TeleSkier 0 Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 Just got back today from a few turns up at Mt. Norikura in Gifu - about 1 hour drive or so west from Matsumoto. Was planning on just going camping in the Kamikochi area but decided to toss the skis in the car and take a ride up to Mt. Norikura since they just opened the road up to it. Took rte 158 out of Matsumoto and then headed to Norikura. Great ride that deposited us at 2600m or so. You actually get to drive through a few runs at Norikura Heights ski area. There was still some decent snow up near the top. About three weeks ago it must have rocked. About 15 people were skiing. The snow is all of a one minute walk from where you can park and there you can access at most about 200m vertical of skiing. Nothing really steep but you can't be too picky in July. Highly recommend it for a day trip or if you are going to do some hiking in the area. Did about 5 runs there and the views were fantastic. In the afternoon headed down to Kamikochi and camped down there. A great few days again in the Alps. Every time I head up there I am more impressed.... Link to post Share on other sites
TeleSkier 0 Posted July 6, 2002 Author Share Posted July 6, 2002 Forget to mention - a close second place to the skiing was seeing 3 snow monkeys swinging around the trees and eating a bunch of plants in Kamikochi. They were classic... Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 Excellent, sounds great. I have never made it up there, looks like I'm gonna have to make the effort. Link to post Share on other sites
TeleSkier 0 Posted July 6, 2002 Author Share Posted July 6, 2002 If anyone can explain how to post pictures within a post here could you please let me know. I'll put a few photos in from the trip to Norikura. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 You can only do it if the pictures are already online somewhere. If they are online, you can copy the URL of each picture, and paste it between tags with no spaces. If you want a free homepage you can get one here; http://www.freehomepage.com/ Their paid service is well worth considering too. Look forward to seeing the pix! Link to post Share on other sites
Ski Japan Guide 0 Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Ocean's right. You may well be able to post pics directly in the future but for now they have to be on the web somewhere and use the tags. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
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