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Any snowsports in Ireland?

sarsfield06 · 2009-12-21 14:33:43

Anyone been skiing or boarding in Ireland in recent days? RTE Report Up to 15cm of snow has fallen in parts of Longford and Leitrim, that's plenty to ski on. Up in Belfast yesterday had about 5cm and more further North. Looks like it will remain cold until at least Christmas so will be looking at my options once I finish…

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#32 04-01-2010 1:14pm
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Some photos from yesterday's adventure, Stocking Lane above Rathfarnham, Dublin.

earned turns

the hill

about 60cm and still not at the bottom

first tracks!

city lights

late quit

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#33 04-01-2010 4:30pm
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jvan wrote: »

Myself and 3 mates went boarding up Djouce mtn. yesterday. The weather was couldy with low visability so we only got one run in. But we went back up again today and it was amazing.

We parked at the Ballinastoe car park and hiked up through the forest track up to the start of the board walk over looking Lough Tay. The powder is amazing, at least 18 inches and more in drifts. We got 4 runs in from the monument down to the Sally Gap road. Really worth the 50min hike up from car park.

We headed back and were able to board all the way on the forest track to the car park bar a couple of flat bits.

If you can get up there it is really worth it, preferably in a 4x4

I have photos but not sure how to upload them

Went up there today for a look- it is truely amazing!! Unfortunately, i dont own my own skis but im going to do it tomorrow on a snowboard (should be interesting!!)
Here are some pics i took of the general area
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055786961

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#34 04-01-2010 5:21pm
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Lovely view of djouce on the way to work this morning. Spectacularly white in the morning sunshine!

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#35 04-01-2010 5:54pm
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BoardsRanger wrote: »

Went up there today for a look- it is truely amazing!! Unfortunately, i dont own my own skis but im going to do it tomorrow on a snowboard (should be interesting!!)
Here are some pics i took of the general area
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055786961

Hey boardsranger, thats more or less where we were. In your second group of pictures you can see the is trail going through the snow just after the trees up to the monument(black dot on the hill). We hiked up to that a couple of times and back down to the road. Great fun. That freelander has been there a few days and will be there for few more!!!

Amazing photo's

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#36 04-01-2010 9:15pm
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went to Stocking Lane today for some boarding but it was packed with tobbageners:( so only did 2 runs other wise id end up takin some kids out... if its still round on friday might head up then when the kids are back in school

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#37 04-01-2010 9:25pm
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sarsfield06 wrote: »

Some photos from yesterday's adventure, Stocking Lane above Rathfarnham, Dublin.

earned turns

the hill

about 60cm and still not at the bottom

first tracks!

city lights

late quit

Damn it all to hell! I live right next to Stocking Lane but don't have my own board yet

Great pics there regardless!

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#38 04-01-2010 9:43pm
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creativedrinker wrote: »

went to Stocking Lane today for some boarding but it was packed with tobbageners:( so only did 2 runs other wise id end up takin some kids out... if its still round on friday might head up then when the kids are back in school

Was up there myself with the board. A couple of us decided to build a small kicker across the river from the main toboggan slope. Planning to go back tomorrow, depending on the condition of roads....FWD car didn't like it too much up there!

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#39 04-01-2010 10:08pm
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You should try Tonlagee mountain at the wicklow gap. Its 800m high so the snow is probably over 2ft deep there. The only problem is that the snowplough is slow to clear the wicklow gap area. They cleared the road there last year and a load of people snowboarded there.
This vid is from last year there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgTGtCMRpRQ

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#40 04-01-2010 10:18pm
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rgt320q wrote: »

Damn it all to hell! I live right next to Stocking Lane but don't have my own board yet

Great pics there regardless!

there is a sale on in great outdoors, might be worth getting one.

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#41 05-01-2010 12:29am
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Any know of any accessible places to ski/board in the Munster area? Cork/Kerry? Snowing here now, but afaik there's been snow high up in parts of Kerry for the last while.

How are you guys getting to these areas (Dublin/Wicklow), are the roads not impassable?

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#42 05-01-2010 7:25pm
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Up at djouce again today- here are some pics:

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#43 05-01-2010 9:41pm
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amazing picture's, really wanted to get up there again today.
It's still hard to believe it's Ireland

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#44 05-01-2010 10:08pm
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creativedrinker wrote: »

went to Stocking Lane today for some boarding but it was packed with tobbageners:( so only did 2 runs other wise id end up takin some kids out... if its still round on friday might head up then when the kids are back in school

Where on Stocking lane?
Up as far as hell fire club/Masseys Wood?

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#45 05-01-2010 10:34pm
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fair play on the photos, and we thought last feb was a '100 year storm'!!!

Maybe this will happen every year!!!!

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#46 05-01-2010 10:55pm
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Video from last years kicker session. No amazing tricks, some fun tappy stuff with a traffic cone!! Long intro, but stick with it!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O4mOn34Va8

and the streetrail session again!!!

I'd be up hitting the rail again, but I'm working till friday and then I'm off to avoriaz!!

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#47 05-01-2010 11:39pm
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paulharte wrote: »

fair play on the photos, and we thought last feb was a '100 year storm'!!!

Maybe this will happen every year!!!!

God lets hope so!!!!

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#48 06-01-2010 11:13am
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paulharte, you're a busy man aren't u just back from a trip! I heard there was another 10cm overnight in parts of the Wicklow mountains.

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#49 06-01-2010 1:19pm
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Annamoe Wicklow right now

Snowing heavily in D2 at the moment also!

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#50 06-01-2010 3:25pm
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Looking for an accessible spot for a bit of afternoon boarding - preferably somewhere with a few kickers built already, I read that there have been a few kickers built up stocking lane somewhere - is that in the small field straight across the road from the viewpoint car park?

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#51 06-01-2010 3:32pm
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Yes, if you want to build them a bit bigger please do!

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#52 06-01-2010 3:34pm
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done - cheers bro

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#53 06-01-2010 4:36pm
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trinewbie wrote: »

Looking for an accessible spot for a bit of afternoon boarding - preferably somewhere with a few kickers built already, I read that there have been a few kickers built up stocking lane somewhere - is that in the small field straight across the road from the viewpoint car park?

Thats the one alright. If you go into the field and down and across the stream, then up to the right, theres one there that we built the other day. Well I presume its still there! You might be able to see 2 bushy things we stuck in the side of it to mark the lip.

There are a few on the main toboggan slope too, but one of them is a death trap and another constantly had kids around it. Some decent snow there. I was expecting the wet stuff we usually get, but it was actually soft and powdery!!

Think I'll head up tomorrow, early hopefully!!

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#54 06-01-2010 5:06pm
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sarsfield06 wrote: »

Annamoe Wicklow right now

That's gas... I grew up here. Last time I saw snow like this was in 1981...think I will have to dig out the boots and skis and get up the hill!

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#55 06-01-2010 6:26pm
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I hate work.... i was told specifically to be in at 9 tomorrow, they must know what I'm up2!!!

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#56 06-01-2010 7:02pm
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Hoping the current snow sticks until Saturday, would love to get up for a few jumps. Hoping to head up Stocking Lane, by the looks of the some of the pictures here the conditions are a lot better than I expected.

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#57 06-01-2010 10:42pm
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paulharte wrote: »

I hate work.... i was told specifically to be in at 9 tomorrow, they must know what I'm up2!!!

Ha that's what you get for a relatively obscure hobbie(hell I'd call it a way of life!) you've a habit of sticking out.

How are the roads leading up to stocking lane would you stand a chance getting up there or back down for that matter, without 4 wheel drive?

And anyone had a knock around near tallaght up towards bohernabreena/dublin mountains direction? Only just after getting back from Donegal which was mostly just wet and I come back to all this I'm goin nuts here!

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#58 06-01-2010 10:48pm
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Roads in Dublin are brutal, never seen anything like it, sheet ice everywhere, hopefully the gritters will be out soon. Stocking Lane will be off limits unless a gritter goes up there.

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#59 06-01-2010 11:23pm
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Hi. I got up as far as mount venus easy enough earlier on today. I was going to the DSPCA. How much further is it after that?

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#60 06-01-2010 11:34pm
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guys, is there any where else an few amateur dole-ers could go for a bit of snowboarding on the northside of dublin tomorrow? was thinking howth head, or is there anywhere in meath with long hills etc. anyone any ideas at all besides the wicklow mountains which are pretty much inaccessible without four wheel drive at the moment. Cheers

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#61 07-01-2010 11:21am
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whatthe? wrote: »

Hi. I got up as far as mount venus easy enough earlier on today. I was going to the DSPCA. How much further is it after that?

Was that before or after the snow you went there? It's about another mile, very surprised it would be easy to get up there unless they grit that road, as no other ungritted road in Dublin is easy at the moment, apparently Dublin have only 1 days grit left.

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