page_title: Lairig Ghru
section_title: Chalamain Gap
hierarchical_section_title: Lairig Ghru / Waypoints (from the south) / Chalamain Gap
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Chalamin Gap taken by me 16th July 2009 in fine weather on the way to climb Braeriach.
context_page_description: The Lairig Ghru is one of the mountain passes through the Cairngorms of Scotland. The route and mountain pass partially lies on the Mar Lodge Estate.
  Like many traditional routes, the ends of the route through the Lairig Ghru are like the ends of a frayed rope. From the south the Lairig Ghru can be approached from Braemar though Glen Lui, or Glen Dee, and from Blair Atholl through Glen Tilt. From the north the Lairig Ghru can be approached from Glen More through the Chalamain Gap, and from Aviemore through the Rothiemurchus Forest by way of the Crossroads above Allt Drùidh.
context_section_description: This boulder-strewn ravine is used as a route between the Lairig Ghru and Glen More. The name "Chalamain Gap" has been applied relatively recently to this ravine, since in Alexander (1928) the author does not name the gap, but describes it - writing:
  a fine example of the "dry dens" or ravines which are found at various points on the Cairngorms, and which are supposed to have formed by glacier overflows or side streams
  — Alexander (1928) (p 121)
  Watson does not name the ravine "Chalamain Gap" either, but refers to it as the location of the Sinclair Hut:
  an alternative path to this spot comes in on the left [north-east] from Glen More. It leads through a rocky gap SE of Creag a' Chalamain, named  Eag Coire a' Chomhlaich
  — Watson (1975) (p129)
   More recently, Diack (2006) gives the name as Eag Coire na Comhdhalack {The Ravine of the Corrie of the Assembly}.
caption: View of The Chalamain Gap
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