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Zig Zags at Cairngorm

Novice · 1600 m long with 103 m of vertical, averaging 4° and — at its steepest, facing NW.

—steepest 50 m
4°average pitch
1600 mlength
103 mvertical
868 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Zig Zags

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

From the base area (about 0 minutes, novice skiing needed):

  1. Ski Zig Zags (novice)

Where it ends

Joins LOWER SLOPES, Gunbarrel, White Lady, Home Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Cairngorm Funicular Railway (1 min), Cairngorm Funicular Railway (1 min), Cairngorm Funicular Railway (1 min).

See Zig Zags 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.