Cairnwell Pass

The Cairnwell Pass (Scottish Gaelic: Càrn a' Bhailg) is a mountain pass on the A93 road between Glen Shee, Perthshire, and Braemar, Aberdeenshire, in the Scottish Highlands.

With a summit altitude of 670 m (2,200 ft), the Cairnwell Pass is the highest main road in the United Kingdom, and at the summit is the Glenshee Ski Centre, Scotland's largest and oldest ski centre.

[1] Historically, the pass was a drover's route from the Lowlands to the Highlands.

1 mi (1.6 km) south of the summit is the Devil's Elbow, a notorious double-hairpin bend.

[2][3] The double bend can be seen clearly on Taylor & Skinner's map of 1776,[4] with the 1749 military road already bypassed.