February 28, 2011
This week-end I was organizing a snowshoeing for friends to the summit of Kusatsu-Shiranesan (草津白根山) volcano. I was planning to take to ropeway to avoid the uphill on Saturday and spend more time to enjoy the landscapes on top of the various summits. But when we arrived at Kusatsu bus terminal we learned that the ropeway was closed because there was 20m/s of wind at the top. We had to change our plan and snowshoe up to Yoshigadaira (芳ヶ平ヒュッテ) lodge on Saturday,[...]
February 19, 2011
Following last snowshoeing week-end, you will find in this article all the practical information (mountain lodge, access…) for hiking/snowshoeing in Tateshinayama (蓼科山) area.
February 14, 2011
As the project to do the Zaō (蔵王) traverse in winter has been postponed again for weather forecast reasons, I made do with another old project : do the Tateshinayama (蓼科山) summit, at the extreme North of the Yatsugatake (八ヶ岳) range, by a non classic itinerary ; the traverse on two days from Piratasu (ピラタス) ropeway. But snow conditions forced us to shorten the itinerary and go down after the Futagoyama (双子山) summit.
February 7, 2011
On Sunday, I went rock climbing with 2 friends in Jōgasaki. I have the project of making a short rock climbing movie about this exceptional climbing site. So each time I go there I bring my cameras. Here is the result of the shooting I made last Sunday when climbing the route Chi-chan ganbare (チーちゃんがんばれ, 5.10c).
February 1, 2011
Following last snowshoeing week-end, you will find in this article all the practical information (mountain lodge, access…) for hiking/snowshoeing in Shigakōgen (志賀高原).
January 31, 2011
Cancelled last week, we went to do snowshoeing in Shigakōgen (志賀高原) this week-end. When we arrived, the weather was still good and the sky not too cloudy so I decided to change our itinerary. We went to the summit of Yokoteyama (横手山) using the lift to enjoy the view before the weather goes bad and from there went down to (四十八池) marshland to camp and then head to Kido-ike (木戸池温泉) the next day[...]
January 23, 2011
I had planned to go snowshoeing in Shigakōgen (志賀高原) last week-end but the weather forecast was not very good and the idea to pay about 200 euros of transport not to see anything was not very motivating. As the meteorological agency was forecasting a great weather in Izu (伊豆) peninsula, I decided to go rock-climbing on the sea side at Jōgasaki (城ヶ崎)[...]
January 20, 2011
Following last week-end’s avalanche rescue training, you will find in this article all the practical information (mountain lodge, access…) for hiking to the top of Tanigawadake (谷川岳) summit.
January 18, 2011
Last week-end, I was organizing for the members of the Outdoor Club Japan club a training session on avalanche rescue. The first one organized in the club. 7 of its members participated to it.[...]
January 15, 2011
This 15th of January you can find in kiosks the February edition of Yama-to-Keikoku (山と渓谷) magazine, which is the main mountain magazine in Japan. As the possibility to make the mountain rescue operated by the police not free was debated again (several articles were published in 2010 pushing for it and the Saitama (埼玉県) prefecture was investigating the possibility to do so), the magazine publishes a 4 pages article on this topic.
