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SCOTLAND - ISLANDS — SKYE CUILLIN · GABBRO

Sron na Ciche weather & climbing conditions

Poor — wet, too windy or closed

Right now

Temp7°C
Wind22 km/h
Gusts32 km/h
Humidity97.3%
Rain 48h3mm
Last rain13h ago

Assessment

2.1mm rain forecast
High humidity (97.3%) — gabbro friction compromised, particularly for bouldering
Breezy — good for drying

Drying Time

96% dry · 9-19h to dry

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Saturday 31 October
Poor
Temp5°C
Rain2mm
Wind24 km/h
Gusts32 km/h
Humidity97%
2.1mm rain forecast
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
09:00 — 1mm — — null%
17:00 7° dry 22 — 97.3%
18:00 6° dry 24 — 95.9%
19:00 5° dry 23 — 93.8%
20:00 4° dry 22 — 92.7%
21:00 3° dry 19 — 92.2%
Sun Sunday 1 November
Good
Temp6°C
Raindry
Wind17 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity66%
Should be dry
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 3° dry 20 — 88.4%
07:00 3° dry 19 — 85.6%
08:00 3° dry 19 — 82.7%
09:00 4° dry 20 — 79%
10:00 5° dry 19 — 73.2%
11:00 6° dry 17 — 65.7%
12:00 6° dry 18 — 63.6%
13:00 6° dry 18 — 64%
14:00 6° dry 18 — 64%
15:00 6° dry 15 — 63.9%
16:00 5° dry 14 — 70.5%
17:00 4° dry 15 — 74.9%
18:00 4° dry 14 — 76.8%
19:00 3° dry 14 — 82.4%
20:00 3° dry 13 — 83.1%
21:00 4° dry 12 — 81.7%
Mon Monday 2 November
Good
Temp7°C
Raindry
Wind7 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity84%
Should be dry
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 5° dry 12 — 98.5%
07:00 4° dry 10 — 99.2%
08:00 4° dry 10 — 98.9%
09:00 5° dry 8 — 98.8%
10:00 6° dry 8 — 96.9%
11:00 6° dry 7 — 90.3%
12:00 7° dry 8 — 82.2%
13:00 7° dry 7 — 76.6%
14:00 7° dry 6 — 76.4%
15:00 7° dry 6 — 79.6%
16:00 6° dry 6 — 89.1%
17:00 5° dry 6 — 93.3%
18:00 4° dry 7 — 95.2%
19:00 3° dry 9 — 96.8%
20:00 2° dry 9 — 97.6%
21:00 2° dry 10 — 97.1%
Tue Tuesday 3 November
Caution
Temp4°C
Raindry
Wind4 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity89%
Should be dryHumidity 89% — potential fog
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 1° dry 10 — 95.5%
12:00 4° dry 4 — 89%
18:00 2° dry 0 — 94.4%
Wed Wednesday 4 November
Good
Temp5°C
Raindry
Wind5 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity82%
Should be dry
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 0° dry 5 — 96.2%
12:00 5° dry 5 — 82.2%
18:00 2° dry 4 — 93.9%
Thu Thursday 5 November
Caution
Temp4°C
Raindry
Wind7 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity86%
Should be dryHumidity 86% — potential fog
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 0° dry 6 — 95.3%
12:00 4° dry 7 — 85.9%
18:00 2° dry 7 — 91.4%
Fri Friday 6 November
Caution
Temp4°C
Raindry
Wind6 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity86%
Should be dryHumidity 86% — potential fog
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 0° dry 8 — 96.8%
12:00 4° dry 6 — 85.5%
18:00 1° dry 4 — 95.5%
Sat Saturday 7 November
Good
Temp5°C
Raindry
Wind6 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity70%
Should be dry
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 1° dry 4 — 90.7%
12:00 5° dry 6 — 69.5%
18:00 1° dry 5 — 86.8%

About Sron na Ciche

Sron na Ciche is the most popular mountain crag on Skye — a 500-metre-wide, 300-metre-high gabbro face high in Coire Lagan beneath the summit of Sgurr Alasdair. The rock is rough Cuillin gabbro interspersed with basalt dykes, offering unrivalled friction and clean jam cracks, but the north-west aspect at six hundred metres means the slabs guarding the Amphitheatre approach are slow to dry and remain the crux of many days when wet. Facing broadly north-west, the crag gets late-afternoon sun in summer. Approach from Glenbrittle is around ninety minutes up a well-worn path through Coire Lagan, and complex mountain navigation is essential when cloud comes in.

Region
Scotland - Islands — Skye Cuillin
Rock type
Gabbro
Aspect
north-west-facing
Altitude
600m
Exposure
high
Seepage
medium

Other crags in this region

Blaven (Blabheinn)