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  1. Bushiman
    From that photo, it looks like the valley might spit you out back to the resort, or at least close to.... Might have to take a peek at a contour map once someone HURRIES UP AND GETS THIS PLACE!
  2. Bushiman
    Dunno... But I like the look of that valley up the right hand side!
  3. Bushiman
    Yeah, man! The resort map looks awesome! Plenty to keep you entertained that's for sure...
  4. Bushiman
    According to Reddit, this is where the drop happened -Telluride Ski Resort, CO.
  5. Bushiman
    Cheers u-tan! Being in Niigata you might recognise one or two of those spots!
  6. Bushiman
    It looks like boot prints where people have pulled up before the cliff and hiked back up round skiers right to safety... Don't know what the dude was thinking... I was expecting an avalanche vid when I first clicked on the clip, but oh no....
  7. Bushiman
    Woah... A reminder to always stay on your toes when off in unknown terrain...
  8. Bushiman
    Yeah, I mean as far as I can tell from the YouTube vids of Red Mountain tree lines, I think you'd definitely find stuff to keep you entertained in and around Nagano/Niigata... You probably won't get lines anywhere near as long though -especially lift accessed... Here's a vid of my favourite slackcountry lines from a few seasons ago... Having no idea what a double black is like I can't comment, but at least you'll get the gist perhaps of some of the lift-accessed terrain available here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM5o_7rjl-4
  9. Bushiman
    Nah, I'm good cheers...
  10. Bushiman
    Don't think so... On the satelite photo it says that area is Katashina Miyahara(?) Ski-jo...
  11. Bushiman
    BINGO! It is indeed Annupuri, and it most certainly is on the island of Japan!
  12. Bushiman
    Nope... Nope... More nope... Big clue: I'm standing on the ridgeline down the center of this pic...
  13. Bushiman
    Ha! I can't remember if you were there that day or not! So better say, "No"! Nope... Nope... And nope! Clue #2: Not Nagano, and not Gunma...
  14. Bushiman
    Nope... And more nope... It's not in Nagano Prefecture...
  15. Bushiman
    Good guess, but that would've been too easy!
  16. Bushiman
    Yeah, we were so lucky to catch the conditions as good as we did! A line or 2 may weasel their way into my yearly round-up vid, that's for sure...
  17. Bushiman
    Warmer!
  18. Bushiman
    Close!
  19. Bushiman
    Having spent the last 10+ years riding your typical big/popular resorts in Nagano/Niigata/Hokkaido, this season I fancied a change... Pre-season I'd spent a good long while looking at Google Earth, and topographical maps searching for the kind of resort I like... Something a long the lines of Hakuba Cortina. For any of you that have ridden at Cortina, you'll know that the whole resort centers around a large bowl with everything (pretty much) funneling down to one run in the middle. No traverse ins/outs. Steep. Trees. Perfect.... Only problem is that over the last 3years, Cortina has beco
  20. Bushiman
    My turn! My turn! Was going to post something fiendishly difficult, yet opted for this beauty... Where is it?
  21. Bushiman
    Sugadaira?
  22. Bushiman
    Hahaha! Cheeky mofo!
  23. Bushiman
    The one guy who almost died (from sliding on sheet ice ~200feet into rocks) was a pretty average rider -mostly piste and a little slackcountry... Everyone else was pretty competant in the backcountry.... Crampons would be compulsory, or at least real legit snowshoes with decent side rails...
  24. Bushiman
    All the people I know who have ridden Fuji have done it around the 13th May.... Conditions: Top -Hella icey, almost zero control Middle -Not too bad Bottom -Slush But hey, to say you've ridden down Fuji would be awesome! I'd love to try...
  25. Bushiman
    That is a bargain! I have Slackcountry 161 and it's a great board...

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