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I would steer clear of normal irons with Teflon non stick bases. The ski edges has a way of peeling this stuff up and winding up in your wax. Not good. Normal irons with out the non stick stuff is fine.

Guess thats it. At the top to the far left as you look up.

This season we spent the afternoon skiing and boarding off piste under one of the lifts at the top of the resort. No one said anything. Cant remember the lifts name

Originally Posted By: thursday you gonna ski in summer? Summer skiing is fun. Shorts, Hawaiian shirts and plenty of sun block. Originally Posted By: snowhuntress countdown already on for next season This skiing still seems to be long from over.

The set up GN listed is really nice. Another Ski to consider may be the Volie Insanes or Drifters. Both are also light weight they are also a bit wider. Not sure how wide you want to go. Just be sure to get them with a flat deck and not with inserts which are designed for telemark bindings.

No good butchers but the Costco has some good Sirloin steaks I'm assuming you mean travel spots for the rest of us that speak the other English. Otaru is worth a days visit. Trains from Sapporo run pretty frequently. Things there include some places that blow glass, places that make music boxes and a small canal district with good shops restaurants and bars. Susukino in Sapporo plenty of night life

Glad to hear you really enjoyed it.

Thank god yes

Actually our crew is not too far behind with 13 sets of skis more in storage, 7 bikes. I don't even want to think about the climbing and camping gear

14 boards sounds like a good quiver to me.

Some really nice photos. Looks really awesome.

Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver only when yanks are involved......I think everyone knows that the fag I refer to is the tobacco one TB Is that kind of like blowing a FAG.

Still looks good.

Originally Posted By: blu Found the lack of signs at Kamui difficult, particularly in near whiteout with only about 50 people in the entire resort. One sign was drawn by hand with a marker pen - it took 3 rides up the lift to find the exit from that valley. Must have been on the back side.

Originally Posted By: Mamabear $107 (98USD) Vail And what is going on with Vail?! Yikes that's bleeding expensive !!!! Time to start earning your turn at those rates.

Originally Posted By: Mamabear Is it important to you that you can dry your wet soggy gear? That is important. This would go along with an area to tune up your Board.

I seem to spend so little time in the room. Something basic will work

Originally Posted By: RobBright Don't forget discounts for snowjapan users. Yes a must

Originally Posted By: JA Global warming making the predictions less reliable? I dunno, just a thought. Global warming has been debunked. They just never got the message so there predictions were off.

Price is the most important factor. I really hate places that charge by the person. Especially when rates for a family of 4 ends up at over $400 a night.

Originally Posted By: RobBright Or why can't foreigners learn some Japanese? Maybe for people that live here that would be fine. But if you think the average person here on vacation will be able to read every sign that is in Kanji. I think not. Signs at major resorts should be multilingual. Have you ever been to Geneva. Every jewelry store has signs we speak Japanese or Korean in them. To do business stores have had to adapt to the market place

The Wilder Kaiser area is not too far from where you were at. Great area covers about 5 interconnected areas. http://www.wilderkaiser.info/en/

Rental gear takes a lot of use and abuse. It gets used everyday some people takes good care of what they rented others don't. Considering the use equipment gets and the binding broke the rental shop should of taken care of it. Customer satisfaction is most important.

I have had no problems with DoCoMo at Niseko

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