Yuki's Passion 1 Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 yeah, love that pic and cant wait to get back already Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by bong: Are you planning on going up there Toque? I was supposed to be skiing up there on Saturday but the weather crapped out. Was beautiful on Sunday but I had plans I couldn't get out of. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 The girl needs some loving time too. Did she deck herself out for the climb? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 I guess so eh No she didn't. Just Allstars on the feet. I carried everything in my courier bag. Wasn't a difficult trip at all. Just a 2 hour jaunt in the woods to look at a waterfall. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 you snap any pics? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 Yup They go into the private collection though Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 dude man she didnt did she? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 hahahahaha Just kidding Link to post Share on other sites
meat 0 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Yes great picture that Fattwins, looks incredible. Link to post Share on other sites
nagoid 4 Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Are there any "resorts" on that mountain? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 15, 2005 Author Share Posted June 15, 2005 On Norikura? There are a load of them On the Gifu side Suzuran Pentopia Hoonoki Hirayu HidaTakayama They are all on the flanks though and don't get very high. Hirayu gets to 1800 metres but it would be a little trek to the summit from there. I'm not sure of the Nagano side resorts. But the main one that most people go to is below the summit on the flats. I've heard that in winter you can be on the summit in 4 hours Link to post Share on other sites
nagoid 4 Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 I did not know that Toque. Are you close to those places in Gifu then? Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Thanks Fattwins (post on last page) - might well do that. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 toque did you end up anywhere? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 I went into the Karasawa again and we had really good weather. Just a few rain drops Saturday night. Other than that nice blue sky. Skied a knarly couloir. Was really fun. I would put some pics up but my computer is ****ing around. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by nagoid: I did not know that Toque. Are you close to those places in Gifu then? I'm 30-40 minutes from the resorts on the gifu side. Most of them a family style places though and not worth it. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Nice man you arent tired of that long walk in, or did you use the bikes again? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 I'm in a whole world of pain right now. I walked in wearing my skate shoes and they have no support for my very flat feet. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Dude that isnt good. I picked up some good water shoes for 980yen yesterday. SWEET! Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 This is from Golden Week I skied the middle of the 3 fingers Link to post Share on other sites
fjef 0 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 All this off season talk has reminded me of when I used to ski Black Tusk (south of Whistler) in late spring/early summer. It was not extreme but often made for a great day out. Access was by 4X4 - a bunch of us would pile in the back of my tiny Suzuki and drive to the top of the glacier on a microwave tower access road. One of us would drive down and the rest would ski. Repeat this a few times, have lunch and a beer on the mountain and then head down for an afternoon of windsurfing on Alta Lake. Does anyone (Toque?) know of a place in Japan that might be good for 4X4 accessible skiing? My aching knees can't take much of a hike anymore - but going down hill still works... Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Japan limits alot of access like that. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 I don't know anywhere that you can do that fjef. Most places are closed to private vehicles and anywhere with snow now has no roads. In Tateyama you can take the bus up and then ski down catching another bus. Would get expensive. You could do that in May for good turns semi angled turns though. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 My computer is working again so I'm just going through some pictures. I'll put some up somewhere in a few minutes Link to post Share on other sites
WalkingHormone 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Awesomwe dude, I was up there a while back as well loved it. Wouldn't mind joining you next season Link to post Share on other sites
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