Tyres are tubeless so wish to avoid faffing with tubeless onsite. Looking at the weather reports and the 'puffer thread it seems that mud tyres are the way forward, off the bat, or will there will be some ice.
Crystal ball anyone?
See the strathpuffer snow thread. I can't be bothered to type that all out again!
doug_basqueMTB.com - Premier MemberI was clearing today. Low down mainly. We've cleared a foot wide strip on the climbs which is mostly down to the dirt but in places is down to ice. I don't expect the ice to last until the weekend to be honest. The descents are largely not cleared and I don't think they will be (unless everyone takes a shovel) so they're on deep-ish, soft snow which has an ice base in places. There was also sections of ice which will probably have melted / been broken up by the time you lot get there. The fireroads were well cleared and churned up a bit so there'll be plenty of grip there.
If I was racing (I'm not :-)) then I'd be turning up with studded tyres for the first lap but have a good mud tyre ready to go on.
Word to the wise: On the descent from the view rock the guys were pointing out the sharp water bars that are hidden by the snow; they'll be lethal. I hope that I'm not taking away any local advantages by telling you to be careful there. Maybe they'll be marked / cleared by the weekend.
There you go!
Man, you make it look easy! 😉
(local) i'd say Mud, but be careful on your first few laps!