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Originally Posted By: snowjunkyHi Noie, I saw this pic of yours on Nozawa Now photos. I don't recognise it as a Nozawa course. Interested to find out where it is taken from.
Cheers
Hmm seem to be a little mix up,
Thats from my Tomamu Trip
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"The most people i saw all weekend"
Location & Related Info
Alpha Resort Tomamu, Hokkaido
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Originally Posted By: Go NativeOriginally Posted By: muikabochiGood course that, Skyline. You can go VERY fast down there
Can you drop off into the trees off the side though? I very much dislike skiing on-piste!
You can, but not recommended there, (and is marked out of bounds) down a little further there are some nice tight tree runs,
The top of the mountain (Yamabiko) has a lot of area for off piste, and even after 2 days i could see fresh runs all over, -
Originally Posted By: muikabochiGood course that, Skyline. You can go VERY fast down there
you can indeed go very fast..
For some reason people don't head down there first thing in the morning, (it leads to 3 very fun Blacks and 2 nice Reds ) but takes a while to get back up to the top.
both of these shots are around the middle mark.
It starts windy and a little narrow, then these two slopes, (you need to carry speed to get through the flats) then it gets steeper towards the end, then prob the steepest run in Nozawa if you head down Mukoubayashi you don't finish at a lift , so maybe thats why i never saw lots of people there. -
Originally Posted By: thursdayOriginally Posted By: muikabochiGood course that, Skyline. You can go VERY fast down there
If you hit those walls at speed, will you be able to take off?
If you hit those walls at speed (some of them are 5ft-6ft)yes you will take off...
on the other side you have some VERY steep drops, do a scouting run first
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More random pics.
The trees
Busy Skyline again
Snow depth at town lvl
Lots of snow
Tanuki start
Tanuki trail
Top quarter of skyline
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Originally Posted By: snowjunkyGood pics Noie
Whet's my appetite for my trip back there after 28 more sleeps
In 28 Days the snow levels will be insane...
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Not trying to Hijack a thread, i headed to Tomamu, pre-season and was very impressed even without all these cool things (3 nights was 22000pp with JALtours) want to head back and see the rest.
Couple of pics to show the courses
Rush hour Chair 2, Slope I
Empty Blacks (top of J) A on the left C on the right
A typical Sight (easy N track )
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Originally Posted By: RobBrightDid you do the panorama shots on your camera or some special software?
new Sony camera switch to panoramic and press the button, just pan your camera left to right and it stitches it on the camera and smooths it. i am amazed how well it worked considering i was shaking. -
Re moving:
Great no problem, still getting used to you forums, so much info here!
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Nozawa-onsen a great place if you don't like those big resorts.
off piste, skyline
Left Shinjuku, Friday night to allow the early start Saturday-morning....good plan on paper.
Heavy snow from 20:00 onwards, made for very slow travel, the trip took just on 5 hours
It managed to snow about 70% of the weekend.
Saturday, saw the Gondoras open just over an hour late as we were told conditions were "not ideal" poor vis and grooming was taking a long time......
10:30 saw us finally 2/3rd up and with 10cm of fresh pow on the runs groomed that morning, the un-groomed runs were brutal and highly enjoyable.
Schneider workout
fresh tracks should only be made at speed
The Top 1/3 of the mountain remained closed until after lunch , and even then 1 run was closed all day "Yamabiko-a" (as were Mizunashi-a+b, Kurokura + Ushikubi)
Sunday saw the whole mountain open from 8:30: the closed runs from the day before were stunning things were quite quiet after lunch and people started to vacate, fresh tracks could still be found.
Yamabiko view
It was snowing again when we left, at 17:00
Lineups were only experienced at the top of the mountain, but the place was empty between 12-1, a late lunch is advised if you like your space.
Lots of restaurants to chose from.
notes:
Skyline was not enjoyable in the evening rush, hit it early the second day and it was superb.
Skyline rushhour
Half-pipe was closed all weekend.
Snow park was open only on the second day.
Didn't see a single patrol all weekend
Take your own soap to the onsens.
Saturday morning
Quiet time
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awesome, I never really explored, Same place for Breakfast and Dinner, with Lunch below the Gondola everyday, ill make sure i get out and about next time.
I guess if the night skiing was open i would have had dinner in the tower.
p.s
Thanks for the prompt reply
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I witnessed a biggish guy getting stuck in some pow with similar pants to those.. (cept very bright purple) he could not walk through knee deep pow as his crotch was bottoming out...
he ended up swimming out, maybe not the most practical, i think he will stick to the park from now on.
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Hi Thursday,
I wrote the review before you , i went to Tomamu early Dec,
None of the Ice village was completed, and the runs near the Towers were not open at this time, i think you went at a great time, being the only person in the whole pool area was interesting.
I managed to get seats on the train both ways , it was so fast and simple i hope to head back in Feb.
Can you tell me was everything open when you went late dec? and how was the food in the tower area ( i was staying over near the pool)
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I broke my iPhone last week by landing on it, was in a shock proof case, landed chest first on a groomer at speed and cracked 2 ribs.
so be careful where u put it in your jacket!
brought myself a shuffle
Trip Report Niseko Village 30-Jan 3-Feb
in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
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Hi SJ's
Quick report and some Photos from the last 4 days.
Flew into Hokkaido on the Sunday 3 hour bus sleep with 15 others fast check (Hilton) in gear was in the room and hit the slopes under 1 hour.
Great start!
By far the best visibility day of the trip, sun was out the powder was great , but quite carved up as we missed the morning session.
Mountain View from the room (14th floor)
I was very happy with the Hilton (deal through JAL-Tours) Gondola and ease of getting going each morning was great (ill write a review soon).
Into the gondola and up the mountain 9 min ride
First day was all about getting the groove on before hitting the backcountry the rest of the trip.
Planed to check everything for on the first day but we were all surprised by how nice it all was after lunch on a Sunday.
Peak view from the Gondola exit, didn’t see it the next 3 days
We ran all the Runs on the Niseko Village side, went a little too far once and paid a 300yen single trip fare.
Spent a lot of time on this Single chair as the un-groomed areas were keeping the fluff nicely and we had some new to Pow
Top of the wonderland single chair looking towards Hirafu
First tracks on wonderwall (we renamed it after the song came onto my iPod while carving down on day 2) for 3 days would be close to the highlight of the trip.
Limbering up POW above the knees fresh tracks in the trees 2pm
Day 2 (Mon)
Headed to Annupuri and really had some fun, i was expecting this to be in worse condition as all the wind was coming from the west but with less people and 3 gates we lost 2 days here and had a lot of fun not the deepest powder of the trip but by far the most fun, the others loved the bowls while i stayed in my trees , lots of kickers and jumps after lunch and i could find fresh areas until we needed to head back over to our resort area at the end of the day.
Talked to the bar staff and found some more interesting areas
More protected, more deep, more steep, more fun
lots of room to move
Scoping out the next run
Day 3 (Tues)
Started in Annupuri again, then headed to grand Hirafu, I did not want to leave this area!, after enjoying the top gates 4 times, the runs are long and we were unfit but the options were just amazing.
I could not see the trip getting any better, but we had head good things about Hirafu's Strawberry fields Hanazono and the protected face of super (deepest pow all trip).
this proved to be the most varied day with 4 gates and over 20 runs. the bar at the Hilton was out of Moet, VB, Guiness but we still drank like we had earned it!.
I dont have any shots from this day, but really, we didnt stop much.
Gave the Camera to the GF on the best day, all i have is this......
Day 4, (Wed - last day 16:20 bus)
Feeling my Age this day (no it wasnt the drink, honest). set out the plan for the day (before working on backflips on the jumping castle in-between shots)
however the plan was (Annupuri gates then Hanazono and Strawberry fields) totalled screwed by the Single Chair only being open for 30 mins in the morning, 3 runs down Wonderland (we wanted to try each others boards (park-freeride-pow)) and could not get over to the gates without walking for 30 mins... We heading down Superstition into misoshiru a couple of times instead and found them much more enjoyable than the previous days (not many tracks as the whole top was closed hindering cross resort travel).
Finished with a couple of runs just up and down the mori-no-chair (should have don this earlier) as all the trees left and right seems to be scaring people in the heavy slow. (very cold day!) some of the most intense riding of the 4 days.
We will all be back there soon, maybe this season again for a 3 day or maybe a nice week long session
G7 nice slow start
View from the room, while packing (15:00 checkout)