Dun Caan, Raasay
Raasay's flat-topped summit: the Cuillin one way, the Torridon hills the other. Boswell danced here.
Today
good
Best 10:00–17:00. Earlier: summit in cloud.
10:00 · summit gusts about 4 mph · dry · summit clear
goodmarginalpoor
Windlightbreezystrongpeak about 7 mph
Cloudview in cloud
Why this?
- Best 4 hours10:00–14:00
- Summit gustsabout 7 mph at 12:00good below 25 · poor from 40
- Raindrygood to 0.2 mm an hour · poor over 1
- Cloud base1120 m at 11:00the view needs 444 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 16:23 · gusts to 11 mph · 0.0 mm of rain due
Forecast as of 8 November 2026, 19:54 (Europe/London).
Worth knowing
Rated exposed: only 443m, but the top is a small airy plateau ringed by crags, the approach is trackless bog, and help is a ferry away. Allow for the sailing times.
Starts: Inverarish or the old iron-mine track from the ferry
12.0 km · 480 m of ascent · 4-5 h · exposed
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