18 May 2009
Last week I skied 1000m or more off each of the 3 peaks above Hakuba in one day. The trio of peaks tend to be offered as an iconic image of the alpine town. It took 14 hours, however 30 minutes was wasted in the pitch black pre-dawn during very thick clouds when I couldn't see a thing and had to double back to remain on path.
In total I skied 3500m and climbed 4000m making it the biggest day I've had in the mountains. The route I took covered 40km of travel (climbing and skiing). I purposely chose to take the easiest routes on each peak with the focus being completion of a challenge/training exercise rather than severity of lines skied. During the course of the day I consumed 10 energy gels, 6 snickers bars and drank 2 liters of water. I went alone choosing not to take my dog as I thought such a big day would be unfair on him.
Hakuba 3 peaks in mid-May

I didn't take many pictures on the tour since my focus was not on photography, rather moving quickly.
After sunrise the valley clouds cleared and the day remained perfectly blue

I started at 3am from Sarukura, climbed 1600m to the top of Daisseke and traversed behind Shakushi to the summit of Hakuba Yari (2903m) in 5 hours.
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