MacLeod's Tables (Healabhal Bheag)
The flat-topped hill you see from every Duirinish road — steep, pathless and usually deserted.
Today
good
Good all day: dry, summit gusts under 25 mph.
08:00 · summit gusts about 3 mph · dry · summit clear
goodmarginalpoor
Windlightbreezystrongpeak about 4 mph
Why this?
- Best 4 hours08:00–12:00
- Summit gustsabout 4 mph at 10:00good below 25 · poor from 40
- Raindrygood to 0.2 mm an hour · poor over 1
- Cloud base1500 m at 10:00the view needs 488 m clear
- Mountain forecastup to 10 mph on the Munros
Hourly forecast: Met Office model, via Open-Meteo · mountain forecast: MWIS
sunrise 07:54 · sunset 16:25 · gusts to 7 mph · 0.0 mm of rain due
Forecast as of 8 November 2026, 19:54 (Europe/London).
Worth knowing
Rated exposed rather than moderate because of the summit itself: a bare, featureless plateau with crags on its north side, where navigation in cloud is the real hazard. No made path, and boggy below.
Starts: Orbost road south of Dunvegan, or Osdale
8.0 km · 500 m of ascent · 3.5-4 h · exposed
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