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Peter Cairngorm Summit Skiing lores

Me skiing off the summit of Cairn Gorm in the Scottish highlands. Not my photo, but it's rare to actually have photos of me doing something so i thought i'd post it here for prosperity. Thanks to brother Garry :o)

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Peter by Garry

Photo taken by my brother of me skiing off piste at Cairn Gorm.

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Cairn Gorm Weather Station

The structure in this photo is the automated weather station controlled by Heriot Watt University.

Cairn Gorm (Cairngorm) (Gaelic: An Càrn Gorm, meaning Blue Hill) is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands overlooking Strathspey and the town of Aviemore. At 1245 metres (4084 ft) it is the sixth highest mountain in the United Kingdom. It has given its name to the whole range, although these hills are properly known as Am Monadh Ruadh (the Red Hills) rather than the Cairngorms. Cairn Gorm is the most prominent of the Cairngorm mountains in the view from Speyside, but it is not the highest.

Much of the north-western slopes of the mountain are downhill skiing developments concentrated in Coire Cas. As well as ski tows, snow fences and bulldozed tracks this corrie is also now home to a funicular railway.

The next corrie south of Coire Cas, Coire an t-Sneachda, is separated from the skiing area by a ridge known as Fiacaill a' Choire Chais. The southern side of Cairn Gorm overlooks the remote loch known as Loch Avon (pronounced Loch A'an).

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Snowy Bo'ness

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