snow update 6 Feb

The Weardale Ski Club Ltd

A small group of skiers braved a bitterley cold northerly wind today and had 3 hours of skiing at Swinhope. Conditions were pretty poor so you didn't miss much. There was plenty of drifted snow especially along the tow lines and on the M1 but the pistes had most of the snow blown off them but were still skiable in true "Weardale style" - who says you cannot ski on grass? There are no plans to open before the weekend but if we get some pisting done and there is even a small amount of fresh snow we may get some skiing in this weekend. The forecast for the next week or two is to remain very cold with the possibiity of more snow. So far we have had 11 days this season which is not bad for the beginning of February.

Steve