[Dingdong]

I live 5 mins from rivelin, my road is already drying in patches and the curb is fully dry, I’ve no doubt stuff will be dry later on at the more exposed crags.

[stone]

Thanks Dingdong!

[mark20]

Plenty of dry rock at Rowtor , but warm in the sun with no wind

[Johnny Brown]

Good at Froggatt, some big wet streaks on great slab though. Raining persistently on the drive back…

[stone]

I was full of honourable intentions to go to Burbage but when I got there at 10:15, there were no parking spots left. Is that unusual? Do people go earlier specifically to catch a parking spot?

I went to Apparent North instead, which was great. Too warm for conditions connoisseurs, but very nice.

[remus]

Parking at Burbage is a shit show on any weekend with half decent weather.

[spidermonkey09]

I was full of honourable intentions to go to Burbage but when I got there at 10:15, there were no parking spots left. Is that unusual? Do people go earlier specifically to catch a parking spot?

I went to Apparent North instead, which was great. Too warm for conditions connoisseurs, but very nice.

When did you last try to go to Burbage Stone?! I reckon Its been like that since I started climbing in 2011!

[highrepute]

I think Burbage has got busier since COVID. It's great to see more people out in the country. But they don't tend to venture far or pay for parking so plantation never been full to my knowledge.

If the PDNP does implement charges for burbage and popular parking then that may help reduce visitors. Which is surely the aim of any national park 

[stone]

When did you last try to go to Burbage Stone?! I reckon Its been like that since I started climbing in 2011!

In the past I've been really really  bad about not going to Burbage. Consequently I've still got loads of vaguely plausible stuff there to do/try. Turning over a new leaf, I went three times at the end on Nov, early Dec 2023. I think one of those was on a Saturday and the other two were midweek. The parking was fairly full but not totally full and I think I was a bit later than today. Perhaps people go for a morning walk and leave by lunch so 10:30 was a particularly bad time today?

How do people climb at Burbage then? Do you turn up much earlier and go for a walk if stuff needs a while to dry? Or turn up briefly for the last couple of hours of light? Or just hope to be lucky with parking?

If the PDNP does implement charges for burbage and popular parking then that may help reduce visitors. Which is surely the aim of any national park 

I thought the Burbage and Stanage Popular-end Parking was already needing payment? I bought one of those annual passes in Nov. I use it for Cheedale too though.
It's so rubbish that the response is to put in parking charges rather than improving busses or whatever.

[sirlockoff]

you can usually always park somewhere at burbage for free (inc today - drove past there), at the verges, or wait people to leave, I generally avoid the paid parking, that said burbage usually indeed is quite full on the weekends, so I avoid it full stop, few minutes more and you will be in plantation, much less traffic there.

[Johnny Brown]

If the bridge area parking is rammed i park up by the cattle grid towards Higgar and walk back across the top of burbage west. Only adds five minutes to the walk in and you can go to west on the way back.
Very rare you can’t get a spot on a weekday though. Blue sky Saturday mornings not so much.

[SamT]

Looking a bit dank in west Sheffield this am with overnight drizzle showing on the rainfall radar.  should have gone out yesterday afternoon.

[SamT]

Looking ahead to the morning.. any conditions reports from dusk this evening?

Froggatt woods was muted as a venue for the morning but wondered if that could be holding on to any dampness 

[nik at work]

I was at Burbage late morning, open rock in the sun was dry but shady faces were damp or wet.
This afternoon has been cloudier and more overcast and I think there’s probably mist floating about tonight so I’d suspect you’d be best aiming for open faces that catch any beeeze/sun going tomorrow.
Hardly a definitive evening conditions report but the best I can do I’m afraid.

[lagerstarfish]

What Nik said

I would expect the woods to be damp

Look for anything exposed to sun and breeze.

Not an easy choice with sun coming from the opposite direction as breeze 

Edit - remergence is worth looking at in this situation (and dead tree traverse for us more average people)

[lagerstarfish]

Burbage North was good today. Plenty of dry, grippy rock. The sunshine was lovely - you could actually feel it.
More importantly, the roads were fine. Some bits of ice and a tiny dusting of snow.
Obviously - drive carefully.
I carry a bucket of rock salt in the van just in case I end up on ice

[joel182]

Not eastern but the roads up to the Roaches were still in good condition today.

Nothing logged at Stanage Plantation today, I guess the road to the Hollin Bank car park isn't gritted? Any thoughts for venues apart from Burbage with good access to the parking?

[lagerstarfish]

Not eastern but the roads up to the Roaches were still in good condition today.

Nothing logged at Stanage Plantation today, I guess the road to the Hollin Bank car park isn't gritted? Any thoughts for venues apart from Burbage with good access to the parking?

Secret Garden, Mother Cap, Owler Tor, Millstone etc. Anything accessable from Surprise View car park. The road gets gritted.
Keyhole traverse could be awesome

(Maybe this counts as Burbage...)

RHS and Cratcliff should be fine

[SamT]

Yeah, Was all mint yesterday and all the roads are fine. 

[grimer]

It was actually pretty cold in the sun t Burbage north. Great at millstone yesterday a bit more sheltered. Keyhole traverse great but light snow underneath

[joel182]

Not eastern but the roads up to the Roaches were still in good condition today.

Nothing logged at Stanage Plantation today, I guess the road to the Hollin Bank car park isn't gritted? Any thoughts for venues apart from Burbage with good access to the parking?

Secret Garden, Mother Cap, Owler Tor, Millstone etc. Anything accessable from Surprise View car park. The road gets gritted.
Keyhole traverse could be awesome

(Maybe this counts as Burbage...)

RHS and Cratcliff should be fine

Roads all in way better condition than I expected. T-shirt weather in the sun up at Secret Garden today.

[stone]

For all the avid hydrographers out there:- Mermaid at Burbage was dusty dry today. I've been on a quest to find it dry for weeks and it has been soaking whenever I've looked. My impression is that it needs to be frozen deep within the rock to stop the seepage lines. Anyway any lamp folk might still have time before it thaws I guess.

[Stabbsy]

Any knowledge on the likely conditions of the bouldering at Wharncliffe tomorrow? Showery in Sheffield until 4ish today and it's put a lot of rain down recently, but don't have a feel for how fast stuff there will dry. Wind direction is probably helpful (SW), but not especially strong. Am I being wildly optimistic?

[highrepute]

Any knowledge on the likely conditions of the bouldering at Wharncliffe tomorrow? Showery in Sheffield until 4ish today and it's put a lot of rain down recently, but don't have a feel for how fast stuff there will dry. Wind direction is probably helpful (SW), but not especially strong. Am I being wildly optimistic?

I went in similar conditions a couple of weeks back. Some stuff was very wet (cazu maru), some stuff a bit wet (platitude inspector) and some stuff very dry (wharnside story, snakes on a plain). So not wildy optimistic depending on what you want to try

[T_B]

Similarly we drove over in rain. Long John’s Stride area was soaking but there was stuff dry at Outlook boulders. Worth a punt unless you have something v specific in mind.