Winter wouldn't be winter on ukclimbing, whatever the travel restrictions, without the inevitable query on Kinder conditions....
In reply to Neil Anderson:
Is it that time again, already?... May as well roll this back out too:
In reply to Neil Anderson:
There was slight condensation on the aluminium door threshold in my house this morning, could mean it's in.
In reply to Neil Anderson:
Snowing outside my window in Sheffield this morning, I'm busy sharpening my crampons right now.
In reply to Neil Anderson:
Bugger. You beat me to it!
Deletes other thread.
Post edited at 13:23
We did Wilderness Gulley East yesterday and I can assure you that the conditions were rather moist as opposed to frozen despite a very thin covering of snow on the tops !
We didn't know which to tick in the Logbook so clicked Summer ... as it wasn't frozen but certainly didn't feel much like summer !
Post edited at 13:31
In reply to Neil Anderson:
You can bet you bottom dollar someone will be out with crampons and axes ripping up unfrozen, unconsolidated Eryri gullies this weekend.
In reply to ianstevens:
There was a chap bearing an axe and in crampons on Facebook earlier, thankfully just on Pyg Track.. but 'awesome conditions' were to be had allegedly!
In reply to mrphilipoldham:
I despair! Powder snow is running shoe terrain, not B3s and crampons...
In reply to ianstevens:
Yep.. planning on a skip over Heptonstall Moor in mine in a bit!
In reply to Neil Anderson:
Several inches of snow on Kinder northern edge today, but only just freezing. The ground was still wet. Snake Pass was closed by the time we got back to the car, with an artic sideways across it- fortunately by the Ladyclough car park so we could get by.
In reply to mrphilipoldham:
> There was a chap bearing an axe and in crampons on Facebook earlier, thankfully just on Pyg Track.. but 'awesome conditions' were to be had allegedly!
Brave Dave?
In reply to Darren Jackson:
> Is it that time again, already?... May as well roll this back out too:
Guffaw!
That's the first time I've seen this version, although I have seen the clip used for sundry other (usually political purposes).
In reply to ianstevens:
I've noticed a vast increase over the years, in people wearing crampons the minute they encounter newly fallen or soft snow in the hills.
But maybe thats just because there are more people going out ??
In reply to Neil Anderson:
It snowed in Bristol overnight which means that everything in the peak, beacons and snowdonia are definitely in. There was a frost yesterday too so clearly sustained.
