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Hurray! New Server!
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I don't know if they say this over there, but they definitely do around here
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If you're down in the Nagano area after Feb 12th, I'll send you a message when we arrive (the 14th) and see where you are - I'd like to do a day or two down there outside of the time I'll spend on Hokkaido. I heard back from BD the other day and am stoked that they're going to try and get me on some guided tours around Hokkaido!
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Good question but more importantly.....
Are you of the female persuasion? ... and are you of the hot variety?
lolz, i wondered how long it would take before that question was asked.
Hajimemashite Kiyo-Chan!
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That video was sweet, the opening line was ultra steezy!
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I'm not sure about a shop in Japan that can do the forming (although you could do it with an oven or heat gun if necessary), but I'd highly recommend Intuition Liners. If you send them an email they could probably even tell you who sells their product there.
They came in my new boots this fall, and I had them heat molded before skiing in them - it's the first time I've ever had boots that haven't hurt in some way, never mind being comfortable from day 1.
check them here - www.intuitionliners.com
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Sweet, thanks for all the responses today, guys!
Ill be about from end the of Jan for most of Feb
Im not a local, havent been to Hokkaido for 5/6yrs but I know my way around most of the resorts we will be hitting.
We'll spend most of our time in the slackcountry as we are boarders with shoes & gear.
Let me know where you plan on hitting.
That sounds awesome if you're going to be around. I don't have any firm plans yet, but I'm going to be up on Hokkaido for 4 or 5 days, probably from the 20th till the 25th of February. The plan so far was Niseko, Rusutsu and maybe Furano, but I'm super easy.
BIlly I'd love to give you some ideas where to go. If you do a black diamond tour stop by the lodge and ask for me. I'll give you where I would go and see if any of the other guys have ideas.
To help us help you...
Do you have any touring equipment? Willing to hike a ways? Want big cliffs? Jumps? Steeps and pow? What are you looking for mostly? There's lots of terrain and lots to do! Do you have any backcountry experience?
Hey Mitch, Thanks for the response! Yeah, I've got a decent amount of backcountry experience. I've been touring in the backcountry of BC for 5 years, and skiing for about 20. I've taken the Level 1 Avvy course here in North Van a couple of times, and I'm going to be bringing my touring and avalanche gear. I emailed the info@blackdiamondtours.com guys from my work email, but haven't heard back yet... our domain sometimes ends up in the junk folder however, so I followed up with their online form today.
I like powder, trees and steeps the most, and also enjoy pillows and small cliffs (probably nothing over 20-30 feet depending on snow, I'm getting old
). As I said in the email to BD, I'm pretty keen to just get out and ski as much awesome stuff as possible, and would be stoked to hook up with you guys!Hey Buddy,
FInally some more Canadians in this village. I was born and raised in East Vancouver and use to ride Whistler and Baker all the time.
This is now my second season here in NIseko and I'm still loving it. Theres a crew of us that ride pretty much every pow day. We all have avi training and gear and do lots of gate accessed slackcountry and bits of full on backcountry hikes. Out the 7 or 8 of us we only have 1 skier. So if you dont mind being apart of the minority you more than welcome to join.
Cheers,
Luke
Hey Luke, that's rad! Small world! Hahaha, I definitely don't mind being the only skier, or in the minority. When I was in university I was the only skier I knew in a field of boarders. I'd be stoked to tag along with you guys as well on a powder day.
Thanks again for all the awesome replies everyone, I'm SUPER stoked on this trip, especially now that I know I won't just be cruising around on the hills solo!
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I can't compete with the camo cherry blossoms (awesome), but this is pretty much what I'm wearing this year - my friends have started calling me Blueberry :S
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So, I just joined this forum, as I've finally booked my flights to Japan for the last two weeks of February, and plan on spending 4-5 days skiing on Hokkaido and another 2 or more on Honshu (depending on how angry my wife gets with me for not spending more time with her family for the two weeks we're there
). I'm bringing over my alpine-touring setup since it's better than my alpine setup in powder, but was also wondering if there are any SJ'ers in the Hokkaido area that are up for taking a foreigner on a back-country / slack-country ski tour?
I live in Vancouver, Canada, and am something of a weekend warrior. I usually get out on the North Shore for a couple of slack-country laps twice a week before work and either ski Whistler or do an extensive tour on the weekends. I would rate my avalanche risk assessment style as "cautious" - although I love shredding, I also love not dying, shredding something less gnarly, and skiing again tomorrow.
If there's no touring partners to be had, I'll just take the advice in this thread and try and hit these hills solo.
Thanks for any help or advice!
Ltd....Maybe think of starting this in a new thread then fellow west coasters like myself can welcome you properly instead of tip toeing in and out of Yamabushi's posts.
Taking the above excellent advice, here we are in a new thread
Panhead_Pete has already put me on to Black Diamond tours, but I'd still be keen on hooking up with whoever else over there is into some skiing shenanigans!Cheers,
Billy.
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My current steeze-mobile - Mazda B4000 / Ford Ranger 4x4 with 4" lift. It makes for pretty convenient muddy mountain bike and wet ski adventure transportation.
Also, big thanks to SJ-David for helping me get this picture to post!
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Sounds like you have it together mate. The above advice was largely driven by my own mistakes
Have a GREAT trip. Another good thing those guys do is a day tour of the Niseko mountain. Might be a great intro if its dumping and the gates are going to open and you are by yourself.Thanks, I've been really enjoying the cheese-y updates from your trip
Looking forward to a lot more of them!I've emailed the BD guys, so hopefully they and I can sort something out together for my time there
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The BC in Japan can be very dangerous, something I learn about every year. Id recommend a pro guide if you are a 1st timer here, even if you have been here multiple times. NEVER GO ALONE! Complete an Avi course before you come and take all the proper equipment. Not trying to over dramatise the situation. Just a heads up. Its the real deal here.
There are a few guiding compaines. I meet some of the Black Diamond guys this year and they instilled confidence. They do regular tours through Hokkaido, which I'll certainly do next year.
Thanks for the response, Pete! I'll see if I can hook up with the Black Diamond guys. What I meant by hitting the hills solo was hitting the resorts. I'd never tour alone, even over here where I know the terrain pretty well - and definitely never half way across the world.
I've taken the Level 1 avy course a couple of times, most recently last year. I find it's like watching a (good) movie more than once; there's always something you see/learn the next time through that you missed the first time.
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Awesome report!
However, this is not going to help me anxiously wait until I get over there in Feb...
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I use the Mammut Pulse, and have a G3 shovel and probe. I've also had a Voile shovel, and used a couple of Black Diamonds. The Voile was cheap, but pretty heavy and didn't pack well in any of my bags. The G3 and BD's were both of similar weight and ease of use. I mostly went with the G3 stuff because they're located down the street from where I work and the guys that work there are pretty awesome.
There were about a dozen people I work with that recently went out and got the Mammut Elements, and I was able to do some "playing" with them a couple of weeks ago - they are definitely a refined version of the Pulse. Most of the things that I found required more practice to use on the Pulse, just aren't available on the Element (like the suppressing of specific beacons vs the closest) / switching between analog and digital, etc or are more intuitive. Both are solid transceivers, and if they'd both been available when I purchased the Pulse, I don't know which I would have bought...
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So, I just joined this forum, as I've finally booked my flights to Japan for the last two weeks of February, and plan on spending 4-5 days skiing on Hokkaido and another 2 or more on Honshu (depending on how angry my wife gets with me for not spending more time with her family for the two weeks we're there
). I'm bringing over my alpine-touring setup since it's better than my alpine setup in powder, but was also wondering if there are any SJ'ers in the Hokkaido area that are up for taking a foreigner on a back-country / slack-country ski tour?
I live in Vancouver, Canada, and am something of a weekend warrior. I usually get out on the North Shore for a couple of slack-country laps twice a week before work and either ski Whistler or do an extensive tour on the weekends. I would rate my avalanche risk assessment style as "cautious" - although I love shredding, I also love not dying, shredding something less gnarly, and skiing again tomorrow.
If there's no touring partners to be had, I'll just take the advice in this thread and try and hit these hills solo.
Thanks for any help or advice!
SR : Hokkaido 2011-12
in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
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This thread is just too good for words. Great photos and snow reports - you're really making that 7D shine!