The weather was GREAT!
Left the city at 7 a.m. and parked the cars at the bottom of the Yayoi course at 9:30. After all the gear and accesories were prepared we left towards the bus stop (15 minutes walk). The bus schedule was different from the one we knew; 1 hour and a half to wait for the 11 o`clock bus ?!?
The lady that owns the shop located near the bus stop, was so kind to tell us that a taxi can pick us up and take us to Iwaki Skyline for the same price, and so we did. The 50 minutes hike, up to 1500m was hard enough, but it was worthwhile. The clear sky gave us the chance to see the 360 degrees panaorama over the Tohoku area.
There were 3 degrees on top but because the wind was almost absent it felt warmer. After we had lunch( some of us had HOT noodles- prepared guys), we packed and prepared for the long ride. It was hard to leave the beautiful view from that altitude( an airplane was flying under).
The long ride on the Yayoi Course slope was more than we were aspecting and went down slowly enjoying every bit of it.
The traverse we had to take down the mountain put our legs to work, but we had to do that in order to avoid falling into the river that goes underneath the snow on the valley. Compared to other years, the snow melted faster- we took a 15 minutes walk throw the forest to arrive at the cars.
To finish the day properly, Dake Onsen was the next stop for a hot spring.
Today's photos- Hiking Iwakisan on April 19th, 2009
Iwaki mountain Map 岩木山地図 (pdf)
Spring Ski Courses Iwaki mountain 岩木山春スキー コース情報 (pdf)
Thank you よっちん
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Monday, April 20, 2009
Monday, April 28, 2008
Snowboarding on April the 27th
This time on Iwaki Mountain, near Hirosaki. Before going to sleep I played with my phones alarm option so much that it didn` t go on at 5:45 in the morning. My friends woke me up by calling me at 6:30.
"Where are you Mihai? Still sleeping?"
"Oh, NO, what`s the time?
" It`s time to GO!" ( sorry about that)
I met them after 12 minutes and we were on our 45 minutes drive to Iwaki mountain.
This is how Iwaki was like at 16:00. I wish that this weather continued all day long.
I had the pleasure to sit in the back of the car and enjoy the road to Hirosaki and back.
Watching ザ・ドリフターズ all the way we arrived pretty soon on at Ajigasawa` s Ski resort parking, where we met one of our friends, and after going round the mountain taking 69 curves, near the top of Iwaki.
Some of us were jumping with joy
Some of us were thinking about the cherry blossom
But the reality was this, and we were on our way to the top.
The weather was rainy, -2 degrees, wind of speed of 18-20m/s. No way for the lifts to move. So we started preparing to climb.
We hiked for about an hour between bushes, trees and climbing rocks.
Finally on the top. With the strong wing blowing with power the snowflakes on our faces made it hard to set the camera and take this picture.
And we started climbing round the mountain.
Ready to go down the mountain. The clouds are still surrounding us, making the mountain hard to see. But not for long...
We were soon out of the clouds and enjoying the view.
In this video I took you can see how fast the clouds are moving.
This is where we came from- you can see in the far left the car in the parking lot.
An avalache is showing some signs. From what we`ve heard it was like that since the beginning of april. Hope it stays the same until it melts.
Yotin going first to prepare the camera.
Today`s snowboarders were:
Kayoppe
Sizu
Shibu
Ten
Mos
And Yotin in the middle
Before arriving in the parking lot it started to rain heavily, but it felt so warm and so nice. Just like a spring shower after a cold winter.
Some of us were still having fun until the very end of the slope covered with snow.
After going up the mountain to take Mos` s car we headed for Agigasawa again and Hirosaki. Couldn`t let the beautiful scenery pass without immortalizing a few sceneries. You can smell the spring without looking at the beautiful intense green that is appearing here and there.
Today has been better than I have been expecting it to be. All week I have been checkin the weather forecast and for for my disapponting Sunday was always near the rain mark. On top of the mountain it snowed almost all the time and while descending the sun was appearing now and then. Good timing!
Mos san was so kind to make a video selection of that day. He even caught on me on camera when I am having a big fall sliding. Too much speed
Mos and Yotin wrote on their japanese blog about that day. Click on name to visit.
モスさんとよちんさんはその日の日本語の日記を書きました。良かったら名前を押して下さい。
See you next year Iwaki!
"Where are you Mihai? Still sleeping?"
"Oh, NO, what`s the time?
" It`s time to GO!" ( sorry about that)
I met them after 12 minutes and we were on our 45 minutes drive to Iwaki mountain.
This is how Iwaki was like at 16:00. I wish that this weather continued all day long.
I had the pleasure to sit in the back of the car and enjoy the road to Hirosaki and back.
Watching ザ・ドリフターズ all the way we arrived pretty soon on at Ajigasawa` s Ski resort parking, where we met one of our friends, and after going round the mountain taking 69 curves, near the top of Iwaki.
Some of us were jumping with joy
Some of us were thinking about the cherry blossom
But the reality was this, and we were on our way to the top.
The weather was rainy, -2 degrees, wind of speed of 18-20m/s. No way for the lifts to move. So we started preparing to climb.
We hiked for about an hour between bushes, trees and climbing rocks.
Finally on the top. With the strong wing blowing with power the snowflakes on our faces made it hard to set the camera and take this picture.
And we started climbing round the mountain.
Ready to go down the mountain. The clouds are still surrounding us, making the mountain hard to see. But not for long...
We were soon out of the clouds and enjoying the view.
In this video I took you can see how fast the clouds are moving.
This is where we came from- you can see in the far left the car in the parking lot.
An avalache is showing some signs. From what we`ve heard it was like that since the beginning of april. Hope it stays the same until it melts.
Yotin going first to prepare the camera.
Today`s snowboarders were:
Kayoppe
Sizu
Shibu
Ten
Mos
And Yotin in the middle
Before arriving in the parking lot it started to rain heavily, but it felt so warm and so nice. Just like a spring shower after a cold winter.
Some of us were still having fun until the very end of the slope covered with snow.
After going up the mountain to take Mos` s car we headed for Agigasawa again and Hirosaki. Couldn`t let the beautiful scenery pass without immortalizing a few sceneries. You can smell the spring without looking at the beautiful intense green that is appearing here and there.
Today has been better than I have been expecting it to be. All week I have been checkin the weather forecast and for for my disapponting Sunday was always near the rain mark. On top of the mountain it snowed almost all the time and while descending the sun was appearing now and then. Good timing!
Mos san was so kind to make a video selection of that day. He even caught on me on camera when I am having a big fall sliding. Too much speed
Mos and Yotin wrote on their japanese blog about that day. Click on name to visit.
モスさんとよちんさんはその日の日本語の日記を書きました。良かったら名前を押して下さい。
See you next year Iwaki!
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