[griffer]

crag was in good condition yesterday most routes dry.
very wet this morning all routes right of predator wet, lots of wet patches all over the place
hopefully its just run off and should clear early in the week.

[nik at work]

I've got a small window of opportunity popping up later this week so want to head for dryish crag, any recent knowledge on cove conditions gratefully received.

[shark]

I've got a small window of opportunity popping up later this week so want to head for dryish crag, any recent knowledge on cove conditions gratefully received.

Judging by the conditions on Sunday most of the routes upstairs on the left should be OK. Downstairs is iffy.

[nik at work]

Cheers Shark.

[maybe_si]

anyone been there today? any idea if its worth it tomorrow?

cheers

si

[IanP]

Hi Simon,

Not been up since Sunday but if you're happy to climb on the routes upstairs then I think it's very likely that almost everything from Serious Young Toads on the right to Free and Easy on the left will be fine (only problem Sunday was too much sun!).  If you want to climb downstairs then I'd I'm sure the short everydry stuff in the middle will be fine but wouldn't bother with the bigger stuff on the left unless you get a definite report from more recently.

[highrepute]

any updates from this weekend? probably head up tomorrow

[keefe]

Disappointing at the start of today - a lot of water on the crag - The Oak pretty black, lhs black, Free & Even Easier & Consenting wet at the start & the finish, Raindogs pretty wet at the start, upstairs looked ok-ish. Maybe a lot of rain last night. Quite a lot of seepage. It dried out a lot through the day, with a lot being workable if not do-able (I guess they're all do-able if you're good enough  ). I'ld expect tomorrow to be good (better than today) - but expect a few wet holds.

[highrepute]

Mostly dry yesterday. Few wet holds in the usual places but imagine they'd all dry out over the next few days

[highrepute]

even better yesterday but still a few bits of wet about still. far too hot until the shade comes around tho

[JamesR]

Such power in the sun recently has meant that loads of wet patches have been burnt off. Tomorrow and this weekend should be prime for red points. There was little seepage through the lower bulge and the headwall above was completely dry yesterday. Too hot until after 4pm, so the window for hard climbing is really between 5 and 7pm. Bring your shorts and sunnies, summer is back.

[shark]

even better yesterday but still a few bits of wet about still. far too hot until the shade comes around tho

Nice one doing the Maximum

[highrepute]

even better yesterday but still a few bits of wet about still. far too hot until the shade comes around tho

Nice one doing the Maximum

cheers  ,

good knowledge  ! 93 more points and I'll have you on 8a.nu 

[shark]

93 more points and I'll have you on 8a.nu 

Not even that - I lose 105 points on Wednesday   

[Nike Air]

Any reports from today, is it holding out against the 48 hours of rain.........
Especially Raindogs.

[shark]

Must be shit - Stu and Jules retreated from there to tor today

[keefe]

Not the finest of conditions today.
There was a fine drizzle blowing in from the east side of the crag (after being swirled around from the westerly breeze I guess) which meant that the whole of the catwalk was soaking - nowhere to hide & the riskiest activity today was walking anywhere on the ledge. There was a lot of dry rock, but everything had an element of damp to it & a lot was getting blown in directly onto the walls. A lot of belaying was in waterfalls from the run-off. Stream was quite high, a few inches over the path at the last gate.
LHS was largely dry under the spray, a lot of Zoolook & Predator was dry (except for starting Predator on wet footholds), CF looking dry - but all feeling a bit damp;  Oak quite wet (the horn was dry but everything around it was black),Magnetic, Overnite, Connect 4 all dry at the start of the day, 7th Aardvark wet on the undercuts, then a lot dry going R from there - including Something Stupid (except for the pocket I greased off), Rose Coronary & routes to its R dry.
However - there was more water coming through during the day - Craig complained that the undercuts at the top of Magnetic had started to run with water by the time he got to them on his rp - good effort to finish - but a little worrying that there might be some worse conditions to follow.

[keefe]

sorry... Raindogs seemed fine (except for the drizzle) - the bottom was not as wet as it had been recently.

[Nike Air]

Cheers Keefe, sounds grim tho. Shame cause friday it was bone dry and lovely and warm.

BOO

[Serpico]

Grim, grim, grim today. The catwalk was soaking right up to the base of the routes with rain blowing in, amazingly most things from Raindogs to Begozi were pretty dry, up to the overhang at least, and the mythical sticky damp made an appearance.

[keefe]

Sticky damp on Sunday too - but that was the rope against the grigri.

[Nike Air]

Hi Guys,
any of you been to malham is last couple of days??

[JamesR]

I was up at the Cove this morning. It wasn't looking too bad. Most of the left side looked dry, maybe some wetness on the upper tufas. The whole of Cry Freedom looked in good nik, apart from the big tufa pinch and the very top. Everything in the middle downstairs was also looking pretty tasty. The sun was out (in occasional 1 minute bursts), and there was a nice breeze. So, unless there has been rain, odds are on for a good bit of climbing to be had tomorrow. Temps are down so friction will be up. Bring your gloves, although not yet cold enough for long johns.

[JamesR]

Very good conditions yesterday. Virtually no seepage anywhere and just the right temperature. Forecast is for rain today, but then dry tomorrow and over the weekend.

[keefe]

Cheers James.  Onwards to the weekend then.