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Post by Village Idiot on Sept 27, 2014 11:57:34 GMT -5
It sounds like the eruption came as a complete surprise, and I hope the deaths and injuries don't increase beyond what we've heard. As wonderful as nature is, it can at times be cruel.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2014 12:28:44 GMT -5
Nature is a neutral entity, Todd. Well, excepting humans, that is. We cover the spectrum, don't we?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2014 14:22:11 GMT -5
If I remember correctly JDD's place is near Kanazawa on the west coast approx. 8o miles northwest of Kiso Ontake. The volcano is in a sparsely populated area with a few small villages which may be ski areas and a few shrines.
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Post by jdd2 on Sept 27, 2014 16:46:08 GMT -5
Marty's right, tho it feels a little further. So many mtns between here and there it'd take a good three hours to drive it. In the mtns now it's almost prime colors time, and the lodges/huts they mention were probably full (being a weekend). Very big ones can serve hundreds (big bays of dorm-like bunks). Sometimes, but usually no showers/baths, but all serve meals and offer lunch boxes for the following day. They also have drying rooms to hang your kit if it's been a wet day.    |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2014 18:06:30 GMT -5
That's what I was seeing, lodges, but I was thinking ski lodges not hiker lodges.
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Post by jdd2 on Sept 28, 2014 7:01:45 GMT -5
Most of the hiker lodges run about $70/nite with dinner & breakfast. Add $10 for a lunchbox (there's no other food around). A little steep, but far cheaper than the Swiss chalets in those other alps over there.
These lodges are completely buried/inaccessible in the winter. Some of the main staff move seasonally between there and the ski lodges, which are much, much lower and accessible via normal roads by car. Ski lodges are at the bottoms of hills/valleys, and the lifts go up from there. Hiker lodges are close to the top of often quite steep (and un-ski-able) climbs. I think the lodge in the pics at Mt. Ontake was actually above where the eruption occurred.
Hard to say what will happen, but I've looked at some websites here that recruit temp workers at these lodges. Post-retirement it might be an option to hike a little, then spend a month working at a lodge (mostly doing dishes and food prep), then maybe walking a little more after that.
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Post by jdd2 on Oct 1, 2014 4:38:12 GMT -5
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Post by Marshall on Oct 1, 2014 8:06:07 GMT -5
Looks scary and lovely.
These are "after" pictures, right? Are those rescue workers like ants up the slope?
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Post by Village Idiot on Oct 1, 2014 9:26:00 GMT -5
Scary and lovely indeed. On a side note, what kind of wildlife do you find in a place like that?
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Post by Marshall on Oct 1, 2014 9:57:12 GMT -5
I have to say the thought of hiking those trails and staying in the lodges looks very enticing. I'd enjoy that, . . . , minus the volcano.
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