Churnet Conditions... (Read 93480 times)

stokesy · December 10, 2010, 05:42:40 pm

Cheers JC, at least got Ina's as a back up if the red road is bad.

wintermute · December 17, 2010, 09:23:47 pm

Has anyone been over this way recently? Hoping to check it out on sunday in an optimistic quest for dryness.
Cheers

mini · December 17, 2010, 10:26:17 pm

Went down there on Wednesday, Cottage, and Ousal were fine, though Gentleman's was little damp. Given the forecast it should be okay (lap of Gods etc.....).

richie0210 · December 18, 2010, 08:04:53 am

wintermute, Any chance you can post what you find sunday please, hoping for a Monday visit myself. cheers

wintermute · December 19, 2010, 09:46:22 pm

Didn't get to the Churnet in the end i'm afraid. Ended up at Cratcliffe. If anyone is interested, RHS was frosty on the tops of most stuff but Rowtor and Cratcliffe were mint.

Nan · December 28, 2010, 09:01:16 pm

Everything sopping down the churnet today.

alaan · January 05, 2011, 03:30:46 pm

Any chance that the Churnet has dried out a little yet? Hoping to get there on the weekend. Thanks!

Al

joeisidle · January 06, 2011, 08:44:33 pm

I was at Gentleman's Rock today and it seemed to be mostly free of condensation but overnight rain had caused a lot of run-off on the right hand side of the crag; on the rock to the right of the Gentleman John crack there was seepage on most of the upper bit (ie. you couldn't really climb High Speed Imp Act or The Nose). Apart from that though the rest of the crag was mostly dry/dryable with the stepladder.

alaan · January 07, 2011, 12:31:28 am

Excellent, thanks! Will make the trip down then and bring my towel, just in case.

Al

RichK · January 14, 2011, 09:44:10 am

Anyone been this week?

Andy B · January 15, 2011, 06:41:38 pm

Wright's was drenched today. Not a single dry problem, or even hold.

Falling Down · January 15, 2011, 06:44:49 pm

Thanks for posting the update - I was thinking it might be a possibilty tomorrow.

Andy B · January 15, 2011, 07:07:28 pm

I can't really see it improving much by tomorrow. It was in reasonable wind, but still dripping from every overhang by mid afternoon. The wind just didn't seem to be cutting through the moisture. It was noticeably warm so I guess it was condensing faster than it was drying.

Nan · January 17, 2011, 03:29:33 pm

Everything was soaked on wens but reckon stuff will be drying out well now with the windy weather and forecast to stay dry

chris05 · January 22, 2011, 04:56:32 pm

Anyone been down recently?

aly · February 02, 2011, 03:47:39 pm

Just been down today and it's grim.
Ousal/Cottage are horrible and damp and Wright's is condensed out and dripping - total write-off.
Bugger

chris05 · February 02, 2011, 03:51:54 pm

Thanks for that, had planned to head down this weekend but sounds unlikely now.

aly · February 02, 2011, 04:46:24 pm

I think it's probably the warm humid air and cold rock. Having said that it's reasonably windy here in Derby, so if it stays dry for the next couple of days it might be fine by the weekend (Ousal was only a bit damp but Wright's was sopping). If I'm out that way again tomorrow I'll report back.

chris05 · February 03, 2011, 09:12:23 am

That would be good, cheers

Zods Beard · February 08, 2011, 07:28:07 pm

Anyone been recently, wondering about chances of dryness for tomorrow.

Johnny Brown · February 08, 2011, 07:38:57 pm

Temps and humidity dropped right off today. I'm not a Churnet expert but I'd say its a good bet.

Edit: just seen a forecast - wet and milder tomorrow. I dunno now, but I daresay its a god a bet as anywhere else.

Zods Beard · February 08, 2011, 08:28:59 pm

Nice one, cheers.

chris05 · February 11, 2011, 09:13:27 am

Quote from: Zods Beard on February 08, 2011, 08:28:59 pm

Nice one, cheers.

Did you head down? How was it?

aly · February 12, 2011, 06:02:30 pm

Wright's was basically dry yesterday (friday) afternoon. A little soapy and the routes/topouts were damp but nothing disasterous. It rained yesterday night though so no idea what that's done to it.

chris05 · February 13, 2011, 09:46:57 am

Cheers. Went down there myself yesterday (sat). Finishes to many problems were dripping but still plenty to do.

Some twat has put large donkey marks on a couple of the problems up at wrights making it look worse than usual. Its lucky the crag cant be seen clearly from the path. Tried to remove what I could but didn't make much of a dent in the problem.