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Glenshee Ski Centre is an alpine snowsports area in the Scottish Highlands.It is located above the Cairnwell Pass at the head of Glen Shee on either side of the A93 road between Blairgowrie and Braemar.
Glencoe Mountain Resort (previously known as The White Corries Ski Centre) is a ski area that operates on the mountain Meall a' Bhuiridh in some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in Scotland.
Scotland's most durable snow patch, Garbh Choire Mòr, Braeriach, 8 August 2008 As well as containing five of the highest mountains in the United Kingdom, [6] the Cairngorms is the range where snow persists longest, and in more locations, than anywhere else in the UK.
The Lecht Ski Centre is an alpine ski area in the Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands.The ski slopes are set around the mountains Beinn a' Chruinnich, 2,552 ft (778 m) and Meikle Corr Riabhach, 2556 ft (779 m).
Cairn Gorm (Scottish Gaelic: An Càrn Gorm) [4] 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 English language name for the range is Cairngorms, and is derived from Cairn Gorm, which is prominent in the view of the mountains from Speyside.The earliest reference to this name appears to be from a Colonel T. Thornton, who visited the area in about 1786: [13] [14]
Aonach Beag is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands.It is located about 3 km east of Ben Nevis on the north side of Glen Nevis, near the town of Fort William.Apart from Ben Nevis, Aonach Beag is the highest peak in the British Isles outside the Cairngorm mountains in eastern Scotland.
The northern entrance to the Lairig Ghru, with Lurcher's Crag (left) and Braeriach (right) Lairig Ghru and Lairig an Laoigh The Lairig Ghru (Scottish Gaelic: Làirig Dhrù) is one of the mountain passes through the Cairngorms of Scotland.