surfarthur

It wouldn't be too bad to rent a car either, if you got a crew together. Would love to get some turns in, will have to wait till September when I am in NZ though.

The woman in the booth won't know what hit her!

ok SJ, it is Shiribetsu Dake. I did say I gave it to you for West Mt, sorry, should have made that clearer.

no. It is right next to West Mt. There have been a couple of topics on this forum about people hiking from West Mt to this Mt for some back country lines over the winter period.

no, its much closer, the angle changes the view of the mountain a lot, it looks completely different from the main road through Rusutsu.

The photo is taken from West mt, so I will give you that. The mountain in the picture is not inside the resort boundary. Can you guess now?

no

The photo is taken from Rusutsu, do you know the name of the mountain in the photo?

no, try again.

This is an easy one, won't last too long.

no idea where in Niseko having never actually been there, it just kinda had that vibe to it. Now to find a pic...

Niseko?

With the extensive terrain on offer, he won't need to go anywhere else

Les Mis with Australian accents... priceless

That has to be the best reason yet to buy an ipad

Because nothing bad ever happens in China....

Zao?

Actually, I have been going to boot camp 3 times a week.

You won't regret a week at Rusutsu. If you go to Furano, it is probably best to plan on several day trips to other nearby resorts if you want off piste action. Furano town is pretty cool, not many westerners around, enough that most places have English menus, but very few places have English speaking staff (but this adds to the experience imho). Furano resort has some very good pisted runs, and if you get some fresh snow they do leave fairly wide sides ungroomed on some pistes, but if you are after the off piste terrain then you will probably get bored of the place pretty quickly, unless

It would most likely be sold as new still, provided there isn't any damage to the product. The full manufacturers warranty would still apply, but I know what you mean, it would leave you feeling a bit ripped off, I certainly wouldn't pay full price for an item which had been a store demo, and in effect this is what a returned item has become. On the flip side, you are buying something online mainly because it is cheaper than you can get it locally, so maybe that needs to be taken into account, plus you might want to return the item for a full refund because it doesn't suit your needs, if the

Some amazing scenery there Muika, looks like it was a great day.

RIP MCA http://youtu.be/s0dxhSPoBjY

Sheep in Australia = 100 million Sheep in New Zealand = 40 million

yes it is a big steaming pile of ****. I expected it from Metallica, but I thought Lou Reed had more class than that.