Snow Ptarmigan Bowl at Cairngorm
Novice · 1132 m long with 82 m of vertical, averaging 4° and — at its steepest, facing N.
—steepest 50 m
4°average pitch
1132 mlength
82 mvertical
1145 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Ptarmigan Bowl is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Ptarmigan Bowl
Lifts that reach the top: Ptarmigan T-Bar (skiing novice terrain to get there); West Wall Poma (skiing novice terrain to get there); Coire na Ciste T-Bar (skiing novice terrain to get there); Polar Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); unnamed funicular (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 Ptarmigan Bowl (novice)
Where it ends
Joins Ciste Bowl. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ptarmigan T-Bar (1 min), Polar Express (1 min), unnamed funicular (3 min).
See Ptarmigan Bowl 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.