marnix 0 Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Ok, just for 3 runs. Yesteday had a great day at White World Oze Iwakura. It's a 3 hour drive from Tokyo and has plenty of powder opportunities that you don't have to share it with anyone, until I saw tracks of someone else and it went straight down. A little further I suddenly saw something moving and there was a mountaingoat. The following 2 runs I saw him crawling through the snow making his way up hill. On the 3 third run he was standing on the top of some rocks and I approached him to make a better picture but then he jumped off the rocks and took off. After that I was all alone again. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 cool. I have only seen one from the gondola at tsugaike. Saw two inoshishi (apropriately )scampering thru the snow near Mizuho in Shimane though... Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Cool Sanno. I have seen one before the snow season starts but never in the snow ... Strange creatures indeed. Tell more about Oze Iwakura! Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 They are Kamoshika Not related to mountain goats Close to an Antelope Link to post Share on other sites
marnix 0 Posted February 10, 2006 Author Share Posted February 10, 2006 Ok Kamoshika it is. It has 2 little horns and looks sorts of like a very wooly goat. Oze Iwakura was fun. Quite busy for a Thursday (a busload of SDF guys and some alpine and freestyle teams training) but no one off the groomed slopes. Most was roped off but it wasn't difficult to get to the good stuff and the partollers smiled at me when they saw me coming from a roped off area. Even the Gondola line was completely accesible, although I didn't want to go there but ended up skiing it a few times because the bowl leading to the gondola line was the best I could find. There was also snow packs on the side of the slopes windblown into perfect jumps to jump over the rope. Link to post Share on other sites
powwwers 0 Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 sounds good Sanno! is that on the border of Gunma/Fukushima? you thinkin what I`m thinkin NPM? Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 I am Powwwers. I think I have been there once before ... What do you reckon powwwwwwwwwwwwwers??? Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Kamoshika are found a lot often here when you are in a lift. Sometimes they have some kids in a party. They seldom make any noise. Has anyone ever heard their voice? Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 No, it's before the border of gunma & niigata. Sanno, we've got loads of those kamoshika in Toyama. I see a couple every year. Also see white rabbits the odd time Link to post Share on other sites
marnix 0 Posted February 10, 2006 Author Share Posted February 10, 2006 It about 60km from Nikko. Never seen any wild animals in the snow before. Later that day I also saw a rabbit (not white). Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Sanno: It about 60km from Nikko. Never seen any wild animals in the snow before. Later that day I also saw a rabbit (not white). I saw a brown rabbit in the snow the other day as well Sanno I've also seen white ones though I wonder why some are brown and some are white when they look to be the same breed Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 some like to roll in the snow, some like to roll in their shit... Link to post Share on other sites
marnix 0 Posted February 11, 2006 Author Share Posted February 11, 2006 I roll in the snow since occasionally but my hair hasn't turned white, maybe in another 40 years or so. Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 He was close! I never saw like it when I was at resort. Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 Very nice picture Sanno, amazing you managed to get that close. I saw this one at 47 a few weeks ago, you can only guess it in the woods. Pic was taken from the quad at 47. Funny thing is, nobody else saw it. When I turned around, everybody on the quad was staring straight ahead. On the same day we saw another one at Goryu. Apparently there are 2 groups of 3 (Parents + youngster) there. One at Goryu near the gelende, the other group at 47 near the quad. Did you go with the family? Link to post Share on other sites
marnix 0 Posted February 11, 2006 Author Share Posted February 11, 2006 I left the girls back in Tokyo. Better for them and much better for me. I will go with the whole (including mother-in-law) to Nozawa the first weekend of March. Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Good effort Sanno! Does you mother-in-law ski? Will try to go for first w/e trip with boy and mum this coming w/e...hopefully. Link to post Share on other sites
marnix 0 Posted February 12, 2006 Author Share Posted February 12, 2006 mother-in-law is there to babysit of course, what else are they good for? Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 ahahha, how about giving you a headache? Link to post Share on other sites
marnix 0 Posted February 12, 2006 Author Share Posted February 12, 2006 Yeah that's what they do, but I it is not on my good things list. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Bushpig: some like to roll in the snow, some like to roll in their shit... Kamoshika are pretty cool. Usually see one or two up in the valley. Saw a bunny pull a 540 tail grab off a pillow over the weekend, had mad style! Link to post Share on other sites
merryJim 1 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 I saw an inoshishi at Kandatsu last year, heard there were quite a few sightings - then quite a few sightings of inoshishi dead near the road. Seems that if they don't 'get back to Gunma' before the winter sets in, they are doomed. Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 How do they get back to Gunma? Kanetsu expressway tunnel? Link to post Share on other sites
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