CairnGorm is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands overlooking Strathspey and the town of Aviemore. At an elevation of 1,244 m it is one of the ten highest summits in the United Kingdom. It has given its name to the whole range, although these hills are properly known as Am Monadh Ruadh (the Red Hills) rather than the Cairngorms. CairnGorm is the most prominent of the Cairngorm mountains in the view from Speyside, but it is not the highest, that honour falling to Ben Macdui.
