Garbh Choire Mòr
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Garbh Choire Mòr is a famously remote and snow-holding corrie on the slopes of Braeriach in the Cairngorms of Scotland, known for often containing some of the UK's longest-lasting snow patches.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
corrie
ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ |
| accessDifficulty | remote and strenuous ⓘ |
| administrativeArea |
Aberdeenshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Highland (historic region) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateClassification | subarctic mountain climate ⓘ |
| climateFeature | cold microclimate ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| drainage | River Dee catchment ⓘ |
| elevationApprox | over 1100 metres ⓘ |
| geology | granite ⓘ |
| hasClimbingRoutes | winter climbing routes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
rocky headwalls
ⓘ
snow-filled gullies ⓘ steep cliffs ⓘ |
| hasNotableSnowPatch |
Pinnacles snow patch
ⓘ
Sphinx snow patch ⓘ |
| knownFor |
harsh winter conditions
ⓘ
long-lasting snow patches ⓘ remoteness ⓘ snow persistence ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Cairngorms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Lairig Ghru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Braeriach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Grampian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaningApprox | great rough corrie ⓘ |
| nearestSummit | Braeriach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | site of some of the last surviving snow in Scotland in many years ⓘ |
| notableForUK | among the UK’s most persistent natural snow sites ⓘ |
| orientation | generally north to north-east facing ⓘ |
| partOf |
Braeriach massif
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cairngorms National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ central Cairngorm plateau ⓘ |
| popularWith |
hillwalkers
ⓘ
mountaineers ⓘ snow patch researchers ⓘ |
| region | Scottish Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shelteredBy | Braeriach plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| snowObservationSite | long-term UK snow patch records ⓘ |
| snowPatchesOftenLastUntil | late summer ⓘ |
| snowPatchesSometimesLastUntil | early winter ⓘ |
| snowPatchesSometimesSurviveUntil | following winter ⓘ |
| topographicalType |
glacial cirque
ⓘ
north-facing corrie ⓘ |
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