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Mike Pow, nice one, well done! It really is spectacularly good up there in the snow 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Bendigedig.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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diolch yn fawr iawn
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Thu 21-01-10 20:10; edited 1 time in total
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top banana 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Mike Pow Superb - da iawn!
Another image from that fone day... Andy Evans enjoying the snow off Cefn Crew;
[img]http://picasaweb.google.com/julescart/CornDuAndPenYFanJan2010#5427108371624968434[/img]
| david@mediacopy wrote: |
| JulesC, Cheers. Do you know if you can grab the web cam feed on that site too - I'm trying to find a web cam in Mid Wales to keep an eye on the conditions. Cynwyd as listed on that site would be spot on. |
Sorry I don't.
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Mike Pow, I'd been reading your posts on TGR, didn't realise they'd been cross-posted.
Nice one, that's a pretty balls out line good effort on the 1st descent.
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Mike Pow, Sweet pics and nice lines.
Can you roughly quantify, in degrees, how steep that NE face is at top, middle and bottom. Just a rough guess will do.
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Whitegold, The adjacent face is about 30 - 35 deg approaching 40 at the top. The face Mike Pow, is a good few deg steeper than that...
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| Whitegold wrote: |
Mike Pow, Sweet pics and nice lines.
Can you roughly quantify, in degrees, how steep that NE face is at top, middle and bottom. Just a rough guess will do. |
All guess and feel.
Maybe 38-42 at the top. I seem to remember the steeper stuff at Crested Butte, Colorado being quoted as 42 deg. Having skied both, it's comparable. It's the combination of pitch, hardpacked snow, ice, rock, and hazard left and right that makes the top section challenging.
Mid to low 30s in the middle section. Perfect.
Flattens out quite quickly towards the bottom, 20-15 ish
Off the map the vert is 361m versus 500m in horizontal distance.
Any maths heads out there care to work out average pitch please?
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35.8 deg 
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| Swirly wrote: |
Mike Pow, I'd been reading your posts on TGR, didn't realise they'd been cross-posted.
Nice one, that's a pretty balls out line good effort on the 1st descent. |
Me too - much better on here - that white on dark blue of the TGR site hurts my eyes 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Nice one. Mad props.
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You know it makes sense.
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Mike Pow, Out of interest when "boot-packing" up are you walking up in your ski boots or carrying them while hiking in walking boots ? I've tended for the second option on the initial ascent to save my feet a bit !
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Poster: A snowHead
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I've walked up in my ski boots this winter. There's been enough snow.
I wear Full Tilt boots that are light, have a great forward lean when walking, and very comfortable.
Pair of cattracks on each boot and good to go.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Is there any snow left at the top?
I'm guessing not since the car park webcam shows tiny patches.
Time to put a webcam at the top of Pen-Y-Fan I think 
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a wafer thin patch perhaps 
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| Mike Pow wrote: |
| Maybe 38-42 at the top. |
Are you sure about that. Looking at my photos of the northern escarpment of Cribyn, some crude measurements show that the top pitch certainly exceeds 45 degrees. I don't have a silhouette of Pen-y-Fan to measure, but my recollection is that the line you've highlighted is at least as steep as Cribyn and probably steeper. It does flatten out quite quickly, though.
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Mike Pow, thanks for some remarkable photos and fascinating reports. I've really enjoyed following this thread 
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nigelpm
Thanks for the report and pics. Surprised to see that much still up there. Shows how much fell.
altis
Interesting thread. How big's your shed?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Nice pics.
What is the bird in the photo?
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You know it makes sense.
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altis, I only have 2 spare pairs of shells in my shed, but we do have a shop selling Full Tilt here, so I'm thinking buy now, save the others for later!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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What is the bird in the photo?
Good question!
Anyone?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Raven
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Mike Pow, almost enough by us. If we get more overnight I'll have a walk up but higher temps forecast for Tuesday
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Would be nice if he was right but I think Derek predicted a warm Summer last year
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Damn your eyes talking about Derek like that
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Anyone been up there today?
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