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SCOTLAND - CENTRAL & SOUTHERN — ARGYLL · SCHIST

The Anvil (Loch Goil) weather & climbing conditions

Poor — wet, too windy or closed

Right now

Temp12°C
Wind12 km/h
Gusts18 km/h
Humidity89.8%
Rain 48h0.1mm
Last rainNone recent

Assessment

0.4mm rain forecast
Good friction temperature range for schist
High humidity (89.8%) — schist friction compromised, particularly for bouldering

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Saturday 31 October
Poor
Temp11°C
Rain0.4mm
Wind13 km/h
Gusts18 km/h
Humidity90%
0.4mm rain forecast
  • Wet schist is slippery and slow to dry
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
09:00 — dry — — null%
17:00 12° 0.1mm 12 — 89.8%
18:00 12° 0.2mm 12 — 92.4%
19:00 12° 0.1mm 10 — 96.1%
20:00 12° dry 9 — 98.4%
21:00 12° dry 12 — 98.7%
Sun Sunday 1 November
Good
Temp10°C
Raindry
Wind12 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity75%
No recent rain
  • Schist climbs well when dry; lichen may slow drying in shade
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 6° dry 9 — 97.1%
07:00 6° dry 8 — 97.5%
08:00 6° dry 8 — 97.6%
09:00 7° dry 9 — 96.7%
10:00 9° dry 11 — 91.6%
11:00 10° dry 12 — 84.4%
12:00 10° dry 12 — 77.1%
13:00 11° dry 13 — 72.6%
14:00 11° dry 13 — 67%
15:00 10° dry 13 — 65.2%
16:00 10° dry 9 — 64.4%
17:00 8° dry 7 — 74%
18:00 8° dry 6 — 76.9%
19:00 7° dry 7 — 82.7%
20:00 6° dry 7 — 85%
21:00 6° dry 7 — 86.8%
Mon Monday 2 November
Good
Temp11°C
Raindry
Wind6 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity79%
No recent rain
  • Schist climbs well when dry; lichen may slow drying in shade
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 4° dry 7 — 99.4%
07:00 5° dry 7 — 97.1%
08:00 6° dry 7 — 94.5%
09:00 8° dry 6 — 88%
10:00 9° dry 5 — 84.3%
11:00 11° dry 5 — 82.2%
12:00 12° dry 7 — 78.8%
13:00 12° dry 8 — 76.2%
14:00 12° dry 8 — 75.7%
15:00 12° dry 7 — 75.4%
16:00 10° dry 5 — 83.2%
17:00 9° dry 5 — 85.3%
18:00 8° dry 4 — 87.2%
19:00 7° dry 4 — 90%
20:00 7° dry 4 — 91.6%
21:00 6° dry 4 — 92.1%
Tue Tuesday 3 November
Good
Temp11°C
Raindry
Wind2 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity80%
No recent rain
  • Schist climbs well when dry; lichen may slow drying in shade
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 3° dry 6 — 99.4%
12:00 11° dry 2 — 80.2%
18:00 7° dry 4 — 92.1%
Wed Wednesday 4 November
Caution
Temp10°C
Rain0.1mm
Wind9 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity91%
No recent rainHumidity 91% — potential fog
  • Schist climbs well when dry; lichen may slow drying in shade
  • Damp air — slopers and friction edges may feel greasy
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 8° dry 4 — 98.8%
12:00 10° dry 9 — 91.4%
18:00 8° dry 6 — 94.2%
Thu Thursday 5 November
Caution
Temp9°C
Rain0.1mm
Wind14 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity93%
No recent rainHumidity 93% — potential fog
  • Schist climbs well when dry; lichen may slow drying in shade
  • Damp air — slopers and friction edges may feel greasy
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 6° dry 5 — 95.2%
12:00 9° dry 14 — 92.5%
18:00 9° dry 13 — 84%
Fri Friday 6 November
Good
Temp10°C
Rain0.1mm
Wind10 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity77%
No recent rain
  • Schist climbs well when dry; lichen may slow drying in shade
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 8° dry 6 — 96.8%
12:00 10° dry 10 — 76.8%
18:00 9° dry 10 — 89.7%
Sat Saturday 7 November
Good
Temp9°C
Rain0.2mm
Wind7 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity89%
No recent rain
  • Schist climbs well when dry; lichen may slow drying in shade
  • Damp air — slopers and friction edges may feel greasy
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 7° dry 6 — 95.6%
12:00 9° 0.1mm 7 — 89%
18:00 8° dry 6 — 96%

About The Anvil (Loch Goil)

The Anvil is a colossal free-standing schist boulder marked as Uamh Innein on the OS map, six kilometres south of Lochgoilhead on the east shore of Loch Goil. Second only to Dumbarton Rock as Scotland's most important hard sport venue, the fifteen-metre block is steep on three of its four aspects, offering some of the most intense sport climbing in the country on hard, coarse mica-schist with sharp crimps, side-pulls, and long stretches between features. Aspects vary around the boulder so climbers can chase shade in summer heat or sun on colder days, though the loch-side position means shady sides can seep after prolonged rain. Approach is roughly forty-five minutes up a rough hillside path from parking on the B839 shore road.

Region
Scotland - Central & Southern — Argyll
Rock type
Schist
Altitude
60m
Exposure
medium
Seepage
medium