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Burnside / Cottams Way at Cairngorm

Novice · 1151 m long with 46 m of vertical, averaging 4° and — at its steepest, facing NW.

steepest 50 m
average pitch
1151 mlength
46 mvertical
691 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Burnside / Cottams Way is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Burnside / Cottams Way

Lifts that reach the top: Snowbadger Conveyor 1 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Snowbadger Conveyor 2 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Sheiling Sunkid (skiing novice terrain to get there); Cairngorm Funicular Railway (skiing novice terrain to get there); Cairngorm Funicular Railway (skiing novice terrain to get there); Car Park T-Bar (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 0 minutes, novice skiing needed):

  1. Ski Burnside / Cottams Way (novice)

Where it ends

Joins The Slot, LOWER SLOPES, Snowbadger Learners 2, Snowbadger Learners 1. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Snowbadger Conveyor 1 (1 min), Snowbadger Conveyor 2 (1 min), Car Park T-Bar (1 min).

See Burnside / Cottams Way on the 3D mapAll runs at Cairngorm
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.