West Highlands
Western Highlands accessible from, and south of, Glenfinnan (Road to the Isles) and Glen Spean (includes Creag Meagaidh). This area includes Ben Nevis and the mountains around Glencoe. In the east, from Ben Alder south to Loch Lomond and Trossachs NP. Also Arran and Mull.
Monday's Forecast
Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
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Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Monday 29th December 2025
Last updated
Sun 28th Dec 25 at
2:58PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Chilly northeasterly winds with extensive cloud with patchy precipitation locally. Best breaks and sun western hills of England and Wales, and western Scotland. As a cold front edges south, cloud may break up more widely later for the Highlands with colder conditions developing on the hills.
Headline for West Highlands
Chilly northeast wind. Patchy hill fog north and east, clearer elsewhere.
How windy? (On the Munros)
Northeast 15 to 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small, but considerable wind chill where exposed to the wind.
How Wet?
Precipitation not expected
Small risk of a spots of light rain or snow grains into afternoon as a weak cold front edges south.
Cloud on the hills?
Patchy cloud banks, good breaks.
Patchy cloud banks moving in, mostly across hills from north Lochaber through the central Highlands. Around 500-1000m, tops initially clear above before cloud lifts further. Clearer conditions elsewhere.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
70%, but 40% in north and east.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy cloud and sun, the latter best in the south and west. Visibility mostly very good.
How Cold? (at 900m)
0C lowering to -2C
Freezing Level
Morning frost in glens/corries and little change in temperature with height, but turning colder on tops as freezing level stabilises around 700m during afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Tuesday 30th December 2025
Last updated
Sun 28th Dec 25 at
2:58PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Northerly 10 to 20mph
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small, but marked chill where exposed to the breeze.
How Wet?
Mostly dry
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly very little, other than patches
Other than ragged patches, or a few banks along western coastal hills, generally very little cloud is expected on the hills.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy cloud and sunshine. Visibility excellent.
How Cold? (at 900m)
-2C
Freezing Level
Terrain frozen from lower slopes upwards, with frost into the glens in morning.
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Wednesday 31st December 2025
Last updated
Sun 28th Dec 25 at
2:58PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Westerly 20 to 30mph, increasingly through day to 30 to 40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Be prepared for increasingly fairly arduous conditions through the day with significant buffeting and wind chill.
How Wet?
Patchy rain or upper slopes snow
Mostly dry start, bar an isolated flurry, but increasingly through day patchy precipitation developing. Snow falling above around 500-800m.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Soon after dawn low cloud becoming extensive and increasingly to lower slopes toward west coast.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Increasingly overcast. Becoming increasingly misty and murky, with poor visibility in precipitation.
How Cold? (at 900m)
Around or just below zero. Feeling more like-10C in the strongest winds.
Freezing Level
Freezing at all levels at first, before freezing level rises through day to 700-900m.
Planning Outlook
Up until end of the year, high pressure still dominates. Significant change from New Year's Day as a cold front introduces, a much colder and strong northerly giving severe wind chill with temperatures well below average for the first week to the New Year with frequent and heavy snow showers moving into northern areas and running down coastal extremities with significant accumulations. Elsewhere, lots of dry and sunny weather, although occasional organised bands of snow will feed south at times in the Arctic airflow. All terrain becoming frozen, with scope for very low valley temperatures over snow cover when northerly flow eases.