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Cairngorm behind Stob Coire an t-Sneachda; Banffshire and Inverness-shire

Cairngorm Cairn Gorm or Cairngorm is a grand mountain on the border of Banffshire and Inverness-shire, in the Highlands, overlooking Strathspey and Aviemore. At 4,084 feet, it is the sixth-highest mountain in the United Kingdom. Cairn Gorm has given its name to the whole range, the Cairngorms amongst which it is the most prominent in the view from Speyside, but it is not the highest: Ben Macdhui, 3 miles to the south, Britain's second mountain, overtops it by 210 feet. Much of the north-western slopes of the mountain are downhill skiing developments and as well as ski tows, snow fences and bulldozed tracks, the corrie here now also bears a funicular railway. (Read more)