Right now

Temp13°C

Wind23 km/h

Gusts34 km/h

Humidity64.7%

Rain 48hdry

Last rainNone recent

Assessment

2.1mm rain forecast

Good friction temperature range for gneiss

Breezy — good for drying

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Wednesday 16 September

Poor

Temp13°C

Rain2mm

Wind22 km/h

Gusts34 km/h

Humidity68%

2.1mm rain forecast

Good conditions for gneiss
Wet gneiss is slick — let the rock dry before leading
Breezy — helps drying

Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum

15:00 13° dry 23 — 64.7%

16:00 12° dry 21 — 72.2%

17:00 11° 0.1mm 22 — 77.4%

18:00 11° dry 23 — 81.5%

19:00 10° 0.2mm 22 — 80%

20:00 10° dry 25 — 84.2%

21:00 11° 0.1mm 30 — 82.3%

Thu Thursday 17 September

Poor

Temp10°C

Rain4mm

Wind30 km/h

Gusts—

Humidity86%

3.7mm rain forecast

Good conditions for gneiss
Wet gneiss is slick — let the rock dry before leading
Damp air — friction edges may feel greasy
Breezy — helps drying

Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum

06:00 9° dry 23 — 88.9%

07:00 9° dry 25 — 87.6%

08:00 10° 0.2mm 25 — 84.2%

09:00 10° 0.2mm 25 — 84.3%

10:00 10° 0.2mm 28 — 83.3%

11:00 10° 0.4mm 28 — 85.6%

12:00 10° 0.3mm 30 — 85.9%

13:00 10° 0.4mm 30 — 86.7%

14:00 10° 0.3mm 34 — 86.7%

15:00 10° 0.3mm 32 — 86.9%

16:00 10° 0.4mm 32 — 87.9%

17:00 9° 0.3mm 33 — 89.8%

18:00 9° 0.1mm 32 — 91%

19:00 9° 0.2mm 33 — 89.8%

20:00 8° 0.2mm 32 — 90%

21:00 9° dry 32 — 90.6%

Fri Friday 18 September

Poor

Temp12°C

Rain0.6mm

Wind27 km/h

Gusts—

Humidity74%

0.6mm rain forecast

Good conditions for gneiss
Wet gneiss is slick — let the rock dry before leading
Breezy — helps drying

Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum

06:00 9° dry 26 — 86.4%

07:00 10° dry 24 — 86.2%

08:00 10° dry 26 — 84%

09:00 11° dry 27 — 81.7%

10:00 12° dry 30 — 72.7%

11:00 12° 0.6mm 28 — 70.5%

12:00 11° dry 24 — 79.9%

13:00 11° dry 22 — 81.7%

14:00 12° dry 30 — 71.1%

15:00 12° dry 28 — 69%

16:00 12° dry 28 — 76.5%

17:00 13° dry 27 — 78.8%

18:00 13° dry 28 — 85.3%

19:00 13° dry 32 — 86.3%

20:00 12° dry 34 — 83.7%

21:00 11° dry 32 — 85.4%

Sat Saturday 19 September

Poor

Temp12°C

Rain0.5mm

Wind31 km/h

Gusts—

Humidity74%

0.5mm rain forecast

Good conditions for gneiss
Very windy — long gneiss walls will be exposed
Wet gneiss is slick — let the rock dry before leading
Breezy — helps drying

Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum

06:00 10° 0.2mm 29 — 87.7%

12:00 12° 0.2mm 31 — 73.9%

18:00 8° dry 25 — 87%

Sun Sunday 20 September

Poor

Temp12°C

Rain0.4mm

Wind26 km/h

Gusts—

Humidity70%

0.4mm rain forecast

Good conditions for gneiss
Wet gneiss is slick — let the rock dry before leading
Breezy — helps drying

Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum

06:00 8° 0.2mm 22 — 85.8%

12:00 12° 0.1mm 26 — 70.2%

18:00 10° dry 19 — 78.1%

Mon Monday 21 September

Good

Temp12°C

Raindry

Wind13 km/h

Gusts—

Humidity69%

Should be dry

Good conditions for gneiss
Gneiss climbs well when dry; foliation planes can hold moisture on shaded aspects

Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum

06:00 8° dry 11 — 82.5%

12:00 12° dry 13 — 68.5%

18:00 13° dry 17 — 85.3%

Tue Tuesday 22 September

Good

Temp17°C

Raindry

Wind17 km/h

Gusts—

Humidity75%

Should be dry

Good conditions for gneiss
Gneiss climbs well when dry; foliation planes can hold moisture on shaded aspects

Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum

06:00 14° dry 15 — 91.5%

12:00 17° dry 17 — 74.8%

18:00 14° dry 12 — 86.9%

Wed Wednesday 23 September

Good

Temp15°C

Rain0.2mm

Wind11 km/h

Gusts—

Humidity80%

Should be dry

Good conditions for gneiss
Gneiss climbs well when dry; foliation planes can hold moisture on shaded aspects

Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum

06:00 13° dry 9 — 86.2%

12:00 15° 0.2mm 11 — 79.9%

18:00 13° dry 7 — 95.6%

About Brin Rock

Brin Rock is a prominent hillside gneiss crag south of Inverness, made up of four buttresses lining the southern side of Creag Dhubh above the B851 through Strathnairn. The rock is compact, hard Moine gneiss similar to that at nearby Ruthven Boulder and Duntelchaig, though often obscured on unclimbed sections by moss and lichen. Facing south, the buttresses are a genuine sun trap and, once the rock has been cleaned, dry quickly in the open hillside breeze — making this one of the driest venues in the Inverness area. A scattering of trad routes dating from the seventies and eighties has been supplemented by a strong crop of steeper sport lines in the Fr6c to Fr7b bracket, with numerous boulders below the crags providing warm-ups. The approach is a straightforward fifteen-to-twenty-minute uphill walk from parking laybys on the B851.

Region: Scotland - Highlands — Strathnairn
Rock type: Gneiss
Aspect: south-facing
Altitude: 300m
Exposure: medium
Seepage: low