 Poster: A snowHead
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@Mike Pow, which particular spot would you recommend? If Pen y fan, where would you park, and which slope?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I was due to be in Chamonix this weekend, where they're getting some of the best powder in January for years. Unfortunately, my mother's been admitted to hospital in Bridgend, so a consolation ski on Pen y fan would be special☺
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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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The car park just before storey arms if driving from Merthyr. Walk/skin up main path, ski escarpment and slopes facing car park. Winds were W/NW so southern and eastern faces maybe better and filled in.
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@Sharkymark, thanks. I might try to get there on Sat afternoon, between hospital visiting hours (I've just realised that sounds rather like some of Mike Pow's old posts - ironic really), but it depends on what's happening here. Do you have any plans?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hopefully Sunday after our work do...probably with a banging hangover
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hmmm - that's maybe not good
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Go for it boys. In Japan. Back to the Land of my Fathers on Monday.
Last edited by After all it is free  on Sat 16-01-16 15:47; edited 1 time in total
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On the MTB at Bikepark Wales today so that should give some idea of conditions. Will post up if I remember!
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Today, I joined a very select group - those who have skied in Wales😊. We few, we happy few. Climbed Pen-y-fan, 500m in 1 hr 15 mins, skied down on 20 mins. Bare and crusty on too for first 100m, not nice, but then 300m of ankle deep soft snow.😊
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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If I knew how to put a photo in, I would!
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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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Chamcham, congrats! I too joined that group today!
Cwm Llwch in lovely conditions, ankle deep powder as you say. Especially the E and NE facing slopes above the lake. Storey Arms looked busier than Picadilly Circus! As did the summit, I stayed on the ridge and the quieter north side of the mountain.
N face of Corn Du didn't look filled in, but NW face of Pen y Fan looked like it might just go..
Photos to follow.
Rob
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You know it makes sense.
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Recce and chatting to a couple of stoned boarders suggested Fan Fawr also has the goods. A bit of a tour tomorrow morning, then 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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FL about 600m at the end of the day, it seems
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@cad99uk, Thanks - I got there after several attempts
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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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Weather wasn't great, snowing at the top, and the cloud line came down the hill as time went by.
But I was there
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Well played.
And welcome to the club 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Chamcham, Great pics. Well done, a top effort.
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@Mike Pow, Thanks. I look forward to cementing my membership in more snow next time
@cad99uk, It wasn't quite Chamonix, but it was great to go ski touring right on the doorstep.
Aaahhh, hiraeth...
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@RobH, Congrats, I look forward to your photos
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Well I would say that those who headed up yesterday had the best conditions! Took a tour up to Fan Fawr. Fog reduced vis to between 50 and 200m. The temperature was 2 deg C at the car park but was fairly isothermal and was drizzling all the way to 700m. Snow had become fairly saturated. The east face of the fan Fawr escarpment is properly loaded: must be close to half a meter in places. If it gets cold and dries out it'll be spot on. I've included a pic of the view from the top.
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@Sharkymark, Loving the "view!"
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Chamcham, it's of Pen Y Fan: can you tell?
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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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I have to say, it's not the most exciting Fan-Y porn.
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BOSH
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You know it makes sense.
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Webcams show no snow at Storey Arms, but a little still on the peaks. Warmer weather forecast, freezing level rising to 1000m tomorrow, and 2000m by Thursday, with rain on Friday.
@Mike Pow, Croeso gartref.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@Chamcham, Do you have a link for the Storey Arms web cam ? It seems elusive....
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Chamcham wrote: |
Webcams show no snow at Storey Arms, but a little still on the peaks. Warmer weather forecast, freezing level rising to 1000m tomorrow, and 2000m by Thursday, with rain on Friday.
@Mike Pow, Croeso gartref. |
Diolch yn fawr.
Was aiming to head up this morning, but the cams didn't show much snow.
Will wait for the next fall
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Mon 21-11-16 10:17; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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@Mike Pow, Nice pic
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@Chamcham, Ta, had forgot about the snow-forecast job. Traffic Wales had dropped it last time I looked, which was 12 months ago.
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@AndAnotherThing.., see also Geoffers' linky a few posts above - that goes direct to the webcam.
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Slightly unexpectedly, Snow-forecast is a Welsh company based on the edge of Cardiff a mile or so from my home. Pen-y-Fan is their home 'resort' so it would be a major disappointment if they didn't provide a forecast for it.
Given their location, I really have no idea how they've come to be the most prominent specialist forecaster of ski conditions, though.
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On for this week ?
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@AndAnotherThing.., not for me, I'm off to the Alps on Friday. Hope it comes off for you
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Yep. Going to have a poke around tomorrow (Wednesday) and Saturday morning looks very promising.
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