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Very jealous! Tengudake/Yama has always been a dream for me, looks so steep and inviting when driving that way. You skinned it in 4hours, what you think it would take with snow shoes?

24 times out on the snow. (I'm including my 4 runs in the rain on Tuesday before I gave up, and including mini-hikes and 2/3 hour sessions in the hills behind my house)

Was raining at Hirafu today!!!

School boy error!

Why not move to the island of Japan?

Kokusai was AMAZING this morning!!! Completely reset in most areas and the crusty layer hidden under the powder was almost nowhere to be seen. Great conditions for this time of year and fresh tracks to be found all morning under the gondola and over the back.

Sapporo Kokusai is in the middle of a blizzard right now!! Tomorrow will be deep if it continues like this. Same here, good pow with crust hidden underneath in spots.

What is 'Gaper Day on Friday'?

It seems the island of Japan is a large place after all!!

absolutely dumping in Sapporo city right now! big flakes. has been for the past 2 hours or so. Gonna be nice on the hills tomorrow.....shame I'm working.

It's similar to trying to post something sarcastic and funny and posting something that makes u come off like a dick. Thumbs up!

Guy at Kiroro was riding with 5 other people when he fell down a hole about 3~4meters deep. Was down there 2 days upto his knees in water. No bag. No food. No nothing. Took a search party of 80 people (including the self-defense force) to find him. Barely conscious. Bad hyperthermia. It got down to -10 during the night. This is according to a Hokkaido news website

Awesome Sapporo mate where is the 1st 3 runs? Thanks! The first 3 were between Steamboat B and Heavenly Canyon. I won't say exactly where for obvious reasons!!

South is prob slightly closer to the shops and restaurants. North a little further away (but I think u don't get to decide which you're in!) never stayed at the tower but looks expensive and a real trek from the main building. Definately don't stay at the Highland hotel!!! (Great for cheap people like me, not so great for a family wanting any kind of comfort!)

yesterday at Kokusai and saturday at Rusutsu. probably my best powder day of the season on Sat....30cm's untouched powder on friday (mtn closed due to high winds) then 60cm's on saturday!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyGFOLTpcxg&feature=youtu.be

The off-piste stuff is pretty good at Kokusai. Be glad to show you mine, so long as you show me yours!! Got kinda put off by Teine when i went a couple seasons ago and it was totally iced out! About time i gave it another chance. Free Sat after 11am, could go for an afternoon session maybe.

Woken upto huge amounts of snow on the wall outside my place!! Wish my spring holiday started now.

Glad u were ok in the end! It pays to go with a buddy when veering off course...saying that, I go by myself most of the time too. People were getting a little over-excited at Kokusai yesterday too. Out over the back of the mountain was very busy. Saw one guy at the start of the traverse back to the gondola that had hurt his leg and was surrounded by about 15 people all stood around him. Thankfully there was a gaijin about to give him some painkillers and water, none of these guys was wearing a backpack or had taken anything with them despite being quite far from the resort. Also had to res

How was it today Sand.... Seemore.... Anyone else that went to Rusutsu?? Nice powder day at Kokusai until it turned to sun crust around 1~2pm.

Oops, sorry Sand.

Just out of curiosity, what time did the lifts get going, I was umming and arring about going today and stupidly decided not to... But I will be there tomorrow... Don't think u were the only one umming and arring Seemore. Apart from the initial endless lines to get on the gondola, it was relatively deserted. Hardly saw anyother riders! Have fun tomorrow! Kokusai for me.

The gondola up to the top of East mtn started around 9:40. They were announcing that Isola was closed but we headed over that way anyway at around 10:30 and all the lifts were up and running (the pair lift back to the gondola station at East mtn was still shut at 1:40, they said it was due to open at sometime soon, but we didn't wait and got the other pair lift instead. Was VERY windy and poor vis at the top of Isola. Must be plenty still left for u tomorrow!!

Edit* Tomorrow will be another unbelievably BAD day!!!