Ok, off up to Scotland last weekend of this month, looking at Kirroughtree and Drumlanrig, waste of time? Big thaw? Am I being a wuss for asking?

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I went on foot to Dalbeattie yesterday, car park shut, went and walked some trails but basically sheet ice under a dusting of snow.

Today we had a mini-thaw but it's freezing tonight will be checking the trails Wednesday morning.

You've got two weeks till you come I would ask nearer the time it changes pretty quickly. Though some of the sheet ice on the forest roads it thick and the carpark sheet ice is also thick.

Appreciate that isn't either trail you asked about but it's in betweenish

also check
http://7stanes.blogspot.com/ and
http://www.7stanes.gov.uk/website/forestry.nsf/byunique/achs-5rnejx

Cheers, will be checking nearer the time, and ringing the shop at Kirroughtree, we're just debating about booking the accomodation that's all.

I see, I will update this thread after my Wednesday visit be in the evening.

cheers forge

Car park at dalbeattie is still closed and has ice all over it slow thaw still not complete!!

The 7stanes Blog has just been update with the latest news from around the trails

Cheers, think we're going to risk it

If it's as warm "in the context" of winter this weekend then it should thaw a bit more this weekend, hope so would love to get back out on the trails, been a long time!!

Looking good, it's gonna be redders this weekend (well, 7 deg)….

Bad news

Snowing again in Dumfries

Town almost at a standstill this morning

cooooooooooooooooooock

Was chaos in town this am 😯

When I left for work it was white and when I got home albeit in the dark the grass is showing again so it's snowed and thawed a fair bit in a day, it's now a mix of snow, ice, slush and water, hoping it doesn't freeze to much tonight or it's going to be a heap of fun tomorrow.

7 Stanes Blog update (Kiroughtree – The thaw is coming )

Ice gone from car park, did an on foot inspection this PM, there are ice patches in places on the trail, but going to head out and do a full lap legs permitting and see what the rest of it's like.

Can't believe how fast the thick ice has thawed though judging by the river levels I can see where it gone!!

Thanks for keeping us posted Forge

Rode Kirroughtree black (and red) yesterday – Sunday. All trails very rideable, just a few small sections of rapidly thawing ice to negotiate mainly on fire roads, but that was easily done.