CHILL OUT

The Cairngorms are known as Britain’s Arctic and for good reason. The coldest ever temperature of -27.2°C was twice recorded at Braemar; the strongest ever wind of 173mph on the summit of Cairn Gorm; and snow lies here longer than anywhere else with patches often surviving the entire year through in the deepest northern corries. READ ON: Among the Summer Snows by Christopher Nicholson