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wicked - thanks big time. trying to find a way out of Tokyo round christmas - and never been up that way before...

Does anyone know any good pensions / ryokan around Shiga Kogen? The cheaper the better... Cheers

that's what i heard... i heard he also owns listel ski fantasia, that excuse for a resort which hosts the world championship moguls in feb / march.

Quote: Originally posted by peterson: Are the resorts over in Fukushima less busy compared to Niigata/Nagano? well - i haven't been over to Nagano very much, but most of the time Fukushima is quite empty - a few weekends of the year it can get busy, but nothing like the bigger resorts I have visited ie Zao or Appi. One place which can get busy is Gran Deco, because it has a reputation for having great powder later that anywhere else around the region - i met people from Chiba there in March.

re - backpacks - Zwelgen gets what i mean - if you are going BC, or in risk areas, fair enough, but at a day resort? I don't see how carrying the contents of your winter wardrobe will save your life on the beginners run. As for babies on backs, I was talking about people carrying the littl'uns in front of them while they ski down the hill... but either way is flipping stupid. (And don't get me started on kids standing on the dashboards of cars.) but cheers for the replies - any feedback is cool. James

Quote: Originally posted by dale#1: Sounds like you had some fun. Where are those middle pics taken? They were taken at ALTS Bandai, Fukushima Ken, on 25th January - ALTS can be good until the end of January, but after that it gets icy as hell - and you are better going to resorts on the other side of Mt Bandai, like Inawashiro, or Nekoma.