Cairngorms

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The Cairngorms ( engl. The Cairngorms or Cairngorm Mountains, named after the summit Cairn Gorm; schott Gaelic: On Monadh Ruadh, " the red mountains ") is a mountain range of the Grampian Mountains in the northeast of Scotland.

Survey

Five of the ten highest mountains in Scotland and Britain's standing there with several other peaks over 1,000 meters form the Cairngorms the largest high mountain like a mountain group of the British Isles, although the much smaller Ben Nevis Group is a few meters higher. Highest peak with 1309 m is the Ben MacDhui, at the same time the second highest mountain in Scotland and the UK. In the Cairngorms the River Dee and some tributaries of the Spey, namesake of whiskey Speyside springs.

Tourism

Popular starting points of routes in the Cairngorms Aviemore are the places in the northwest, Pitlochry and Braemar in the south in the valley of the Dee. The nearest major cities are the northerly Inverness, Aberdeen in the east and south beyond Pitlochry Perth. In the Cairngorms In total there are 3 of the 5 Scottish ski resorts - Glenshee in the south at the foot of the glass Maol located, Cairngorm in the central part on the slopes of Cairn Gorm and The Lecht in the east on a small mountain road. In Cairngorm Cairngorm funicular serves as a climbing aid. It is Britain's highest railroad, in their mountain station is also the highest in the country restaurant.

Mountains

Important surveys ( Munros ) are: