The snow has returned to the Clash & the trails are almost 100% complete. About 5-8cm of wet snow has fallen over the past couple of days giving a good skiing surface this afternoon. There are a few thin places where you can catch stones but you can ski around these. I will try to groom the trails tomorrow but this depends on the overnight weather. It was snowing this afternoon & these occasionally turned to sleet (temp 0degC). As long as there is not too much rain overnight then I think the skiing will be OK this weekend, but maybe not for your very best skis.

The one big problem today was Leids Leap. We would strongly recommend you only ski up this as there are wheel ruts that have frozen solid. Colin Miller has done a lot of spade work improving these but they are still a big problem for downhills. The wheel ruts were caused by Orange accessing their mast to re-fuel. They are not supposed to drive onto the trails when snow is on the ground & I have been in touch with the relevant parties trying to prevent its re-occurrence.

By Peter Thorn