joshnii 2 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Went to Okutadami yesterday with some Japanese friends. It's just to the south of Nagaoka here in Niigata. They still have a fair bit of snow there. Small place but it was fun to get out again on the snow we had a good day out. Unfortunately the camera battery died on us just as we wanted to use it. I could have sworn I had fully recharged the thing. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 what is it a resort? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Yes it is a small resort that opens Nov to mid-Jan and then mid-March until late May. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Why the closure? Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Too much snow. The road up there from Koide is narrow and basically the only thing up there in winter is the resort. So I suppose it would just be crazy cost to try and open up. Heard also good chance of it being pretty dangerous as well on top of that. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard 0 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Was there as well. The runs are not much to shout about (understatement!!) but like joshnii had a fun time. Warm up there it was, got a real tan today. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowConnection 0 Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Okutadami is located in the north of famous Oze. I suppose it is rather summer resort than winter. Also, access is limitted by snow in winter. http://www.okutadami.co.jp/ I've not heard bc skiers go to Okutadami. There is a long mt route from Tadami to Aizu-Asahi-dake(1,624m) to Aizu-Koma-gatake to Hino'e'mata. Oze, the south of Okutadami has Hiuchi-gatake*(2,356m), Hira-gatake(2,144m), and Aizu-Koma-gatake*(2,133m) accessed from Hinoemata. The north of Okutadami has Sumon-dake*(1,537m) and Asakusa-dake*(1,585m) accessed from Koide. *: popular bc ski mountains. Yahoo! Map (Okutadami Dam): http://map.yahoo.co.jp/pl?nl=37.9.5.091&el=139.15.11.717&la=1&fi=1&skey=%b1%fc%c2%fe%b8%ab&sc=7 Link to post Share on other sites
montoya 0 Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 out of that list, there are 3 mtns that I would love to hike up/ride (Hiuchi-gatake, Aizu-Koma-gatake, Sumon-dake). Too bad we can't access Shibutsu from that road also. Quote: Originally posted by SnowConnection: I've not heard bc skiers go to Okutadami. There is a long mt route from Tadami to Aizu-Asahi-dake(1,624m) to Aizu-Koma-gatake to Hino'e'mata. Oze, the south of Okutadami has Hiuchi-gatake*(2,356m), Hira-gatake(2,144m), and Aizu-Koma-gatake*(2,133m) accessed from Hinoemata. The north of Okutadami has Sumon-dake*(1,537m) and Asakusa-dake*(1,585m) accessed from Koide. *: popular bc ski mountains. Yahoo! Map (Okutadami Dam): http://map.yahoo.co.jp/pl?nl=37.9.5.091&el=139.15.11.717&la=1&fi=1&skey=%b1%fc%c2%fe%b8%ab&sc=7 Link to post Share on other sites
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