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Sgor an Lochain Uaine

1,258 m

12% chance of a view, in cloud all day.

The summit sits about 844 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?

Fri 16 Oct
12%
in cloud all day
Sat 17 Oct
72%
clear of the cloud
Sun 18 Oct
94%
clear of the cloud

The hill

Lists
Munro
Height
1,258 m (117 m of drop)
Area
Cairngorms
County
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grid ref
NN954976
OS Landranger
36, 43
Summit
boulder c.5m WNW of cairn

Sun

Sunrise
06:50 ESE
Sunset
17:10 WSW
Daylight
10.33 hours

About Sgor an Lochain Uaine

Sgòr an Lochain Uaine is one of the Cairngorms mountains in the Scottish Highlands. Rising to 1,258 metres (4,127 ft), by some counts it is the fifth-highest mountain in Scotland. It is in the western massif of the Cairngorms, standing between Braeriach and Cairn Toul, overlooking An Garbh Choire and the Lairig Ghru pass. It was promoted to Munro status by the Scottish Mountaineering Club's 1997 revision of the tables.

Hour by hour, Friday 16 October

HourViewCloud baseTempWind
06:009%347 m-1.1°15 W
08:008%360 m-0.9°13 WNW
10:0012%375 m-0.7°15 WNW
12:009%414 m0.1°15 NW
14:009%403 m0.1°23 NW
16:0020%463 m-0.1°23 NW
18:0013%438 m-0.6°24 NW
20:0010%454 m-0.8°28 NNW

Nearby

Cairn Toul · Braeriach · The Devil's Point · Ben Macdui · Monadh Mor · Carn a' Mhaim

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