MagSeven

Good work! Spread the craze! Gozaimaas, is that glide crack heading down from the East gondy? Ducking the rope skiers right of Super East course? Saw a lot of holes/cracks in there at the weekend.

I was lucky enough to win one of the giveaways (thanks again SnowJapan!) for a Tomamu daypass, so I'll be using that. Then I'm going to check out Sahoro as well. I've been meaning to head over that way for ages now, so I'm looking forward to checking out some new spots! Forecast looks quite good for the weekend, so fingers crossed! Photos and a report will be up on Sunday night. (Well, maybe Monday morning. Ok, maybe Tuesday.)

HAHAHAHAHA! Now that is funny! My friends and I were doing our best to photobomb as many of the GoPros we could! (Sorry!) I've emailed that pic to a couple of them. I just won GoProBombing. Also, I think you were maybe on the ridge left of bowl 1 behind us at one point, when I was trying to coax my wife off the cornice? Or maybe that was someone else. If it was you, sorry for holding you up!

Some of the spots in the bowls were so deep! I actually submarined on landing a few drops! Launching: Submarine! Totally under the pow! I rode away from it. Laughing!

I was up at Teine yesterday too! What an awesome day it was, one of the best I've ever had there. Steep and deep, with lots of fast laps of the bowls. We probably would have crossed paths at some point!

Yep, guilty as charged. I went over the handlebars! Am gonna put together a video with all the wipeouts at the end of a season. I've got quite a few good ones already!

Will be at Rusutsu on Saturday and Teine on Sunday.

Cheers guys, thanks for watching. Actually Gary I did break something on the first drop at Kamui - my binding ripped out my ski. Sadly they've already been remounted a couple of times previously, so I think it's curtains for that pair ????

You missed a good weekend at Kamui and Asahidake matey! Guess I lucked in with the timing. I posted a video in the Trip Reports section.

Put together a video from riding 3 ski jo's in 3 days over the long weekend. Good times, wicked snow and great mates. http://vimeo.com/59471246

Asahidake was pretty sweet today. Deep and dry: But, the downside - very very busy. Big waits for the ropeway

Yeah I reckon Friday could be pretty unpleasant with the wind, and associated lift closures and queues. Should improve from Saturday. I might be hitting Teine on Monday, if you're going to be back in Sapporo by then.

I have that turned off. Not sure it would do me any good other than panic. I thought I'd turned it off on my phone too to be honest! I guess it's helpful if you're sharp enough to think to turn off your stove or gas, and get away from anything that might fall on you. On Saturday however, we were a fair few beers into the night, so none of that happened!

I think I might be up that way around that time mate. Would be good to hook up for a few turns Me too... a few turns would be cool. Sweet. Would be great to meet up with you guys. I should be at Kamui with a decent group on Saturday so it'll be a good laugh. Spot the group of gaij, and that'll probably be us. I'm a skier in a red jacket and yellow pants, my name's Andy. Sunday if the weather is kind I'll do Asahidake with the Mrs and a couple of mates. We'll probably try going for a bit of a hike. I'll PM you with my contact details if you'd like.

At the moment it's looking like Kamui Links on Saturday, Asahidake on Sunday and then heading back down to Teine on Monday. This may change depending on weather/hangovers!

Yeah, was a fairly strong one. Was at a party, and it was interesting that we all got the earthquake warnings buzzing on our phones, then 20 odd seconds later the shaking started.

Glad you got to Teine and had a good one today! Hopefully catch you up there at some point! Kinda gutting to hear the lift opened and we could have had freshies. Oh well, we had a fun kicker session anyway!

I guess in a bus, yeah probably 15-20 to Olympia, then another 5 to Highland. Depending on conditions. The road was lethal this weekend though (freezing rain Friday night, low down), so all vehicles were going up and down at a snail's pace, so it no doubt would've taken longer.

They're every 30 minutes from Teine JR. Should be pretty easy to spot. zelzel, I'm so jealous. Bluebird pow day up there today I reckon!

Teine was open yesterday up top - we were lapping the summit express till it closed! But yeah, a lot came down last night and today. Tomorrow will be really nice for those lucky enough to be up there!

You can get 3 discounts per K-Pass. ZelZel, you actually missed a good one on Saturday. Surprisingly, there was a good amount of snow up there, lots of pow in the bowls, and the place was deserted. Today, not so good. There was tons of new snow, but the wind was too strong, so the summit lift was closed. We went and built a kicker on a roller on the Teine golf course and had a fun jump session overlooking the city!

Olympia - the lower section, can get really busy. And up at Highland there are often alot of ski school groups zig zagging around on the pistes. But you rarely have to wait in a queue for the main Summit Express lift, and once you head off into the trees, you're all good. I generally lap the Summit lift. It's a steep, high speed quad, so you can get alot of runs in. Of course, if you're there on a weekday it's even better! But on a powder day you can get fresh tracks all day even at the weekend.

Hey ZelZel, cool, might see you up there on Saturday. Not sure what time I'll be getting up there as the Mrs wants a lie in! There is a shuttle from Teine JR. You can get a discount on a day pass (which takes it to less than the price of a 5 hr pass) if you know someone who has a K-Pass. I would offer to help, but I already have a couple of friends lined up for our discounts this weekend, sorry! I think there is also some kind of Bus/Pass/Lunch deal floating around, but I've never used it. I'm in a red jacket, yellow pants, fat skis. I'll PM you my cell details if you want to take a few ru

I'm often up at Teine. (Had a great day up there last Saturday) There is alot of off piste, a series of bowls with only a little bit of walking and a traverse back into the ski area. And some fun tree runs within the ropes. Will be up there again this weekend. (Although the weather on Saturday is looking a bit sketchy, the wind might shut down the main Summit Express chair.

Care to 'show us' these places, MagSeven? Cheers. Sure! In the Teine bowls Under the summit express at Teine Pow and sunshine at Mt Racey