Cuillin & Minginish
The Black Cuillin and the glens under them: the Fairy Pools, Glen Brittle, Talisker Bay and the distillery at Carbost.
Conditions here today
5 good, 0 worth thinking about, 0 rough.
And 1 place here that any weather suits.
0.1 mm of rain expected · gusts to 11 mph
Best between 08:00 and 17:00.
Conditions as of 8 November 2026, 19:54 (Europe/London).
Places in Cuillin & Minginish
Bruach na Frithe hill good
The one Cuillin Munro you can walk up, with the whole ridge laid out from the summit.
Good all day: dry, ridge gusts under 25 mph.
Coire Lagan hill good
Boulders up into a rock bowl and lochan beneath the highest peaks in the Cuillin.
Good all day: dry, corrie gusts under 25 mph.
Fairy Pools walk good
Clear blue plunge pools and small falls in the glen under the Cuillin. Short and very popular.
Good all day: dry, gusts under 35 mph.
Sligachan old bridge viewpoint good
The classic Cuillin photograph, from a three-arch bridge at the head of the glen. Pub alongside.
Best 09:00–17:00.
Talisker Bay beach good
Black and white sand under a waterfall and a sea stack, at the end of a track from Talisker.
Good all day: dry, gusts under 30 mph.
Talisker Distillery, Carbost place any weather
Skye's oldest working distillery, on the shore at Carbost. Book the tour; the bar takes walk-ins.
Not weather-dependent