[Help - blown ACL with Trip booked for January 2013]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions and input - I think I will look into snowshoeing in Nozawa & Myoko and maybe a bit of snowmobiling in Shiga as well as day trips.

[Restaurants and food in Hakuba]

Izakaya Kaz at the Pub is fantastic, for okonomiyaki try Canada Tei over Goryu way - brilliant, also really love Zen. There are no shortage of great places to eat around Hakuba - enjoy

[Help - blown ACL with Trip booked for January 2013]

Hi

 

Firstly this is my first post to SnowJapan but I have been using this site for quite some time and have always found it a great source of information regarding skiing in Japan so thanks for all the past info I have gleaned.

 

3 weeks ago I injured my knee skiing at Mt Hotham - partial tears to MCL and LCL with a suspected complete tear to ACL. I am currently in a immobilising splint for 6 weeks (3 down 3 to go) with physio and surgery (more than likely) to come. Unfortunately my husband and I are already booked to go to Japan in January 2013 for 3 weeks - 1 week Nozawa Onsen, 1 week Shiga Kogen and 1 week Myoko Kogen. This will be our 3rd ski trip to Japan (Hakuba and Nozawa previously) and I really don't want to cancel as we are going with friends for a 50th birthday celebration as well.

 

Whilst I fully (very reluctantly) accept that skiing in January is off the cards for me regardless of whether I have had surgery or not - I am desperately looking at alternative activities that will allow me to still have fun on the snow.

 

Have looked at the Trikke Skki as a potential low impact and fun thing for me to take to the slopes and am wondering if anyone out there has an opinion as to whether this would be any good. Also if the skki is a good alternative for me then will the resorts at Nozawa, Shiga and Myoko allow it on the snowfields, onto the lifts and into the gondola?

 

If anyone has any to share it would be greatly appreciated.