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Cairn Gorm & Ben Macdui loop from the Cairngorm Mountain Centre — Cairngorms National Park

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Cairn Gorm & Ben Macdui loop from the Cairngorm Mountain Centre — Cairngorms National Park

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Cairn Gorm & Ben Macdui loop from the Cairngorm Mountain Centre — Cairngorms National Park

03:39

20.0km

1,190m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 7, 2024

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Cairngorms National Park

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Start point

Parking

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144 m

Cairngorm Café & Base Station

Highlight • Cafe

The Base Station is the information centre, booking office for the ski lifts and railway, shop, cafe and toilets.
Open every day from 9:00 - 16:00.

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3.39 km

Perhaps the most famous mountain in the Cairngorms. A classic running Munro with numerous routes leading to the summit. The Weather Station here has recorded the record wind speeds in the UK, a blustering 176mph!

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8.52 km

Loch Etchachan

Highlight • Natural

Loch Etchachan is an exceedingly remote freshwater loch set deep within the central Cairngorms plateau, in the Cairngorms National Park, located in the eastern Highlands of Scotland. It is the …

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11.7 km

Ben Macdui Summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

The summit of Ben Macdui was believed to be the highest peak in the UK until Ordnance Survey built the trig pillar here in 1847, and confirmed it to be …

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20.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.3 km

8.04 km

650 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

11.3 km

5.17 km

2.95 km

434 m

137 m

Elevation

Highest point (1,300 m)

Lowest point (630 m)

Weather

Today

Wednesday 3 December

3°C

2°C

10 %

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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This route was planned by komoot.

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Cairngorm Café & Base Station

Cairn Gorm Summit

Loch Etchachan

Ben Macdui Summit

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