Coire Lagan
Boulders up into a rock bowl and lochan beneath the highest peaks in the Cuillin.
Today
good
Good all day: dry, corrie gusts under 25 mph.
08:00 · corrie gusts about 2 mph · dry · corrie clear
goodmarginalpoor
Windlightbreezystrongpeak about 5 mph
Why this?
- Best 4 hours08:00–12:00
- Corrie gustsabout 5 mph at 10:00good below 25 · poor from 40
- Raindrygood to 0.2 mm an hour · poor over 1
- Cloud base1000 m at 09:00the view needs 560 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 16:25 · gusts to 8 mph · 0.2 mm of rain due
Forecast as of 8 November 2026, 19:54 (Europe/London).
Worth knowing
Rated exposed, not ridge: you stay below the ridge itself, but the corrie rim funnels wind hard and the slabs above the lochan are lethal when wet.
Starts: Glen Brittle beach car park
7.0 km · 550 m of ascent · 3-4 h · exposed
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