Snow heaven

The Weardale Ski Club Ltd

A fantastic days skiing today with great snow everywhere and one of those days where you can ski literally anywhere with all the gullies filled and excellent wide pisted areas and loads of powder off piste. There were even significant periods of sunshine today which made up for the cold easterly winds. The kiteboarders were in great form today, shunning the road and kiting up from Westgate and producing some impressive aerobatic manouevres - I am sure some videos will find there way onto facebook and youtube in the next few days. The main gully was the best I have seen for years with big cornices and completely filled and skiable all the way down. The road was passable but still at risk if there is significant fresh snow. By the end of the day we were back to 90% tarmac bt that can change overnight so be prepared and ensure snow tyres or chains. The parking is very limited and also very deep snow so unless you get there early and find one of todays parking places you will have to dig in which can take time so make sure you have at least one decent shovel. Ensure that you dig in far enough off the road so you are not obstructing it and front in at an angle as close to the fence as possible. Don't worry about getting stuck,there will be plenty of people to help you get out atthe end of the day.

We are planning to open tomorrow (Thursday) from 10am and are also hoping to open Friday to Monday if the weather stays as it. We will accept day members on Thursday, Friday and Monday but Saturday and Sunday will be members only. Day members please print off the day membership form from the website and hand it to a Tow Operator before skiing - they will be pretty obvious with day glow orange jackets on saying Tow Operator!

Tomorrow we also have Channel 4 coming up to do some filming so if you see a camera pointing at you remember to smile!

Steve