[T_B]

can someone let me know when the snow clears off Ulysses, but it still has a big drift below it 

a few years back, me and my mate did Boys will be boys at stanage above a massive snow drift. A la the first ascent i believe. great fun without the threat of ankle breakage - highball V4?

[Drew]

My guess is it's a write off, but has anybody (JB?) seen what Burbage West is like at the moment? Thinking about WSS.

[Johnny Brown]

WSS looked fairly snow free yesterday, though I didn't look closely. Unless we get some westerlies it faces the wrong way for the kind of snow build-up affecting Burb North. Given a sunny day and some early brushing I could see it being in great nick. I can't see the road being open for a while yet though - you'll be looking at walking in from Fox house or Millstone.

[Drew]

The walk-in might just be the warm up I need to get it done!

[jarod]

Hello all!

I'm italian.
I'm probably coming to Peak this week.
About climbing I can understand that it will be very difficult to find something free of snow.
Only WSS  that I could try of course
But I would like to know how is streets situation.
It's dangerous to move in the area or are them free of snow and ice?
I land at Liverpool airport so it's a long trip if there is snow.
Thanks a lot

Valerio

[slackline]

You're main problem from Liverpool will be that some of the roads to the Eastern Edges are shut, primarily the A57 Snake Pass.

There are alternatives though such as the A628 which brings you into the north of Sheffield and you can then get to Burbage/Stanage with some effort.  Roads are changing daily and things are supposed to get warmer this weekend, which means the roads might get clearer, but the bouldering will get wetter.

Alternatively you could go to some of the Western grit bouldering areas such as The Roaches (if you can get a car there!), but I'd imagine they're all as plastered as the Eastern edges.

Yet another option would be to consider going to Parisella's Cave in Llandudno.

[Drew]

If you're on the train, you can probably get around more easily (never thought I'd write that!). Liverpool to Sheffield, then on to Hathersage, and a short walk up the hill (pop into Outside for directions) to get to Burbage West.

Or if you decide that Slack-line has the right idea, the trains from Liverpool will go to Llandudno, and you can beast yourself in the Cave of Justice.

If you are in a car, then you can get off the M60 (Manchester Ring Road) at Stockport, and take the A6, and A623 via Chapel-en-le-Frith, and Tideswell, then cut through from Calver, to Hathersage, via Grindleford.

As an aside, you don't know tall Danny do you?

[Richie Crouch]

Or Pex Hill might still be in great condition if you like highball technical wall climbing (and is about 15 mins drive from the Airport!)

[dobbin]

there are alternatives though such as the A628 which brings you into the north of Sheffield and you can then get to Burbage/Stanage with some effort.  Roads are changing daily ...

...Yet another option would be to consider going to Parisella's Cave in Llandudno.

Isnt that the woodhead? still closed last night according to the matrix signs on the motorway...

Hur Hur Cave! hur hur hur! I'd like to actually go rock climbing.

[Jim]

get your arse over here then and we'll go!

[cofe]

Woodhead and Snake are both still closed according to traffic news this am. 

[jarod]

thanks to all for answers!

As an aside, you don't know tall Danny do you?

I don't think to know Danny...but not sure.
should i know him?

[Doylo]

get your arse over here then and we'll go!

and don't forget you brain tansplant before you come

[Johnny Brown]

don't forget you brain tansplant

Still waiting for yours then?

[Doylo]

I've taken your advice Adam, not gonna bother with that shitty cave anymore. I'm gonna concentrate more on being an all round wad, can i lend your crampons? Might even go up to Silverdale in spring to look at some wildlife.  Do you know any good outdoor enthusiast magazines?

[Jaspersharpe]

Here you go Doylo........

[Doylo]

Is that a pre-blonde JB on the front?

[benpritch]

don't forget you brain tansplant

Still waiting for yours then?

i find it very irritating that there seems to be a natural reaction amongst most climbers to jibe anything that they either don't like or can't do ( in most cases both). i have been guilty of it myself but having sat in a pub full of ice climbers trying to justify having a LOT of fun in the cave i am mightily sick of it. i  don't like ice climbing but if i said it was wank i would be shot down in flames and rightly so.

[T_B]

It's the british disease is it not? I was at Almscliff a few weeks ago and someone was there slagging off the whole of the Peak. Sad.

[dave]

I was at Almscliff a few weeks ago and someone was there slagging off the whole of the Peak.

Thats par for the course at almscliffe though, I've had that before a few times - as soon as it transpires you've come from sheffield you get some monologue about how shit the plantation is. Must be underlying insecurity or something.

[T_B]

I was at Almscliff a few weeks ago and someone was there slagging off the whole of the Peak.

Must be underlying insecurity or something.

Yeah, I said something to that effect to the chap yarning on...

[Drew]

As an aside, you don't know tall Danny do you?

I don't think to know Danny...but not sure.
should i know him?

It's just that I know a guy called Danny, who's rather tall, and an Italian friend of his is heading over to the Peak for a bit sometime soon. It all seemed rather coincidental.

[Doylo]

Must be underlying insecurity or something.

Or superiority complex!

[hairich]

i am in the peak and i think everywhere i have climbed in yorkshire is amazing.where does that put me.think were off topic now

[slackline]

i am in the peak and i think everywhere i have climbed in yorkshire is amazing.where does that put me.think were off topic now

That puts you squarely in the group with others who enjoy their climbing