[BenF]

Anyone been out anywhere on the western side of the Peak lately?  How much snow is there?  I'm basically wondering about the usual suspects...  Roaches, Newstones, Baldstones and particularly Ramshaw.  In fact that's pretty much everywhere covered. 

Thanks.

[Johnny Brown]

Flash:



Looks a bit grim.

[BenF]

Thanks, that was kinda what I'd summised from the various webcams.  The forecast for dry but near windless, cloudy murk doesn't really arouse much excitement either.

Orme it is then.

[joeisidle]

Just in case anyone is still interested in this given the current bad run of weather, we made an optimistic trip to the Roaches area today. On the upside the all the roads were fine, on the downside all but the most exposed pieces of rock seemed to be damp and refusing to dry. We ended up at Baldstones after finding everything at the Roaches wet and managed to do one or two things on the Varicose boulder, but other than that the dampness ruined everything.

 

[andy_e]

was that you today then on the ripple?

[205Chris]

Latest in case anyone's interested:

Roaches - Lower tier still had lots of snow on the tops of stuff - didn't check the upper tier. Clouds bouldering all fine. Tetris block in mint condition today.

Newstones & Baldstones - Still snow / ice around but Baldstones traverse / Sly stallone / Ripple all do-able. Fielder's wall stuff is covered in frost.

[Grubes]

Any chance roaches will be in or am I better trying yorkshire

[Jim]

recon you will be better off at the wall but if any one knowns of any dry rock then I'm all ears

[Grubes]

it was dry in the works today ...

[Wood FT]

Has anyone been out in the west hood recently? The weather looks promising tomorrow, any one have ideas on less breezy destinations if it gets a bit Ice T up in there? looking at roaches/ramshaw group primarily.

Thanks

[Johnny Brown]

Looks exciting:

[Wood FT]

oh, great.

should of checked the cam myself  but cheers, i'll check out the snow proof thread.

[leeroy]

anyone been down recently? main areas of interest being the condition of the tetris boulder and the spring boulders, cheers.

[tomtom]

Pissed it down all day (hard) in Manc.. And frost/ice forecast over the tops.. Not the most favourable of conditions but who knows.. Forecast looks good tomorrow...

[Will Hunt]

What recommendations do people have for Western Grit tomorrow? Will more than likely be alone (unless someone wants to meet up) and with one pad so not really after highballs. I know Roaches Lower Tier is the obvious choice (is it? Will it have dried in the trees?) but I'd rather go somewhere new like Newstones/Baldstones/Gib Tor. Looking at doing plenty in the 6a - 6c range and perhaps a handful of 6c+ and 7a.

[heelhookofglory]

Scouting out Churnet on mtb today, Wright's and Gentleman's should be ok tomorrow. I know it's a bit away from Roaches area which you mentioned.

[leeroy]

roaches clouds were way to windy today, but most of the rock was dry despite showers

[stvey1987]

Should have posted this last night but was tired and decided I prob wasnt going to bother trying to climb today....however I now would quite fancy it..  Was thinking of going to the roaches (specifically the clouds and probs various bits of the skyline). Has there been any snow/ sleet up there ? Will it be minging today despite the weather looking rather sweet....sun shining and dry from the afternoon onwards...

Ta. Steve

[dave]

Flash bar webcam looks pretty snowy.

[stvey1987]

ah. I was trying to find a webcam earlier (didn't try that hard) but didnt find one. Does look pretty snowy, good thing i didn't risk it I think. Thanks for heads up!!

[nai]

for future reference:

http://ukbouldering.com/wiki/index.php/Useful_WebCams

[cofe]

anyone know what state Roaches area was in today?

[Wil]

Ramshaw was a bit damp from runoff, but there was quite a bit climbable and a reasonable number gathered around Tierdrop, so I assume that was dry? Newstones was a bit damp on the topouts and most of it didn't get enough sun to dry properly.

The Roaches and Hen Cloud looked to be in reasonably good nick from a distance, but can't say any more than that! Most things at Ramshaw/Newstones facing that sort of direction were ok though.

[Stevie]

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone happened to see what state Mushin' at Roaches Lower Tier was in over the weekend or today? Thanks, Steve

[nai]

Anyone been anywhere near the tetris block recently?  Or the area in general?  There's still a lot of snow on the local webcams, wondering if the boulders are clear?