Skiing update Wednesday 7th December

The Weardale Ski Club Ltd

Winter has certainly arrived and we have just enjoyed our 3rd day skiing of the season. Snow has also fallen in the Scottish resorts and at long last in Europe as well which hopefully means Christmas will be OK in the Alps for those travelling abroad. For those who plan to stay in this country we will see what we can do for you!
When it started to rain last night in Stanhope, combined with the winds and milder temperatures I was expecting much of the snow to have gone today so I was pleasantly surprised when I arrived this morning to find good snow cover. The winds were a bit strong so we could only run F1 but in total managed to stay open for about 4 hours and got some good skiing with about 10 or 11 people there. Some people were seen arriving at 2:15pm when we were shutting down and turned back when they saw the lifts had stopped. This time of year it gets dark so early that we have to start clearing the slopes at 3pm at the latest so please dont arrive late and expect us to remain open.

Sadly tomorrow is forecast very strong gale force winds and a brief thaw which means the tows will not be running. It is then predicted to get colder again with snow showers so the prospects are reasonable for the weekend but watch these emails or ring the answerphone before travelling.

Living North has written an article on WSC and the other Northern England ski clubs which is due to come out at the end of the week (January edition) - I havent seen a copy yet but hopefully it will give us some publicity and a good write up - why not go out and buy a copy.

Steve