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West Wall at Cairngorm

Advanced · 974 m long with 161 m of vertical, averaging 9° and — at its steepest, facing N.

—steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
974 mlength
161 mvertical
963 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to West Wall

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 Upper M2 (novice)
  4. Ski Ciste Fairway (novice)
  5. Ski Ryvoan (intermediate)
  6. Ski West Wall (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Ciste Gully. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Poma (1 min).

See West Wall 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.