The UK’s longest-lasting snow patch has melted away for only the eighth time in 300 years

Inverness

Cairngorms

national park

A9

Aviemore

Braeriach

Nicknamed ‘the Sphinx’, the

patch on the UK’s third highest

mountain (1,296 metres),

recently shrank to the size of

an A4 piece of paper before

disappearing completely

Kingussie

30 km

30 miles

Inverness

A9

Aviemore

Aberdeen

Braeriach

Nicknamed ’the Sphinx’, the patch on the

UK’s third highest mountain (1,296 metres),

recently shrank to the size of an A4 piece

of paper before disappearing completely

Kingussie

Fort William

North

Sea

Cairngorms

national park

30 km

30 miles