micke
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Who´s this awesome guy??
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I hate flash.
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Ok, I´m really bored at the moment. No acticity at the forum. Maybe time to spice things up with a little bit youtube. I want me some PANCAKES!
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If I´m coming to Japan this winter, I guess I need to learn some japanese first.
http://www.japanesepod101.com/
What do you think of this concept?
I´ve browsed the page a bit, and it looks pretty impressive.
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And now is supposed to be the "safe" period to go there. We were going to ski Mont Blanc du Tacul in May, but people told us not to. The snow didn´t stick well enough then, apparently not now either...
I should probably decide to definately go to Japan next season. Feels a lot safer than doing another season in Chamonix.
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According to this there were only three deaths in Chamonix last season?
Felt like someone died every week there, but maybe it was just people talking.
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Thanks for the info!
Maybe I´ll just move around all winter. Spend a month at each place, or something.
Then I could start in Niseko, through Hakkoda, Hachimantai, and end up in Hakuba for some spring steep skiing!
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Anyone know how far it is between Hachimantai Forest and Hakkoda?
Even if I bought a season pass at both, it would still be cheaper than one season pass in Chamonix.
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Old thread, new questions.
Are there still people going to Hachimantai Forest?
I read the reviews of it, and it seems to be right up my alley. But someone wrote in another thread that the place seemed like a ghost town last season.
Don´t get me wrong, I don´t want a big crowd there, but I don´t want to ski alone either.
What really got me interested was the supposed freedom and ski bum atmosphere of the place.
Has anyone stayed at the hostel there, and know how much it costs?
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I noticed I´ve led this thread way off topic, so I´m gonna write somewhere else about Hachimantai and stuff.
Looks like Niseko is out of the picture then, partly at least.
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OMG, Hakkoda and especially Hachimantai Forest sound amazing! And dirt cheap too!
Where did you camp when in Chamonix, spud? And in what kind of camper van? Sounds like an excellent plan you´re working on there!
I had a two month card at the piscine(swimming pool) which meant that I could go swimming, bouldering, to the gym, and, most important, the SAUNA, as often as I liked. All for €92. One of the few cheap things in Chamonix, in my opinion.
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I have to disagree with you there.Quote:Originally posted by thursday:
2 months in Niseko?
2 months anywhere is too much.
I spent five months in Chamonix, and barely scraped the surface. There´s enough skiing for a lifetime there!
But it´s not just about the skiing. It´s about really getting the feeling of the place. Connecting with people in a way that´s hard to do in ordinary life.
It´s about getting up in the morning, and wondering: "hmm, should I ski in the sun or the shade today", and realizing that life doesn´t have to be more complicated than that.
I didn´t know we were famous. Infamous probably. But yes, Grepon (midi parking lot) was my home for five months, and the Blue Monster is still parked there.
Was a bit cold in January, but not too bad. Quite often -20 to -25 degrees celcius in the night, but no more than that. I had my propane heater on most of the time, so I lived like a king. Think the lowest the temperature dropped was to 14 degrees inside when it was -25 outside. Not too bad for an old Bedford from 1977!
Some of my neighbours didn´t have any heat at all. One couple I knew lived in a plain old van, so they put their tent up inside the van when it was really cold. Helped a bit
Man we had some great times there! Best after ski in town. Forget Chambre, the car park is where it´s at! You get home from a full day touring, the sun is shining and it´s 25 degrees in the valley. You throw all your wet gear right on the asphalt to dry out, pull out your lounge chair, sit down, and have a cold beer. Next to you are some of the nicest and most interesting people you have ever met. Can´t beat it.
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Thanks for the info!
How about Mt Yotei? Is it skiable? And how far away from Niseko?
I haven´t really done much research yet. Just browsed SJ for a couple of days. Got it in my head that I wanted to go to Japan, and when I get something like that into my head, it´s hard to remove...
On the other hand, My camper van, "the blue monster", is waiting for me in Chamonix, if I want to do another season there. That would be the easy choice.
But I want to go to Japan...
And if I do go to Japan, it´s because of the powder, and then it would be dumb not to go to Hokkaido. Or?
Because although Hakuba terrain might be really good, it´s probably not Chamonix standard.
Oh, the choices..
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Re-opening an old thread.
Anyone have more input on this topic?
I´m thinking of spending the incoming winter in Japan. Really want to go to Niseko(yes, I´ve heard it´s flat), but there needs to be some proper touring terrain if I´m going to stay there for a couple months.
Maybe two months in Niseko to experience the Hokkaido powder, and then on to Hakuba in the spring for some proper touring and steep skiing?
I spent the last season in Chamonix, with quite a lot of touring, so I´ve gotten pretty picky. Will I be really disappinted with the terrain in Niseko?
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Aiguille du Midi, 3842m.
Meant to go up to Mont Blanc too, but never really got around to it. Which is really poor, considering I lived 150m from the cable car all winter.
Maybe going to the Himalayas this spring. Will hopefully have a new record after that.
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Good, no swedes have posted yet.
I'm from Finland.
Going to spend the winter skiing in Japan to get away from the hoards of swedes that are everywhere else...
Learning japanese with the help of a podcast!
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Since basically everyone on this forum has had to learn japanese, surely someone has an opinion?