Give up on this silly biking lark, and get some crampons and an ice axe…

Yeah I'm sure loads of people will post pics of their bike sat in a load of snow and pretend that they were riding it and having fun, but this really isn't the weather for it.

It is however stunning weather for a bit of winter walking/climbing/mountaineering etc.

(not my pic)

I'm still too ill to do anything very extreme, but I had a stunning walk in the Howgills the other day.

(sorry phone pic)

nice, that top pic is a 3ft wall at the col between tryfan and the glyders – went there on sat and could hardly stand in the winds blowing up there! can't agree more, great time to get out for a walk / climb etc.

hopefully heading out to the northern lakes this weekend (with ice axe). the weather up here (just over the border) is set to be blue skies and cold weather, so not too much more snow planned.

can't wait, will be the first time in almost 2 years!

Recently gave-in to this sensible philosophy (due to frozen free-wheel woes). Staying right on the Pentlands, there's miles of trails to do after all, albeit barely needing crampons etc. Plus SWMBO & myself can enjoy some quality time & take the good camera –

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A walk over Ingleborough – Yorkshire Dales

Yeah superb winter rambling. Thinking about Brecon Beacons or Dartmoor this weekend as I can day trip them from home.

Deffo the thing to be doing at the mo. Pity my ice climbing partner is in Canada; I'll just have to make do with good long winter walks. Much better than fighting to stay on the bike and going nowhere.

that top pic isn't where i thought on second look, where is it? gate and wall / snow levels were same in wales south of tryfan though, really deep in places.

your wrong, this is the perfect weather for turbo training… 🙂

That's Catstye Cam isn't it? Striding Edge just peeking in on the left. Must be from somewhere near Hole in the Wall.

From my weekend;

Camping's also fun!

Yup loving it

+1 to this thread. I was on top of Scafell Pike at midnight on New Year's.

Followed by a standing glissade from Mickledore down to Hollow Stones, by moonlight 😀

Jenga – correct on the first pic. From the lake district weatherline site.

Here's my pic from last February of the other side at the same spot

Couple more from last year

Love the Ingleborough pic Pennine – I might just about be able to manage that at the mo in fact.

Jenga – reckon you are right. I was stood exactly there on Friday after some pottering on Red Tarn Crags and Striding edge although all I could see was the wall once the weather had turned. Very grateful to find it as navigation conditions were aweful!

Tried riding up on Hexham common yesterday. I agree with OP!

I might just about be able to manage that at the mo in fact.

Fairfield next Saturday? Just a short stroll from Ambleside.

Just for tasters:-

http://www.climbers-shop.com/web-cam.aspx

Couple more pictures from the Lakes over the holidays:

Me about fifteen years ago (anyone guess the route? it's a classic):

Im sure my wife uses crampons……

Me about fifteen years ago (anyone guess the route? it's a classic)

Looks a bit like Bowfell Buttress, but it's probably not.

Im sure my wife uses crampons……

Only in the shower – stops her feet sliding down the tiles.

a bit like Bowfell Buttress

In Scotland actually (should have been more specific…)

I'd have to guess at one of the gullies on The Ben, but I've not climbed enough up there to be sure.

Answer please…..

Five Point Gully?

in the Arctic, supposed to be looking for polar bears!

somewhere on the Ben? Point five, but only because it's the most famous

Five Point Gully?

Point Five Gully surely. That would have been my choice, but as we don't know eliptic's abilities it could well be Sassenach!!!

The Swedish Chef – Member
Five Point Gully?

Or Point Five Gully even ?

Looks more like The Curtain ?

North East buttress

Me about fifteen years ago (anyone guess the route? it's a classic)

Looks a bit like Orion Face Direct

ANy guess where

Soloing in the lakes

whoops, sorry. Stand corrected

dales rider
whorneyside force (hells gill), nr crinkle crags?

Looks a bit like Orion Face Direct

We have a winner (it's the Second Slab Rib pitch).

as we don't know eliptic's abilities it could well be Sassenach!!!

A flattering suggestion but not likely!

"standing glissade"

That's skiing without skis isn't it?

Red tarn, many years ago

That's skiing without skis isn't it?

Basically yes. Only works when the snow is just right – too soft and you sink in, too hard/icy and you go like a rocket 😯 with no chance of stopping.

You see it demonstrated in all the old mountaineering instructional books (Blackshaw etc) but quite rarely get the chance to actually try it…

"too hard/icy and you go like a rocket "

yes of course, that's when you need the sitting glissade with an ice axe handle used as a brake; I've done that as a quick way down Ben Eighe. Lots of things can go wrong tho including stabbing yourself with the ice axe! It's all sailing quite close to disaster really! 😀

Around late March / April on Ben Nevis you often get a mini Cresta run developing down the Red Burn from all the bumsliders – three or four feet deep, swooping all the way down, can be 1500 feet of descent to the snowline 😀

Ben Nevis from summit of Stob Coire Nan Lochan (only other peak visible above the cloud was Bidean nam Bian).