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East Wall at Cairngorm

Advanced · 1208 m long with 67 m of vertical, averaging 3° and — at its steepest, facing N.

—steepest 50 m
3°average pitch
1208 mlength
67 mvertical
1057 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to East Wall

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 8 minutes, advanced 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 East Wall (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins No.1 Gully. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Poma (3 min).

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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.