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We've added some new pages to our Daily Reports section which we hope will be interesting and useful.
CURRENT SNOW DEPTH CHART:
These 2 pages display a list of the resorts in Japan, sorted by the current depth of snow at the resort - the resort with the most snow goes at the top of the list.
Top 100:
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/A_TO_Z_ResortsSnowDepth.php
Complete list:
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/A_TO_Z_ResortsSnowDepth.php?all=1
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COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS UPDATE CHART:
These 2 pages display a list of the resorts in Japan, but this time sorted by the change in the depth of snow at the resorts since the previous update to the database (the resort with the largest positive increase in new snow goes at the top of the list.
Top 100:
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/A_TO_Z_ResortsComYesterday.php
Complete list:
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/A_TO_Z_ResortsComYesterday.php?all=1
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PLEASE NOTE:
This data shown on the above pages is the data that is in our database at the time shown at the top of the pages. The database is updated daily. Please understand that there may be some delays in some of the info being updated by the resorts.
Read this for more information on the data used, and please understand that this comparison chart should only be used as a useful and interesting guide.
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Hohoho!
You're welcome Snowhaus.
Enjoy yourself....
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Hope so - it has been snowing all day today since that last post but not much sticking to the ground at town level as yet
Should be more up at Kagura though.Further update on the Yuzawa Now page later this afternoon.....
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SNOW JAPAN GIVEAWAY
This week - a 2 day holiday for two at Inn at Arai, Niigata Prefecture. The lucky winner will be able to enjoy a 2 night stay at the hotel and enjoy a couple of days on the slopes, breakfast and use of the onsen at the resort.
TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY AND FULL DETAILS
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/insider/special.php
What’s included:
- 2 nights free accommodations for 2 at Inn at Arai;
- breakfast;
- 4 lift tickets (2 days for 2)
- use of the “Yu” (Japanese baths)
TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY AND FULL DETAILS:
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/insider/special.php
Many thanks as ARAI Mountain & Spa for the prize, and GOOD LUCK!
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PREVIOUS GIVEAWAY WINNERS CAN BE FOUND HERE .
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Good link - we'll see what we can do about getting some of them in our Webcam center.
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You can do it here badmigraine, it's real simple. Put the photo on your member page, then post it in a thread on here!
We have updated the FAQ. Thanks for the suggestion, Ocean11.
http://www.skijapanguide.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=faq
Let us know if you have any questions.......
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...and those cams are on the Yuzawa Now page too:
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/shownow.php?town=Yuzawa%20Now%21
(Also featuring photos from the SJ office.)
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Sorry about that. Anything else like that, just ask!
(Preferably by mail, of course
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If you click on "My Profile" near the top of this page, then "View/Update Profile", you will be able to change the time settings in the "Time Adjustment" field. Set it to -14, and all should be fine.
(If you view the Forums when you are logged out, you will see that the time stamps are all correct, Japan time.)
By the way, while we do read the majority of posts on the forums, we might miss some or not read them for a while. So if you have a question that you specifically want us to answer, by far the best way to do that is to simply send us an email at editor@snowjapan.com. That mail gets to us quickly and directly and we will then get back to you - usually very promptly.
Thanks.
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The AJET Nagano Ski Trip is happening again this season. Last year they had a huge bash in Hakuba, and they're going for a repeat performance this season.
For more info on this outing, check out the website for the event here:
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SNOW JAPAN GIVEAWAY
This week, we have 10 one-day lift tickets for the ARAI Mountain & Spa resort in Niigata Prefecture.
TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY AND FULL DETAILS:
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/insider/special.php
Many thanks as always to the Resort for the tickets, and GOOD LUCK!
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(The winner of the previous Club Med giveaway will be notified by email early next week, and posted on the site soon after. Thank you to the many people who entered.)
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Just given the Yuzawa Now page another quick update.....
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It seems that the color of the gloves and hats those cute little snowmen wear depends on their preferred fashion for the day. Also heard rumors that the snowboarding snowmen prefer the green to the blue hats.
They seem real happy with their cute little green hats today in Niseko, don't they?
(Snowman fashion does not affect the weather forecast)
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saltwater. hmmm
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Here's another chance to ask a question directly to a popular Japanese snow resort.
Nozawa Onsen Resort in Nagano Prefecture (more info here ) has agreed to answer questions sent in by SnowJapan.Com readers. In a future Feature article, which we plan to publish in early 2004, the good people in charge of the resort at Nozawa Onsen will be answering questions that you send in.
Feel free to ask anything. We expect there to be a big response to this request for questions. So please note that unfortunately it might not be possible for all of the submitted questions to be answered.
TO SEND IN A QUESTION, USE THE FORM ON THIS PAGE:
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/about/nozawa-q.html
(Please use the form on the above page to send in your questions, not post them on this page. Thanks.)
Please send in your questions before 24th December 2003.
Thanks! Looking forward to hearing what you will ask the resort.
SnowJapan.Com
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Keep your eye on the YuzawaNow page (link at the top of this page) for any snow updates. We are sure hoping it will be open by then too....
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Yep, that was 2 hour interview he had with the radio station, not just about snowjapan but other stuff as well. Split up into 4 parts, the last part tonight I think.
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International Snow News - 21st Nov 03
(brought to you in association with Snow24 )
THIS WEEK:
--First Official FIS Half Pipe Ski Contest as Saas Fee this Weekend
--World's 40th Snowdome Opens in India
--Mammoth Opens First 2003-4 Season Superpipe as more Resorts prepare to open
--Sugar Bowl Expansion Phase One Partially Complete This Winter
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First Official FIS Half Pipe Ski Contest as Saas Fee this Weekend
Switzerland's Saas Fee will play host to a historic FIS contest on Saturday, 22nd November when an FIS half-pipe competition for skiers will be held for the first time. The event marks the official sanction of these new freestyle sports for skiers, which until now have only been competed for by boarders at this level.
The best freestyle skiers from America and Canada and the top competitors from Europe will compete in the half-pipe and skiercross disciplines high up on the glacier, 3600m above sea-level. Those who have seen the events on the Winter X-Games from the US will be aware that skiers can produce even higher and more spectacular jumps than their colleagues on snowboards.
The action will continue with a skiercross on Sunday 23 November. A skiercross is a course with various obstacles such as jumps, banked turns and rollers. A special feature of skiercross is that four racers always start at the same time. These four competitors battle it out particularly ferociously on the turns and in the jumps. The international format consists of two time trials and the final, in which the 32 fastest men and the 16 fastest women battle for victory. The knock-out system applies in the finals, in which the two fastest in each race advance.
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World's 40th Snowdome Opens in India
The world's 40th indoor snowdome is due to open this month in India, the 13th country to open an indoor snow facility.
The new facility is a joint venture operation between the Indian theme park operators Polo, who also have plans for a new indoor snow facility on Australia's Gold Coast and the Japanese Pantine corporation, the company behind more than a dozen indoor snow centres in Japan and other countries in the region.
The centre, an addition to Polo's existing Fun-n-Food theme park, covers 2000 square metres and includes an ice ring, 110m ski and tubing slope and a snow play area. Polo's managing director Mr Balwant Chawla says that the centre is the first of ten indoor snow slopes planned by the company across India.
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Mammoth Opens First 2003-4 Season Superpipe as More Resorts Prepare to Open
Mammoth Mountain's Superpipe opened this week - the first Superpipe to open in North America (and possibly the world) for the fourth year running. The resorts Unbound Park crew has been working tirelessly to have the Superpipe and other terrain park features ready for anxious skiers and riders, as well as both the US and Canadian Snowboard Teams who are in town to train.
This year's Superpipe is 475 feet (150m) long with a 15.5 degree pitch, 15 foot walls and 18 feet of transition. Mammoth's Unbound Terrain Parks were ranked #1 in North America by Transworld Snowboarding, Freeze, SKI, Freeskier and Skiing Magazine in 2003.
Meanwhile resorts to the north of Mammoth are set to join in the season. Northstar-at-Tahoe's slopes offer good early season conditions on a 12 to 24 inch (30-60cm) base and is set to open this Saturday. The resort will open with top to bottom skiing/riding on eight trails for all ability levels. The resort plans to open some freestyle terrain this Saturday, including a small number of jibs and terrain features. The resort will open additional terrain as snow conditions permit.
Further north still conditions for Opening Day at Whistler Blackcomb look to be excellent as 66 cm or 26 inches, of snow fell on the mountains over the weekend and start of this week, as measured at the bottom of the Catskinner Chair (elev. 1500m) on Blackcomb Mountain.
Opening Day on Blackcomb Mountain is this Saturday, November 22, and Whistler Mountain opens on Thursday, November 27.
Snowmaking operations have been going at capacity since early November, laying down an excellent foundation of snow. After expanding reservoirs over the summer, Whistler Blackcomb snowmakers have been taking advantage of the extra snowmaking resources. In the last three weeks, over 47 million litres of water have been used to create on-mountain conditions that already surpass what was available on opening day last year.
Further inland Big white also opens tomorrow at 8.45am with 4 lifts serving 39 or more runs open sand a snowbase of 76cm (30 inches).
Lake Louise meanwhile, already open, is adding more terrain thanks to near record levels of early season snow. All lifts at the area are now running and backside of the mountain is scheduled to open.
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Sugar Bowl Expansion Phase One Partially Complete This Winter
Sugar Bowl believes it has taken the lead in Tahoe with the completion of 500 new slopeside parking spaces plus drive-up access to their new 7,000 square feet Mountain Sports Learning Centre where guests will find lessons, rentals, and tickets all under one roof.
As Lake Tahoe grows and resorts experience bigger crowds, Sugar Bowl's new spaces promise easy, shorter walks to both lifts and ticketing.
Located adjacent to the new parking lot, guests will find Sugar Bowl's new interim 7,000 square foot Mountain Sports Learning Center with ticketing, rentals and lessons all under one roof. Guests will be invited to pull up, drop off the family, park the car and rejoin everyone all geared up and ready to go. Located within a few feet of the beginner's White Pine chairlift, Mountain Sports Learning Center is Sugar Bowl's answer to the busy family looking for convenience. Chris Parker, Director of Planning and Development, projects the permanent 12,000 foot state-of-the-art Learning Center to be built within two to three years due to the extensive nature of the project and Tahoe's short building season.
The New Village Hall is one of the cornerstone projects for the redevelopment of Sugar Bowl's classic village. Once completed, the building will bring together Sugar Bowl's community of homeowners and ski team athletes under one roof. "This beautiful new nearly 11,000 sq. ft. facility will provide great east and west views of the forests and nearby peaks" stated architect Stephen MacCracken. "In keeping with the turn-of-the-century theme of Sugar Bowl's original structures, the Village Hall will be built with a beautiful wood finish inside and out. Our aim was to be consistent with mining-style buildings, similar to the original Gondola building."
Almost completed, the new building will be constructed with two floors and is centrally located next to the classic Gondola building, slope side. The Hall will function as a Village meeting place for homeowners and guests of the Inn at Sugar Bowl to enjoy distinctive dining and special events. Sugar Bowl Ski Team (SBST) members will occupy the first floor. The second floor will include a multi-purpose great room equipped with a commercial kitchen to be enjoyed by homeowners and their guests for weekend/holiday dining options as well as special dining functions during peak periods. A teen area will include an entertainment centre, pool and football tables.
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The above news items were brought to you in association with Snow24. Visit their website at www.snow24.com .
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Here's another chance to ask a question directly to a popular Japanese snow resort.
Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park in Nagano Prefecture (more info here ) has agreed to answer questions sent in by SnowJapan.Com readers. In a future Feature article, which we plan to publish in January 2004, the staff at Hakuba 47 will be answering questions that you send in.
Feel free to ask anything. We expect there to be a big response to this request for questions. So please note that unfortunately it might not be possible for all of the submitted questions to be answered.
TO SEND IN A QUESTION, USE THE FORM ON THIS PAGE:
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/about/hakuba47-q.html
(Do not post your questions in this thread.)
Please send in your questions before 17th December 2003.
Thanks! Looking forward to hearing what you will ask the resort.
SnowJapan.Com
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International Snow News
(brought to you in association with Snow24 )
THIS WEEK:
--Killington Starts Snow Making, Plus Fresh snow in New Mexico
--New Zealand Season Gets Ever Longer Thanks to "Best Spring Conditions Ever."
--Four New Lifts For Heavenly and A Dedicated Beginner's Area
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US Big Guns Starts Snow Making, Plus Fresh Snow in New Mexico
As they have done for more than 40 years, Killington in Vermont's snowmakers have completed the early season test of the most extensive snowmaking system in North America. This time-honoured test is a traditional signal to consumers that the kick-off to the eastern US ski and snowboard season is just weeks away.
Over to the West Copper Mountain and Loveland in Colorado have both also started snowmaking.
At Killington temperatures dipped to the mid- to upper-20s Fahrenheit, a few degrees below freezing, during the early hours of last Friday morning, allowing snowmakers to make a ribbon of white snow on Cascade, an upper elevation trail on Killington Peak. While snowmakers did make snow last night, the resort will not yet be open for skiing and riding to the public.
Rich McGarry, Killington's general manager said, "We plan to offer top to bottom terrain on opening day for upper intermediate and advanced skiers and riders. We expect to have an early season mini-park as well as approximately three miles of terrain."
For 42 consecutive years, Killington has provided guests with the longest ski and snowboard season in eastern North America, typically opening in mid-October and closing late May or June.
Killington traditionally sets the pace for early season skiing and riding in the East of the US. By late November, Killington typically has two to three times more open terrain than the nearest competitor (typically an average of 80 trails and 13 lifts), and terrain is available for all abilities.
Killington opened Oct. 25th last season. Its earliest ever opening was Oct. 3, 1994. To monitor opening day status at Killington, skiers and snowboarders can visit killington.com, where they will find an "Opening Day Watch" page with the latest information.
Meanwhile Taos ski area in New Mexico has received several inches of fresh natural stuff. At least four inches has fallen on all the major peaks including Wheeler, Lake Fork, Kachina (Taos Ski Valley), Gold Hill, Fraiser and others. You can see snow from the Town of Taos as well. The aspens are beautiful right now. Snow level was about 10,500 feet.
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New Zealand Season Gets Ever Longer Thanks to "Best Spring Conditions Ever."
"These would have to be the best winter conditions that Coronet Peak has ever seen in spring." According to Queenstown's Coronet peak ski area manager Andy Chapman, who hjas decided to keep his resort open a further week on top of an already extended season.
Originally scheduled to close on October 5th, closing date was put back a week and now Coronet Peak will close on October 19.
"Conditions right now are just awesome, fantastic," said Mr Chapman. "These are probably the most memorable spring conditions Coronet Peak has ever seen, both in snow cover and the quality of the snow.
Coronet Peak has been receiving regular top ups of snow in the last couple of weeks, including a recent 15cm (six inches) on Sunday October 5th. It currently has a 55-75cm (22 - 30 inch) base on all main trails.
Meanwhile Canterbury's Mt Hutt ski area has similarly awesome conditions with a 1.8 metre base and is also on schedule to close on October 19, the same day as Coronet Peak.
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Four New Lifts For Heavenly and A Dedicated Beginner's Area
Over the summer Heavenly's lift maintenance crews have been busy installing four new lifts, including a new high-speed quad to replace Canyon and Ridge chairs. The new express lift will cut the ride-time nearly in half from what it was on the old Canyon Chair. The best part is that the new speeding bullet will provide high-speed access to the resort's advanced terrain park on the upper California side of the mountain.
Heavenly has secured all necessary permits for their new 15-acre beginner's park at the top of the gondola. It all starts at the new. The new state-of-the-art Ski School Sales and Adventure Center in the heart of the Heavenly Village provides one-stop shopping for adults and children purchasing ski school lessons with its fully computerized registration system and full line-up of ski and snowboard rental gear. The new sales center will offer adult and children's clinics for groups and privates.
Then beginners will be whisked from village to mountain via the new Gondola. Once at the top, guests will be escorted to the private learning area located in a secluded meadow near the gondola. The 15-acre parcel offers ideal learning terrain and three new lifts including a comfortable, slow-moving fixed-grip quad, a mitey mite and a magic carpet. The area is dedicated solely to beginners and will provide a true ski experience without other intimidating, more advanced riders whizzing by.
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The above news items were brought to you in association with Snow24. Visit their website at www.snow24.com .
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OK glad you cleared that up.
Just to clarify - only 1 entry per Insider member per giveaway is allowed. And you should be getting a message on your Insider control panel that will let you know if you have entered the current Giveaway or not.
Also, any comments you write in the comments box on the entry form have nothing to do with whether you win or not. Honest
BUT - we do appreciate any comments you write when you enter and always enjoy reading them.... whether they be about the Giveaway or the site in general.
Thanks!
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Just to say many thanks to all of the many people who have emailed us with comments since yesterday - and we're sorry if we can't get round to answering them all individually right at the moment.
Any comments are always appreciated, as are ideas and requests.
Have a great weekend.
Thanks
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Happy New Year - NOW!
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All the best to everyone for the new year.
May the Japanese mountains get royally dumped on with white pow (soon please!), and the season last long long into the spring