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Ippy - thanks for the info. youve kinda freaked me out abit about going too far off-piste. But thats probably a good thing. Best to err on the side of caution. Jumping over fissures away from avalanches!!! I think Id rather avoid that!! Maybe it was a good thing you didnt ride with your former boss. (-:
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Nah its cool, yeah my ridiculously cheap kashima pass gets me day tickets at cortina for 1000yen, plus a few other resorts that Ive not been too. The weekend is obviously busier but nothing compared to Cortina (which Im kinda over this season btw). Its generally alot of beginners and families. Which leaves all the good stuff, if you know where to go, untouched.
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Yeah I got lucky with the pow at Norikura, but the wind up there scours things so quickly. I also heard that the snow level is relatively low for this time of year... Man thats a shame youre considering Kashima on one of the only weekends Im not there! would love to show you around. If you know Aokiko quite well then youre already onto a winner! Closed = Fresh tracks! Thats all Im going to say!
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Hey all, We're heading up to Myoko for the first time this weekend and was hoping to tap into some of the enormous amount of knowledge here on the forum. We're planning on visiting Suginohara and Akakan Resort. Im not expecting you to reveal any of your hidden gems just some helpful pointers of where the good tree runs are. Ive heard theyre are lots but any advice would be very much appreciated. Cheers!
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Who's getting carried away? I will be at Cortina (if the lifts aren't still closed) and they have had 150cms (with a lot more to come). The original warning was for the Otari ski fields anyway, not Hakuba. Untwist your panties dude, no one was trying to misrepresent anything Hey Black Mountain, Im pretty sure I saw you riding the deep stuff at Cortina on Sunday holding a pole cam. If it was you Im looking forward to seeing your footage. LOL. Was that you guys yelling at me from the lifts? Yeah, I've got quite a bit of footage but not sure how much time I'll have this week
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Who's getting carried away? I will be at Cortina (if the lifts aren't still closed) and they have had 150cms (with a lot more to come). The original warning was for the Otari ski fields anyway, not Hakuba. Untwist your panties dude, no one was trying to misrepresent anything Hey Black Mountain, Im pretty sure I saw you riding the deep stuff at Cortina on Sunday holding a pole cam. If it was you Im looking forward to seeing your footage.
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A return trip even if you live in Matsumoto (which i do) still seems expensive to me. But Ive only ever flown on the old ichi-man birthday tickets in Japan that i think no longer exists which is a real shame. Im impressed tripler with your return trip though! 9hrs on a local train, that is something i def couldnt do! Nice effort. Where are you skiing/boarding this season btw?? Still living in matsumoto?
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Hey thanks Black Mountain for all your valuable info, appreciate it. Maybe I should have mentioned that I'll be driving by car from Matsumoto most weekends, with cortina being the furthest away I was wondering if it was worth the extra driving. Sounds like its worth making the trip a few times at least. Im pretty used to waiting around for the top lifts to open in Japan. Its common in most resorts and and invariably due to the lifts stations having to be dug out from under all the fresh snow to make it safe for skiers getting on and off. Most resorts are also so understaffed and th
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So ive heard lots of good things about cortina but I really wanna know what its all about and whether its worth the extra travelling time. Whats the tree skiing policy like these days? How much more snowfall does it actually get compared to other hakuba resorts? How long do you have at the weekends before its all tracked out? Cheers.
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Video Discussion: Japan 2011
marku replied to Method's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
Mr.Singh, you obviously know your way around Hakkoda pretty well, Is it the kind of place you need local knowledge to find the good stuff or can you poke around and find it yourself. Just wondering as I may be heading up there at some point. Cheers -
Winter weather forecast 2011/12
marku replied to snowdude's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
I really really hope so! Pray to the snow gods! -
Switching ?
marku replied to bikertom's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
haha! Brilliant post, you made me laugh lots andylaurel! Thankyou! -
pow pow boards
marku replied to gaijindrifter's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
Same same, I picked up a jones hovercraft 2010/11 in the sales at the end of last season. Probably one of the only shops that hadnt sold out but it was a shop in England... From what Ive read and researched the hovercraft is well suited to riding powder in tight trees, but Ive yet to put it to the test. i also noticed that Jeremy Jones rode his hovercraft during his last trip to Hakuba and he was hitting all sorts of crazy steep lines with it too. Im pretty confident it will will rip but Id be interested to hear how you get on with it too. -
season pass worries
marku replied to gaijindrifter's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
Yeah I agree, 80,000 is alot of money even though it covers 3 resorts. There are so many slopes to go and investigate that I wouldnt go restricting yourself to just the main ones on that pass. Just think of all the different resorts you can go and check out during the course of the long season and Im sure you wont spend 80,00yen. If you are though planning on hitting the slopes 2/3 times a week, get a cheaper pass for a local resort and pick and choose the others. Thats my advice anyhow. Good luck