mattlucas 0 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Date: June 24/25 People: Dan, Jer and Toque Location: Tsurugi, Raicho and Murodo plain Vertical hiked: June 24 - 1800 meters Vertical hiked: June 25 - 800-1300 meters Vertical skied: June 24 - 1800 meters Vertical skied: June 25 - 1500-2000 meters Total skied 3000 plus/minus What a trip Dan, Jer and I skied an amazing couloir on Tsurugi. We hiked into Tsurugizawa and left our tents before skiing all the way down the valley to the beginning of our couloir at 2000 meters. We hiked up to the top of it at 2850. At the top it was about 40 degrees. Hazards were huge moats and very large rolling rocks. After the ski we hiked/skinned back to camp 500 meters above making for a very good day of 1800 meters skied and climbed. I'll let the pictures do the rest Toque, Dan and Jer with Tsurugi behind. We skied just the speck of snow you can see in the next picture The very top section of our run Dan topping out in our couloir. We hiked from the very bottom starting at 2000 meters and getting up to 2850 meters between to bumps on the jagged ridge leading up to Tsurugi's summit Dan scrambled up one of our little bumps but beyond where he went would have have been difficult Jer and I resting at 2850 meters. The top of our run. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 Dan Jer Toque Day 2 We skied back to Murodo down the same skiing run from 2 weeks before. Just a little skinnier with wider moats Notice that Jer has 2 hiking boots attached to his backpack It's hard to tell but now Jer only has 1 hiking boot attached to his bag Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 From where this picture is taken Jer realized he had lost a hiking boot So they both hiked all the way back up to find it Which they did while vedged and had a nap Dan and I have always talked about skiing out the Murodo plain to the trolly. We were too late in the season to do that but we were able to ski quite a ways to around 1800 meters. We sent Jer down the mountain with a massive backpack filled with overnight gear for 3 and then went on our way We only had to get around a few bushy section. It was a great experience find our way around as the clouds moved in and out Toque Dan Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Quote: Last Turns of the Season That's it for you then this season? Interesting pics, as always. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 Toque Dan Dan That's it 2005/2006 has been a great season Next time in the mountains will be with hiking boots on my feet Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 you got out murodo how was the ski? Link to post Share on other sites
montoya 0 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 nice one toque, happy to see you bag tsurugi. great pics as always! btw is that someone's tent in the lower-right of this photo? Quote: Originally posted by Toque: Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 That's just a feature in the snow Somehow it melted out in the middle leaving the arch Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Fattwins: you got out murodo how was the ski? It was fun We couldn't ski to the trolly-train though. Maybe a month earlier. But we skied quite a ways. Mostly traversing with a few turns here and there. Next time the weather is poor and you are up there you should do it. Good for practicing your route finding and orienteering Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 maybe next spring but my murodo spring days might be done. I like the idea of sking down to the dam better. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 EXPENSIVE But that way would be a lot better and more fun Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 if im by myself the gas to and from toyama is about 2000 plus vs 500. the costs get canceled out at times. sking down cuts out some of the charge as well. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 agree with montoya's sentiments (but still not sure about the tent looking thing. Is that an arch?? It sure look slike a man made object) As for this pic, its amazing how much snow there is at the tree line. Perhaps not deep(?) but a lot of coverage. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 spud that area gets an insane amount of snow. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 28, 2006 Author Share Posted June 28, 2006 That's at about 2000 meters I think The Murodo Plateau is the first thing that the big weather systems hit when they come in from the Japan Sea. Like Hakusan to the west the weather systems are thrust up and over these big mountains dropping huge amounts of snow Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 28, 2006 Author Share Posted June 28, 2006 It's an arch in the snow Not sure how it came to be. Looks cool I can asure you it's not man made though Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 So much snow for 2000m flat ground (ie, not much shadow, like in gullies and chutes etc). And for late June! Anyone know what they do with the ground when it isn't covered in snow? And like one of those 3d magic images, I can now se the arch as clear as... and arch. But I had to change my focus and then reality became clear. It really played a trick on my eye. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by le spud: Anyone know what they do with the ground when it isn't covered in snow? And like one of those 3d magic images, I can now se the arch as clear as... and arch. But I had to change my focus and then reality became clear. It really played a trick on my eye. Same thing as they do when it is covered with snow. Take a load of pictures and say sugoi over and over and over and over and over and over and over etc. I still can't pick out where you guys see a tent Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 its a funny color at first i thought it might be one as well. toque you know its not a tent that is the diff Link to post Share on other sites
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