SerreChe 2 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 For my fellow snow-goers interested, I have uploaded some pics from a BC trip in the Hakkoda range over the new year. We went with a guide. He was excellent. If you go to that area I would recommend you check out Simon. One of the pics below. If he's lurking around, Plucky should be interested! Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderpants 0 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Wow, really nice pictures. thanks for sharing! Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I love the picture taken from inside the freezer. That looks very very cold! (How cold was it?) In case other people can't find them, here: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/insider/sjmember.php?uid=SerreChe Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 The picks look great SerreChe, myself and TP are aslo planing to go up there sometime next month. How much did you pay for the guide? This is what me and the montoya`s ve been up to on Dec 30. My last day snowboarding for 2005. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderpants 0 Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Tsonda, whenwhenwhen?? Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 Hi Rach, it does get really cold up there. We were lucky when we went there as it was not too cold and the wind was tame. I think it was around -5 to -10 at the bottom of the gondola and probably around -15 to -20 at the top without taking the windchill into account. The killer is the wind which can be very very strong there. So I think that on a cold day with strong winds, taking into account the windchill factor then you can probably easily go below -30 C. If the winds get too strong then they close the gondola. I think their threshhold is around 25m/s to close it. The result is this really nice looking frost everywhere! Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 Thanks, glad you guys liked the pics. Tsondaboy, will PM you some information then you can pass it on to TP. Should be pretty straight forward if you guys want to go there. Please note that the month of February does not get much sun up there on average statistically. Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 By the way tsondaboy, this is a very nice picture of Nakaone in the sun. Perfect conditions: light powder early in the morning + sun. Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 A few more COLD looking pics: Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 nice. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Wow that place looks amazing(ly cold!) Link to post Share on other sites
alferg 0 Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 hakkouda radio tower in sunlight (we were lucky enough to catch 1 of the 2 days - on average - of clear skies in january 2004) Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted January 7, 2006 Author Share Posted January 7, 2006 That's a beauty of a pic LPL. Amazing the difference a bit of sun can make! Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Those be awesome pics. I feel cold just checking them out. Link to post Share on other sites
alferg 0 Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 we went nuts taking photos at the top that day - every direction you looked in was a postcard image. here's a few more. Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Nice! Get some more up! Link to post Share on other sites
alferg 0 Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 i just uploaded a bunch more photos from hakkouda 2004. (mainly doing it for the competition, but also in the context of this thread) http://www.snowjapan.com/e/insider/photo.php?userid=alferg Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 That place sure looks spectacular. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 More than a few times been tempted to go there. Not actually been yet though....... Link to post Share on other sites
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