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Ciste Bowl at Cairngorm

Novice · 1188 m long with 94 m of vertical, averaging 5° and — at its steepest, facing N.

—steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
1188 mlength
94 mvertical
1078 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Ciste Bowl is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Ciste Bowl

Lifts that reach the top: West Wall Poma (skiing novice terrain to get there); Polar Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); Coire na Ciste T-Bar (skiing novice terrain to get there); unnamed funicular (skiing novice terrain to get there); Ptarmigan T-Bar (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 7 minutes, novice skiing needed):

  1. Ride Cairngorm Funicular
  2. Ride unnamed funicular
  3. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  4. Ski Ptarmigan Bowl (novice)
  5. Ski Ciste Bowl (novice)

Where it ends

Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ptarmigan T-Bar (1 min), West Wall Poma (4 min).

See Ciste Bowl 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.