Whether the ground will be covered in ice or snow, you will be provided with ice crampons or snow rackets, walking poles, thermal suits as well as foot and hand warmers. Remember to wear your own warm snow boots! Your guide will take photos of...
Haley:Hiking the cache out was just a pragmatic decision. At that moment I felt confident that I wouldn’t make another attempt. It was also extremely stormy, so I would’ve anyways only been able to cache stuff like crampons, axes, carabiners, and pitons. It is not worth caching a t...
Footpath clearing In previous years, a walk down to Izumikiyo (the small village 100m from the centre of the village with accommodation and shops) saw you either take your chances on the side of the narrow road, or wade through knee deep snow on the footpath. Now the Kutchan council ...