Monday, April 21, 2008

Snowboarding in Spring

When I returned back in town, I felt the presence of spring- almost 22 degrees.


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But up the mountain, the road is still looking like this. On march the 29th Hakkoda` s wall was as almost 9 meters tall. This is what` s left of it.


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There is a bus around the corner


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Downhill reviewing our course


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And this is how yesterday`s hike started on a 6 degrees temperature at the gondola station and maybe around 3 on top of Oodake.


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And we hiked...
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Resting sometimes...


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Anxious to get on top of Oodake. This will be the first time for her to get there.


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And hiking again


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This is how the cabin looked like yesterday, April the 20th 2008


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This is how it looked last week, April 13th 2008


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This week and last week


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The avalanche didn`t start yet, but still looking scary


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Going down the crater


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This is the slope we enjoyed downhill. Still good!


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Thanks to Mos san we had, one more itme, the chance to drink hot corn soup. So good and refreshing.


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And hiking again. This time we are going up Codake


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The wind is too strong on top of Codake and we prepare to go towards Takada


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In a week or two there won` t be any snow left around here. One more week to go.


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Happy but tired, smiling but sunburned getting ready to pack up


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Hope that Iwaki mountain`s next week weather conditions will be good for hiking.


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Thanks you for the video Mosさん. On his blog you can see the GPS Route we went on. Great as always!





Until next week I wish all the best!