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touring & backcountry
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 End of the day, standing below Mam Tor looking over Edale.
|  The lower half of our descent off Grindslow Knoll
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 The upper section of Grindslow Knoll
|  First turns off Grindslow Knoll
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:: Tour Route(s) or Location Skied/Ridden
Peak District. From Edale, up Grindsbrook Clough and round onto Grindslow Knoll. Then a descent on its westerly flanks to Upper Booth. Southerly across to Rushup Edge and directly up a gully to the top. Along to to Mam Tor, then down gullies back to Edale.
:: Weather Conditions
Absolutely perfect! Slight wind on tops, valleys sheltered. Sunny throughout. Just below freezing and ground frozen.
:: Snow Conditions and Distrubtion
The snow has been windblown and most areas are patchy. West flanks have accumulated wind-blown snow and shallow gullies are full. We did the entire trip on skis apart from walking a small part of the valley crossing. Off Grindslow Knoll we had about 250m vertical of grass-free skiing. Could get something similar off Rushup Edge, too, in the gullies. Mam Tor has shorter patches.
:: Skiers/Riders
Simon and Richard
This report was posted by sifriday at 13.50hrs on Mon 6th Dec 10
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