Cairngorms & Monadhliath

Autumn, Cairngorm to Ben Macdui, Cairngorm

The Cairngorms National Park is the largest National Park in the UK and is home to the celebrated Cairngorm mountains, home to four of the five highest mountains in the British Isles. The gaelic name for the range is Am Monadh Ruadh, the red hills. To the west, across Strathspey, are the Am Monadh Liath, the grey hills. The Cairngorms are formed from a mass of granite rich in orthoclase feldspar that gives the rock a pink fleck. This combined with evening sun lighting the western slopes probably accounts for the name. The Monadhliath are formed from metamorphosed sedimentary rocks and are lower, less craggy and less spectacular but certainly wide open upland space.

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Winter Crags, Cairn Lochan, Cairngorm
Winter Crags, Cairn Lochan
Autumn, Cairngorm to Ben Macdui, Cairngorm
Autumn, Cairngorm to Ben Macdui
Photo of a Cairngorm Mountain ski centre snow cannon in place ready for winter. I came across this one with the bright lights of Aviemore behind during descent at dusk.
Snow cannon and bright lights
Evening Panorama from Cairn Gorm, Cairngorm
Evening Panorama from Cairn Gorm
The Loch Avon Basin from the Feith Buidhe, Cairngorm
The Loch Avon Basin from the Feith Buidhe stream
The Loch Avon Basin from the Feith Buidhe (B&W), Cairngorm
The Loch Avon Basin from the Feith Buidhe stream
Mheadhoin, Etchachan and Macdui May Snow, Cairngorm
Ben Mheadhoin, Loch Etchachan and Ben Macdui May Snow
Ski Touring in May, Cairngorm
Ski Touring in May near the summit of Cairngorm
Ben Macdui Melt Water - Garbh Uisge Mor, Cairngorm
Ben Macdui Melt Water – Garbh Uisge Mor – Hell’s Lum crag, Stob Coire an t-Sneachda and Cairn Gorm beyond
Beinn Mheadhoin, the Shelter Stone Crag and Carn Etchachan, Cairngorm
Beinn Mheadhoin, the Shelter Stone Crag and Carn Etchachan
The Lairig Ghru from Miadan Creag an Leth-choin, Cairngorm
The Lairig Ghru from Miadan Creag an Leth-choin
Evening Light, Ben Macdui and Cairn Toul, Cairngorm
Evening Light, Ben Macdui and Cairn Toul
Ben Macdui Snow - Feb 2010, Cairngorm
Ben Macdui and Stob Coire an t-Sneachda wreathed in snow – Feb 2010
Northern Corries Inversion, Cairngorm
Northern Corries Inversion, Cairngorm
Backcountry Tracks - Cairngorm - Feb 2010
Backcountry Tracks – Cairngorm – Feb 2010
Ski Mountaineer Cairngorm - Feb 2010
Ski Mountaineer Cairngorm – Feb 2010
Solo, Coire an t-Sneachda, The Northern Corries, Cairngorm
Solo, Coire an t-Sneachda, The Northern Corries
Summer Night, A View Down Gleann Eanaich, Cairngorm
Summer Night, A View Down Gleann Eanaich
Derry Cairngorm from the North, Cairngorm
Derry Cairngorm from the North
The Feith Buidhe Stream, Cairngorm
The Feith Buidhe Stream
Winter in Coire an t-Sneachda, The Northern Corries, Cairngorm
Winter in Coire an t-Sneachda, The Northern Corries, Cairngorm
A 360 Degree Cairngorm Panorama - From Carn Etchachan, Cairngorm
A 360 Degree Cairngorm Panorama – From Carn Etchachan

See & Read More About the Cairngorms & Monadhliath

Ski Touring in May, Cairngorm
Snow in May – Cairngorm 2012
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Northern Corries Inversion, Cairngorm
Cairngorm Snow and Sun – February 2010 (10 Years Ago!)
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Photo of Snow (and blustery wind) on Cairngorm on 22nd October 2019
Cairngorm October Snow and Sunset
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