muikabochi 208 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Just heard today that Iwappara resort in Yuzawa won't be using the Gondola at all this season. When I have beent there I haven't really used it but still.... seems a big decision. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 i was really hoping to have sex in that one. Too bad. Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Really?! With someone else? Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 ha ha ha! i hope so. You mean that you haven't tried it? If its a nice, open Gondi (not like the Happo one), it can be nice after a day of riding. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 They had a realllly bad season last season and the gondola was only open at weekends I think (may be wrong). Not totally surprising. I don't think the gondola there was ever that busy. Link to post Share on other sites
Domokun_72dpi 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 From the sounds of it, they are having to close it down whilst they clean out the inside.... =) Link to post Share on other sites
Rag-Doll 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Echineko - thanks for a laugh out loud post. Gotta think Iwappara's days are numbered, surely a place like that hasn't got much of a future. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 still plenty of chair lifts to use. what is it? 9 for 13 runs? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 The only lifts I try to use at Iwappara are the quads - especially that top quad - and the right hand side pair. The main pairs seem extra slow at Iwappara. Still the Gondola is a fairly big part of the resort to close down. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Sounding like this, I fear I will never get to that resort before it sinks. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 They're not taking the thing down are they? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 I doubt that. Official word on the gondola not being used is "closed for maintenance" this season. Right. Link to post Share on other sites
base40 0 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 That gondola is/was always underused I thought. Never seemed busy. Link to post Share on other sites
EustabiaChiq 0 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 I don't understand why they don't link up with Maiko. Their top lift stations look so close when you are up there. Turn two smallish mediocre areas into....one big mediocre area? Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan#Andrew 6 Posted November 9, 2007 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted November 9, 2007 There were ideas along those lines. The guys who own Yuzawa Park started building that road that goes up from behind Iwappara gondola and effectively ends at the area between Iwappara and Maiko Kogen. I saw diagrams a few years back of 2 lifts that were proposed to link it all up, but things got complicated. Can't quite remember the details of what happened, but I think the bottom line was money. Did you know that initially the plan was for Naspa Ski Garden to link up with the top of Yuzawa Kogen via a ropeway. That's another plan that didn't happen... Link to post Share on other sites
EustabiaChiq 0 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 It's a shame. If they could link a few of the smaller ones together I think it would make a big difference. Make these places a decent place to go for a day rather than just a morning. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 Iwappara wanted to open tomorrow but can't - 0-10cm on their slopes. Oh well, still very early of course. Link to post Share on other sites
69 5 Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Using the gondola at Iwappara meant you had to ride too much gentle slope. The top quad is the lift to use there, that is real nippy. Link to post Share on other sites
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