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Ciste Gully at Cairngorm

Intermediate · 2324 m long with 288 m of vertical, averaging 7° and — at its steepest, facing NW.

—steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
2324 mlength
288 mvertical
1008 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Ciste Gully

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); Day Lodge Poma (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 9 minutes, intermediate 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)
  6. Ski Ciste Gully (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins West Wall, Ryvoan. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Poma (1 min).

See Ciste Gully 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.