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I seem to remember from Stick It that Blockbuster (I think?) can be climbed in the snow can't it El Mocho?

[Johnny Brown]

Yeah, glasses wearers are the only ones who might have trouble. Contacts in lads.

[Nigel]

He is coming for you JB, and this time there are no albinos to stand in his path.

[Johnny Brown]

I've got Char on speed-dial.

[Stubbs]

I thought I'd use pictures rather than words,  apologies for the quality but my camera is rubbish, then the lens stopped working so I had to use my phone instead....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/67465024@N00/sets/72157623041942607/

In general fairly dry sides of boulders, all with muffin tops of snow.  Some boulders had a layer of ice under the snow, some were green under the snow.  It may be possible to yard brush clean some of the topouts, but only if you had a lot of time, some abseiling kit (I was too scared to get remotely close to the lip of any boulder!) to get near the lips of the boulders, and lots of rags/chalk to dry the remaining wetness.

It looked like someone had cleaned a little topout hold on Hi Fidelity, but it would be well sketchy on top of that boulder if you did get there!

The other thing was that although it was very cold, the air felt very dry and was totally still, so I reckon conditions would be pretty pants if it stays like this.

[Nigel]

Cheers Tim, that is one comprehensive crag report, you could charge for that! Karma duly applied. Legend

I've got Char on speed-dial.

Macho Man Randy Pasquill only backs down when he sees the reds of their eyes...

[Stubbs]

No Worries Nige, I wanted to go out for a walk somewhere anyway!  If it got any sun this time of year it would be ok I think, but it's constantly in shadow.  The cliff looked pretty dry across the valley and SJW got up there yesterday.

[sjw]

Word. We must have walked up to Caley after you'd been Tim (why aren't you in Cambridge?!). We brushed the snow off the top of Scary Canary and did our best to get the snow off Secret Seventh but gave up after that! Then it snowed all morning, rubbish! On our way home we saw a team up at the Roadside so something must have been climbable up there!

[Stubbs]

Absolutely primo today, hopefully we won't have too much rain this week and it will stay in nick for a while.

I cleaned off Zoo York and Ben's Groove, Juju Club, Secret Seventh and High Fidelity also cleaned.  Get to it peeps!

[Zods Beard]

I can confirm the above, best conditions in a while. No sun on the boulders, brilliant nick. No 8ft snow drifts sadly.

[The Sausage]

Anybody been recently? How does Ben's Groove/secret seventh look? Presume Terry will be pretty green?
Thanks

[Stu Littlefair]

Anybody been recently? How does Ben's Groove/secret seventh look? Presume Terry will be pretty green?
Thanks

morning sausage.
Was there a fortnight ago and bens groove/secret seventh were in good nick. Terry was a nuclear shade of green.

[tomtom]

Looks like today could be a cracker - clear skies and drying ground...

[dobbin]

Still frosty snow on the ground in LS28 (20 mins away), cant honestly believe it will be allright up there, but let me know if you go because I want to try to understand how long it takes to dry.

[Richie Crouch]

Did anyone head down today? Would be keen to know the state of things around the Blockbuster area if possible. Thanks.

[sjw]

This is the best I can offer: we drove past it this evening and the blockbuster area looked in good nick from the road. If it's dry overnight then I reckon it'll be primo tomorrow judging by the brisk breeze at the cliff.

[Plattsy]

Lots of climbable rock today. Run off in places, lots of greenage and some tops were wet/icy. Blockbuster, Bens Groove and The Secret Seventh were climbed or at least attempted today (not by me hasten to add).

[Johnny Brown]

Much snow about? Is the runoff likely to persist?

[Plattsy]

There was a very light dusting of old snow on the grass/bracken. None on the rock. I guess where it is running off may persist especially if it's being fed by an icicle or frozen run off (hope that makes sense). There was a team up there including Sam Whittaker who might be able to give more specific problem/area info assuming you know him.

[andy_e]

Caley crag was in pretty good nick today- a little green in places but still nice. rock very grippy where dry! I'm back off there tomorrow for another hit. I love Caley season!

[Stubbs]

It's snowing.

[robertostallioni]

In Huddersfield its raining men.



(3 inches so far) of snow.

[andy_e]

Woke up at ten, felt excited to go to Caley, looked out of the window, got straight back in bed until 2. Fuck's sake.

[Johnny Brown]

Student life eh? Sounds tough.

[account_inactive]

I'm amazed the job market hasn't snapped him up yet