MacLeod's Tables (Healabhal Bheag)
The flat-topped hill you see from every Duirinish road — steep, pathless and usually deserted.
Today
not safe
- Not safe on the tops — 50 mph up there, and they'll be in cloud
- Summit wind50 mphnot safe at 40 mph and above, breezy from 25
- Rain1.7 mmheavy at 15 mm and above, on and off from 8
- Cloud-free tops10%in cloud below 30%, a clear top likely from 60
Best between 15:00 and 20:00. it improves — wait for it
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good hoursraindaylight
lightbreezystronggalegusts peak 31 mph
sunrise 07:07 · sunset 19:31 · gusts to 38 mph · 1.7 mm of rain due
Forecast as of 20 September 2026, 21:50 (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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