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Hello, this is my first post on the forum.
For the last 20 years I have been skiing at an outdoor ski slope at Middleton In Teesdale, Co Durham. It's very make shift with a drag rope to get you to the top. The slope is roughly 600m long, with a small hut at the bottom to have a packed lunch.
Due to the lack of snow in the last few years the ski club has started to struggle financialy and will shut down in the next year or two without a couple of good weekends. It ran for 1 day back in December which was a fantastic blue sky days skiing. Your lift pass is only £10.
If anyone would like to join us for a days skiing on Saturday or Sunday then let me know and I will post some directions.
Please see the link below:
http://www.snowlion.freeuk.com/harwood.html
Charlie26, not sure what the snow is like at the moment. I do know that my pal lives about half an hour down hill from the ski area and he says that they have stacks of snow. The ski area has snow fences to keep the snow on the runs, so I have no hesitation in saying that they will have more than enough. Last time they opened the quad they have got stuck in the snow, that was from the snow we had a month or two ago. The weather forecast looks good both Sat and Sun.
Let me know if you fancy it.
I guess the ski area is about 50 - 60 mins from junction (i think) 56 of the A1.
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Started by David3lt in Ski Chatter 05-Feb-2009 - 14 Replies
David3lt posted Feb-2009
Hello, this is my first post on the forum.
For the last 20 years I have been skiing at an outdoor ski slope at Middleton In Teesdale, Co Durham. It's very make shift with a drag rope to get you to the top. The slope is roughly 600m long, with a small hut at the bottom to have a packed lunch.
Due to the lack of snow in the last few years the ski club has started to struggle financialy and will shut down in the next year or two without a couple of good weekends. It ran for 1 day back in December which was a fantastic blue sky days skiing. Your lift pass is only £10.
If anyone would like to join us for a days skiing on Saturday or Sunday then let me know and I will post some directions.
Please see the link below:
http://www.snowlion.freeuk.com/harwood.html
Ian Wickham
reply to 'Skiing In England' posted Feb-2009
A bit out of the way for me, but good luck anyway :wink:
RossF
reply to 'Skiing In England' posted Feb-2009
Make sure you get some good photos tomorrow and post them up!
Bandit
reply to 'Skiing In England' posted Feb-2009
David, suggest you also visit http://www.winterhighland.info/publicreports/index.php?21,2009-02-05 as Yad Moss and maybe other UK slope reports are posted there :D
Charlie 26
reply to 'Skiing In England' posted Feb-2009
what are the snow conditions like i live in leeds so its not far
Karen72
reply to 'Skiing In England' posted Feb-2009
I would have come over as its not too far for us, but we are mainly beginners and do not have our own equipment. I saw a clipit on the local news a couple weeks ago and thought what a good idea but when i looked into it, we needed our own stuff. pity, but if we ever buy our stuff and it snows here in Durham, we will come accross.
Karen
Karen
Charlie 26
reply to 'Skiing In England' posted Feb-2009
has any body ever skied at yad moss any info please
David3lt
reply to 'Skiing In England' posted Feb-2009
charlie 26 wrote:what are the snow conditions like i live in leeds so its not far
Charlie26, not sure what the snow is like at the moment. I do know that my pal lives about half an hour down hill from the ski area and he says that they have stacks of snow. The ski area has snow fences to keep the snow on the runs, so I have no hesitation in saying that they will have more than enough. Last time they opened the quad they have got stuck in the snow, that was from the snow we had a month or two ago. The weather forecast looks good both Sat and Sun.
Let me know if you fancy it.
I guess the ski area is about 50 - 60 mins from junction (i think) 56 of the A1.
Topic last updated on 06-February-2009 at 18:20