Cairngorms National Park SOTA Summits

There’s a lot

sota

programming

Author

Alex Johnstone

Published

January 5, 2025

The Cairngorms park is a pretty big place. You tend to think of just the mountains in the middle but it covers around 4,500 km^2 or nearly 1,750 sq miles. It has a dedicated website with lots of information if you’re interested.

Whilst I’m trying to activate and qualify all 87 GM/ES sota summits, I also wondered about all the summits within the Cairngorms. This extends into CS and WS. Using a Cairngorms GeoJSON file, and the summit lists from the sota database I was able to find those within the park.

I think there are 82 summits: 44 in ES, 36 in CS, and 2 in WS. Below is a map to explore and also a list. Here’s a CSV of them.

I’ve made a Cairngorms Climbers’ award, and you can see the details of it here.

Map View

L = require('leaflet@1.9.4')

// Load the GeoJSON file
geojson = FileAttachment("cairngorms.geojson").json()

// Load the CSV file
summits = FileAttachment("cairngorms_summits.csv").csv({typed: true})

// Function to get a colored marker icon based on value
function getColor(value) {
  switch (value) {
    case 1: return "DarkGreen";
    case 2: return "LimeGreen";
    case 4: return "Olive";
    case 6: return "Orange";
    case 8: return "OrangeRed";
    case 10: return "Red";
    default: return "Gray"; // Default color for undefined values
  }
}

map = {
  let container = DOM.element('div', { style: `width:${width}px;height:${width/1.6}px` });
  yield container;

  let map = L.map(container).setView([57.07, -3.7], 8.5);
  let osmLayer = L.tileLayer('https://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png', {
      attribution: '&copy; <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors'
  }).addTo(map);

  // Add the GeoJSON layer
  L.geoJSON(geojson).addTo(map);

  // Add summit markers
  summits.forEach(({ latitude, longitude, points, name, summitCode }) => {
      L.circleMarker([+latitude, +longitude], {
        radius: 8,
        color: getColor(points), // Use the color function
        fillColor: getColor(points),
        fillOpacity: 0.8
      }).bindPopup(`Summit: ${name}<br>Reference: <a href="https://sotl.as/summits/${summitCode}" target="_blank">${summitCode}</a><br>Points: ${points}`)
      .addTo(map);
  });

}

Summit List

Reference	Name	Height (m)	OS Grid Reference	Points
GM/ES-001	Ben Macdui	1309	NN 988989	10
GM/ES-002	Braeriach	1296	NN 953999	10
GM/ES-003	Cairn Toul	1291	NN 963972	10
GM/ES-004	Beinn a’Bhuird - North Top	1197	NJ 092006	10
GM/ES-005	Beinn Mheadhoin	1183	NJ 024016	10
GM/ES-006	Ben Avon - Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe	1172	NJ 131018	10
GM/ES-007	Beinn Bhrotain	1157	NN 954922	10
GM/ES-008	Lochnagar - Cac Carn Beag	1156	NO 243861	10
GM/ES-009	Sgor Gaoith	1118	NN 903989	10
GM/ES-010	Bynack More	1090	NJ 041063	8
GM/ES-011	Beinn a’Chaorainn	1083	NJ 045013	8
GM/ES-012	Glas Maol	1068	NO 166765	8
GM/ES-013	Carn a’Mhaim	1037	NN 994951	8
GM/ES-014	Mount Keen	939	NO 409869	6
GM/ES-015	Culardoch	900	NO 193988	6
GM/ES-017	Creag Mhor	895	NJ 057047	4
GM/ES-018	Morven	872	NJ 376039	4
GM/ES-019	Conachcraig	865	NO 279865	4
GM/ES-022	Creag nan Gabhar	834	NO 154841	4
GM/ES-023	Brown Cow Hill	829	NJ 221044	4
GM/ES-024	Geal Charn	821	NJ 090126	4
GM/ES-025	Carn na Drochaide	818	NO 127938	4
GM/ES-026	Sgor Mor	813	NO 007914	4
GM/ES-027	Meall a’Bhuachaille	810	NH 990115	4
GM/ES-028	Monamenach	807	NO 176706	4
GM/ES-029	Carn Mor	804	NJ 265183	4
GM/ES-030	Carn Ealasaid	792	NJ 227117	4
GM/ES-034	Mona Gowan	749	NJ 335058	4
GM/ES-036	Geallaig Hill	743	NO 297981	4
GM/ES-038	Creagan a’Chaise	722	NJ 104241	4
GM/ES-040	Cnap Chaochan Aitinn	715	NJ 145099	4
GM/ES-042	Hunt Hill	705	NO 380805	4
GM/ES-043	Mealna Letter (Duchray Hill)	702	NO 161672	4
GM/ES-046	Creag Bhalg	668	NO 091912	2
GM/ES-049	Ladylea Hill	609	NJ 343168	2
GM/ES-050	The Coyles of Muick	601	NO 328910	2
GM/ES-052	Carn Daimh	570	NJ 181249	2
GM/ES-053	Ben Newe	565	NJ 381143	2
GM/ES-055	Meall Alvie	560	NO 203919	2
GM/ES-066	The Bochel	491	NJ 232232	1
GM/ES-067	Creag Ghiubhais	486	NO 312954	1
GM/ES-074	Ord Ban	428	NH 891085	1
GM/ES-078	Craigendarroch	402	NO 365965	1
GM/ES-088	Creag an Dail Bheag	863	NO 157981	4
GM/CS-003	Beinn a’Ghlo - Carn nan Gabhar	1122	NN 971733	10
GM/CS-009	Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain	1070	NN 945724	8
GM/CS-011	Glas Tulaichean	1051	NO 051760	8
GM/CS-014	Beinn Iutharn Mhor	1045	NO 045792	8
GM/CS-020	Carn an Righ	1029	NO 028772	8
GM/CS-022	Beinn Udlamain	1010	NN 579739	8
GM/CS-023	Beinn Dearg	1009	NN 852778	8
GM/CS-024	An Sgarsoch	1007	NN 933836	8
GM/CS-027	Carn an Fhidhleir (Carn Ealar)	994	NN 904841	6
GM/CS-028	Sgairneach Mhor	991	NN 598731	6
GM/CS-029	Carn Liath	976	NN 936698	6
GM/CS-030	Carn a’Gheoidh	975	NO 107767	6
GM/CS-031	Carn a’Chlamain	964	NN 915758	6
GM/CS-035	Meall Chuaich	951	NN 716878	6
GM/CS-036	Carn Bhac	945	NO 051832	6
GM/CS-037	Carn Dearg	946	NH 635023	6
GM/CS-038	An Socach	944	NO 079800	6
GM/CS-039	Carn na Caim	941	NN 677821	6
GM/CS-045	Beinn Bhreac	912	NN 868820	6
GM/CS-046	Leathad an Taobhain	912	NN 821858	6
GM/CS-051	Beinn Mheadhonach	901	NN 880759	6
GM/CS-057	A’Chaoirnich	875	NN 735807	4
GM/CS-060	Morrone	860	NO 132886	4
GM/CS-061	Carn Dearg Mor	857	NN 823911	4
GM/CS-069	An Dun	827	NN 716801	4
GM/CS-077	Ben Gulabin	806	NO 100722	4
GM/CS-078	The Sow of Atholl	799	NN 625741	4
GM/CS-084	Meallach Mhor	769	NN 776908	4
GM/CS-086	Creag Dhubh	756	NN 677972	4
GM/CS-088	Creag Liath	743	NH 663007	4
GM/CS-091	Carn Glas-choire	659	NH 891291	2
GM/CS-092	Creag Ruadh	658	NN 685882	2
GM/CS-095	Creag Ruadh	622	NN 558913	2
GM/CS-105	Carn na Loine	549	NJ 070360	2
GM/CS-111	Creag Bheag	487	NH 745017	1
GM/CS-112	Beinn Mhor	471	NH 993281	1
GM/WS-271	Cruban Beag	590	NN 668924	2
GM/WS-277	Creag na Doire Duibhe	571	NN 615905	2