Our mountain outlooks offer a summary of 3000ft (915m) conditions for the middle of the day, plus expected dominant weather. Visit our
General Situation page for a mountain forecast discussion. This is updated daily during the snowsports season, and several times a week during the summer season.
Before venturing into the mountains, please consult the latest mountain speicific forecasts from the Mountain Weather Information Service and Met Office.
This Links Page was last updated and verified July 2025. If there are any broken links or you provide or know of a page worth including here please contact us using the details at the foot of the page.
Latest Avalanche Report and forecast for the following day from the SAIS. Includes info on climbing conditions and snow distribution.
Snow and Mountain sports photos, plus backcountry guiding services.
Views from CML's Ptarmigan. mid mountain and Daylodge Webcams.
Situated on the Boathouse at Loch Morlich, view alternates between looking over the beach to CairnGorm Mountain beyond and views of the loch.
(Winterhighland Cams) Multiple views of Meall a' Bhuiridh from a mix of fixed and zoom cameras, including at near the Summit at 3600ft. Plus 2 base cameras overlooking the summer tubing slope and finish of the mountain bike trails.
Live streaming cams at the Goose Gully Timing hut (up and down), near the Top Station giving changing views over the Top of the Gondola area and down to Fort William and Loch Eil below, plus base camera looking up the Gondola line to Aonach Mor.
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This camera is situated at the CIC Hut at 680m on Ben Nevis and includes latest weather from the Holfuy AWS at the hut.
Situated at the top of the Sunnyside Chairlift this camera provides views of Butchart's Coire, the base area, the Cairnwell including the Tiger and over the middle valley to partial views of the Meall Odhar and Caenlochan Pomas. (Updates every 30mins).
Situated on the Snowsports School building this camera offers a range of views across the hill, plus 360deg panoramic image. Also has views of the A939 for checking the road. (Updates every 30mins).
Page also contains Yad Moss snow report.
Page also contains snow report.
Useful for finding out what's happening around Scotland's trunk road network, including traffic cams.
Webcams monitoring the snowgates on the A939 (Lecht Pass) at Cockbridge and the A93 both sides of the Cairnwell Pass.
A selection of traffic cams from Perth and Kinross Council including the A93 at the top of the slide approaching the summit of the Cairnwell Pass.
Where Summit Weather Stations (AWS) give Relative Hummidity, this is a good indication of whether the summit is in cloud or is cloud free. Below 95% RH the Summit is cloud free, at 95-97% the AWS elevation is likely be around the cloud base and possibly just cloud free, above that it's a good bet the AWS is in Cloud.
A number of weather station data feeds are included in the mountain report pages for each of the 5 Highland Snowsport areas.
Located at 2750ft at the Scottish Ski Club Hut adjacent to the top of the Cliffhanger Chairlift.
(NEW Oct 2010) AWS situated at the edge of Rannoch Moor at 1200ft at the top end of the Glencoe Carpark.
Summit Weather Station on the Summit of CairnGorm Mountain at 4084ft/1245m. Provides wind direction, mean speed and Temperature, plus RH.
Summit level temperature from the top station of the Summit Button Tow. No wind speed.
Temperature and wind speed from Tower 17 of the Nevis Range Gondola.
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The MWIS provides detailed 72 hour Mountain specific forecasts which are updated late afternoon for the East and West Highlands, plus the Southern Uplands seven days a week. Also forecasts for The Cumbrian Fells (updated 6 days a week), The Peak District and The Snowdonia National Park (updated 3 days a week). Forecasts funded by the Scottish Executive.
The Met Office provides detailed Mountain Forecasts for the East and West Highlands of Scotland, amongst a total of 10 mountain forecast areas.
Provides General forecasts for the UK, Rain Radar and webcams. Also now provides free Mountain Forecasts for Scotland. Detailed 48hour forecast issued early morning, provides opportunity to check for any overnight changes in expected weather from previous evenings MWIS forecasts.
Weather forums and model data centre, lots of useful model charts and data for free. Subscription Rain Radar and Net Weather run high resolution convection permitting models and access to the UK Met Office MOGREPS ensemble forecasting system. Paid for radar service provides 5minute updates, accumulative radar and postcode / geolocation zoom in to any part of the UK.
Weather forums contain a dedicated Scottish sub-forum which is much more useful for following potential weather events in Scotland.
A long range forecasting site, the TWO forums are very useful for a source of information, but heavily weighted towards hunting for snow in Southern England at T+ 384hours!!
These links below provide access to data from computer forecasting models.Includes options to view Scotland only maps from select weather models.
The ultimate resource for the weather geek, charts from lots of various forecast models, as well as historical charts (great for that straw clutching pattern matching) and also the Human produced MetOffice Fax Charts are available.
Latest data and charts from the GFS (+ GFS ensembles), ECMWF and UK MetO.
