Important for excursions of any kind into mountains anywhere, the weather forecast has to be the first thing to check. Here are the best weather information sites, widgets and webcams for the Picos de Europa that we've found.
This first one is a link to an interactive map https://www.eltiempo.es/lluvia
Indispensable for checking winter snow conditions
And one from Meteored.com, a highly interactive Spanish weather site with great photos and a busy forum. This prediction is for Cabrales in Asturias including the north end of the Cares gorge.
Here's one for the Atlantic coast, based on the beach near San Vicente de la Barquera. Check the surf conditions
Surfforecast
View detailed surf forecast for Playa de Meron. Visit surf-forecast.com for more details, long range forecasts, surf reports, swell and weather maps.
Finally, a link to the webcam at Fuente De, the only cable car in the Picos, rising to 1,823m in the Central Massif in Cantabria - handy for checking out cloud base levels during inversions too. From the link you can also access the webcams at Alto Campoo si station in the Cordillera Cantabrica.
Note, the image below is not live!
