirportINV52 kmstraight lineInverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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- 2 DND84 kmstraight line
- 3Aberdeen International AirportABZ88 kmstraight lineAberdeen, United Kingdom
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- 4Edinburgh AirportEDI132 kmstraight lineIngliston, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Nearby
Ski resorts near Cairngorm Mountain
- 4 kmAviemore dry ski slope0.1 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 349 m
- 16 kmLoch Insh Watersports & Skiing Centre1 lift · up to 230 m
- 26 kmThe Lecht10 km of slopes · 11 lifts · up to 775 m
- 31 kmGlenshee Ski Center22 km of slopes · 22 lifts · up to 1,027 m
- 48 kmClashindarrochSmall ski area
- 58 kmAlford Snow Sports Centre2 lifts · up to 169 m
- 64 kmHuntly Nordic and Outdoor CentreSmall ski area
- 86 kmNevis Range20 km of slopes · 10 lifts · up to 1,190 m
- 91 kmGlencoe Mountain Resort13 km of slopes · 9 lifts · up to 1,079 m
- 92 kmGarthdee Ski Centre0.0 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 17 m
- 108 kmFirpark Ski Centre0.1 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 54 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.