Cannock Chase - Much Snow

shaunlfc1

Hey all,

I have had this Easter biking weekend planned for weeks now but I was just wandering how affected Cannock Chase has been with the snow?

Our plan is Cannock on Friday, Natural North Wales ride on Saturday, Coed-y-Brenin on Sunday, Coed-y-LLandegla on Monday then home.

Problem is my group is a mixed bunch of ability and the ones who do not do snow riding are concerned the weekend would be a waste of time. So I wanted to gauge mid-week what local knowledge of these trails is and our chances of the whole group being able to ride this coming weekend?

Your advice hugely appreciated.

Thanks,

Shaun

Clank

Snow? Shed loads! This was posted on the Chase Trails FB page yesterday - there has been no further update. It'll be worth watching. CYB however, was certainly open and rideable at the weekend.

Birches Valley is closed until further notice.

Rather than saying the same thing every day, when it's finally open we'll post an update. The sun is out today (in Stafford at least) and the snow around here is melting very slowly, so fingers crossed BV will be open by the weekend. However, as you may know, the snow is often worse up on the Chase so that remains to be seen. Spring will be here eventually...........?


Following the recent snow, Birches Valley Forest Centre car park and play area will remain CLOSED until further notice. Due to snow damage there is high risk of falling trees and branches.

.blitz

Cannock, Monday: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 9767fadfef

prawny

I went out sunday morning, it was a good walk with a bike. Riding was tough.

It's melting pretty quickly though, by the weekend it'll be mainly the big drifts left. It just depends where they are lying.

papertech202

Just seen this on their FB page.

Following the recent snow the bike trails will be CLOSED until further notice. There is currently still 4/5 inches of snow on the trails. Due to snow damage there is high risk of falling trees and branches. Riding the trails in these conditions also caused long term damage to the trail surface. Sorry if you were planning to visit us this weekend...

prawny

Doens't say that on the FB page I go to?

_jon_

prawny wrote:

Doens't say that on the FB page I go to?

https://www.facebook.com/cannockforest?ref=stream

prawny

_Jon_ wrote:

prawny wrote:

Doens't say that on the FB page I go to?

https://www.facebook.com/cannockforest?ref=stream

Yeah I saw it when I got home, I was going to the Chase trails page that hadn't been updated. Seems odd that Chase Trails themselves are making less of a deal out of the trail damage than FC are. Shame though.

Clank

Latest update from the FC Facebook page

Our rangers have been working hard and we are please to say that Birches Valley carpark, play area and walking trails are now OPEN for the bank holiday weekend. There is still some snow on the ground so please take extra care. Unfortuately the bike trails will remain CLOSED.

danlightbulb

I just tried cannock chase today. Its pretty much unrideable. 4" to 6" deep and fairly compacted. Where it has melted its just mud and slush.

Clank

Chase Trails are still asking people NOT to ride FTD and Monkey.

From the Chase Trails FB page:

Go Ape!, Swinnerton Cycles Forest Centre, and the car park are all open and running, and most of the snow has gone from the trees. However, Follow the Dog and The Monkey will remain closed for the foreseeable future. Please do not ride them, as you WILL cause damage. More damage means more repairs, which means more of our time is wasted fixing things instead of making awesome new trails

naffa

Just got back from there. We didn't touch the dog or monkey as requested but there were a few using them.
There is still a good covering of snow which made some of the riding on the main trails fairly edgy @ times but it was a good laugh.