White Out

Excited by Saturday's snowfall in Glossop we headed up Bleaklow yesterday morning...

Heading up Doctor's Gate

The weather was kind to us, with little wind until we reached the tops. Full clag cover made photographing difficult. It was obvious which way the wind had blown over the past 24 hours - south facing slopes were quite scoured of snow with snow settled much more on the northern aspects.

Iced rocks

Almost at High Shelf trig point, battling with thigh deep drifts in places

High Shelf trig point with the sun teasingly refusing to make a full appearance

More iced rocks at the top with snow drift beyond

There were some impressive snow drifts. Sadly with full cloud cover and lots of clag the light wasn't great for taking photos of the snow sculptured formations that were created.

Beautiful snow sculptured drifts, hard to capture in the dull light

In one particularly deep drift behind Higher Shelf trig Tim built us a snow hole to enjoy a warming brew...

We were properly sheltered from the bitter wind in here, with plenty of space to lay down

We wandered over to the plane wreck of Overexposed then returned to the trig and were impressed by the ease in which you can lose your bearings in the claggy conditions. Thankfully it wasn't a full on white out, and were were confident in knowing our location having been on this part of the hill quite a few times. We made our way back down to Glossop via James Thorn, the frozen pond and a few wonderful sledging sections.

there were actually footprints over the pond...just visible appearing on the far left

Tim enjoying a slide down on the bum sledge....best bit of kit for descents!