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Coire an t-Sneachda

Floor564 m1,850 ft
Depth
634 m
Rim
1,245 m
Length
9.5 km
Tonight
-5°CFog · Wind 11 km/h SW

Coire an t-Sneachda is up to 634 m deep: the rim reaches 1,245 m and the floor 564 m, along 9.5 km.

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Floor
564 m
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Depth

Depth of Coire an t-Sneachda

Up to 634 m deep (typically 372 m) along the 9.5 km in view.

4006008001,0001,2001,400634 mrimfloor059.5 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

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Coire an t-Sneachda 3D map

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Coire an t-Sneachda terrain and contours

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Coire an t-Sneachda elevation profile

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Weather

Coire an t-Sneachda weather

Tonight · Fog · -5°C (23°F) · Wind 11 km/h SW

Coire an t-Sneachda forecast for about 1,245 m.

  • Tonight-5°–11 km/h SW
  • Today-4°0°24.9 mm47 km/h SE
  • Sun-2°0°9.3 mm50 km/h W
  • Mon-2°1°10.1 mm32 km/h SE
  • Tue-1°6°6.2 mm44 km/h SW
  • Wed0°3°0.8 mm19 km/h SW
  • Thu1°5°–12 km/h S
  • Fri2°3°7.7 mm18 km/h SE
  • Sat-1°4°17.5 mm22 km/h SE
  • Sun-3°-2°23.0 mm14 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Coire an t-Sneachda

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Coire an t-Sneachda, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    Coire Cas Car Park

    2.5 km N · +2 more within 3.7 km

  • Nearest hut

    Hutchinson Memorial Hut

    4.9 km SE · +1 more within 4.9 km

All mapped places 5
PlaceDistance
Parking2.5 km N
Coire Cas Car ParkParking2.5 km N
Coire na CisteParking3.7 km N
Hutchinson Memorial HutHut4.9 km SE
Fords of Avon Refuge HutHut4.9 km E
Slope

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
47.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
39.5%
Steep, 30–45°
12.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.2%
Steeper than 30°
13.6% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view
943 m low point 365 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 93.3%Bare rock / sparse 4.2%Water 1.4%Trees 0.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Coire an t-Sneachda.

NESW5 km10 km12345678
Summit list 8
  1. 1Sron na Lairige1,184 m 1.1 km NW
  2. 2Braeriach1,296 m 1.9 km W
  3. 3Ben Macdui1,309 m 2.0 km ESE
  4. 4Cairn Lochan1,216 m 3.0 km NNE
  5. 5Stob Coire an t-Sneachda1,176 m 4.0 km NE
  6. 6Beinn Mheadhoin SW Top1,163 m 4.8 km ENE
  7. 7Cairn Gorm1,245 m 5.4 km NE
  8. 8Beinn Mheadhoin1,182 m 5.6 km ENE
Where it sits

Where Coire an t-Sneachda sits

Range
Grampian Mountains22
Region
Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
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Nearby places

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Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-15)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
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