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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 11–11 °C (52–52 °F)
- J-1°-5°167
- F-1°-6°111
- M1°-5°121
- A3°-4°85
- M7°-1°100
- J9°2°103
- J11°4°107
- A11°4°120
- S8°3°132
- O5°0°169
- N2°-3°161
- D-1°-5°134
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 2.5 km · 1.6 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Cairn Gorm (mountain, 1,245 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Cairngorms (Grampian Mountains › Northwest European Highlands; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 14 km SE of Aviemore (Highland, Scotland) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Highland
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- RW 19
- Route centre
- 57.1294, -3.6577
- Route start
- 57.1238, -3.6455
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 16127605
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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Cairngorms Trekking IV
5.4 mi · 8.7 km · Aberdeenshire
Aviemore Orbital
8 mi · 13 km · Highland
Feshie Woodland Trail
10 mi · 15 km · Highland
Farleitter Crag Trail
11 mi · 18 km · Highland
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