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East or West. I'm just desperate to get out whilst I'm relatively close by. How's it looking?

In reply to thomascarr:

Pretty wet in Sheffield thismorning but drying up. Westerley winds thisafternoon and tomorrow. Somewhere should be dry, I'd have a look at the webcams and try the ususal suspects (Burbage N, Higgar, Stanage, Curbar) if it's grit you're after.

In reply to Aly:
^ This. If it's grit you're after, every chance of finding something dry on the Eastern edges.

Looks pretty chilly though, if there's no significant rain overnight you might want to consider the more sheltered sun-trappy crags (eg: Rivelin, Lawrencefield, Froggatt).

In reply to thomascarr:

I have this exact same question but for Saturday morning sport climbing!

In reply to thomascarr:

Seems worth it! Thank you both.

In reply to thomascarr: New Mills Torrs, guaranteed, though wrap up warm against the wind.

In reply to thomascarr:


Sunday at the Roaches was pretty damn good - despite the overcast forecast, it was a beautify sunny day. All you can do is track the forecast, ask people here too and take a punt but I'll be up there again this weekend for sure.

In reply to thomascarr:
There's been little rain today in Sheffield, some this morning but it seemed to stop at around ten-ish, and it's breezy too towards the outskirts on the west.

In reply to elliot.baker:

Hi

Always worth a look at garage buttress at stoney, raven tor-sardine, tin of, moat buttress in wcj, and dogs dinner buttress in chee was dry at the weekend

best of luck

In reply to thomascarr:
I drove from Macclesfied to Sheffield earlier today and was pretty taken aback by the difference between the two in terms of conditions.

Currently there isn't a spot of snow in sight here in Sheffield and there's only a small dusting on the higher crags (which has probably all gone now). Over in the west it is very different, so much so that I was actually quite worried I wasn't going to make it back over the Cat and Fiddle - snow everywhere and not a patch of grass in sight.

In short: if it continues to freeze then it could be mint in both areas, but if it does warm up then expect some melt over on the western front...

Hope that's of help!

In reply to thomascarr:
A local in Sheffield has just mentioned there's the hint of snow over here, but I've not seen any, but it's cold and vaguely drizzly/wintry around where the countryside meets the west of the city at the mo.

In reply to Timmd:
Snow blizzards here this morning but rain for the rest of the day, so no settled snow/ice - crags are not likely to be dry but definitely climbable if the weather holds up... Day off work tomorrow so hoping to walk up to Baslow for a spot of Solo TR. I live in Calver, just down from Curbar/Baslow Edge so will try and remember to post in the morning and let you know if it's worth heading over...

In reply to thomascarr:
It's pretty windy over the west of Sheffield at the mo and higher up - meaning it'll be windier still out in the Peak, so if it's not very rainy during the night, tomorrow Burbage and Stanage could be pretty dry, certainly climbable I'd have thought, and Rivelin too .

In reply to thomascarr:

Sure you're probably out already but man is it a glorious day for climbing today.

In reply to thomascarr:

I'll be staying near Leek with a climbing partner and looking to climb at least one day this weekend so any 'on the ground' observations as to conditions in the Western Peak would be more than welcome!

In reply to Andy Morley:

This is pretty useful... forecast isn't great.

http://www.flashbarstores.co.uk/

In reply to thomascarr:

Anyone got any bright ideas for crags in the Peak that won't have a tonne of slushy snowmelt running down them all weekend?

In reply to thomascarr:

According to the Met Office the Western Peak will be largely dry this weekend, but that's not what I'm hearing elsewhere. Anyone on the ground there now?

In reply to Andy Morley:

Thats what YR.no and bbc say too but its the melting snow that's the problem I suspect!

In reply to Bulls Crack:


Good point. Thanks.

In reply to Andy Morley:

Snow to valley level in Castleton, +1.5C at 400m an hour ago so the snow is softish. It hasn't got all that cold so the turf isn't properly frozen. Some of the Kinder Cloughs would be fun clambers over snowy boulders and there might even be ice in a few places in the northern ones (my lane was icy this morning).

In reply to Andy Morley:

Rained overnight (in Froggatt), looks like it laid more snow down a couple of hundred feet above the valley bottom. Froggatt looks very Alpine! Fine rain at the moment. I'm heading for the ClimbingWorks later...