• Mountain Weather Information Service - from Mountain Weather Forecast/Information system for Mountain and Hill areas in Scotland, England and Wales.
  • The North West Highlands of Scotland
  • The West Highlands of Scotland
  • Cairngorms National Park and Monadhliath
  • The Southeastern Highlands of Scotland
  • The Southern Uplands of Scotland
  • The Cumbrian Fells
  • The English Peak District
  • The Snowdonia area of Wales
  You will need Adobe Acrobat reader as the reports are provided as .pdf files.
   
• The Met Office - latest weather forecast for United Kingdom - general (to Regional level) rather than detailed.
  • Weather for North West Scotland
  • Weather for North East Scotland
  • Outdoor activities info
  • Mountain areas forcasts: Covers: West Highlands; East Highlands; Lake District; Snowdonia; and Brecon Beacons.
   
• BBC Weather - UK weather information and lots more.
  • Weather for Scotland
  • UK tide tables - 7 day prediction
  • Scottish tide tables - 7 day prediction For the Ely Chain Walk check Rosyth or Anstruther East.
   
• MET CHECK - A very detailed weather site. Breaks the forecast into small time chunks across the day for seven days ahead and for county areas.
  Pretty weather cartoons as well!
  • MetCheck 48 hour weather for Angus
  • MetCheck 48 hour weather for Perth and Kinross
   

Radio Scotland (92.4 to 94.7 FM / 810 kHz MW) broadcasts specific outdoor conditions forecasts and reports. At the time of writing these are:
     Weekdays: Outdoor conditions - 6.57 am to 7.00 am.

• Scottish Avalanche Information Service - details of avalanche conditions and risk throughout Scotland (Winter only!)
• Cyberspace Snow and Avalanche Centre - useful site with all available avalanche report information world-wide.

HILLPHONES

Daily information for hillwalkers about deer stalking activities.
From August to October recorded phone messages provide information about the location of deer stalking activities in various parts of the Scottish Highlands.

Messages indicate where stalking is happening and which walking routes are unlikely to affect stalking as well as giving a forecast of stalking activity over the next few days.

Note that there is no stalking on Sundays.

Recorded messages are updated by 8 am each days and calls are charged at normal rates. It will help to have a map beside you (and paper and pencil) when you call the Hillphone. OS map numbers are listed with each Hillphone area below.

Please be aware that deer stalking takes place elsewhere in the Highlands and not just in the Hillphone areas. Also, whilst the stag stalking season finishes on October 20th, the hind cull continues until February 15th.

Throughout the Highlands walkers can help to minimise disturbance during the stalking season by following:

• the main established hill paths;
• prominent ridges and spurs on the hills, especially during descent;
• main routes through glens;
• principal watercourses when descending open hillsides.