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I've been looking at options for some slackcountry/ easy backcountry in early Feb (7th-). Some of the reviews of the terrain accessed from the number 5 romance lift (the top lift) sounded very appealing. The in bounds sounds a little mellow but as it's the start of the trip I'm sure we'll enjoy a warm up run or three. But looking further it seems that lift (also called Kagura Pair Lift No. 5) is not actually open in early Feb. Was this the case this year? If it is the case is there anything there to appeal to a crew that likes the getting into the trees and some easy back country (on snowboar
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When: March 26-27 Where: Kagura Snow conditions: boot-knee deep spring powder, hard pack, slush, mochi. Another lucky win for my wife and I from the SJ giveaway sent us up to Kagura for two days. We spent the previous day at Sugadaira and drove up through Gunma-ken, which was a lovely and scenic drive. There were some nice looking little ski-jos along the way as well. As we approached Yuzawa Machi, not far from Naeba, the snow started coming down pretty heavily. We went from solid spring conditions to winter in only a few short hours. As it was our first time in this area I was q
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Here's a new video I put together of some of my recent trips to Kagura (plus some from a trip I did last year). I tried to include more footage from times I went when it was sunny - actually the last two times I went there I was lucky enough to get beautiful blue skies and some deep powder. Hope you enjoy it! BTW - I tried to upload it to the SnowJapan TV site but I couldn't get it to work - not sure why - videos I made before using the exact same process went up fine. I spoke to the editors about it and they couldn't get it to work either but they are very busy right now with the
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Friday 9th December 2011 until Thursday 15th December 2011 The prizes: 10 one-day lift ticket vouchers - each one can be exchanged for a one-day 'Mt Naeba' lift ticket (valid this season) Who can enter? Any active, logged in members of SnowJapanForums can enter this Giveaway. (You need to have made at least a few posts on the Forums, and join in - not just simply register). >> If you are logged in, click here to enter. >> If you need to register, please do so here. The winners: 10 people will be chosen and notified within four days of the Giveaway period closing.