Cairngorms National Park
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Cairngorms National Park is a national park in northeast Scotland, established in 2003. It was the second of two national parks established by the Scottish Parliament, after Loch Lomond and The Trossa
View of the Cairngorms National Park.
Sign at Cairngorm Mountain Railway base
The Pass of Drumochter is the main route into the national park from the south.
Insh Marshes are an important area of wetlands within the national park.
Cairngorms
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The Cairngorms are a mountain range in the eastern Highlands of Scotland closely associated with the mountain Cairn Gorm. The Cairngorms became part of Scotland's second national park on 1 September 2
Cairn Gorm view over Coire an t-Sneachda, a glacial cirque
Sgor Gaoith (1,118 m (3,668 ft)). Cairn Gorm (1,245 m (4,085 ft)) can be seen to the right.
Braeriach (1,296 m (4,252 ft)), Sgor an Lochain Uaine (1,258 m (4,127 ft)) and Cairn Toul (1,293 m (4,242 ft)) from the Moine Mhor.
Scotland's most durable snow patch, Garbh Choire Mòr, Braeriach, 8 August 2008