Snow Ciste Fairway at Cairngorm
Novice · 1671 m long with 123 m of vertical, averaging 4° and — at its steepest, facing N.
—steepest 50 m
4°average pitch
1671 mlength
123 mvertical
1093 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Ciste Fairway is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Ciste Fairway
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):
- Ride Cairngorm Funicular
- Ride unnamed funicular
- Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
- Ski Ciste Fairway (novice)
Where it ends
Joins M2, Upper M2. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Coire na Ciste T-Bar (1 min), Cairngorm Funicular (3 min), Cairngorm Funicular (3 min).
See Ciste Fairway on the 3D mapAll runs at CairngormMeasured 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.