Bruach na Frithe
The one Cuillin Munro you can walk up, with the whole ridge laid out from the summit.
Today
good
Good all day: dry, ridge gusts under 25 mph.
08:00 · ridge gusts about 2 mph · dry · summit clear
goodmarginalpoor
Windlightbreezystrongpeak about 6 mph
Why this?
- Best 4 hours08:00–12:00
- Ridge gustsabout 6 mph at 11:00good below 25 · poor from 40
- Raindrygood to 0.2 mm an hour · poor over 1
- Cloud base1100 m at 11:00the view needs 958 m clear
- Mountain forecastup to 10 mph on the Munros
Hourly forecast: Met Office model, via Open-Meteo · mountain forecast: MWIS
sunrise 07:51 · sunset 16:24 · gusts to 11 mph · 0.1 mm of rain due
Forecast as of 8 November 2026, 19:54 (Europe/London).
Worth knowing
Rated ridge: no scrambling on the normal route, but it is still the Cuillin — compasses are unreliable on gabbro and the summit ridge is narrow.
Starts: Sligachan, path up Coire na Circe
13.0 km · 950 m of ascent · 5-6 h · mountain ground
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