| Lake
District Weather & Information |
| Planning
a climbing day out in the Lakes can be a frustrating
(not to mention money-wasting) experience if you
fail to "sync" with the weather. Here
are some of the best sources of information. |
| Route
Reports: Climbing reports submitted
by climbers - small pinches of salt required |
| UK
Climbing |
The
Winter Forum has some useful stuff, and quite a
few reports. |
| FRCC |
The FRCC Website now has a CLIMBinfo section for repoting Lake District conditions, summer or winter. |
| Steve Ashworth |
Lakes based winter climbing star has his own blog. |
| Ann Bowker |
Not exactly climbing reports, but Ann goes for a walk in the Lakes most days and takes photoss which then appear on her website Today's Photos page - very useful to see what things are looking like. |
| Tony Richards |
Tony has a similar site. |
| The Hileys |
As do the Hileys at Loweswater. |
| Andrew Leaney |
... And Andrew Leaney's Lakeland Fells site. |
| For more winter climbs sites see our Scottish Winter Conditions page. |
| Weather
Forecasts: Large pinches of salt
required |
| Lake
District National Park Weatherline |
24 hour forecast - ring 0870 0550575 at 6p/minute,
or click the link for free. |
| Lake District Weather |
Useful data from a dedicated local fell-walker. |
| The
Met Office |
Five
day regional forecasts and lots more. |
| BBC |
Five
day regional forecasts and 30
Day Outlook. |
| Accu
Weather |
Was
On Line Weather. Four day regional forecasts. Includes
Mountain
Weather Forecasts for relevant altitudes
(NB these vary according to area). |
| Weather
Online |
Useful
long range national forecasts (and annoying pop-up
windows!) |
| Met
Check |
Three
day regional forecasts. |
| MWIS |
The
Mountain Weather Information Service (aka Geoff
Monk) gives detailed forecasts three day forecasts
for mountain areas in PDF format - generally very
accurate. |
| ECMWF |
The European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts is has proved spookily accurate over recent years. To get to predicted synoptic charts go to Deterministic Forecast, click on the coloured chart, and then select one of the two links on the left under Parameters. |
| The Weather Outlook |
Long term predictions. |
| Snow Forecast |
Three day snow forecasts for the UK and elsewhere - more if you sign up. |
| Midge Forecast |
For Scotland only - but very useful if you are heading north (though perhaps more predictable than the weather!). |
| Webcams:
See
what's what! |
| Carlisle |
A
view from the Castle, but handy for conditions in
the Solway area. |
| Ullswater |
Ullswater
Lake, looking towards Place Fell.. |
| Skiddaw |
Courtesy
of George Fishers but beware - what happens on Skiddaw
does not necessarily mean the same happens in Borrowdale!
|
| Borrowdale |
Looking south over Derwentwater from the Highfield Restaurant. |
| Langstrath |
Langstrath,
Borrowdale from the Langstrath Hotel. |
| Great
End |
Glaramara
and Great End from the Glaramara Adventure Centre,
Seatoller, Borrowdale. |
| Scafell |
View
from Muncaster
Castle, Eskdale. |
| Scafell |
Scafell
from Eskdale - unfortunately only updated once a
day. |
| Scafell
Pike |
Scafell
Pike from Wasdale. Or view this and the next three
sites on one
page. |
| Gable |
Great
Gable from Wasdale. |
| Pillar |
Pillar Mountain and Mosedale as seen from Wasdale Head. |
| Ennerdale |
A view up Ennerdale towards Pillar from Gillerthwaite provided by Wild Ennerdale. |
| Buckbarrow |
Buckbarrow
from Nether Wasdale - shows the crags well. |
| Windermere |
Based
at Miller Howe. |
| Other
Useful Sites: |
| LDSAMRA |
The
Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association
is the umbrella body for the 13 mountain rescue
teams in Cumbria (UK), and gives links to all those
with websites. The Wasdale
MRT site has useful information on the state
of Lord's Rake. |
| FRCC |
The
Fell & Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake
District produces a full set of Climbing
Guidebooks for the Lakes. Its website features
information on Bird
Restrictions and Recent
Developments (New Routes) and it also has
a New
Routes bulletin board. |
| Carlisle
MC |
Carlisle
based climbing club (North Cumbria). |
| Eden
Valley MC |
Penrith
based climbing club (North Lakes). |
| Keswick
MC |
Keswick
based climbing club (North Lakes). |
| Lakes
BMC |
The
local British Mountaineering Council Area Committee
website. |
| Lakes
Bloc |
Lake
District Bouldering |
| LDNPA |
The
Lake District National Park Authority website is
a fund of useful information... |
| GoLakes |
..
as is the Cumbria Tourist Board website. |
| Have
you found a site not listed here that gives good
Lake District climbing information? If so please
let us know about it - email us at info@needlesports.com
- thankyou! |
