quattro 1 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Well this weekend was something a little different. Instead of the regular ski me and the big guy decided to go for a skin up to Asari Daki. I wanted to test out the Cobra free upgrade I recently had installed. Vince wanted to try a small skin after a good bit of cross country this winter. The Cobra free upgrade allows my old Cobra bindings to pivot at he toe much in the way an AT binding works in touring mode. The basic plan of atack was to catch the gondola up to the top of Kiroro. Then roughly follow the cat tracks that run between Kiroro and Kokusai till we get to the top of Asari Daki. The skin up basically runs up a really wide ridge to a saddle and then turns left up to the summit. A really enjoyable skin up with some really nice views along the way. Well needles to say we were not out to set the world on fire. We just kept a slow pace up till the top. Up top we grabbed some lunch PBJ's yummy. Then headed back and did a few runs back in the resort before heading home. The Cobra frees worked really nicely. I did not get any snow build up underneath and were real improvement in touring with the regular Cobras. Wish they had a little more forward pivot. But other than that they worked great. Vince on the way up Getting ready to start up Just above the gondola Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 Where is the top of this at By the cat tracks Near the top Lunch of Champions PB&J Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Nice. What a grand chap he is. How old? Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 UP top Glad to be Back Warning Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 He's 6 and a small monster. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Cool kid! Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Great to see you out together Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 wow... skinning at 6. amazing. Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 It was about 2k of real low angle stuff. Perfect for a first attempt at skinning. Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 doesn't matter how low angle it was. I think it's awesome to expose a 6 year old to that kind of 'work' for those kind of turns. when I was 6 I was arguing with my parents about why I couldn't bring my sled to the ski resort. Good job! Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 You should let him try snowboard once. Link to post Share on other sites
minus 1 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Great pics quattro, looks like it was fun. Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Great to see dad & son enjoying the outdoors together. can't wait to do that as well. Cool pics! Well done. Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Good work! Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Great TR, quattro! He is so cute and cool. There is a touring route between Kiroro and Kokusai? Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Slow, there is a "Supershuttle" snowcat that just started running this season from Kokusai to Kiroro for Y5000 including a 3-hour Kiroro lift tickets. The cat-tracks quattro mentioned are probably from that. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 ....and whats on that sarnie? Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted March 31, 2007 Author Share Posted March 31, 2007 Quote: ....and whats on that sarnie? Peanut Butter and strawberry jam a personal favorite. Had to Google sarnie? He's chomping at the bit to get up again Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Sarnie. Haven't heard that word for a long time Good choice of filling for that buttie (heard that one?) there quattro. Link to post Share on other sites
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