 Poster: A snowHead
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Time for this years new thread!
Last year was frustrating to say the least. With the lockdown operational from early January we missed a classic easterly winter and what would have been quite a few days of superb skiing in the local hills.
All the clubs cooperate with each other and in previous years have offered reciprocal discounts on day tickets to season ticket holders. Here are the links:
Yad Moss Ski Club, North Pennines
http://yadmoss.co.uk/
Allenheads Ski Club, North Pennines http://ski-allenheads.co.uk/
Lake District Ski Club, Helvellyn Massif http://www.ldscsnowski.co.uk/
Weardale Ski Club, North Pennines http://www.skiweardale.com/
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Well said Peter, if there are any travel impediments for Europe let's hope we can at least get some good days of domestic skiing. In Braemar a month ago I asked numerous locals about the snow conditions in Feb and it does sound fantastic! One or two did stress that there was no up lift available......even better! But that's another thread.
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Just renewed my Weardale membership. Got my first couple of days of English skiing last season. I hope to be back to the Alps and the Rockies in the coming season but I will certainly be looking for any opportunity to get back up on the Pennines - it was great fun.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hi Sweeny!
The portable will make a big difference at Raise. Great that Stu and the team are sorting that out. It enables you to ski right down to Sticks Pass and then do a fun traverse back east to the bottom of the rope. Hope you get the snow to use it this year.
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The best thread on snowheads a long with the Scottish and Welsh ones continues as those majestic peaks turn to brown and soon the white, white frost of autumn will bless us. These truly British hills will be the last to fall and I can assure you of that.
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Long range forecasts are predicting 6ft at Yad Moss in December.
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| I’d settle for 6 inches or 15cms in modern speak |
I'm sure you would matron!! 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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We do hope to open up more often to guests. Unfortunately this is not likely to occur on sunny Sundays due to car parking
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Non-members and lapsed members like me should be asked to park at the Thirlmere side of the ascent to the skiing.
Anyway, I find it preferable to the relentless tarmac slog from Glenridding. At least from there it feels like you are actually en-route up the fells almost immediately - a psychological bonus 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Lots of good stuff going on up in the hills this summer.
At Raise the LDSC have reconfigured their electric portable tow moving the motor inside the engine hut, protecting it from the weather and speeding up set up time. The additional 150m of run below the Poma will make a big difference. When conditions are good ‘Outer Mongolia’ will be skiable as far down as Sticks Pass and then traverse back below the engine hut. Other jobs on Raise have included painting the pylons and replacing the shutters on the Members hut.
Over at Weardale they have done a lot of work on the top tow removing and refurbishing both the drive and bull wheels and painting all the pylons a rather fetching green. It looks like a huge effort for a single summer with lots of volunteer hours. They are using a two part epoxy paint of the sort that was used on the Forth railway bridge, so it should last! Lots and lots of smaller jobs too including cutting the grass, ditching, hut repairs and general tidying up.
There have been no big projects at Yad Moss this year. We have however completely refurbished the manual brake on the motor drive shaft, and changed some of the sheeve wheel bearings. We have also carried out quite a lot of fence repairs and moved a fence into the top of the bowl. Other jobs Have included dismantling and removing the old ‘oil tank’ storage building servicing the pomas and the piste basher. We have more to do before the first ski day but it should all be manageable from here. Hopefully the webcam will behave itself this year (?!)
No doubt Allenheads have been active too, I just don’t have any info about them.
It’s great to see the clubs so active this summer with well attended work parties and some new very enthusiastic members getting stuck in. Let’s hope for some good skiing again this year 
Details and photos of the summer work are available on the club Facebook groups.
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You know it makes sense.
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From Weardale Facebook group
At our most recent board meeting we agreed not to allow day members this year and would restrict skiing to full members only. There are several reasons for this but the main reasons are limited car parking and difficulty managing payments for day visitors due to the layout at WSC and shortage of volunteers. We may allow members to bring a guest on weekdays only on the understanding that they are accompanied by the nominated member who is responsible for them but reserve the right to change this if we get too busy. We would also request the guest to car share with the member. The reciprocal arrangement we have with the other English ski clubs is not affected by this. Membership is very nearly full with approximately 40 places left so if you are wondering about joining do not leave it too long.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Thanks for the Weardale info kitenski.
Mrs MA and I have been members for years but I do think it's a shame re day members. We may have just been lucky, but in all the time we've been going I think I've only witnessed issues with parking on two or three occasions. Even then, the road was kept clear but with parking down to the bridge and beyond.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Weardale are reporting that their membership is now full.
Good effort. That should help towards any projects next year.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Can’t believe Weardale have not opened up today. That looks skiable to me:
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I would have
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<laughs> I saw the picture and thought... you would have.
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Me too - gutted to have just seen the pic now
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@mountainaddict, was surprised you weren't there 
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Current modelling suggests between 16 and 35cm of snow in the North Pennines on Sat 27 November Could be decent in the Highlands too - up to 49cm there.
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Rumour is 3ft of powder at Yad Moss. FIS interested in re-arranging this weekends Downhill there.
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Sadly, Weardale looking unlikely to open tomorrow as the snow is a wind scoured. However, they are inspecting at 10am in the morning...
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Tan Hill snowed in this morning! Any chance of skiing tomorrow at Yad Moss? I know, just wishful thinking, but even so, I like to dream.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Any chance of skiing tomorrow at Yad Moss? I know, just wishful thinking, but even so, I like to dream. |
Website says not - but that volunteers are going up there for storm recovery work.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Widespread power cuts in Weardale, Teesdale and Tynedale. Electricity lines down all over the place. Hasn’t really hit the news yet.
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| Widespread power cuts in Weardale, Teesdale and Tynedale |
So diesel-powered Pennines lifts unaffected??
Northern Powergrid stated just after midnight today that they have restored power to 182,000 of 240,000 affected properties across the region.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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From weardale
After a brief inspection yesterday it was felt that most of the snow had been scoured from the slopes due to the high winds which has also caused some carnage in Weardale with tree and powerlines down so we decided it was not safe to open today. A few of us went up today to see what it was like and Kevin did a magnificent job spreading out the snow that the fencing had caught her was able to create a reasonable run down the main run on F1. All the other runs were too bare to safely ski and F2 was devoid of snow.
We are intending to run the tows tomorrow, Monday 29th from 1030, but due to cover being thin we are intending only to run for a couple of hours so are likely to close by 1230. Members only
The road has been ploughed but was still very icy and good winter/snow tyres or chains will be needed to get up safely.
I apologise for not being able to send out an email or update this site but power has only just been restored to Weardale after nearly 48 hours of candlelight and there has been no mobile reception.
Photos show F1, the road access, scoured F2 and what the slopes looked like yesterday
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Poster: A snowHead
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weardale up and running!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Fantastic !! I've been waiting for this picture all day !!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Were you there kitenski? If so, we didn’t see you!
It was hats off to the Weardale pisteurs - a fantastic effort to open main F1 run when most of the snow had been blown off the hill! Well done them!!
Grassy at the very top of the tow and run but mainly perfect packed powder below
A very enjoyable return to English snow, enjoyed by 10 or 11 skiers and one boarder.
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Still 14,000 households without power including Weardale, Teesdale and Tynedale.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-59502948
More snow than we’ve ever seen at Yad Moss in November. Power lines down everywhere in the upper Dales. Far worse than the Beast from the East in terms of disruption. The B6277 was hopelessly blocked on Sunday and even the A66 which is part of the National strategic route network with all the resources that involves was closed for three days. Still some useful drifts left at Yad Moss so it’s not back to square one yet.
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Hope everyone is ok Peter !
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No need to drive an hour to the Pennines today - we had the unexpected bonus of fresh tracks at our local disused quarry.
It's not very steep - but any day on snow is a good day in my book 
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| Did you need a Pass Sanitaire and mask to get on the lift? |
Thankfully, a Pass Seasonnaire was good enough
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@mountainaddict, Great stuff! Wonder if you got the first turns in the UK ??
We had loads here last week, was very tempted to get my kit out of the loft to bag first turns of the season.
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FAQ
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(And I think the lift operators skied the previous day while they were pisting the run 