mattlucas 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 7 of us went up 2460 metre Yakedake on the border of Gifu and Nagano on Saturday April 22. Yakedake is at the south end of the North Alps. I'm not sure if it is actually in the North Alps proper as it is a lone volcano outside of the main Alps range and as a volcano is geologically different. The mountain sits over top of route 158 and is just north of Norikura. We found about 20-30 cms of heavy wet snow down low and nice buttery powder up high on the north facing slopes of the little crater From the forums there was Fattwins, AK77, and Toque Great time Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Looking forward to those pics sounds great. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 Gillagen (FT) with Dan nipping at his heals Wes, Will and AK77 Mother nature playing some jokes Final bit of wind blasted snow to the top. Hakusan is in the background on the other side of Hida Gifu. Cool double layer of clouds on Kasa. That large gully coming down below is where the 3 mountaineers and 1 skier were killed in an avy a couple weeks ago. Access Kasa from ShinHotaka. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 AK77 FT showing that after skiing J-trees for many years he can still hold his own in the high mountains Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 I changed my mind and im gonna make a cd for anyone that wants one. chime in if you do. so toque dont make a cd at all. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 I was supposed to make a CD? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Good to see you are on the ball BeanieBoy! Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Fattwins: I really liked yakedake a great work out! I know cause im still feeling it in my legs. It's a fun mountain eh I wish we had had more time to do some laps in the bowl I would have liked to ski that straightline right next to the one you hit But I had to pull the plug. I just made my enkai. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Looks sweet fellas. Nice. Link to post Share on other sites
doubledragon 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Awesome photos dudes. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 top down toque it looked tight. was worried about it cause the speed and the kink. i told ak77 that you will more than likely head back there and one up me by doing that line. lol. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 toque ill pop up some pic of you later in the day. my pic of jer and will didnt turn out bummer. we had so many cameras that day. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 A few pictures from Dan Jer fell into a hole. What up with us and holes??????? FT and I on the windy summit. Hotaka peaks in the background FT edging into his first line. I couldn't take pictures of this as I was in the clouds beyond. And myself skiing out in the big bowl. Low angle mushy turns Link to post Share on other sites
AK 77 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Thany you to those who made that trip possible (although no thanks from my legs which are dead!) it was a good one - sorry to the advance party on skins who had to wait for the snowshoers to yomp it up there - it was hard work! But worth it for the views and lines available at the top -if only legs weren't jelly by the time i got there, thanks to the new snow! Link to post Share on other sites
AK 77 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 good pics! FT has mine, so there are some more shots of you all to come. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 ak77 nice drop there! I'm so jealous! Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 dan and ak77 on the hike up after fixing the trekkers will and wes genki at this point still 2 shots of the snowshoe king jer. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 dan or toque on the hump forgot the morning cars ak77 looking down toques line. Me FT and dan checking the stability Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 now the action 2 shots of toque showing us how its done in your own backyard will and jer near the vent Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 toques line looks fun. Wish my chauffeur was still in Kansai...bummer Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 let marrying cbg and then you have one? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 My line was fun but for sure is the easiest one up there. Looks like I was moving fast in the first picture and then really slow in the second I would have for sure stepped up the second line but if I had gone for a second run then everybody else would have wanted a second one and I was really close on time as it took us all a lot longer to get to the summit than we originally thought due to deep snow and Jer getting lost in his own backyard Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 You have that pic of testing the stability up the top, but what do you do if it's not stable? Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 you guys have been really active this year. congradulations on some great lines. damn i wish i lived in that area. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowConnection 0 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Nice pics. I've never been Yakedake I wanna go. One problem is where we shall park the car, which would hesitate our party (laugh). Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts