Skiing in England....!

[laz]

As our plans for a ski holiday this year have been surpassed by plans to go to the Caribbean instead (!) then I've been looking at other options... I was initially wondering about a long weekend in Scotland, before I re-discovered the possibility to ski within about 50 miles of where I live! I remember reading about this a while back, but had forgotten until I started doing some internet digging.

There's an old Guardian article at http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/dec/11/skiing-snowboarding-wales-england with some links....

It looks like many of these places have had a few weeks good skiiing already this season in late November and early December. I'm going to have to have a go at this! More snow please!
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[icebox619]

cool. i love skiing. i hope i will get my URL removed so i can travel to uk again.

[laz]

icebox619... I have removed your link, as you seem to be asking about getting a visa in your first posts, then posting links to visa services in another.

Please read the forum rules...
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[paul]

I've banned him, laz. We're trying to clamp down a bit more on these people who think they can just come along and abuse the forums.

As for skiing in England, are you familiar with the skiing at Raise in the Lake District. There's a great video here which was put together by a local photographer, Ben Barden, and show at the Kendal Mountain Film Festival a couple of years or so ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oXgGDwcRYA
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[Northon]

Lol @ the "i hope i will get my URL removed so i can travel to uk again." that sounded epic xD...
And about skiing...I sure like it, but never got a chance to do it :/...So guess I just can't be of any help here...

[laz]

paul: yes, I found that there are in fact 5 or 6 ski runs of varying quality in England...I think Raise is listed. Love the video - it could be the Rockies....! kind of!
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[pjdscott]

As well as the Lakes, there is some limited skiing in Weardale, Co Durham (England!). This winter was good, although I heard that access to the slopes west of Weardale's most important town, Stanhope, was difficult with 4x4 traction on your vehicle.

Having done a quick Google, the following link might be useful:

http://www.skiweardale.com/

However, snow is by no means guaranteed, even though we have had heavy falls this past winter, and also in 2009-10.

If there is no snow, Weardale is a good tourist area with plenty of walking and cycling as well. Additionally, the Weardale Railway makes it possible to get to Stanhope from the national rail network (connection at Bishop Auckland), and you can also tour Durham which is 20 miles away by road.
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[claypearn]

Wow Paul,

Incredible video. I love that you have to climb up to the lifts on foot, I'm sure it makes it very exclusive. Definitely worth a trip to the lake district.