Mountain Guide: Cairngorm

The Cairngorm Mountain Guide app allows you to receive live lift and weather updates to your phone.

You'll be able to see:

- The latest operational update from the mountain
- The latest wind speed and summit temperature info
- The open status of all ski lifts as well as the access road and mountain rail

Simply open the app and it will auto-refresh. Alternatively, hit the refresh button to retrieve live information.

You'll never have to use another service or app to find out whether the conditions are right for you to ski/snowboard.

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Known issues:

- Currently takes around 30 seconds to update, working on making this faster
- If closing the app while loading, you have to wait when re-opening it to refresh
- App doesn't always show in app drawer as it doesn't run in background


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Contact the developer on modora.applications@gmail.com with any errors found or any other feature requests.

More in the 'Mountain Guide' series coming soon.

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About Cairngorm Mountain

The ski resort was developed on Cairn Gorm from 1960 onwards. It is the second largest in Scotland (after Glenshee) and acquired a reputation for the most reliable snow conditions.[citation needed] By the 1980s, thousands of skiers were using the resort on busy weekends, and the slopes could become very crowded. There was pressure[by whom?] to expand the resort to the west, but this was blocked by environmental objections.[citation needed]

A series of milder winters than in previous decades commenced in the mid 1990s, a trend usually attributed by whom to Global Warming, and skiing conditions suffered badly. Usage fell significantly, threatening the financial viability of the resort.

Snow lie and weather conditions are unpredictable, but recent seasons, such as the winter seasons of 2005–2006, 2008–2009, 2009–2010 and 2010-2011 have resulted in good snow cover. Usage has recovered significantly resulting in improved finances for the ski area. Ski Scotland.