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    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...
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    the eastern Highlands of Scotland closely associated with the mountain Cairn Gorm. The Cairngorms became part of Scotland's second national park (the Cairngorms...
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    mountainous region of Scotland that are named after the 1,245-metre (4,085 ft) Cairn Gorm Mountain, which overlooks Aviemore, the main town in the area. The central...
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    restaurant on Cairn Gorm mountain. Aviemore is a busy and popular holiday destination, located close to Glenmore Forest Park and the Cairn Gorm Ski Centre...
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    the extreme weather. A wind gust of 194 mph (312 km/h) was recorded at Cairn Gorm on 19 December 2008 but was discovered too late to be verified by the...
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    (77 mph) was registered at the coast in Inverbervie. In the highlands, Cairn Gorm summit recorded a gust of 185 km/h (115 mph). In Brechin, Scotland, residents...
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    Kingdom. The two-kilometre long funicular ascends the northern slopes of Cairn Gorm, the United Kingdom's seventh-highest mountain, serving the Cairngorm...
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  • refer to: Cairngorm (Alberta), a mountain in Jasper National Park, Canada Cairn Gorm, a mountain in the Scottish Highlands, after which the Cairngorms are...
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    High Tatras, Slovakia Murghob, Tajikistan Mount Wellington, Australia Cairn Gorm, United Kingdom Putre, Chile Coranzuli, Argentina Yu Shan, Taiwan Juf...
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    2015, 67004 received the Caledonian 'Midnight Teal' livery and was named Cairn Gorm. This, along with similarly repainted 67010, was used on the non-electrified...
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  • 4 602 Cairn Toul 1,291 166 4,236 545 5 1578 Carn na Criche 1,265 50 4,150 164 6 830 Sgor an Lochain Uaine 1,258 118 4,127 387 7 677 Cairn Gorm 1,245 146...
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    (1,296 m), is the third highest peak in the British Isles and Cairn Gorm (An Càrn Gorm), 4,084 ft (1,244.8 m), is the sixth highest peak in the British...
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    (1,296 m) 4. Cairn Toul (Càrn an t-Sabhail), 4,236 ft (1,291 m) 5. Sgòr an Lochain Uaine, 4,127 ft (1,258 m) 6. Cairn Gorm (An Càrn Gorm), 4,084 ft (1...
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    the River Avon is conventionally said to be Loch A'an situated between Cairn Gorm and Ben Macdui (Gaelic: Beinn MacDhuibh). Loch A'an itself collects headwaters...
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  • damaged), and also mentions the battle at Uppsala. The Aars stone is raised in memory of Valtoki, and says that it marks his cairn. Gorm the Old v t e...
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    linked by the highest col), e.g. the SMC parent of 527 Càrn Lochan is Cairn Gorm rather than Ben Macdui, the parent of 1015 Stob Cadha Gobhlach is Sgurr...
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  • 2 March. The lowest temperature recorded was −14.7 degrees Celsius in Cairn Gorm. The cold spell was nicknamed the Beast from the East. 17 people in total...
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    between Cairn Lochan and Ben Macdui. Directly north of the loch and lying 664 ft (202 m) lower lies Loch A'an and the imposing peak of Cairn Gorm. To the...
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    nearest major town is Aviemore. The nearest road access point is the Cairn Gorm ski centre, which is located approximately four kilometres (2+1⁄2 mi)...
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    kilometres per hour (111 mph) provisionally recorded at the summit of Cairn Gorm. Speed restrictions are in place on rail lines across Scotland due to...
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    rising almost vertically, lies the Cairn Gorm, the sixth highest mountain in the United Kingdom. Southwest of Cairn Gorm, at the head of the loch, lies the...
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    Braeriach starts from Sugar Bowl car park, on the road leading to the Cairn Gorm ski area. From here a path leads over the hillside to a steep-sided rocky...
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    China (ET) Ben Nevis, Scotland, United Kingdom (ET) Bouvet Island (ET) Cairn Gorm, Scotland, United Kingdom (ET) Campbell Island, New Zealand (ET) Cerro...
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    more serious competitors, such as Cairngorm Soapbox Extreme (held at Cairn Gorm from 2009 to 2012) and the Worlaby Downhill Challenge. These races tend...
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    was superseded in 1986 when a 173 mph (278 km/h) gust was recorded at Cairn Gorm. The origins of this violent storm appear to be from a cold front near...
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    Mount Keen (939 m) Ben Macdui (1309 m) Cairn Gorm (1244.8 m) Derry Cairngorm (1155 m) Braeriach (1296 m) Cairn Toul (1291 m) Sgor an Lochain Uaine (1258 m)...
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    2023 Extratropical cyclone Highest gusts 185 km/h (115 mph; 100 kn) at Cairn Gorm, Scotland Lowest pressure 977 hPa (mbar); 28.85 inHg Overall effects Fatalities...
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  • 2018 season. Throughout the storm, the temperatures were very low with Cairn Gorm recording a daytime high of −11.8 °C (10.8 °F) on 1 March. However, more...
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    Forest Park and receives all the drainage from the northern slopes of Cairn Gorm. These meet immediately above the bridge carrying the B970 road over the...
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    Loudon McAdam 60 071 Dorothy Garrod Ribblehead Viaduct 60 072 Cairn Toul 60 073 Cairn Gorm 60 074 Braeriach Teenage Spirit 60 075 Liathach 60 076 Suilven...
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