Mike Pow

And it was niptastic at 4 pm this afternoon.

Maybe Norway

You obviously haven't skied in Europe Thursday if you think that is a lift line

Originally Posted By: grantj71 ...but Mongoose, MikePOW, Go Native and others..... you all sound like the little fat kid at Willy Wonka's Chocolate factory ('I don't know if this chocolate is good enough for me').... You are so lucky to be in such a beautiful place and even in this 'crap' snow, I still found plenty of untracked lines... Don't think I should be in this esteemed company. If you read back you'll find I even enjoyed the turns on the rain day. No such thing as bad turns in my book, just bad skiers/riders.

Nip deep (without hip checks ) in Miharashi at 4:30pm. Beg, steal or borrow a day off tomorrow. If you're on holiday, enjoy. It will be epic. Guaranteed.

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin. IT IS ON IN NISKEO UNITED.

I've skied 9 of the 20 and would say that none of them would win any awards in the 'Best Resorts of the World' category. 1. Mt. Baker Ski Area Washington 641 2. Niseko resorts Japan 595 3. Alta Ski Area Utah 523 9. Snowbird Ski Resort Utah 461 12. Powder Mountain Utah 400 13. Solitude Utah 399 16. Crystal Mountain Washington 390 18. Brighton Resort Utah 381 20. Fernie Alpine Resort British Colombia 369

Top notch. Now they are mountains.

There are other resorts in the US that should be on that list, namely Snowbasin,Utah. Not the most accurate, but highlighting resorts that their readership may have heard of I presume.

Take a trip Mongoose. You may be pleasantly surprised.

With the exception of the rain day and the ice day, the skiing so far this winter has been better than last winter IMHO. Can't speak for seasons previous to last winter. Originally Posted By: Mongoose "I've seen a few newsletters recently sent out by some Niseko based companies claiming that this season is a bumper one with lots of early snow" Seriously ..what crap..so far its been a lean winter..take a drive around Hokkaido and its yuki tsukunai..yep niseko is getting some snow but measurements mean nothing..when the sassa's buried then the season ridings start..always has been th

Been instructing 6 hrs a day. No time for pics sorry. First chance, they'll be up.

Plenty of pow to be skied after 10am in the Niseko area. And plenty of pow to be had in March.

My 2 yen worth. Measurements outside my house at ~300m. 15 Nov 07 - 21 Nov 07 : 105cm 22 Nov 07 - 28 Nov 07 : 52cm 29 Nov 07 - 05 Dec 07 : 108cm 06 Dec 07 - 12 Dec 07 : 54cm 13 Dec 07 - 19 Dec 07 : 89cm 20 Dec 07 - 26 Dec 07 : 72cm 27 Dec 07 - 02 Jan 08 : 83cm November 2007 : 177cm December 2007 : 318cm Lost quite a bit of snow after the rain event on Saturday 29 December 2007, but 78cm (up to 7am this morning) has covered the crunch and made for deep turns and over the head blower the past two days. I'd guess that close to 20-25cm fell during the day

New Year's Day turns off the peak. Too many face shots to count. Blower over the head. Another 27cm in the past 24 hrs.

Much better turns this afternoon. Between 10 and 20cm since yesterday. Hanazono got the most.

4cm overnight. Bollocks

Didn't snow. Ice rink today.

Get after it fellas. Skating rink in Niseko.

The groomers were actually decent today. The rain most certainly was NOT. Same goes for the wind. Only the lower lifts open due to high winds. Just don't get it. Why the f would anyone want to ski in the rain? As a guestimate I'd say the snow line is at the top of the Ace #2 Quad. Off groomed down low was saturated and slowwwwwww. If it doesn't snow tonight then the lower mountain will be an ice rink tomorrow.

Don't want to be the harbinger, BUT.... the wrong side of zero windy as Chicago and RAINING in the village

Let's talk

Planning on doing a spring trip skiing from Mt Yotei to Iwanai before the Niseko Panorama road (66) opens up. Skied Yotei on 28 July this year and stood on top of a snowcapped Mekun-nai-dake (the next peak across from Iwanai) on 04 June.

5cm

Snowing lightly at village level since 9am this morning. Too cold for rain at the moment.