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ha, yeah sounds more likely, i thought i read somehwere 50-60 cms yesterday thats all. wonder if IceQueen has a third photo to show the depth

Originally Posted By: stemik the forecast says a lot more snow for tonight....so i guess another 30cm right on the money then huh! so what have you had 80-90cm?

much more last night?

yeah i know what you mean IQ, i looked yesterday before i left work, then thismorning it looked like a totally different place. looks as though the air is clearing a bit now can see a fair bit more on the webcams. more snow to come tonight? what does the forecast say?

according to my service provider my australian nokia N95 will work in japan.

parents are both keen travellers and keen skiiers, first skiing trip was at a very young age in austria, been to numerous places since learning bits along the way. my favourite place so far has been whistler, but january in japan (first time in japan) is my first O/S ski trip that I have organised where it's just friends. high expectations! even bought my own gear!

stemik, what do you do in hakuba? not a bad place to be living! so will you be the mikepow of hakuba? climb the slopes to make first turns of the season? then make every other SJ'er envious with photos?

yeah i keep flicking over while i'm working, it looks like its dumping down.. wonder how deep it is up the mountain? can't.wait.for.17th.january. when i was looking at the forecast yesterday (which won't load now) it said heaviest snow would be on wednesday night. is that still the case?

haha yes i've been so excited thismorning watching various webcams. was waiting for a thread to pop up!! http://www.hakuba-happo.or.jp/camera.htm http://www.livecam-online.ne.jp/livecam/?id=2

i watch the happo one webcams at this site pretty regularly http://www.hakuba-happo.or.jp/camera.htm it's got a neat video feed that you can control. it's really exciting at the moment, because it was just starting to snow there last night, and now as the sun is coming up i can see white!!!

oh yay. i will be keepin an eye out in hakuba then.

there's stickers?

I'm 194cm tall, weigh about 86kg I just bought a set of armada ARV skis 185cm long. can't wait to give them their first turns

first skid at a very young age, turned to snowboarding at about 14, switched back to skiing at about 19-20... now 21, doing my first japan trip these season.. and I have officially (for the first time) bought all my own gear.. i'm a skiier from here on in.

i saw this on the website and thought i'd better check it out... didn't realise it was all japan though! have been watching 'yeah dude' alot recently such a good ski flick so if that is anything to go off then yeah.. i'll definitely check it out.

regular user of protein shakes in conjunction with my heavy gym workouts. the stuff helps your muscles recover heaps faster. remember most of these powders are designed to aid in muscle growth and development, if you want to use it just for recovery, there is protein powders that also have small amounts of creatine in them solely for recovery purposes. I would recommend one of these, they're much more effective at making you less sore in the morning. like Ezorisu said, if you want it to help. get it into you asap after you're done. less than 20 minutes is optimal. but definately within th

SnoWombat - also live and work in port... how about that! Doing my first japan trip in january, leaving 17th. will be skiing (and a mate boarding) hakuba for 2 weeks. I bought all my own gear as I plan on frequent ski trips, and I am v tall and big feet so figured I may have some dramas finding decent ski hire in japan.

digging this up.. but wow.. amazing pics. great

haha thanks guys!, JA you're only just across the range from me, i'm in Port Macquarie. and yeah i have been to perisher when only a few runs were open before, not fun.. can't wait to get into the fresh pow in japan.

Thanks for the welcome! haha yeah i've been watching them already for a while, I'm going to hakuba.. waiting anxiously for first snow in the village.. we have 14 days of skiing/boarding from mid jan to early feb, and also a big first for me.. I've always hired.. just finished buying all my own gear.. everything. how will I ever survive the wait.

I booked my first ski trip to japan around a month ago, and there is no way I will be giving this up. new member btw -1st post wooo-