tripler 0 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 The tree run on Shiga Kogen posters looks pretty amazing. Where is it, exactly? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I haven't seen a poster this year but if it's the one I have seen before... It is taken from Yokoteyama, the highest and most southerly part of Shiga Kogen. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 That is a fine photo. Link to post Share on other sites
DavMZ 0 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I don't know if they are the BEST ones (Shiga Kogen is huge), but I know there are some tree runs in the Terakoya area. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Originally Posted By: tripler The tree run on Shiga Kogen posters looks pretty amazing. Where is it, exactly? We must have some different ideas on what tree runs are. That looks like a groomer between the trees to me. Is that what qualifies as a tree run down that way? This is what we call a tree run up this way Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 but thats not an official tourist poster right? the SK one is, so prob won't be touting the off piste runs. I'm pretty sure there'll be loads of areas just as good in SK it is after all the hghest resort in Japan. I'm going on Wednesday and would love to take a photo but I'm too much of a pussy and will stick to the groomers! Link to post Share on other sites
tripler 0 Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 whereabouts you going in Shiga, Tubby? Link to post Share on other sites
tripler 0 Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 Originally Posted By: muikabochi I haven't seen a poster this year but if it's the one I have seen before... It is taken from Yokoteyama, the highest and most southerly part of Shiga Kogen. yeah, that's the one! lol Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Staying in the Park Hotel, thinks its at Ichinose Family....not really sure to be honest as I can't work the maps out!! But if you are looking at it and the Prince Hotel area is over on the left and the Maruike area is on the right, I'm the area in the middle!! Link to post Share on other sites
Sciclone 2 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 The Shiga Park Hotel is in Takamagahara, not Ichinose. It's not a bad base as far as access to other areas during the days goes, but there are only about 6 hotels there, so you'll have to find a good one to eat at.. BTW.. Next door is the Takamagahara Hotel.... they do a decent pizza and you can get the Asahi premium blue in the machines in the lobby. Link to post Share on other sites
MrSingh 0 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Went to Shiga about 5 years ago (the Ichinose side), the oyaji lifties didn't like my group very much because we kept riding under the lifts and in the trees despite angry glares and repeated warnings from them. Link to post Share on other sites
DavMZ 0 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Originally Posted By: Go Native This is what we call a tree run up this way That's what you'll get in the terakoya area. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 ah ok, cheers Sciclone! Yeah well I thought it looked kinda of equidistant to the slopes so thats why we went there, the other hotel we were offered was away down in Maruike and I just felt that to get to the other slopes would take a wee bit longer. Don't drink the Asahi Blue can....thats Crapposhu! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Terakoya is a nice area, good snow up there. There are plenty of trees in Shiga Kogen. Link to post Share on other sites
tripler 0 Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 Plenty of trees, yes. But most of the ones I've seen so far look a bit too close for skiing. Haven't been up the Yoteyama end though. Anyone on here in Shiga Kogen for the season? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 where are you staying Tripler? Is there any taxis that move between the various hubs at night time after the shuttle buses finish? Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 How long are you therefor tripler? Best place for trees in my opinion - Yakebitaiyama, Terakoya, Yokoteyama. Link to post Share on other sites
tripler 0 Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 till the end of the season, in sun valley. Link to post Share on other sites
KRUSTY 2 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Pretty difficult/impossible to ski through any of those trees in that Shiga Kogen photo taken from Yokoteyama as they are too close together. Some good faces(but can be dangerous) on the other side of the mountain accessed from the top near the bakery and when returning have to take a short hike back to the bottom of the Shibutoge lift. Some alright tree runs on Yokote but you have to hike back up agin to where you started so not really worth the effort. Yokote can have the best snow in S.K but better tree runs can be found in some other areas. Link to post Share on other sites
tripler 0 Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver Is there any taxis that move between the various hubs at night time after the shuttle buses finish? I'm sure you can order taxis in the evening but may I ask why you want to move one hub to another after the lifts close? Shiga isn't very famous for nightlife. Link to post Share on other sites
tripler 0 Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver Is there any taxis that move between the various hubs at night time after the shuttle buses finish? I've been told you can order taxis but they have to come up from bottom of the mountains so are expensive, like several 1000 yen for a short ride from one ski area to another. Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Yep. not perfect. Though the mad nightlife in each of the "hubs" is worth it Top tip: Take a torch so you can find your way about Ask your accommodation, you might find them happy to help run you aroumd. Or maybe not. Ask and they'll tell you. Link to post Share on other sites
tripler 0 Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 Originally Posted By: iiyamadude the mad nightlife in each of the "hubs" is worth it lol I heard there's an actual bar (not part of a hotel) in Ichinose, never seen it skiing there though. You can walk from Hasuike to Maruike in 2 mins along the road and less than 10 mins further to Sun Valley. Any info on Shiga nighlife, anyone, please post! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Well there was far too much snow falling for us to venture out of the hotel anyway!! I wasn't looking for mad nightlife, just a different place to have an ale than the hotel room would've been nice! Ichinose had a "bar and Grill" attached to the Hotel Ichinose, but we didn't go there at night, only had lunch there. Seems a shame that there isn't anything up here, as the snowboarding is awesome and it would be good if it had a few bars dotted around the place. Link to post Share on other sites
Sciclone 2 Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I can recommend the little bar at the Chalet Shiga... Its the second hotel down towards Yakebitai from the Family-Diamond overpass. It is sort of like a sports bar with big screen TV's playing ski/snow vids and beer. You can get a 4 pot tester of the local beer for about 800Y. Other than that, there is an izakaya type thing at the Hotel Dairoku? (next door to the sunroute), a small bar area at the sunroute and a Skier's bar at the Villa Ichinose. We find after a full day snowboarding and a good meal at Kamoshika (the nepalese curry restaurant), a beer in our room usually puts us straight to sleep.. Link to post Share on other sites
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