46% chance of a view, in and out of it all day.
The summit sits about 270 m inside the layer.
Forecast for Friday 16 October, built 2026-10-16 16:22 UTC and rebuilt twice a day. A high number is close to reliable, a low one is barely better than a shrug: how reliable is this?
The hill
- Lists
- Munro, Marilyn
- Height
- 933 m (514 m of drop)
- Area
- Applecross to Achnasheen
- County
- Highland, Scotland
- Grid ref
- NG924499
- OS Landranger
- 25
- Summit
- very large cairn
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:58 ESE
- Sunset
- 17:16 WSW
- Daylight
- 10.3 hours
About Maol Chean-dearg
Maol Cheann-Dearg is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, between Upper Loch Torridon and Loch Carron, in the Coulags deer forest in Wester Ross. It is one of three Munros in this area and reaches a height of 933 metres (3,060 feet), it is slightly isolated from the other two being separated by a low col of 420 metres and therefore tends to be ascended separately. The mountain is typical of the region in that geologically it is made up of a mixture of sandstone and quartzite, it has a steep flanks and is rock-strewn. The dome shaped summit is littered with red sandstone boulders and lacking in vegetation making its translated name of "red-headed brow" especially appropriate. The mountain is not to be confused with Maol Chinn-dearg, another Munro on the south Glen Shiel ridge.
Hour by hour, Friday 16 October
| Hour | View | Cloud base | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00 | 26% | 368 m | 1.2° | 20 W |
| 08:00 | 22% | 383 m | 1.4° | 16 W |
| 10:00 | 27% | 420 m | 1.8° | 19 WNW |
| 12:00 | 63% | 663 m | 2.2° | 18 NW |
| 14:00 | 49% | 723 m | 1.6° | 26 NW |
| 16:00 | 58% | 765 m | 1.8° | 23 NW |
| 18:00 | 52% | 711 m | 1.7° | 24 N |
| 20:00 | 89% | 707 m | 1.6° | 24 N |
Nearby
Sgorr Ruadh · Beinn Liath Mhor · Liathach - Mullach an Rathain · Liathach - Spidean a' Choire Leith · Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach · Beinn Eighe - Ruadh-stac Mor
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