[TobyD]

Sat 21st:

mostly fairly poor, spoogy conditions anywhere left of Raindogs, rightwards of there mostly ok seepage wise. Upper tier mostly k by the looks of it. Crag badly in need of some sunshine, which doesn't look like it is going to be forthcoming at the moment.  Zoolook area mostly dry, but all routes have short wet sections. tufa after belay on groove / unjustified soaking. Over night several wet bits.

sorry that's not very positive - overall it is sort of ok, but not great! Sun please weatherman

[abarro81]

Just bumped into Hickish, he said he went yesterday and it was wetter than Sat. No more details I'm afraid.

[csl]

Going down tomorrow whatever happens to will report back on the state of things.

[Doylo]

Going down tomorrow whatever happens to will report back on the state of things.

How's she looking? Upper tier any cop?

[csl]

Upper tier dryer than downstairs, but still wet streaks. Didn't take a closer look but there were another pair upstairs so maybe one of them will come along and give a more detailed report!

Downstairs - Left hand side was pretty wet, routes possibly climbable but lots of wet. Partner was on Zoolook which was wet before and after crux section but he was going for red points, so climbable. From there round to rain dogs pretty wet, some damp holds on most other things on the catwalk.

Upstairs - stuff to the right had lots of streaks down it. Left hand side looked pretty dry. Can't give anymore detail cos i don't know where anything goes up there!

[petejh]

any further info on conditions from today - upper tier obsession area?

[RichK]

Not great, lots of rain today & coming through badly when we left. Top of Zoolook now soaking and all to the left. Predator - wet at start & from end of crux to the top. Cry Free > Overnight, wet. Bits & pieces dry from Raindogs rightwards. Unjust/Groove wet. Upper tier routes mostly dry. Folk on Obsession today.

[Nigel]

Thanks Rich, sounds like it wasn't great yesterday. Has it kept on raining up there? Anyone got any bang up to date info on conditions? Is anything dry?! 

[petejh]

Went today and did Obsession, upper tier RH side dry. Consenting/Rose whatsit dry. Raindogs dry. Loads of seepage on the LH side of catwalk.

[TobyD]

anyone been today? How dry was it? Groove / Overnight Sensation / Baboo details if anyone has them 

[richardh]

went last night, drying really well.

unjustified in use,  bat route being worked, new dawn two wet holds, tremelo perfectly fine.  yosemite wall a bit damp but doable. appetite ok, really improved since tuesday apparently. raindogs in condition.  Baboo probably ok, overnight I'd think fine by now.

[TobyD]

Most of the crag pretty dry, and in good condition today. Yos Wall climbable, but damp; ditto Space Race. Zoolook rest looked a bit wet, but still in RP'able nick. Bit of wetness about the top of something stupid, but not bad.

Unfortunately a small apocalypse seems to be forecast tomorrow... maybe it'll blow over though.

[csl]

How's the cove looking? Left hand side particularly.

[Ste]

Huge amount of rain over the last 24hr in the Skipton area - rivers are very high and the fields are getting flooded.  I would imagine lots of run off on the left hand side and considering its still lashing it down I would imagine its getting worse. That and the high humidity/low cloud level will probably result in a lot of condensation.

Will check it out tomorrow.

[JacobJacob]

Sounds mint, I'll see you there 

[csl]

Perfect conditions! I'll be there tomorrow and report back.

[shark]

Most stuff on left drenched. Mid section and upper tier mainly dry though it condensed later when temp rose. Whacky weather. The Beck was a torrent and lots of flooding on the roads. Just guessing but expect it to seep through by tomorrow

[TobyD]

a day of dry breezy weather today, and it'll be reet though! Bet there has not been that big a volume of precipitation: the beck level often bears no relation to the dryness of the crag.  Anyone keen for tomorrow?

[Marky]

Biblical quantity of rain here over the last couple of days - I do admire optimism

[shark]

The Beck yesterday:

[J_duds]

Not sure how dry the cove is, as I havent been - but Raindogs has been ticked today:
http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/topascents.html

[D a n]

Went up yesterday & it was really windy. Left hand side was mostly dry...few damp spots. Some of the big undercuts on Tremelo were wet but it was still climbable, space race and the other routes to the right looked to be in a similar state. People on Zoolook.
Start of Raindogs was apparently dryer than it was in the week...the top of the big flake at the start of Wasted Youth was really soggy but apart from that the right hand routes looked fine

[TobyD]

Wed 16th may : wetness in some parts: New Dawn  / Mescalito and routes leftwards still quite a few wet bits, but maybe workable by the keen. Groove a bit wet. Unjustified fine.

[kingholmesy]

Any updates?  Would be particularly interested in whether any of the 7bs off the catwalk will be climable tomorrow such as Wasted Youth, Seventh Ardvark or Taking the Space.

[csl]

Was there yesterday - taking the space was wet in the middle section and in the top part of space race - but just about climbable. Wasted youth and seventh aardvark were fine.