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In Sapporo it was crusty this weekend. Since then it has snowed at night dusting and been warm during the day. not sure of actual conditions.

Sample itinerary 2 weeks Saturday meet Chitose get vehicles travel to Niseko Sunday - Thursday Niseko / Niseko area Thursday night to Sapporo Friday Teine Saturday Break day in Sapporo (leaving or arriving people) Sunday - Monday Kamui Tuesday - Wednesday Furano Thursday - Friday Tamamu Depart Saturday

All right classic road trip. Sleeping in the parking lot and showers at the onsen. Bring you winter bag.

Originally Posted By: RobBright And penthouse at the vale is 95,000,000 yen. Pocket change for Thursday.

Could have three bases and run trips from their. Niseko, Sapporo and Asahiakawa

Lived their back in the 90's. Brings back a lot of old memories. Use to be able to sit on my balcony and see the Wendelstein. Glad to hear you had a good time on some hills that I considered local.

Ski Bum has a good trip it sound like. Niseko, Kiroro, Tiene, Furano, Tomamu. There are a bunch of little areas around that are worth a visit. Niseko Moiwa and Chisenupuri if its been snowing is good. I may be interested in hooking up with you guys from down south for a week or so. Have wheels so may be able to help with some of the transport or logistics.

lift served areas or touring

GN Is gate 7 the area that kind of sits between Annupuri and Higashiyama?

good shots Mitch

A sacrifice needs to be made to Ullr. To extend the ski season.

Originally Posted By: Mamabear 4+ hours and able to be decided depending on conditions is most definitely on your doorstep (compared to Perth!) Don't get me wrong I like pristine powder days as much as the next guy - but I am also going to make the best of Elephant Snot or icy slopes - after all as an instructor told me once on hard packed icy Thredbo baby slopes "If ya can ride this, ya can ride anything!". For me, poor conditions are like riding switch. I don't particularly love it, but I give it a good shot because I know I will improve my riding by doing it. And I often surprise my

Looks sweet. Glad to hear you hear you had a good time

No I cant Make perfect conditions. But If I have to wit for those type of conditions may be waiting awhile.

Good is what you make of it. It's better to be skiing then in the office.

their is a place by the train station in Kutchan with good prices

enjoy

Do the resorts need to be responsible for what goes on off piste. I know of many resorts that have signs up "leaving resort property ski at you own risk". At that point it should be up to me if I want to ski their or not.

The new photo to replace the telephone photo

I was told it was over this weekend.

Looks sweet glad to hear you had a great time.

Was talking to a Niseko local the other day about an incident. He had told me an American working in Tokyo recently ducked a rope into Mizuno no sawa. Anyway a patroller caught the person. Some words were exchanged then the person who ducked the rope hit the patroller several times. The guy is now in jail. Can anyone verify any of this

Was over at Moiwa on Sunday. It was relatively quiet lots of race camps but not much else. Heading down Shirakaba we had the slope to our selves. It was great.

Have been in Niseko the last two days. It doesn't seem too crowded. The slopes in Hirafu was pretty empty on Friday. Today in Anapuri and Higashiyama was not bad either. The lift out of the Green Hotel was closed go figure. Have one more day will most likely go to Moiwa. Everyone out there stay safe and enjoy

Will be there tomorrow. Stuck in Haneada at the moment, last flight out. Cant wait to get home and see the wife and kids. Then its on the road nice an early in the AM. Three days of fun before heading back to Sapporo.