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1/26(日） 7時前に南光駐車場(1000円)に到着すると激しい雨模様。モチベーションガタ落ちで、温泉巡りの案も出るほど。四国から来ているAbelさん、Imamuraさんとも合流し、出発準備を始める。そのうち、雪に変わるが、湿った雪で、ウェアは濡れていく。 7:30　夏道を坪足で登行開始。雨で沈降した雪の上にうっすら新雪が積もっている。まるで春山状態。踏み固められた夏路でも、坪足では、結構な頻度で、ところどころ潜ってしまい、なかなか進みにくい。急斜面では、なおさらにペースが落ちる。休み休み進んで、なんとか、六合目避難小屋上に到着したのが9:40。 稜線上では、風とガスと吹雪で滑降準備をするのも大変である。10:00六合西沢に滑降開始。稜線近傍は堅く凍った斜面だが、AbelさんとImamuraさんは勢いよく下る。ほかは、びびりながらも慎重に下る。谷間に入ると風は治まり、重いながらもクラスとはなく、雪は柔らかい。太板のおかげで、何とか滑降できるようになった。 いつもはパウダーを堪能できるこのコースだが、今日は訓練と割り切り慎重に下っていく。水分をたっぷり含んだ重い雪に足を取られながらも、何とか滑り降り夏路に合流(10:50)。 2本目も坪足で夏道を進む(11:00)。5合目まで進むと風と雪が強くなり、この上の稜線に出るのは危険との判断から行者谷・元谷を諦め、常行谷滑降に予定変更する。5合目で板をつけて左側に飛び込む(12:35)。 上部は林間の適度な傾斜と柔らかい雪に、思わず歓声が上がる。ここでは、各自思い通りのシュプールを描くことができた。その下は、長い長い緩い谷底を滑降し、駐車場にそのまま出た(13:05)。まだ、時間は早かったが、この天候ではこれまでとして、本日の山行は終了。ぬれた体を350円のシャトーおだかの入浴で暖め、早い帰宅をした。 小雨の中しゅっぱぁ～つ 登り登山道で一時は視界良好に 六合西沢　ガスの中の滑降 ガスの中滑降２ 西沢下部滑降 滑降終了下山したら車の屋根は ログ

Daisen January 26 2014
Caught a nightbus and met up with the other Kobe yama-ski members at the carpark near the climbing entrance of Mt Daisen. Wasa-san decided boot-packing was the best way up, so I left my skins and ski-crampons at the bottom. I took my ice-axe and crampons just in case, but I didn't use them in the end.

We were one of the first people to go up so climbing the steep parts was tough as our boots would often go deep into the patches of soft snow. It was still warm from the day before so we were hot until the 5th station. From the 5th point the route became exposed and the wind and snow picked up quickly and the temperature dropped suddenly. The wind and snow was painful when we stopped moving to change into ski mode in the exposed area.

First we dropped into the valley east of the climbing route. The snow was heavy powder, not sticky and with no crust. It was better than what we were expecting and we were happy. The tree run was perfect for the snowy weather and bad visibility.

We went up once more aiming for the sixth station of Daisen. We passed a few groups of climbers, who were all coming down, probably put off by the blizzard conditions near the top. Climbing up the second time round was much easier as the track had been packed down by many other climbers. We made it to around the 5th station and Wasa-san decided we should start going down and get out of the strong winds and driving snow. It was very cold, the left side of my damp jacket had become frozen. Also I wasn't feeling hot as I usually do when I climb in areas sheltered by trees. We switched into ski-mode on the climbing track, then dropped into the valley (常行谷) on the west side.

常行谷's snow was awesome. It was light fluffy powder, enough even for face-shots. It may have been picking up all the fresh snowfall that morning. It was the highlight of the day and lasted all the way down to the carpark, where the valley ended. Very convenient. However my legs were exhausted towards the end, trying to manouvre through the low angle runout of the valley. When I couldn't go on without the help of gravity and was forced to walk, my legs cramped up each step in the powder snow. Luckily it was only a few metres though. We finished quite early, around 1:30pm.

The conditions weren't perfect. The forecast was for rain the day before with temperatures falling quickly throughout the day, with rain/snow. I was not optimistic and one person cancelled. The ski resorts wouldn't have been good but the riding conditions on the mountain were quite good in the end.

Things I missed.Forgot to change the batteries in my gps and left the spares at the bottom, so gps became unusable half way through.by:abel