 Poster: A snowHead
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Last season the Lake District Ski Club’s tow on Raise ran on 39 days between Halloween and April offering some of the best skiing conditions in recent memory.
http://www.ldscsnowski.co.uk/page10.html
With all that activity and such a long season there has been quite a lot of maintenance this summer. Whilst the more mundane tasks involved painting the bull wheel, realigning the pylon wheels and changing some of the wheel sheaves, probably the most exciting day was the helicopter fuel lift ! Everything is now ready. The hangers are in place and the club is now waiting for the first skiable snows.
Across in the North Pennines the summer and autumn has been even busier. We’ve had lots of help from some great new volunteers travelling from as far away as Chester, York, Huddersfield, Dumfries and Galloway, as well as Cumbria, County Durham and North Yorkshire. They helped us moved the top fence (providing potential for a new alternative run from the summit), repaired fencing elsewhere and made improvements to the club hut. A massive thank you for all your efforts.
A surprisingly time consuming job has been the remodelling of the acceleration ramp in an effort to make it easier for boarders and novice skiers to use the fast Poma. Difficulties for some getting on the tow last year caused damage to the rope. The big news is that we have now replaced the rope. We would rather not have waited until the wettest November on record but unfortunately the rope was somewhat late arriving from France. Today we finished the job and tested the tow on what has probably been one of the very few dry days in the last three weeks. We even had a dusting of snow  Dare we hope for a season half as good as last year?
To get you in the mood have a look at this fab video. It was taken in February and shows just how good it can occasionally get in the lowly Pennines. Thanks Gordie!
http://vids.eu.org/view-id-3134539.html
Does anyone have an update from Weardale, Harwood Common or Allenheads ?
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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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what a great video, lovely snow, clear blue skies and not busy, what more could you ask for from this country, hopefully will get up there this season for the day, it looks brilliant!!!
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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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Reality check......that was a particularly great day. The sun doesn't always shine at YM and nor does the snow always fall, but when the two do come together, it can be great.
Come along with a sense of humour and a low expectation and that way you won't be disapointed
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What a fantastic video - made me realise why I love living up North. Best pies,best beer and now and again the best snow conditions  - not to mention the epic mountain biking in the summer.
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