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The Slot at Cairngorm

Novice · 428 m long with 28 m of vertical, averaging 4° and — at its steepest, facing NW.

—steepest 50 m
4°average pitch
428 mlength
28 mvertical
691 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to The Slot

Lifts that reach the top: Snowbadger Conveyor 2 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Sheiling Sunkid (skiing novice terrain to get there); Cairngorm Funicular Railway (skiing novice terrain to get there); Cairngorm Funicular Railway (skiing novice terrain to get there); Car Park T-Bar (skiing novice terrain to get there); Cairngorm Funicular Railway (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 1 minutes, novice skiing needed):

  1. Ski LOWER SLOPES (novice)
  2. Ski The Slot (novice)

Where it ends

Joins Burnside / Cottams Way, LOWER SLOPES, Snowbadger Learners 2. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Snowbadger Conveyor 2 (1 min), Snowbadger Conveyor 1 (1 min), Car Park T-Bar (1 min).

See The Slot 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.