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Sharp Edge condition?

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Rog Wilko 24 Feb 2016

Has anyone been up Sharp Edge in the last couple of days? Wondering about going up tomorrow, but won't bother if the conditions are not appealing. Is it all good hard snow or ice at the moment or is it bare?

Spadger 24 Feb 2016

In reply to Rog Wilko:
Hi we were on it 18th certainly snow and icy enough for crampons , YouTube sharp edge 18th February and you'll see a vid of a dog going up and down it , accompanied of course , the guy who did it practically ran up and down and may have posted more since , he wasn't wearing crampons

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Paul Baxter 25 Feb 2016

For a quick insight into Lake District conditions, look at the met office website for mountain weather. There a 'Ground Conditions' tab with a really good daily report on conditions up Helvellyn (so Swirrel and Striding Edges) which should give you an idea what to expect around Sharp Edge as well.

I just wish the 'Ground Conditions' reports for Snowdonia were as good...

Dave Cumberland 25 Feb 2016

In reply to Rog Wilko:

Very sunny

wercat 25 Feb 2016

In reply to Spadger:

If it's who I think it is he lives under it and that's the dog's morning run!

Iain Thow 26 Feb 2016

In reply to Rog Wilko:

Looking across from Helvellyn yesterday there wasn't much snow on Blencathra. Helvellyn and the Scafells were well covered above 2000ft, with a thin spatter on Fairfield and quite a bit on the higher parts of Coniston Old Man and Bowfell. The snow on Helvellyn was largely perfect neve with quite a bit of ice.