NoFakie 45 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 It's been on the news that there was an avi earlier today at Raichozawa. The area only opened yesterday. One dead, two injured according to the report. http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20070418-00000411-yom-soci Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 At raicho which is the most traveled are too. with the weather holding the same pattern and more new snow on the way i will not be heading up there this weekend Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Just finished reading the newspaper article on this. The boarder who died worked in a hotel in Hakuba. He was in a group of 6. It seems like the avalanche was started by skiers coming down after them. One of the 2 skiers caught said that as he was skiing down he saw an avy starting on his left and he went to go the other way but got hit by the avy right then. He was buried but managed to make an airhole with his hand and call for help. He was buried about 30 mins. They said that there were 50-60 skiers in the area and people were using their ski poles to probe. One of the skiers has a broken leg. No mention of beacons... Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 sad. one avie-aware person in tateyama is saying, if i'm getting the japanese correctly, that foehn winds winds may have caused a steep temperature gradient on the 13th and created the weak layer(s) that went yesterday. http://www2.knb.ne.jp/news/20070418_11048.htm Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 does this mean beacon: 電波発信装置? i think so Out of the older group, 2 of 4 had them, and 1 had a shovel. didn't say if anyone in the 34-year-old's group of 6 had beacons...so are we to assume that they didn't have them? http://www2.knb.ne.jp/news/20070418_11043.htm 20 cms of fresh fell on the 17th which apparently slid. kuma, which article did you read? Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 i read the newspaper. I think it said there was a metre of fresh (maybe over the past week) are u back dizzy? Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Did not realize so many peeps went out without gear on tat. Too bad. Those without gear that got caught made the wrong bet that day. Smallish probabilities but huge consequences. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 That is Tat SerreChe Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 yeah i'm back Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Still surprising FT, would have thought peeps heading out there would be on average more equipped than those skimming the edge of ski slopes in resorts. Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Here's a pic of it on raichozawa: Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Whens that photo from dizzy? Looks really nice. Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 it was taken a day or two after the avalanche. (raicho is the slope with the slide on the left.) looks like there was another slide on the next slope over, but no reports of any injuries on that one Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 fark me thats a big size really and it wouldve been near white out. Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 yeah both of those crowns are huge Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 These are huge! I had not seen the one on the right side of the screen originally. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Ive skied both of those lines before. Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Including into the "narrow" valley that funneled the debris from the 1st slide? You sure have to make sure you have good conditions or it certainly looks like a nice trap. Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 fifty-twelve billion people ski that valley on the left, raicho, during GW, serreche. it's a typical tats line Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Interesting, having never ridden Tats it seems like a very nice line but not the safest. Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 I actually saw a picture of that same spot another year in a mag. It was a LOT more filled in, you could not know there was a deep valley under. It seems the lack of snow this year may have made the convex feature a lot more preminent and less safe. That's assuming I am right about the pic I saw being the same spot as well, but pretty sure. Link to post Share on other sites
Melissa-in-Kanagawa 0 Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Where abouts is Raichozawa. I have a friend in Toyama who has told me that he is going to be going that area a lot and asked me if I wanted to go. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 you can only access it in early winter and spring taken from half way up Raicho Top of raicho on the left Tateyama the peak raicho is on the right Link to post Share on other sites
Melissa-in-Kanagawa 0 Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Thank you Fattwins! Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Nice pics, puts me in the mood. Shame I have been here so many years, have not gotten around to go there yet. Link to post Share on other sites
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