Jynxx 4 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Mt.Fuji first desent was in the mid 70´s by a skier Mr.Miura. There is a reason that it hadn´t get slidden for that long. Link to post Share on other sites
CnnmnSchnpps 0 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I am very keen! Also have a couple of friends who want to do it this year. Been reading japanese blogs from people who have done it and it seems that most people aim for the end of April/beginning of May timeframe. Looks like crampons should be sufficient to get up there but the ride down will be pretty variable = pretty much frozen on top, good in the middle and slush at the bottom. Does anyone know of any guides that will take people up there? Would really want a pro to assess the weather hazard and snow stability Cheers -D Link to post Share on other sites
CnnmnSchnpps 0 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Err.. Bump? A couple random questions.. - Gear - would couteaux (ski crampons) work at all or is it better to just use boot crampons+ax? - What's the Japanese name for the form you fill out with the police before heading out and what's involved in that? Cheers! -D Link to post Share on other sites
rider69 18 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 regular crampons and an axe for sure for hiking on the snow Link to post Share on other sites
CnnmnSchnpps 0 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Rode out for a quick recon mission around Fuji today. All the free access roads are still closed, including the rindos on the north side so looks like the toll road is the only option until GW.. Hopefully this gives an indication of the snow conditions at the moment to someone who's more familiar with the mountain. It was about 8*C at the base (1000m) so probably quite chilly still up top. Weather was perfectly clear though, with very little wind. No sign of plumes at the top either, but a big banner cloud over the East face developed pretty quickly in the afternoon and prevented me from getting a good shot of that side. Looking beautiful though! Quite hard to grasp the scale, and some pretty crazy looking terrain. Looks like there may even be a way to sneak into the Hoei-zan crater if one were so inclined.. Also got a kick out of seeing people "skiing" at Yeti on what looked like a 30cm carpet of snow. Not exactly blower.. Cheers -D Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Nice pics there. Muika, get down there! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Amazing mountain. Do you live fairly closeby? Link to post Share on other sites
CnnmnSchnpps 0 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Let's Fuji! Link to post Share on other sites
best skier in hakuba 5 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 So you doing it then? Link to post Share on other sites
CnnmnSchnpps 0 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I really want to do it, but I know I don't have the BC or mountain experience necessary to lead the charge on something like this. If we can get a good group together, I'm definitely there though! My most useful function at the moment is probably as cheerleader - Leeeeet's Fuujii! Added a couple more shots from that day. Anyone care to venture a guess at what these features are in the snow? The big lines on the right could probably be fracture lines from previous slides, but they don't look like normal slab crown fractures.. On the left side though, those crater like things look even more strange. Termites? ha... And the weather is definitely something to watch out for. 5:24pm 5:31pm This is early April though, should be a bit quieter later in the month? Cheers -D Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Those aren't from slides. The lines are where the wind has blown the snow off the mountain to expose ridges. What you see up there is almost 100% ice and not snow. The wind is howling up there pretty much every day this time of year and it removes most of the fresh snow pretty quickly. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Nice pics anyway MrSchnnps! Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Yes because it is still below freezing up there and with the wind the snow just gets blown off. It is however whiter than normal for this tie of year the snow / ice line is certainly lower than usual. Don't know about this time of year but in summer you can get into the crater, I have been in it. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I was just thinking about that this morning snowdude. I wonder when the roads to the 5th stations will be opened this year because there is certainly a lot more snow up there than usual... and it looks like its still getting top-ups. When it starts melting it melts quick! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Still getting topups up there? Good going! Link to post Share on other sites
rider69 18 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Man that isnt skiable in its present form or at least enjoyable. Wind hammered and cold you will need full ice axes crampons to even attempt getting up that mountain. Link to post Share on other sites
CnnmnSchnpps 0 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Anyone still up to do this? Getting into mid-late May so conditions should be alot more stable? Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Still tons on snow on Fujisan at the moment, it looks almost as white as winter, just receeding up a bit. Not sure it would be very stable to climb up there at the moment either. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 maybe from your side.....from the southeastern side, that snow line has leapt up the mountain Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Fujisan is out in full glory today, and looks like a fair bit of snow has fallen on it yesterday it is completly whitee, looks more similar to January. Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I see on the Shiga Kogen Now page that they had snow up there too as well overnight. Link to post Share on other sites
CnnmnSchnpps 0 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Saw it last night at Trailwalker finish line. It was nighttime but could tell it's still quite white, nice! Fresh snow is not great thou, let's give it a bit more time to stabilize then.. Link to post Share on other sites
Criz 0 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 When do people start walking up to the top of Fuji? I presume when most of the snow is gone.... Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 July and August . When I climbed was 1st August 2000 was no snow at that time, but previous couple of years they have beenxsending teams of people up in July to break up he snow otherwise it wouldnt all melt away. Link to post Share on other sites
desu 1 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 What time did you get up top snowdude? Link to post Share on other sites
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