surfarthur

9 days for me

Yes, alpine style snowboard boots are hard plastic like ski boots.

I bet he knows the people that bend the bananas

I found Furano to be very quiet, so you shouldn't have any issues finding some space to learn. The bottom area of both sides offer extensive green slopes, and as you gain confidence, you can go up a bit higher and try some of the reds. Are you planning on taking lessons? There are english speaking ski/snowboard schools at both Kitanomine zone and Furano zone.

You are probably a crazy person if you believe that

pomas are easier than t-bars though

Glad you liked them

You need to ask a Queenslander.

I get the same as seemore, so there is definitely something funny going on there.

Well, I just ordered the black edition. Just need that more powerful computer to be able to make the most of the footage. Still trying to decide if I should order the wifi backpack for my original gopro, or flick it off to one of my mates.

Looks like that place has about 60m of vertical and 1 rope tow. If you are looking for a bit of variety near to Furano, you might want to consider Kamui ski links or Tomamu resort instead. I believe you can get shuttles to both of these resorts from Furano.

Well, just be sure to tell us about your trip, always keen to hear about other peoples snow adventures Also, take some cheese... http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/topic/16348-cheesemans-cheese-at-resorts-gallery/page

21cms of snow forecast for Rusutsu tomorrow http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/resortdetail.php?resid=124

caked (with snow)

beer

Haha, no that wasn't me, I don't have a brother.

Your best bet would be to stay in the kitanomine village area, there are plenty of good restaurants there and you will be a short walk away from the kitanomine lifts. I reckon the Furano zone has better slopes but you can get there quite easily from kitanomine, and if you feel like you need to try the restaurants in Furano town, a taxi from kitanomine will not be too expensive. The JR station is well away from the slopes, but I am sure there will be a bus that you can catch from there. You are right about the Furano zone side though, there is only really the prince hotel there, so not a

See you in Rusutsu Beowulf

Sorry guys, I got the measures wrong. It is 1 cup of flour and 1 1/2 cups beer. Also, you need to toss the onion rings in flour before dunking them in the batter. I think TB is right about the lager, I used an amber ale which worked just fine.

Kicking horse does look like an awesome place with heaps of steep lines, would like to give it a go sometime too. Love their tagline "have you been kicked by the horse?"

whisk up 1 cup beer, 1 cup self raising flour and a pinch of salt. Cut up 2 onions into rings. Dip rings in batter mix, then deep fry (not too many rings at once and make sure your oil is nice and hot).

home made beer-battered onion rings

bart

Hi there 8rei. A good place to start looking for accomodation is here: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hotel/hokkaido-niseko-accommodation.php As Niseko is a large resort area, there are hotels and lodges to suit a variety of different budgets / preferences, so if you post up some more details of what you are looking for, then I am sure you will get some good help on here.