OkemoLoon 0 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Good work, looks like you had picked a great day. Gotta love the bluebird. Link to post Share on other sites
Kingofmyrrh 0 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Wow, looks fantastic. Is that illegal section the face you mentioned before that has huge slides once every blue moon? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 nice pics Samurai That place looks like it rocks. On weekends, does it get busy? Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted February 10, 2008 Author Share Posted February 10, 2008 Originally Posted By: Kingofmyrrh Wow, looks fantastic. Is that illegal section the face you mentioned before that has huge slides once every blue moon? That's it. As a whole, its shrubs and trees anchor everything in. But- all those little rolly patches rip every time I go in there. Basically, every run I have had in there (around a dozen or so) just ended up being a run of snow-management, just kicking off mini slabs and very few turns in the bottom tree section. It's not really worth the effort. If it ever gets a huge dump, those little rolly patches team up and rip out trees. I'm not sure if the resort management has ever seen that face during a bad cycle. But the tree growth signifies it. (bye-bye lower basin.) Maybe they would close the lower basin if those shrubs up high finally got buried. Link to post Share on other sites
Kingofmyrrh 0 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Originally Posted By: muikabochi It's not actually just above the runs there is a dip between that peak (Iiji-san) and the resort. Having said that in the few times I have been to Iwappara I've never seen anyone going up there! I'm afraid to say I bottled it and went to Kagura after all. Since I was on my own I knew I'd end up getting discouraged if I went for an explore on my won and didn't end up finding anything pleasing. Was out of bed at 5:10 and at the top of Mitsumata ropeway by 8:10. That is a pretty decent turnaround for a train user, even if I do say so myself. Hiked up to the peak a total of three times but 2/3 was beaten back by near-whiteout conditions. Didn't get quite as far around as I wanted to even on the successful effort, but still enjoyed it. Was all a bit low angle though, maybe I just didn't hit the right line (I couldn't really see well enough to plan out in detail). Met a couple of British guys with a North American fellow towards the end of the day - the North American guy was planning to camp out underneath the No 5 Romance lift top station, braver man than I! And I saw a big white mountain hare, never seen one before, that was probably my favourite bit! Link to post Share on other sites
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