cwmcarn conditions

tonypanic

anyone know current conditions, was thinking about have a ride out tommorrow.
not to bothered about snow, just black ice could be an issue.

The Northern Monkey

was very icy at the weekend... its been -11 up there today (I work about 10 mins away) and there was a bit of rain yesterday!

tonypanic

cheers may wait till later in week then supposed to warm up a bit

Thewaylander

Yeh i was there the other day, and most of the trail is under a inch think of sheet ice. tre interesting

the_prophet

as above, about 75% of the trails ice. was funny, but wouldnt want to haul up there again and find it the same. i'll be giving it a miss for a while until weathers better

Proutster

Was at Cwmcarn today (started off at about 12:30) and there's still patches of ice on the way up hill. It's mostly on the trails alongside the river (when the river's on your right). Some of it I couldn't even stand up on, let alone ride a bike - one comedy fall into a tree as the wheels went away from under me :oops:

The rest of the trails were pretty much clear and were dry with loads of grip. Great fun!!

Temp was about 6C and the weather was great, see below;



Lucky me

The Northern Monkey

do I, don't I.... do I, don't I

Proutster

Do it - you know it makes sense

welshkev

that pic looks like you had an awsome ride mate, i wish i had blagged a dentist appointment now

Proutster

welshkev wrote:

that pic looks like you had an awsome ride mate, i wish i had blagged a dentist appointment now

Yes Kev, it was great - only the 2nd time I've been there but enjoyed it much more than the first because of the dry trails - they were quite wet the first time I was there and my tyres kept slipping on the rocks - made me nervous!

Only saw one other guy there - an old guy that overtook me going uphill :oops:

We'll have to sort it next year, you can teach me how to be brave enough to get some air on the black section at the top!!

welshkev

jumping is actually one of my weak spots, i just sort of rolly, jumpy, spaz out over them

glad you had a good day though mate, definately sort something out for the new year

paulscutt

anyone thin king of going to afan/cwmcarn this weekend...


FORGET IT!! I LIVE BETWEEN THE TWO AND ITS 6 INCHES DEEP IN SNOW AND STILL SNOWING

dont waste your journey - ALOT more snow forcast for saturday around here....

welshkev

i agree, i can pretty much see the freeride section of cwmcarn from my house and i have 6 inches of snow, so there's bound to be more on top of the trails

The Northern Monkey

Director phoned me again...

He cleared the snow off his car at 8am... its now covered in over a foot of snow again! (based in caerphilly)

The Northern Monkey

this is central Cardiff so I dread to think what its like up in the mountains!

My car (the 206) was clear of snow at 9am lol.

Proutster

I know it's not helpful, but how smug do I feel after managing to get that ride around Cwmcarn in on Wednesday

That being said, I have to drive down from Manchester to Dorset tomorrow morning to see the folks for an early Xmas - let's hope that the snow doesn't get too heavy.

welshkev

it's still snowing pretty heavily here mate so good luck, hope you get there safely...................you smug barsteward

Proutster

welshkev wrote:

it's still snowing pretty heavily here mate so good luck, hope you get there safely...................you smug barsteward

Squarepants

Off the back of the Rides thread re Cwmcarn on the 27th, what's it like at the moment?