Peak District Snow

When we first moved to the Peak District in 1970, we reckoned on about three days per week between Christmas and Easter when we would have difficulty getting to work in Sheffield because of the snow. Those days are long gone. Apart from a freak week in 2013, the last serious snow was in 1986. It was possible to ski off the top of Stanage in places, and Flying Buttress was half buried. Kinder Downfall had vanished under an icefall and was attracting lots of ice climbers.

Stanage, near Robin Hood’s Cave.

Jill and Tess on Stanage.

Flying Buttress, Stanage.

Half-buried Flying Buttress on Stanage.

Stanage Popular End.

Inverted V, Stanage.

Approaching Kinder Downfall.

Kinder Downfall.

Kinder Downfall.

Kinder River at the Downfall.

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