yamayamayama 2 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I'd like to know, who stops a ski resort from lying about snow depth? And when does the stretching of the truth become a lie? It just annoys me when I hear a resort saying they have 210cm or snow and go there to find dirt and mud on the lower slopes. Link to post Share on other sites
DJElo 0 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 which resort was that at Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Most likely any resort that is currently claiming 210cm. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Those claiming 350cm are ok though Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 That must really irritate some people. (I find it quite amusing myself) Link to post Share on other sites
Fang 0 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Called Hotel New Belnina in Tsugaike Kogen in Dec to ask about booking a room, and they were kind enough to tell me not to bother because the snow sucked. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Who' stops them lying ? I think we can.. Just tell them you will report it on this forum. Tell them it's BAD PR. BAD BUSINESS.... I bet everyone would like to know when shite like that goes down... once again, which resort is that Yamayamayama ... Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Probably the only people who can reallly tell are the people who live/work in the area. Ferinstance, I'd be no use at all because I get to slide just a week or so each year and have several hours travel to get near snow at the best of times. However, GN (for example) lives and works at Hirafu, can see the facts and report here, as he does regularly. Thanks GN! and others who give us all the good oil on what's going down in the land of powder. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Thanks JA. Well I can report it's horrible dust on crust today in Niseko. Things are looking up for the rest of the week though! Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Dust on crust. How enticing does that sound? Here's to the heavy snow in the coming week. Link to post Share on other sites
abe 0 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Dust on crust sounds pretty good compared to what we have had in Noz the last couple of days... Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 The dust has been getting thicker with snow falling most of today. Up high though the winds are gale force and I'm thinking most of those slopes have been stripped back to just ice. We really need the winds to abate so the snow can start settliing. Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 0 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 That resort said 210cm at the mid station and 45cm at the bottom so I don't think they were lying. Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 Originally Posted By: Matt That resort said 210cm at the mid station and 45cm at the bottom so I don't think they were lying. Cant recall mentioning any particular resort...... Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Well... then... Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 0 Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 ooookkk... Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 I didn't want to make it specific on here because I knew it would kick up a fuss with the people loving/selling said place. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Where????? Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 No specific resort. Just in general. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Just in general sucks. So you want to complain about it but don't want to blow the whistle. in Japanese, yu-jyu-fudan... You know if some of the resorts change they can advertise themselves as " We don't lie about our snow depth" If you like that place you are doing everyone a favor. Sorry, no offense IMO cheers Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 I'm not quite sure just how much clearer I can say this. I was not meaning any particular resort. But if you want a list, take a look at the resort snow depth lists I suspect most of them fall into the category. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 which resorts on the list? Link to post Share on other sites
Golf74 0 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Just to ease your mind, at Nozawa there is a giant measuring pole pretty close to the top of the Nagasaka gondola. It's roped off so you can't get near it. They take their Yamabiko (top of mountain) measurement there which is a little strange as it isn't really on Yamabiko. It probably turns out that they are under reporting the snow depth as I'm sure their would be more further up the mountain. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I often feel they under report snowdepth at Niseko, or they are reporting from areas that get greatly wind affected or packed down. I mean I can come to work and be walking through a good 20-30cm of fresh and the resorts official snowdepth has barely gone up at all. Still we have to accept what we get and the depths reported do give a reasonable idea of how the season is going especially if you compare to previous years. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Yes I always find it amusing how Kagura can get 50cm of new snow and their snow depth doesn't increase. It's like Matt's 40cm + 40cm over the last week. That equals 80cm right? Sure hasn't been anything like reflected in the snow depths. (Not a rag at you Matt, just an example). Link to post Share on other sites
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