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Here's some links to some other useful(?) sites. Climbing Clubs |
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Climbing clubs |
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| Reading Mountaineering Club | Reading Mountaineering Club, one of my climbing clubs. More for climbing than walking although we do tend to get more walking than climbing done in the winter months. Active ski section as well including Telemarkers |  |
| Newbury Mountain Club | Newbury Mountain Club, one of my climbing clubs. More for the walkers than the climbers |  |
Weather |
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| Met office | Met office site. Rainfall radar. UK, Europe |  |
| BBC weather site | 5 day forecasts for UK. Tends to be more accurate than the Met Office even though their data comes from the Met Office! |  |
| Snowdon web cam and Snowdon live conditions | Snowdon web cam and weather data. Weather station data can be a bit thin over the winter months due to equipment failures. |  |
| Mountain weather forecast for Snowdonia (today plus 2 days) | The full 5 day forecast is no longer available, however, this is better than paying for a premium rate number. By the met office. |
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| Detailed mountain weather forecast | A new service (Jan 04). Detailed forecasts for Western and Eastern Highlands, Lake district and Peak district. No Snowdonia forecast but a link to the Met Office's forecast (same as above). |
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| Swiss Met Office | Swiss Weather forecast, in ENGLISH. 5 day forecasts |  |
| Saas Grund | Saas Grund weather forecast (Switzerland). Also general info on Saas Grund. In ENGLISH. Web cam of Lagginhorn. |  |
| Valais Alps | 5 day forecast for Valais Alps (Switzerland), in French. Pages slow to load. |  |
| Chamonix Mont Blanc | Detailed forecast for Chamonix / Mont Blanc in English. Best there is but when it says the confidence level after a day or two is low, that means they haven't a clue. |  |
| Surface pressure - current chart | Synoptic weather charts (Air pressure and fronts) for Europe and N Atlantic. You have to pay for these from the Met Office but get them for free from here. And guess where they come from!!!! |
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Tide Times |
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| Hydrographic Office | UK Hydrographic Office. Tide times anywhere in the world for today and 6 days in advance. Make sure you've got a map handy or a good knowledge of geography as you need to know the nearest fishing village. |  |
Climbing conditions (winter) |
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| Glen Coe / Fort William ice conditions | Alan Kimber's site. He's a local guide and updates his site daily on the winter climbing conditions in the Glen Coe / Fort William area. Top notch |  |
| Scottish Avalanche Information Service | SAIS is definitive source of snow and avalanche conditions in Scotland. Updated daily through winter months. Also includes a short description of climbing conditions. Don't leave home with out it. Make sure your browser accesses the latest data, not a cached page off your hard disk! |  |
| Snowdonia snow conditions | Snow report for Snowdonia. It says its not updated on quite a daily basis but it does in fact seem to be. If you're thinking of going up to Snowdonia for a spot of winter walking/climbing, check it out. Its the best source of winter conditions I've found so far. |
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Courses |
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| Plas-y-Brenin | Plastic Bread Bin's site. THE place to go to for courses. You will not find better. (Glenmore Lodge is just as good but Aviemore is a hell of a long way to travel for us southerners) |  |