With things looking distinctly gnarly
for the weekend and snow forecast on pretty much all the northern
hills, but much vagueness about when and how much, mountain web cams
are a great way of seeing what's actually happening out there in real
time.
Of course, it's also a good way of dodging work and doing some
outdoors dreaming while you're counting down the hours on a dull
Friday afternoon. Which is why we put together the OUTDOORSmagic
mountain web cam page.
We've linked to all the outdoor web cams we can find so you can
see exactly what's going on all over the UK. Right now there's a
dusting of snow on Snowdonia, some patches in the Peak and what looks
like a respectable covering in the Cairngorms, but it could all
change soon.
Anyway, here are the cam links for you, enjoy :-)
LAKE DISTRICT
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LakelandWebs
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www.wasdaleweb.co.uk/wasdalewebcam.html
Views of Great Gable, Pillar, Wasdale, Eskdale, Pavey
Ark, Haystacks, Coniston Old Man and Buckbarrow from the
LakelandWebs guys.
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Fairfield Horseshoe - Lake District
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www.eldergrove.co.uk/webcam.html
Web cam in Ambleside looking towards the Fairfield
Horseshoe in the background.
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Coniston web cam
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http://www.coppermines.co.uk
Fascinating view of Coniston's excellent accident
blackspot, but at least you can see if its raining...
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Glenridding web cam
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http://www.bbc.co.uk
View from Glenridding across Ullswater no less.
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Keswick web cam
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www.bbc.co.uk
View of Skiddaw from Keswick
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Borrowdale web cam
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www.thelangstrath.com/webcam.htm
View of Borrowdale from the Langstrath Inn
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PEAK DISTRICT
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Peak
District Live Webcam
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www.outside.co.uk/peak-district-webcam.html
Live web cam facing NE towards Millstone Edge above
Hathersage. On a good day you can see Stanage in the
distance as well.
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Hope Valley
Webcam
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www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk/content.php?categoryId=2491
Cam in the Hope Valley with some amazing archived
images.
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YORKSHIRE
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Pen y Ghent - Dales
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myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hortontic/image.jpg
Great view from Horton looking up at Pen y Ghent in the
Yorkshire Dales.
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Cragg Vale (Hebden Bridge) web cam
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www.pcuk.net
Moors above Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire.
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SOUTH WEST
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Dartmoor
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www.bbc.co.uk/devon/webcams/dartmoor_webcam.shtml
View of Dartmoor from Powdermills near Postbridge.
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Princetown,
Dartmoor
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http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/transport/traffic/cctv/webcam_princetown_dartmoor.htm
Camera looking NE from Princetown, snow?
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NORTH WALES
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Ogwen
Valley
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www.ogwen-rescue.org.uk
Ogwen Valley MRT's handy local web cam complete with
orientation map. Useful for checking local conditions.
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Snowdon Summit from Elidir Fach
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www.fhc.co.uk/weather
Snowdonia weather stations Project.
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Llanberis Pass From Dinorwig Power Station
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www.fhc.co.uk/weather
Snowdonia weather stations Project.
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Another Snowdon web cam
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www.4wales.com
View of Snowdon from an office window near Caernarfon
looking south east.
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Moel Eilio from Elidir Fach
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www.fhc.co.uk/weather
Snowdonia weather stations Project.
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SCOTLAND
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Glencoe
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www.glencoelive.com/access2200.html
Live cam pic and weather data live from the Glencoe
Mountaine resort at Meall A'Bhulridh previously known as
'The White Corries'.
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Buachaille Etive More
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www.kingy.com
View from the Kingshouse in Glencoe.
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Cairngorm from Glenmore
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http://www.phy.hw.ac.uk
View of Cairngorm from Glenmore Lodge - last updated in
January 2006 :-(
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Cairngorm Ski Area - Base Station
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www.cairngormmountain.com
Gorgeous views of the ski area base station on
Cairngorm
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Cairngorm Ski Area - Ptarmigan
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www.cairngormmountain.com
Further up the same mountain, this is getting up towards
4000 feet
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Ben Nevis web cam
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visit-fortwilliam.co.uk/webcam/
Also links to conditions report from local
mountaineer
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Cuillin web cam (Skye)
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http://www.camvista.com
The Black Cuillin of Skye viewed from the Sligachan
Hotel if you can get it to work...
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Knoydart web cam (Skye)
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/webplay/webcams
Skye-based web cam looking out to Knoydart and the
entrance to Loch Hourn.
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