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10-28-2018, 11:16 PM #26
BBIJapan 2020 is what I’m hearing.
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10-29-2018, 11:45 AM #27
In learning the area we did a fair bit of climbing around
Getting some nice powder turns
Some quite deep
At the start of operations, despite being responsible for the whole thing I ended up having to get the head of ski school to guide and I drove the cat. I hadn't yet had chance to train anyone to a level I trusted with the Cat
I got really quite good at making roads
I did restrict them to the old groomed runs
But they were still happy campers
The toughest job (physical) was breaking the trail from the highest pint I could get the cat to the top of the ski area. only a few dozen feet, but try that in chest to neck deep fresh on an unconsolidated base. The pic doesn't do it justice
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10-29-2018, 11:51 AM #28
Subscribing
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10-29-2018, 02:18 PM #29
Great thread.
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10-29-2018, 06:38 PM #30
Wait, what, getting beat with sticks because, powder?
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10-30-2018, 03:00 PM #31
Over the winter I did teach others to drive the Cat, but never to road build. If you can't figure out the basics to drive whatever machine someone has just thrown the keys to you on your own, it's going to take more than a few hours for me to teach you how to build roads let alone use a 12 way blade. It also gave me the excuse to never sit in the back.
Many mornings looked like this
and some like this - after only one nights snow
Some parts of the area are densely wooded and you don't go so far as to get lost.
Others places are a bit more open
Snowboarding is fun, in these conditions
But when it gets deep I can't understand how anyone can think that it might work. Away from groomed terrain when you have a meter of fresh (3ft) on 3 meters (10ft) of unconsolidated. How do you move without a skier to make starting track and another skier to launch you. And when you fall over, unless its steep and you are very, very fit it's impossible to get up let alone start moving again.
In Japan or elsewhere if it's really deep and you wanna go surf style take 2 boards
From Naeba you can take Japan's longest lift to Kagura, the Dragondola
From here Naeba looks quite nice
An you get a good view of Tairapyoyama
Which I did get to climb
And ski, It was a bit windy being the biggest lump on our part the continental divide between the sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean
last thing for today, if you've ever wondered how to keep roads clear with minimal effort, the Japanese just spray them continuously with water!
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10-30-2018, 05:48 PM #32
How much cat operator experience did you have prior to this gig. Kudos!
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10-30-2018, 06:20 PM #33
Cat skiing in Central Japan, or what I've been up to the last 2 winters
Damn Idris, where do you live now? And how do we setup an IdrisBBI?
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10-30-2018, 06:39 PM #34
Sick, this is why i come here.
27° 18°
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10-30-2018, 07:51 PM #35
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10-30-2018, 08:04 PM #36
Well played with the slow roll as well, during fall, getting us all hyped.
This thread helped seal the deal, motivated me to book a trip. I'll be on Honshu for a week in February solo, would be really stoked to hook up with mags.
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10-30-2018, 08:08 PM #37Registered User
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10-30-2018, 10:54 PM #38
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10-31-2018, 01:03 AM #39
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10-31-2018, 07:46 AM #40
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10-31-2018, 08:57 AM #41
Amazing, moar please! I got skunked by mechanical issues on a planned Cat day by a newish op in Hakuba back in the day. Someday I'll make it happen.
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10-31-2018, 12:09 PM #42
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10-31-2018, 12:46 PM #43
Lovin this thread
Dollar sign that bitch.
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10-31-2018, 01:10 PM #44Registered User
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Awesome thread ... strong work
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10-31-2018, 02:05 PM #45
NONE!, yes I drove one 100m in 1992 on dirt with a Swiss German shouting at me. But not what I'd call a lot of seat time in a cat. I have driven other equipment and I am reasonably mechanically minded (I have build a few cars)
I am an IML (International Mountain Leader) and I've done AMGA ski guide course and a bunch of Avie and Medical certs.Knowledge is Powder
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10-31-2018, 02:07 PM #46
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10-31-2018, 02:53 PM #47also give me a few days there is other stuff in Japan you may be interested in.
Again, Kudos & thx.
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10-31-2018, 02:58 PM #48
This is Mat
Why is Mat important, Mat was just a 1st year ski/snowboard instructor with the nearby Naeba ski school who had injured himself, but unlike the average 1st year who was 19 and clueless, Mat was 27 and a Physicist.
So I could teach him to drive this
Which meant I occasionally go this view
Every morning after 4km of access road, I still got to teach beacon/transceiver drills
I did spend most of my working days looking after guys like these, not bad but
But some were more like this
Or even
And it takes a while for this to get old, when It's my go first
And after a walk up the hill
To the top of the ski area
More deep stuff or away days tomorrowKnowledge is Powder
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10-31-2018, 09:40 PM #49
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10-31-2018, 09:47 PM #50
fuck yeah this is killer
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