Guest Posted April 20, 2002 Share Posted April 20, 2002 Anyone seen this. Looks like they opened it today with 16 meters of snow on either side of the road?!! Is that true? Sounds cool.... Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 20, 2002 Share Posted April 20, 2002 Yeah, they were doing it on the news tonight. 16 meters is rather low apparently. The Asahi Shinbun had a picture taken from a helicopter of the heavy machinery carving out the road. Some beautiful backcountry, none of which you can see over 16 meters of snow wall! Like to've got up there with my board. Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted April 20, 2002 Share Posted April 20, 2002 16 METERS!!!??? Are you serious? Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted April 20, 2002 Share Posted April 20, 2002 When does that melt away then?...? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 Where is that then? (I have just arrived in the country). Sounds wild. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 It's in Toyama-ken somewhere Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted April 22, 2002 Share Posted April 22, 2002 A month or two backcountry still left up there, for those of you worried you missed it. As for getting there, for those in the east, you can go from Kurobe dam by trollley bus/cable car, etc. It's near Omachi in Nagano. Can get a bus to the start from Omachi station, or a ten km drive from Omachi. As for the Toyama approach, I think you go from Tateyama station. You can drive to there, but it's public transport to the top. Link to post Share on other sites
rachael 0 Posted April 24, 2002 Share Posted April 24, 2002 Is there snow there all year round? Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted April 24, 2002 Share Posted April 24, 2002 in that area, there are year-round patches of snow, but I think that the terminal area there's only snow 'til about beg. of August. Link to post Share on other sites
monkeyz 0 Posted April 25, 2002 Share Posted April 25, 2002 Year-round patches of snow. So does that amount get bigger each year? Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted April 25, 2002 Share Posted April 25, 2002 funnily enough, I don't think so. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted April 26, 2002 Share Posted April 26, 2002 This place is an awesome site. If you get out of your vehicle in the middle of it on a bright blue sky day, amazing feeling. Kinda creepy even. Definitely recommended. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 2, 2002 Share Posted May 2, 2002 I went for a walk up near Ogimachi today. It's the end of the road on the Nagano side. I was only out a couple of hours, but I met some skiers who said they'd been down from the top of Harinoki, one of the lower peaks (2000 and a bit) around there. They said that conditions were still pretty good, and that the snow was soft enough to get up to the top without crampons. If you're going from the Nagano side, you can hike up there without using any of the expensive public transport that gets you out to Murodo, the main backcountry area. The Ogimachi car park was full of cars from far and wide, so quite a few people must have been out. Link to post Share on other sites
gorilla 0 Posted May 2, 2002 Share Posted May 2, 2002 Sounds interesting NoFakie, thanks for the report. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 2, 2002 Share Posted May 2, 2002 Would like to go. Bet its busy right now though. Hmmm Link to post Share on other sites
eddie 0 Posted May 8, 2002 Share Posted May 8, 2002 Quickly getting lower as the warm weather - and wet weather today - takes its toll Link to post Share on other sites
IM 0 Posted May 8, 2002 Share Posted May 8, 2002 Time to go is about now till mid-June, but the snow will melt away farely fast this year. But if you like the powder, go at the end of November when they close down the alpine route. This is typically marks the beginning of the season for many skiers and borders. It is lika a morning rush hour in Tokyo with people dressed in ski/board outfit. Even you do not have a car you can still approach from Ohmachi station using all pub. transportations. Link to post Share on other sites
gorilla 0 Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Is there any snow left on the wall now? Link to post Share on other sites
TeleSkier 0 Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Check out this website. The camera is located at the Marudo Platuea and by the looks of it there is still quite a bit of snow up there. http://www.sizenken.biodic.go.jp/pc/live/cgi-bin/live.cgi?camera=20&area=04 Hope this works for you. Looks like you can still get some turns up there.... Link to post Share on other sites
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