[Fidders]

Anyone been to the Tor recently or know if Ben's roof, the start of Chimes or Green Alternative is dry? Cheers

[scottygillery]

Anyone been to the Tor recently or know if Ben's roof, the start of Chimes or Green Alternative is dry? Cheers

IS CHIMES DRY???????

[Fidders]

Ben's roof and short Chimes dry yesterday. Doubtless they will seep when the snow starts to melt, but both were in surprisingly good condition.

[leeroy]

Ben's roof and short Chimes dry yesterday. Doubtless they will seep when the snow starts to melt, but both were in surprisingly good condition.

ditto today, cold hands being the main problem....

[Fidders]

Ben's was fine today. Chimes a little damp but climbable. Weedkiller wet.

[peaches69]

anyone know what the tor and rubicon are like at the moment???

[AB]

Headed down today. Managed to start limestone season off with a surprise tick of ben's  Unfortunaletly, pretty much everything else was wet, baby chimes looked OK though.

[peaches69]

had a peak today; ben's, chimes short and tin of/sardines (except a few start holds) are dry, the rest looks 

[J_duds]

Passed by but didn't climb here, people's on bens roof, but looked damp in cave. Pinches wall mostly dry.  Left and right sides wet.

[flyguy]

Is the bouldering/ traverses possibly powerband dry at the moment. Thinking of driving over tomorrow but never been before. Cheers for any advice.

[J_duds]

Improving, some damp holds about, but powerband slots wet, usual middle routes looked drier.

[flyguy]

Cheers ended up at the cliffe sounds like a good decision.

[peaches69]

usual realy, Ben's roof is dry sardines/tin off dry. its all starting to clear up before the rain sets in again. powerband area pockets still suffering. tried baby chimes but lower jugs an slot a touch damp so falling off sloppers. on a whole it looks a lot better than a few weeks ago

[abarro81]

Anyone been today? Wondering whether it's condensed up in the mist and whether evo is vaguely dry?

[Fidders]

Full chimes dry, Ben's dry, Weedkiller trav bit damp but okay, central routes look fine. Few people bouldering at the right hand end, but I think still damp in places.

[kingholmesy]

  Right hand side all climbable. Cold though.

[Whyatt]

Tor is in good nick a little seepage in the cracks of weedkiller about it 

[Dicker]

is all of staminaband dry?!?

[Whyatt]

Was yesterday rich but rained a bit last night 

[Wood FT]

Anyone returning from a gloriously dry Tor? I can only assume today's rain has bounced off it 

[abarro81]

Anyone been since the snow? If anyone is going tomorrow (whilst I'm working  ) could you please look at evolution too see if it looks wet. Chimes headwall too. Thanks!

[abarro81]

MIF leftwards wet. Mecca looked damp. Evo had the usual wetness below roof. Chimes top wall wet. Then dry until powerband area which was a bit damp but not soaked.

[ksjs]

  Moping around yesterday at home (cause = amazing sun, lots of indoor routes over last 2 months and feeling fit yet the stark truth that North Wales has virtually no winter sport venues with a choice of stuff to go at in the 7s or 8s i.e. I do not live in Spain adjacent to Oliana / Santa Linya / Terradets / Siurana / Margalef etc, I have no money and no imminent prospect of escape and was stuck inside feeling aimless and lost).

Anyway, thoughts turned to Raven Tor and Malham - never been to either and wondering what sort of winter venues these make? Which is the better of the 2, simply in terms of comfort rather than routes i.e. most sheltered, gets the sun the longest?

Please UKB, make me feel inspired and that pristine limestone is only a drive away...

[abarro81]

Wind: I'm fairly sure at malham the wind blows over the top if it's from the north/northwest, blows in if from southerly directions. Other directions might give a mix, not sure. Tor I've never actually worked out but I think pretty similar.
Sun: Malham has sun most of the day, leaves the crag in the afternoon (shade come L to R). Tor has shade in the morning (until maybe 1pm for the central bit at the mo? not 100% sure tho) then again after maybe 6?? RHS stays in shade a bit later and has more trees to shade. Both can get hot and poor conditions in the sun even at this time of year - shade is better atm. Just use winter tactics - runs, warm up again on pinches wall (or a wedge or similar at malham) etc.

I love the tor. I quite like Malham. They are not nearly as good as any of the venues you listed.

[Doylo]

The Tors definitely not pristine limestone...