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No.1 Gully at Cairngorm

Advanced · 636 m long with 107 m of vertical, averaging 9° and — at its steepest, facing NW.

—steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
636 mlength
107 mvertical
991 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

No.1 Gully is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to No.1 Gully

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

From the base area (about 10 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 Ciste Gully (intermediate)
  7. Ski No.1 Gully (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Ciste Gully. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Poma (2 min).

See No.1 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.