The following links give weather information that may be helpful in planning your days in the Cairngorms.
For current conditions for skiing or walking on the Cairngorms see the Mountain Railway site and the Met Office weather station at Aviemore or view the webcams below. There is also an automatic weather station on the summit of Cairngorm (see today’s report below).
The outlook for the hills is given in the Met Office East Highlands forecast or the
Mountain Weather Forecast (pdf so will take time to load) and for the next 3 days
on the Nevisport pages or from Snow-
A more general 5 day forecast for Kingussie can be obtained from the BBC and UK Met
Office. Low level conditions and historical data can be obtained from the Strathspey
Weather Station in Cromdale near Grantown-
Traditional Met Office synoptic charts, including the analysis chart for today and 24h forecast plus much other useful weather information from around the world are collated by Georg Mueller in Germany. Metcheck is also a useful site for weather info and links.
Met Office Weather Station (Just N of Aviemore off the B9152)
Cairngorm Mountain webcams and live video streaming (slow to load)
Enlarged views from Cairngorm Base (Looking up towards the funicular and Coire Cas) and Cairngorm Ptarmigan
A9 Drumochter (via Traffic Scotland -
