The Snow Roads

Main roads

From the map

Longest gap between fuel

51 miles

Fuel stations near the line

4

Curvature

122 ° a mile

Campsites within 2 km

9

• The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 33 to mile 84. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
• The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 56 to mile 76, at 152 degrees of turning a mile.
• Passes: Cairnwell Pass (670 m, mile 24).

Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.

Before you go

• Both passes close in snow, which is how the road got its name. Check Traffic Scotland before setting off in winter or spring.
• The A939 near the Lecht has steep gradients and sharp bends.

On the way

1. Spittal of Glenshee
2. The Cairnwell
3. Braemar
4. Cock Bridge
5. The Lecht
6. Tomintoul
7. Grantown-on-Spey