Snow update

[IanWalker]

RRCPC circular sent this morning regarding Fell Road to Bull Pot Farm:-

The road is blocked with snow drifts at the moment. They are unlikely to clear in the next few days.

 

[Pitlamp]

Good job CUCC bailed out on Saturday from BPF and came to stay with the NPC for the rest of the weekend. They'd probably still be there otherwise!

 

[hannahb]

Good job CUCC bailed out on Saturday from BPF and came to stay with the NPC for the rest of the weekend. They'd probably still be there otherwise!

Getting stuck at the farm because of snow was one of my favourite New Year holidays ever

 

[Space Doubt Caver]

Wirral Peninsula

 

[Pitlamp]

Tuesday, early morning; very small amount of sleet overnight frozen on side roads. OK, with care.
(Clapham area - may not be the same elsewhere nearby.)

 

[CavingForLemons]

Good job CUCC bailed out on Saturday from BPF and came to stay with the NPC for the rest of the weekend. They'd probably still be there otherwise!

Thanks for putting us up at such short notice! We had a lovely night at NPC (love the new drying room and kit room!)

We'd definitely have ended up with a few extra days at the farm otherwise

 

[JAA]

Has anyone been up kingsdale today?

 

[emma7027]

Just had an update from some Red Rose members that Fell Lane is still not passable. Tried with snow chains on but were unsucessful. They think it could be doable in a Landy but no vehicle signs

 

[skippy]

Just had an update from some Red Rose members that Fell Lane is still not passable. Tried with snow chains on but were unsucessful. They think it could be doable in a Landy but no vehicle signs

Cheers Emma.. I was just about to drop you a line.

 

[Samouse1]

My plan tonight was to head up to masongill and leck fell to pull some ropes out of caves, I'll update later as to how it goes, though I'm not overly hopeful

 

[Samouse1]

Has anyone been up kingsdale today?

A local member of CRO popped into inglesport and had a chat but said he didn't get too far out of Thornton before turning around

 

[JAA]

A local member of CRO popped into inglesport and had a chat but said he didn't get too far out of Thornton before turning around

Bugger!

 

[Samouse1]

I got to the corner with the bench on the masongill road, and to Fellside (last building before the farm) on the leck fell lane. Definitely both passable to higher vehicles with snow chains, but my poor little VW caddy didn't like it. Did some wonderful reversing though. Oh well, my ropes will stay there till the thaw!

 

[Badlad]

Been to Yordas today with others in normal type cars. No problem. Bit icy in places but ok on the steep bits. Beyond the farm at Kingsdale head the road is closed. Apparently, quite snowy but also a report that a camper van is stuck up there.

 

[JAA]

I got to the corner with the bench on the masongill road, and to Fellside (last building before the farm) on the leck fell lane. Definitely both passable to higher vehicles with snow chains, but my poor little VW caddy didn't like it. Did some wonderful reversing though. Oh well, my ropes will stay there till the thaw!

I have some snow socks for my caddy, make a massive difference well worth getting a pair

 

[snebbit]

Snow socks are amazing, and way less hassle than chains. Although if you don't slip them off as soon as you're off snow, they get shredded in minutes - or maybe it was just my Temu specials ☺️

We were up at Sunset tonight, the road up Chapel-le-Dale is all clear as you'd expect, the snow was about 30-40cm deep on the hill though. Saw some lights that looked like a couple of folks heading up Black Shiver Ridge for some moonlit winter mountaineering, magical.

 

[tjh74]

Tried the road to the farm today and got to about 220m (beyond zig zags before left bend). That was being cautious in a 2wd with winter tyres but no chains or socks.

Abandoned, drove up barbondale which has been well treated and then walked over the bridleway (c30mins) to the farm. No tyre tracks on arrival at the farm.

 

[Pitlamp]

Has anyone been up the road from Austwick into Crummackdale in the last couple of days? Just wondering what it's like for driving.

 

[TheFirstCaver]

Does anybody know what the west kingsdale road is like?

 

[Pitlamp]

Does anybody know what the west kingsdale road is like?

In a separate topic someone (Badlad I think) mentioned it was OK as far as the Kingsdale Head farm but blocked on the high road over to Dent.