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Anyone been to the Yat recently?
I'm thinking of going on Monday and wondered how claimable routes are at the moment?
Any insight appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

J

In reply to craggyfingers:

Slippery muddy paths are likely to be more of a problem than seepage on the routes.

In reply to The Ivanator:


Doesn't that descibe a good chunk of the routes?

In reply to craggyfingers:

You weren't going all that way from Maidstone were you? (Assuming your profile is up to date)

It's probably wet. Definitely muddy. I wouldn't recommend it.

In reply to craggyfingers:

Absolutely loads of it will be dry (the steeper climbs) but the paths will be muddy.

In reply to craggyfingers:

went there a few weeks ago, approaches were horrible, routes were soaking and greasy. The Russian looked dry from the ground, turns out it was very much not which made it a bit more exciting.

In reply to alastairbegley:


Hi Alistair

I guessed when reading this that this was 2 weekends ago, and confirmed from your logbook. That was actually a very odd weekend conditions-wise - apparently glorious, loads of sunshine, not too cold but really high humidity, light breeze from the east (= no breeze at all on the crag) and apart from Wynd Cliff I think all the Wye Valley crags were probably slimy - Wintour's certainly didn't seem to be drying at all. We've not had weather like that since - the wind has switched to the west, and when the sun has come out things have dried out.

PK is right that lots of Symonds Yat (but not the paths obviously) tends to dry quite quickly in winter. Wouldn't be my choice as it tends to be too cold for me (not being south facing), but if you're hardier you'll probably get stuff done

Rick

In reply to craggyfingers:

Yat wasn't bad today. After lunch the rock was pretty sound. Didn't even feel that cold either.

Paths are muddy though.