Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Roughly what time does the ski resorts usually open for the season? I'm getting all excited, half way thru august.... Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 When there's enough snow. Around here that's usually late December. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Try back half way through December in an average season. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Bets on. First to open this season will be on Hokkaido. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 yeah, might as well get excited. i'm calling one of those early season starts - mid-november will be dumping! Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Hirafu usually opens around the last week of Nov. The first in Hokkaido is often the little resort at Nakayama toge because of it's high base, generally sometime in mid Nov. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Kagura is usually towards the end of November. A few other places around here open up when there is enough snow - usually maybe around mid December. All hope to be open by around Christmas. Last year was poor so hopefully things will be on time or early this time round. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 i like watching the cams and daily pics all november, and seeing the grass turn to white. although to a non-snow lover, this must sound about as exciting as watching grass grow Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 The build up starts when the temperatures start to get like something decent for me - sometime in September Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Yes same here. I really like it when it starts being comfortable temperatures and fall arrives. Nice time of year. Time can slow down then.... Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 webcam watch.. The start of the new season... Link to post Share on other sites
XilR8 0 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 I boarded Karuizawa on November 1st last season. Expect them to be open from then on again this season. 2 weeks later Naeba opens. Both with artificial snow of course! But if you're desperate... Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Well I am guessing there will be resorts opening earlier than usual this year. some of you may remember that I said we would have a long hot summer this year, which so far we have. And I said that this winter was going to be a cold one, well looking at several things still is indicating a cold one. Actually some of the typical winter airstreams are already with us, just the cold air hasn't arrived yet obviously and the air system of course is not settled yet and wont be until around November, quite different to last year. How long the season will last I can't tell for sure, but I believe it will be at least usual length. I also think that the east side will get snow this year, and I mean a decent dump, not the few flakes that normally falls in Tokyo and surrounding areas. The reason for this is that the winter jetstream that usually is dominant across the country may well be slightly further over than usual, causing cold wet winds to dominate a larger area of the country. If the weather turns out to be like I said above then it is not GW that is the course of the unpredictable weather that we have been getting over the past years, it's ............ (tell you all later) Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 Yeah, I hope you are right!! I would love there to be a good dump of snow where I live. Come on snow gods give us a big BIG dump of snow this year!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I hop you are right as well I am heading over earlier this year due to other commitments so I hope to ski on 29 Dec through to 17 Jan. Oh and this weekend as well Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Thursday ill take that bet. Ill bet you a days salary that Hokkaido wont be opened first and it wont close last. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 nah, going by last year, it wasn't Hokkaido either. I'll decline. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Thats cause its never Hokkaido mate. Its in Yamanashi or Gifu, they sometimes open in bloody October. Kagura also stays open the lastest if you think about resorts and not tram areas. If you are talking tram areas you can slide all year in Tateyama although the pickings are freaking slim right now. Link to post Share on other sites
I'm Sexy 0 Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Do you go in summer Fattwins? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Not this year too busy but Ill go this November and take some friends up there for some early powder farming Link to post Share on other sites
yoroshiku onegai shimasu 2 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 What are tram areas? Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Originally Posted By: Fattwins Kagura also stays open the lastest if you think about resorts and not tram areas. Kagura is also the first resort to open in Honshou with “natural” snow(yea right!). Even in the last bad season, Kagura opened the main gelende on the 25th of November. A pick from the weekend after the opening Dec 2nd. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Shin hotaka Tateyama hakkoda asahidake kurodake Tsugaike Not tram but karasawa valley hike I sure that there is more. Link to post Share on other sites
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