SnowConnection 0 Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Yakeyama Heli Skiing 2006 was released. Date: 2006 April 1st(Sat) and 2nd (Sun) Cost: 16,000 yen per head per day (one time) (Total: 400 persons) Course: 15 Km (start:1,700m) Vert.1,400m (Snowboard is acceptable.) Map: Yakeyama-Onsen, Niigata-ken http://map.yahoo.co.jp/pl?nl=36.59.26.49...2%b9%c0%f4&sc=6 HP: http://www6.ocn.ne.jp/~yakeheli/ Poster: http://www6.ocn.ne.jp/~yakeheli/img/panf.jpg Contact: 025-555-4233 e-Mail: yakeyama-heliski@ninus.ocn.ne.jp Note: Reservation is required. Inquiry/Application will start on/after Feburary 1st. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 looks interesting. Have you done it? Link to post Share on other sites
marnix 0 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 how does it work? 400 people down 1 run in 2 days! or 400 each day! Probably only worth it if you are on the first chopper on saturday morning or if you like skiing moguls the last one on Sunday. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Cripes, only in Japan would you see a heli operation trying to pump 400 people down a BC line in 1-2 days. Talk about taking their on-piste culture to the off-piste arena. I wonder of there will be an omiyagi shop on the way down? JPY16,000 is however very cheap for a drop. Link to post Share on other sites
marnix 0 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Only if you just want a helidrop experience to the top of a badly groomed slope. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 ha ha ha. didn't even think about the 400 people bit. Maybe it's 400 people dropped off all at once and then it's a big free for all. Kind of like a sunday during christmas break Link to post Share on other sites
intr0 0 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 surely they put another 0 on the end of 40 by accident edit: looked at poster.. maybe not. wtf? Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Come on, they could have packed 600 into that generous amount of time. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowConnection 0 Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 I've never been. My guess, two chops (20) x 10 times x 2 days might beeee ???. I will inquiry their operation schedule on Feb.1 .... Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 They should get one of those military copters that tons of people can get into. Then they might be able to increase that number to 1000! Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 That red and white chopper they have pictured would likely only hold 4-5 people plus pilot. I guess they might have multiple choppers making non-stop return trips ferrying 200 people per day. Oh the serenity, the freedom. 15kms is a reasonable length run but with a relative 1400m vertical it is going to be a very flat ride. Don't believe me? Go to http://www.carbidedepot.com/formulas-trigright.asp and input a = 1400, b = 15000 then click Calculate. Read of angle A: 5.33 degrees average slope angle. I hardly believe it myself, I must have made a mistake: the horizontal run is far less than 15000m so if you took a direct line your angle would be steeper. But this is a 15000m indirect line that only drops 1400m vertical. How fast can you walk 15kms with your skis on your shoulders? Also, with 400 people the chances of one getting hurt or lost is high. So I would expect abunai signs and dame people and fluro ropes spaced evenly for at least the first 14.5kms of the run. Sorry, I should stop being such a miserable dirtbag. nai yori mashi. Link to post Share on other sites
number9 0 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Looks like they've done it in previous years. I wonder how that went? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 As soon as it said 15kms I knew that I would never go. Might be a great sort of cruise lunch relax trip. Id rather save my money and head to tateyama and hike. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 山と魂 hiking has so much more value in it than a drop. Link to post Share on other sites
marnix 0 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Guess I like cheating. Vallee blanche in Chamonix is also about 15km but with 3000m vert. Even that is pretty flat most of the time. Only the first 200m are steep, and very much skied out most of the time. Link to post Share on other sites
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