Eastern Edges Today

[andy popp]

Love that this thread I started on a whim 12 years ago (because I was going to be driving over to Sheffield from Merseyside) is now at 110 pages.

 

[remus]

Yo what's the knowledge from today / chances for tomorrow??

In Sheffield there's lots of melty snow about. Tricky conditions tomorrow I reckon, would want to find somewhere that's not gonna suffer from run off.

 

[Carl]

Yo what's the knowledge from today / chances for tomorrow??

Pretty epic wind blown snow on the road out to Burbage from Sheffield. Barely ok to the Ox stones parking, lots of stuck cars past there. I don't think I'd bother with anything in the Burbage valley although could be surprised! We walked out to Burbage North in the afternoon and the drifts were pretty deep. Nothing we saw on the first half of the edge or so was climbable.

Other edges may differ! It did seem to mainly be driven by the drifts, so more sheltered places may be better. No guarantees!

 

[Fiend]

Cheers Carl, looking unpromising for sure, not even convinced by South East grit cos obviously the storm was raking down the East of the Pennines and the Wirksworth webcam was snowy this morning.

FWIW bone dry in South Manc today, good nick on the roads : :

 

[cheque]

I sent my mate who lives near Darley Dale a message this morning asking if they’d had snow- they had and reckons there was a period in the early hours where it rained on top of it before it refroze, hence the hill he lives on is like a sloping ice rink.

 

[sdm]

Cheers Carl, looking unpromising for sure, not even convinced by South East grit cos obviously the storm was raking down the East of the Pennines and the Wirksworth webcam was snowy this morning.

FWIW bone dry in South Manc today, good nick on the roads : :

Wirksworth had a couple of inches of snow that settled on top of already wet ground on Friday night. Then a tiny bit of rain yesterday morning that didn't seem to affect anything. Any roads that get any volume of traffic were almost completely snow free by yesterday evening. I didn't test any tiny country lanes but the routes to Cromford and over Middleton were fine.

There's still a couple of inches of snow on any ground that hasn't been cleared or been in the sun.

The pavements around Wirksworth are lethal now it's all refrozen.

Didn't check any grit, I went for the safe option of the lime yesterday.

 

[205Chris]

If anyone's thinking of heading out for a last climb of 2021 it's still pretty damp out there.

Trackside was soaked
Burb North / Stanage looked better from the road, but not enough to make me want to stop and get out.

There's a bit of a breeze about so you might get lucky later on....

 

[macca7]

The edges in the sun seemed fairly dry this afternoon so fingers crossed for the same tmrw!

 

[haydn jones]

Anyone able to hazard a guess if river of life or Salle goose would be dry tmrw? I've been so many time and they've been sleeping and I don't want another disappointing trip.

 

[monkey boy]

Salle Goose will definitely be dry.

 

[haydn jones]

:bow:

 

[haydn jones]

River of Life was piss wet. Salle goose was dry. But it was in full sun and boiling as it's completely sheltered from any wind. Tops off and shorts weather no exaggeration. So it felt completely impossible to hold any of the slopers. Definitely one for a cloudy day. Thought other people might find this useful info.

 

[lagerstarfish]

I've just walked up to mother cap and owler tor. There is a bit of a breeze, but the rocks are still damp.

 

[siwid]

Baslow edge wet now, decent breeze so should be dry later

 

[SamT]

Bit of black ice around over the tops/stanage apparently so take care if heading out.

 

[SamT]

Just be out and wasn't inspired an bagged it off. Seemed a bit damp still. About 20 helmet clad students heading up towards Apparent North :shrug: so not really keen to share. Not much parking left at Burb N.

Back at work now. :slap:

 

[danm]

Must have just missed you on my lunchtime stroll. Despite the strong breeze it felt warmer and muggier than I was expecting. Hopefully better tomorrow for when I have enough time to actually put some boots on.

 

[Stu Littlefair]

Anyone found somewhere good today? Bit of a hard venue choice with the strong wind and rain this morning…

 

[Fiend]

A knowledgeable correspondent is aiming for the South Eastern grit area, no reports yet but that seems logical given it's westerly bollox.

 

[remus]

Anyone found somewhere good today? Bit of a hard venue choice with the strong wind and rain this morning…

Bit late to the party but stanton woods was mint today. Not as sheltered from the breeze as expected but great conditions.