kokodoko 67 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Today I went to Asahidake with the crew from my hostel in Furano. It took us about 1.5 hours to get there, I reckon. We paid 2800Yen for a four hour ticket. That did us to ski from 10am until 2pm. There was quite a bit of fresh snow, I would guess at about 20-30cms, probably just below knee height. The snow was just a tiny bit heavy but still quite good. The top is wide open and further down there are trees to muck about in. But like everyone says, it flattens out half way down and you have to walk in a few places to make it back to the bottom of the ropeway. To top it off, on the way back we spotted two white foxes. All I need to do now is see a bear! Steam coming off the vents further up from the top of the ropeway. You can see some of the lines in the background where the crew were hooking in. The dreaded cat track. Push, push. Some guys climbing higher to get even better lines. Even more back country over the hill. Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Nice photos KD! I couldn't see any of that when I went. What music did they play in the ropeway gondola?? Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 some crappy middle of the road string stuff. Amazing Grace was one song i recognised. Tres bizarre! Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Maybe they save the good stuff for poor visibility days as I had Bob Marley, Nirvana and Guns N' Roses! Would have preferred crap music and good vis though!! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Love the photos. Link to post Share on other sites
69 5 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Very "open". Nice. Link to post Share on other sites
MagSeven 40 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I've had a couple of days up at Asahidake this winter. Once in Feb, with zero visibility but chest deep snow, and another last Sunday with perfect visibility, but only ankle deep snow. Both were fun! We hiked to the top on Sunday in clear blue skies, and then skied down into the crater. I'll definitely be going a few more times before the end of the season. Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Did you take any inside-the-crater photos? Without or without cheese would be fine - just want to see what it looks like in there! Link to post Share on other sites
MagSeven 40 Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Sorry, sans cheese, but will add some when I get back from work today! And the crater isn't all that crater like, but we got right close up to the vents. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 from the photo it looks like its "no crater like" cos its blown one half of it off in the past Link to post Share on other sites
MagSeven 40 Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Yep, one side is missing, so its kind of like a big deep amphitheatre! A few pics: Hiking the ridge. Made it most of the way to the top, but the winds were just too strong once we got up close to the summit, so we didn't quite make it all the way: Down in the crater Next to one of the vents Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Sweet!! Thanks for those Mag7 Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted March 26, 2011 Author Share Posted March 26, 2011 awesome mag. it would have been a great experience getting near to those vents. video is uploading at the moment. will put it up as soon as its ready. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted March 26, 2011 Author Share Posted March 26, 2011 doh, i lost my internet connection. will upload video to snowjapan tommorrow. here is the youtube version. Most camerawork by Hiro. Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Nice! I wanna go back there on a clear day!!! Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 Tomorrow might be good. I uploaded the video to snowjapan tv. this one should be better quality. Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Some nice pics and vids Kokodoko. It's also good to see some tele dudes out there Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 yip, they were the locals. well furano locals. Link to post Share on other sites
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