Snow update Sunday 24 March

The Weardale Ski Club Ltd

     It was a wise decision not to open today as it would have been mayhem on the road. John Carrick has done an excellent jobs digging out the road all the way up but the strong winds just blew a lot of it back in causing large drifts (one of which I got stuck in with my 4WD). There are strong easterly winds forecast all week but they drop a little on Tuesday and beyond so we hope to open on Tuesday 26 March and probably later in the week as well. It is looking promising for the Easter weekend and hopefully we will get several days then as well which will be a bonus. The answerphone will be updated regularly with our decisions once we see what conditions are like. Yad Moss had planned to open today but suffered the same fate with roads blocked so no skiing htere either.

      On the fell there is loads of snow and 2 board members were up today and pisted a lot of the runs. They report all the gullies filled with massive cornices on Black scar leading to one of the first avalanche warnings at WSC for many years! All the runs are covered and with temperatures set to remain low all week things are looking promising.

      For your information Nevisport in Newcastle is closing down and has a sale on currently with 25% off stock. Nevisport have sponsored our membership cards for many years and have been very supportive towards us, in the past sponsoring events like the Weardale Olympics etc - a shame to see them close.

Steve