black diamond 0 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Not sure if people are keeping up with the snow reports from Kurodake (rinyu kanko) up in Taisetsu national park but they already have a 220cm base! That must be the most snow at any resort in the world right now. We dug a pit at the top of the mountain and it measured 350cms. There is good coverage to the bottom of the mountain and the cold temps are keeping it powdery. Are there any other places out there that have a big base already? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Not on Honshu Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Europe has had big early season falls and parts of the Alps have depths up around 3m already also. Still that's pretty impressive. Is the top lift still running mate? Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Moderator SnowJapan.Com#4 5 Posted December 13, 2008 SnowJapan Moderator Share Posted December 13, 2008 The page below is not officially started - we're currently testing and fixing it up - but is now showing updated data as of yesterday: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/A_TO_Z_ResortsSnowDepth.php This should be updating daily from Monday, when we'll link it all up and announce it on here. Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 SJ certainly earning their money now with all the updates. Hope you still get time for a ski. Everyone appreciates all your hard work Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted December 13, 2008 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 13, 2008 Thank you snowhunter. And we appreciate your comments and support. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Even if they had time they've got bugger all snow Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted December 13, 2008 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 13, 2008 That is true! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 awesome! like the comparison - quite funny when places out in Hiroshima/Shimane have more snow that further north Link to post Share on other sites
Nisoko 6 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Look forward to that. Good work. Link to post Share on other sites
modern_messiah 0 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 God I hope it picks up I'm going to Hakuba in Late February and it will be my first time to the snow ever. I'd be bummed to go all that way and not get a decent go of things. That been said its early days and apparently its not normally good until January anyway. Then again I am a nub when it comes to anything related to the snow (at the moment anyway...If my level of 'excited-ness' is anything to by snowboarding may become my new hobby despite living in sunny Queensland!) Just sucks looking at the webcams everyday and the depth reports and seeing no massive change. EDIT: Just bothered reading the data on the place. Seems the best snowfall historically is January and February anyway. Cool! Also, I'm new to this site (about a month now) and everyday I discover some new feature or another page to extract more information from. It's awesome! Top effort lol. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 At least in Hakuba you've got all that Japanese culture to enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites
modern_messiah 0 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Originally Posted By: Go Native At least in Hakuba you've got all that Japanese culture to enjoy! I know nothing about Hakuba yet (just paid my trip off on Saturday!) but we did want to get a feel for Japan as well as the snowboarding. 2 months is soooo long! Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Don't worry mate, by Feb there'll be more snow than you can poke a stick at. Link to post Share on other sites
Nisoko 6 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Originally Posted By: Go Native At least in Hakuba you've got all that Japanese culture to enjoy! That sounds great! Perhaps people could do the new snow (Niseko) + culture (Hakuba) trips that would make a good combination. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 yes, culture would be a 4 season thing there. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted December 15, 2008 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 15, 2008 Updated for today http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/A_TO_Z_ResortsSnowDepth.php Updates will be daily from now on. We are still working on this and associated pages and will be linking this up and announcing it properly later on today. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted December 15, 2008 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 15, 2008 Please see this: http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/296659/08_09_SITE_UPDATES_Japan_resor.html Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Matt I was exactly the same as you last year so you would think that I would be a little more under control this year NOT!!! I nearly passed out with the first snow fall back in October and then the first few days in Niseko then I started worrying that all my friends were coming this year because I had built it all up so much and there wasn't going to be any snow. THEN I REMEMBERED the day I got lost in Kutchan and was walking around the back streets totally dwarfed by the MOUNTAINS of snow on the side of the roads - seeing cars that had been buried by large snow falls over night (and I mean buried). Also one lasting memory was the snow dump out of town with truck load after truck load dumping mountains of snow all day. DON'T PANIC IT WILL COME!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Dude, don't worry. You won't be worried about snow in Feb. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Pow 52 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Most powder anywhere was up my nostrils today. And I'm not talking the Colombian variety Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Originally Posted By: MikePow Most powder anywhere was up my nostrils today. And I'm not talking the Colombian variety Nice one! How many days so far? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Originally Posted By: stemik Originally Posted By: MikePow Most powder anywhere was up my nostrils today. And I'm not talking the Colombian variety Nice one! How many days so far? Hey Stem, have you Hakuba guys pissed off the snow god?? I'm being extra kiss ass just now, hoping for a huge dump of the white stuff!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 yeah the snow god is indeed not happy. Groomers are open up top but we should be having powder days not sunny days. Please pray hard. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 They have deserted us. It's like early November here, honest. Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts