Snow Report 7th January 2012

It has to be said that the trails are now broken, but there were still long stretches of skiable snow today — somewhat soggy in places, and not currently the place for one’s best gear. Some snow will undoubtedly survive overnight. Car park was very icy this morning and may be likewise on Sunday.

Snow Report 6th January

From Colin Miller

Apart from a few short, thin bits it looks like the snow at Clashindarroch should survive through Saturday, assisted by further compaction today on the main trails (thanks, Peter!). Temperature rose above freezing but not drastically so.

Snow Report 5th January 2012

From Colin Miller
Thursday saw Clashindarroch’s deepest snowpack this season, with 10cm wet snow on the lower trails and up to 25cm heavy powder on the Haute Route. Unfortunately the snow was melting from the ground up although frost is forecast for Thursday night. Some trails have been compacted and some others have been “skied in”.

Children’s Skis For Sale

Hugh Montgomery (Tel 01466 700366/07884 101618) has the following skis for sale.

He’s also looking for some equipment to replace what he’s selling for his children ( Children are 140/150cm boots size 4 and 5)

 

 

Length Size Brand
Ski Pair 1

105

 

Fischer XC Sprint

 

Pair 2

127

 

Fischer RCS Sprint Crown

 

Pair 3   

127

 

 

 

 

 

 Fischer Country Sprint
Pole Pair 1

75

 

Swix

 

Pair 2

75

 

Swix

 

Pair 3

85

 

 

 

 

 

 Swix
Boot Pair 1

9 2/3

 

Salomon

 

Pair 2

12

 

Salomon

 

Pair 3

12

 

 

 

 

 

 Salomon

 

Pair 4

1 1/2

 

Salomon

 

Pair 5

2 1/2

 

Salomon
Goggles Pair 1

blue

junior

Trespass (boxed and unused)

 

Pair 2

pink

junior

Trespass (boxed and unused)

Snow Report December 22nd 2011

Colin Miller braved the  mud and ice in the Clash…

With temperatures on Thursday touching plus 10, the Clashindarroch trails have lost much of their snow. Although a compacted 5cm base was holding out gallantly here and there, there are long bare stretches. A few hundred metres survived on the Haute Route but even this was turning to slush, and the trail was running with meltwater. The Snowgoose and Timberline snowfields offered about 500 metres of continuous skiing on smooth but wet drift, but it’s a long walk to get there! A bit of a change from the past two Christmases, but there’s January and February to look forward to.   
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Good to hear the distant notes of the arriving snowmobile carried on the air this morning, Peter. I’ve reported the missing grit bin via the Council website. Found a piece of silver coloured plastic at the entrance at lunchtime. It looked like a battery cover from a large mobile phone, or similar device such a vehicle fuse box. I’ve left it on the post at the pole barrier.
 
So… even with tomorrow’s brief freeze it doesn’t look like there’s any real prospect of skiing over the next few days.

Snow Report 20th December

Malcolm Cooper reports trails are heavily iced. Expect further ice accumulation followed by thawing.

Further report from Colin Miller An overnight freeze, with only a slight dusting of new snow, gave hard conditions on Tuesday 20th December. The thin stretches were icy, and with fast conditions everywhere the skiing was challenging. At least the base is in the best possible shape to take whatever the thaw may bring, but how much will survive remains to be seen..

Tree Clearing Exercise

Casual visitors to the Clash might not be aware of the work done by club members in the forest throughout the year to maintain the tracks for skiers. As well as pisteing with the snowmobile the club organises parties to keep the trails clear when events take a turn for the worse. For example the recent windy nights have taken their toll in the forest with trees fallen across the trails. Here are some photos from a recent work party clearing some of these recent falls.

Thanks to Jason Williamson for the pictures

Snow Report 18th December

There seems to be good cover in the forest at the moment with further falls last night making very forgiving conditions,plenty of grip and lots of control on down hill sections. Colin Miller reports 15-20cm snow depth.

Many skiers were out enjoying this pre-Christmas opportunity.

Warmer temperatures are forecast for later this week and this will probably cause some melting. The next two days will probably be the best until after Christmas.

Snow Report 17th December

Thanks to Colin Miller

Saturday 17th December: 5cm of fresh snow arrived in showers today, bringing the snow depth up to around 15cm, but still with thinner stretches. Leids Leap remains stony above the s-bend. Temperatures stayed about zero, so prospects for Sunday are good. The A941 from Rhynie has slight snow and icy patches.

There are signs of vehicle access on Leids Leap ( presumably for access to the phone mast) so take care on descents. The snow may be tracked, or you might just meet something coming the other way. Here are some photos from Dave Horsley taken on Leids Leap