A good days skiing was had by about 40 members today. There was no fresh snow but temperatures down to -7 or 8 last night ensured the snow stayed and the pistes were a lot firmer and faster than yesterday. F2 ran for an hour or so but the snow conditions high up were challenging to say the least so most people remained on F1 all day which was great and ran non stop from 10am until 3pm. The weather held out and although it was cold there was little wind and plenty of sun. By the end of the day the runs were getting a little bare and also icy but will be ideal as soon as they are topped up with an inch or two of the fresh stuff. We are not planning to open on Thursday but if the predicted snow falls on Friday it is looking good for the weekend. We had a few day visitors today who seemed to enjoy themselves but please remember that weekend skiing is reserved for members only. In the past we have had to turn away day visitors who turn up at weekends and it is difficult to do after usually quite a long journey but being able to ski at weekends is one of the main benefits of being a member. We will be checking all ski passes this weekend. We do have about 50 memberships still unfilled but expect those to disappear pretty quickly over the next few days.
For a taster of what conditions have been like I will try and post a few photos on the WSC Facebook page and you should also be able to see some footage taken by a Sky TV reporter from Tyne-Tees on the internet including an interview with a few of us. There was also an interview on Radio Newcastle tonight just before 5pm which may be accessible on the internet - all good publicity for us. I haven't managed to find either yet though!
Hopefully see some of you this weekend.
Steve
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