mikazooki 0 Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 so i cancelled my summer plans in xchange for bigger and better funs next year, hence i got another week of hol time back on the cards. this will now move to the winter season, and because i dont like to give my boss any reason for refusing my requests, i will submit it soon. so when is a good week for for heading hokwards? last week o' jan? any weather tips for niseko? r any of u guys planning play times already? i gotta play this right, cos i dont wanna go solo. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 I'm planning a month up there mika. Last time we were there for the last 2 weeks of Jan and had a blast. I thinking of heading up for the last two weeks of Jan and the first two weeks of Feb. The last week of Jan should a pretty safe time to go snow wise. I was alsi thinking of going up for all of Feb instead so that i can go to the Big Day Out here in Sydney. But it think i'd rather spend the two weeks at the end of Jan than Feb. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Mika, Im planning on being there the whole winter again! Anytime in Jan/Feb was epic last year and will hopefully be the same this upcoming season Link to post Share on other sites
IM 0 Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 New year is good, but a lot of people. Also any long weekend in Jan Feb are crowded. But I really like the Pre new year timing 12/25~ 29. Good snow, less people, much more relaxed. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 I'm hoping to head up there for a week or so too next season. It all depends when ANA starts their Y10,000 deals. Hope to go twice if everything comes right. Link to post Share on other sites
nekobi 0 Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 O11 is that 10,000yen return or each way? i'm considering using that birthday deal (10,000yen for one way within japan) to get up there at the end of jan. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 JAL/JAS have the birthday thing and lots of other waribikis. I've seen their website but it's too complicated to summarise in a few sentences. ANA's seems to be any flight during a set period with booking being limited to a mad rush period a few weeks beforehand. It's 10,000 one way. Shorter flights like Naha to the outlying Okinawan islands are 7,000 one way. If you're not going there alone, there are cheap packages to Niseko from the major cities, You may not save very much, if at all, by arranging everything yourself. I hesitated to say it because of extra costs and "the crowds", but IM's right about New Year. There have been large snowfalls in Hakuba the last three years over the holiday period. 01-02 season was especially mad. Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Sounds like a very marvelous deal. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 I'd assumed it covered both ways, but NoFakie is a fact-checking sorta bloke, so you can prolly take it from him. Certainly ANA has info in English though. What's the birthday deal then? It seems me and Saddam share an April birthday (I spec mine was more enjoyable than his this year), so if it's cheap travel on your birthday, it won't do me much good. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 1st 2 weeks of Feb would be my choice for you. Good on ya buddy! See you there! Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 If I could do it, I choose end of January I think. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 No Fakie is right the 01/02 season was mad nuts for powder. This year brought 2 well timed storms. On storm was only hovering around the Cortina area. Niseko any week in jan or feb that doesnt have a long holiday involved. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted June 5, 2003 Share Posted June 5, 2003 I would say that anytime from dec 20th-27th is usually pretty damn good. We had knee-waist deep pow everyday this year and had the mountain almost all to ourselves. And weather was much better than the other times like Jan & feb when i have been there, but no one can guess that. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 5, 2003 Share Posted June 5, 2003 It usally snows in LAte DEC everywhere alot. The Prob is the snow base might not be good. Thats why its such a hard choice. but if you take those weeks you will be really close to the winter holidays. So you could book a second trip to Hakuba or elsewhere. It would make a sick start to the season. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 5, 2003 Share Posted June 5, 2003 Last December is usually good. Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted June 5, 2003 Share Posted June 5, 2003 I'd choose just after the New Year rush - 2nd week of January...usually not busy. Link to post Share on other sites
Will Lee 0 Posted June 7, 2003 Share Posted June 7, 2003 But it was not the case this past season when I went. I got no fresh snow and overall bad weather. I had thought that would be a pretty safe time to go but I guess I just had bad luck. Link to post Share on other sites
mikazooki 0 Posted June 7, 2003 Author Share Posted June 7, 2003 so i'll probly lay the play for the end of jan...cos i get the new years break and can head to noz or around at that time, and it'll be nice to split the game in two. so i'll see all u likely sorts gettin down and dirty in the pure white stuff then. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted June 8, 2003 Share Posted June 8, 2003 If I were you I'd choose 2nd/3rd week of Jan. Link to post Share on other sites
curious-georgia 0 Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 I'm hoping to be there in January. If all goes well, fingers crossed. Link to post Share on other sites
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