Cairn Gorm () is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. It is part of the Cairngorms range and wider Grampian Mountains. With a summit elevation of above sea level, Cairn Gorm is classed as a Munro and is the sixth-highest mountain in the British Isles. The high, broad domed summit overlooking Strathspey is one of the most readily identifiable mountains from the nearby town and regional centre of Aviemore. Although it shares its name with the Cairngorm mountains, Ben Macdui is the highest mountain in the range. Since the 1960s over of the north-western slopes of the mountain in and have been developed for alpine skiing. The ski lift infrastructure includes a funicular railway in Coire Cas. The corrie south of Coire Cas, , is separated from the ski area by a ridge known as . The southern slopes of Cairn Gorm overlook the remote Loch Avon (pronounced Loch A'an). Etymology The mountain shares its name with the wider Cairngorms mountain range and the Cairngorms National Park of which it is a part. This is despite that it is neither the highest nor the most prominent mountain in the range. The Cairngorms mountain range was historically known as , a Scottish Gaelic name meaning The Red Hills. The Scottish Gaelic means "blue" in English; but when describing vegetation can mean "green" or "greening", so Cairn Gorm can mean either Blue Cairn or Green Cairn. Climate Cairn Gorm has a tundra climate (Köppen ET). There is an automated weather station (AWS) controlled by Heriot-Watt University on the summit of the mountain providing temperature and wind speed data. There is also a separate AWS run by the Met Office (synop code 03065) that publishes temperature and frost data. Cairn Gorm averages 194.4 frost days per annum, making it the coldest weather station in the United Kingdom. Winter low temperatures are not extreme when compared with some other UK stations, but the severity of the climate is illustrated by its cool summers. The highest temperature since 1985 is , recorded on 23 May 1989. The coldest temperature is on 6 March 2007. Daytime temperatures staying below all day occur most frequently between October and May but have been observed during every month of the year. Daytime maximum temperatures below and night-time temperature above are uncommon. The lowest daytime maximum was on 28 February 2018. The Foehn wind can affect the mountain, particularly during