Gunma Boarder 14 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 First of all I have to thank the Kagura staff as well as a random stranger that brought my camera to them.Without them this thread would not be possible. I was careless with the zipper on my backpack and my camera fell out. I was sure it was in the woods and I would never see it again. I only called them after the fact on the off chance someone found it. I will be more careful from now on. I had a beautiful day at Kagura yesterday. I walked up from the Kagura quad lift to the top of Kaguragamine entering the the fantastical land of the snow creatures. They appear as different things for every eye so tell me, what do you see? Each photo will be numbered. 1. I see a snow spirit with a human face leaning towards its left. 2. This particularly powerful two headed snow dragon is the guardian of the mountain. 3. The tallest tree is David Bowie's favorite skeksis while the tree in front of it is noble humanish tree spirit. 4. I see a long faced lizard man and his companions. 5. On the left two birds in flight and a walking giant bird on the right. 6. That reallllllly dirty river spirit from "Spirited Away" after he gets clean. So what do you see? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gunma Boarder 14 Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 A couple more nice pics from the day. Walking up the mountain. Mt. Naeba and the top of Kaguragamine (on the far left) also a horde of snow creatures. Mt. Naeba from the top of Kaguragamine. magical snow land Mt Myoko at about 5X The North Alps at about 5X 1 Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Beautiful pics, thanks for sharing. The third pic with the tallest tree, kind of reminds me of the Marlion in Singapore. (Not sure if I spelled Marlion correct) Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Pow 52 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 That is awesome. And the terrain's not bad either Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Kagura's a great place......unfortunately didn't get the chance to ride above the very top lift......that ridge has been teasing me for years Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Wow! Muikabochi, you have a challenger. To both of you Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Great photos. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 " I was careless with the zipper on my backpack and my camera fell out." What camera was it? Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 is it. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Beautiful pics, thanks for sharing. The third pic with the tallest tree, kind of reminds me of the Marlion in Singapore. (Not sure if I spelled Marlion correct) Same. It's Merlion. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Nice! Randall from Monsters, Inc. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Fanrtastic! Super photos. I have never seen that scenery at Kagura! Do I need to be a gnarly backcountry personto hike up there or is it easy peasy? Because I want to go! Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Well dome Gunma Boarder, great stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
fifa 0 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Great pics thanks. We will be there next month and your post has me green with envy. Link to post Share on other sites
Gunma Boarder 14 Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 " I was careless with the zipper on my backpack and my camera fell out." What camera was it? It's an older Panasonic Lumix. It's my hiking and snowboarding camera. I've had it for about seven years now. Glad I didn't lose it. Link to post Share on other sites
Gunma Boarder 14 Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 I previously wrote Kirigamine but the mountain where I took the pics is Kaguragamine. I just edited it Link to post Share on other sites
Gunma Boarder 14 Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Fanrtastic! Super photos. I have never seen that scenery at Kagura! Do I need to be a gnarly backcountry personto hike up there or is it easy peasy? Because I want to go! It's really not that hard. There was even a snowboarder hiking it without snowshoes. He did look tired though Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Cheers Gumma I will put the beer goggles on tonight and see what animals I can see Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 A few more Gunma Boarder if you don't mind! Do you walk up by the Number 5 lift (which I see if opening from this weekend!)? Do they frown on that? Is it something you can do on your own? Can I take off my skis and just walk up there, or would that be a very bad idea? Sorry, perhaps silly questions. But would like to know! Link to post Share on other sites
Doktor Avalanche 0 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Awesome views. Jealous. Link to post Share on other sites
Gunma Boarder 14 Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 A few more Gunma Boarder if you don't mind! Do you walk up by the Number 5 lift (which I see if opening from this weekend!)? Do they frown on that? Is it something you can do on your own? Can I take off my skis and just walk up there, or would that be a very bad idea? Sorry, perhaps silly questions. But would like to know! This most recent trip I walked up from the High Speed 1 lift but the number 5 being open will help a lot. I don't think it is frowned upon many people climb it everyday and I think they even do tours. They just have the normal "You are on your own out there" sort of warning. If you have skins those are probably the best way. If not snowshoes. If you don't have either maybe wait for a lot of people to go up and pack down the snow. I have gone up once without snowshoes. It is doable, but hard. If people want to meet up and go up there on a nice day after the number 5 opens I would love to go again Link to post Share on other sites
Gunma Boarder 14 Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 I missed this one. I see a giant wind spirit face with its mouth open. Link to post Share on other sites
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