fukdane 2 Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Been out for the last time now this season. I think I'll take a week off, before the build up to next season. Link to post Share on other sites
happyhappy 0 Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I'm over for the season as well, it was good but I wish I could have made more out of it. Work tied me down too much. Why does winter seem to go so quickly. Link to post Share on other sites
marnix 0 Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Still hoping for some fresh snow to end the season on a high. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Maybe that will come with this wet weather we are experiencing. Last weekend at the top of the mountain I had skied up there was a very light dusting of fresh snow. Only above 2400 metres though. Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted April 21, 2005 Author Share Posted April 21, 2005 Where were you to be at 2400 meters? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 BC skiing on 2455 metre Yakedake at the southern end of the North Alps. A small mountain compaired to all of it's 3000plus metre neighbors Link to post Share on other sites
Hokkaidough 4 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Me too, going to pack the gear this weekend. It was fun. Just 6 months to go... Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 still another 5 to 6 days left before I break out the kayaks. Would be more days in me if I didnt live in Kyoto and lived in the mountains like toque. Link to post Share on other sites
white-void 0 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Me too I reckon, well the last time will have been a few weeks ago actually. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Yippee for me Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 I'm done like dinner. Had my last day on whistler on wednesday, and it was probably the best last day ever. Despite the late snow, it was a great season. Now i just have to wait all summer and see if anyone drops out of the CIR position on JET so i can get back over to Japan! Hooray, i can have the knee surgery now that i've put off for 7 seasons... Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Oyuki kigan, do you live in Whistler? Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 actually, i was living in Squamish at the time and making the commute daily to Whistler. But i left at the end of March after my job finished. I'm back home in the rockies waiting to see of i get on JET Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Where are you hoping to end up Oyuki? I read somewhere you want to be a CIR right Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 The daily commute to Whistler. That sure doesn't sound too bad... Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 The daily commute by bus to Whistler was about and hour and fifteen by bus. And i had to catch it at 6:20 am every day. But i would sleep on it so i didn't notice it that much. And I hoping, well not really, FOCUSING my whole life on getting back to Japan. The CIR thing is not looking too good, so i am looking for almost anything, including english teaching until i ca find a japanese-speaking job. So hopefully i'll be snowboarding over there by the end of this year with you guys. As for where i end up, i will take kagoshima if it gets me over there. However ideally i would love to be in some place like Nozawa or Iiyama in northern Nagano. Link to post Share on other sites
BigKahuna13 0 Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 What's the length of the season like in Japan? Here on the east coast U.S. the season typically runs Dec - April. My home mountain went 1st weekend November through tomorrow. Used to be open October-June but there just isn't enough business to justify the early opening and late closings. You can normally hike for turns through late June. My last day was two weeks ago. Work intruding on real life yet again. I heard that Mammouth out in western U.S. may actually stay open all year this season. They did that a couple of years ago. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Dec-April sounds about right for most places add more time at the beginning and end for places higher up. Weather permitting, we're going up to Okutadami tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 How was this Okutadami place? Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 (ok saw the other thread). looking forward to hearing about it. Link to post Share on other sites
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