Mike Pow
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Quote:Has anybody seen a long range forecast that suggest when the first big dump might actually hit Niseko...
I'm sick of 20cm's every day
You're obviously skiing/riding in the wrong places if ~20 cm each day is not enough for you. -
MONDAY 17th - SATURDAY 22nd DECEMBER
78cm of pow at HQ. LOTS more on the mountain.
Superlight and fun as hell.
We didn't get enough today, so went out for some floodlit turns
Claire getting hers in Konayuki
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Originally Posted By: FattwinsThats casue we have been sking big dumps of 900 vertical meters and getting into some bigger lines. Nice try.
I can see tips
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27cm in the past 24hrs at HQ
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Good coverage above King 4. Should be open IMHO.
Avalanche risk is rated as low, so that can't be the reason.
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both. SLR yesterday, hence a little more in focus
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SUNDAY 16 DECEMBER 2007
22cm in the past 24hrs at HQ
Photos? The evidence m'lord
Thomsy getting balls deep in Rinkan
Kath in Rinkan
Shelley waist deep in Hanazono
Thomsy playing hide & seek in Hanazono
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SATURDAY 15 DECEMBER 2007
27cm in the past 24 hrs
Dumping as I write. Got a little cooler so pow should be lighter today.
Yours truly enjoying the wet pow yesterday
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Originally Posted By: Go NativeBecause of the mild temps and thermal heating I'd say a lot of the snowfall melted on your deck. Even Sapporo recorded around 20cm last night. Here I'd say we had over 30cm fell with an accumulation of 25+cm.
Quite possibly GN. Could also have been slightly warmer in Kutchan which would have resulted in bigger flakes.
It was certainly deeper than 9cm on the hill this morning.
Denser, heavier snow than we know and love, but still great turns to be had.
Kath in a stash off Holiday at lunchtime
Hopefully this heavier snow will cover up the Sasa and enable King 4 to open. Ski Patrol were riding it today, but couldn't see what they were doing up there due to fog.
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Originally Posted By: FattwinsMP I will never ski skinny skis ever again. Skinny skis will drop you deeper but Fats skis are so much better.
As long as we're both out there, it's all good. -
Measure on a flat deck next to my house that is unaffected by any wind transport.
Only got one pair of sticks - Salomon Equipe slalom skis. With the exception of 'elephant snot' which makes for more tiring turns they're right for me for here.
'You've got to be in it to win it'
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FRIDAY 14 DECEMBER 2007
Started snowing in earnest about 9pm last night.
Coming down at roughly a cm an hour overnight. Measured 9cm this morning (6am) and it's coming down heavier as I write (8am).
Wetter, denser snow down in the village.
Should be light above the top of Ace #2 chair.
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Originally Posted By: OkemoLoonWhat levels do you teach Mike?
All levels. -
FRIDAY 07 DECEMBER - MONDAY 10 DECEMBER
No pics. Sorry.
28cm in this time frame at village level.
3.11m measured outside my house to date.
Snowed most of today and the 'crunch' from the weekend's sunshine has disappeared.
Supposed to snow for the next 3 days.
Will be great up there tomorrow.
The level 4 chairs can't be long from opening, and then to the peak
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Not quite.
Showing the new instructors the mountain.
And helping them to ski pow, which many have done but not this depth
Video is definitely the best. This was pretty ad hoc as we didn't expect the snow to be this deep.
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Nope.
Returning instructor, second winter here
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Originally Posted By: FattwinsI dont like head on shots really as they dont show much. I prefer a side shot that shows something.
Depending on the lightness of the snow, the 'wall of snow' seen in side shots can hide poor technique - upper body rotation for example. Straight on shots make the terrain look flatter than it is but also give a better view of the technique. Not always but a lot of the time. Depends what the purpose of taking the pics is.
Quote:The shot of stunts air and the light in the background was brilliant.
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Quote:The snow in the front is breaking off of the 2 tips you have to see that!
That's physics isn't it? Was never good at it in school. -
Originally Posted By: Tubby BeaverWhat are the slopes like after they have been groomed? Has it knocked a lot of the powder in or is it still nice and fluffy?
Once they've been groomed the only light snow will be what's falling out of the sky.
AND the groomed runs are soft and very forgiving.
A lot of people come here 'edge heavy' because they're used to trying to find an edge on groomers that have used yesterday's snow.
Because we get such regular top ups the groomers have the pleasure of pushing new snow around.
That's why this area is so good for beginners and intermediates and aspiring powder hounds. -
Originally Posted By: thursdayNumber 2 sucks too as it has no snow making facilities
Don't need it. Although they have used guns this winter to cover the earthworks for the new lift by the Hirafu Gondola base station.
Quote:and they are totally dependant on overseas visitors.
As many domestic skiers and snowboarders outside of the main Australian school holiday period. -
All shots taken so far are within a couple of hundred metres of the groomed runs, and all lift accessible with no hiking.
After an overnight snowfall pow everywhere on and off the 'groomed'.
Neversummer
Going to make use of the Grand Hirafu Club 8am start in January and if no lesson at 8:30, I'll be out until 10:30 lesson start time.
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Yes please.
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Absolutely staged.
Working on form in the pow and how to demonstrate relaxation in conditions that most of our guests won't have experienced.
While we were at it I took a couple of pics.
Tim does a better job of pulling it off in this instance.
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Originally Posted By: FattwinsWhen I said bubble I was more talking about the area. Niseko property on the rise 40 minutes down the road they arent seeing crap.
Is it that surprising? Travelling 40 minutes to go skiing is called commuting in Wales
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The latter.
Word on the chairlift is it's imminent.