cram400 0 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Arrived from Minakami late in the evening the night before. Woke up to this promising sight on the morning of Jan 16th: Couldn't quite get the make and licence plate on that car.. Couldn't get official confirmation on how much snow had fallen, but one lap of Gondola 1 at Yakebitaiyama confirmed that plenty of knee to thigh deep pokets of powder both on and off piste were there for people's shredding pleasure. In the trees of Ichinose The sun and the blue sky make an appearance in the afternoon Friends enjoying powder bliss at Terakoya Absolutely stellar conditions for two days. Couldn't have asked for more in terms of snow quality and quantity. Hoping for a few more rounds of these kinds of conditions this season as last weekend was too much fun! Owari! Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 ラッã‚ー Haven't seen anything like it. That's great ! Link to post Share on other sites
Sciclone 2 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Sweet as Mada. Hoping the conditions are like that when we are there for 10 days in late Feb.... Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Trees LOADED with snow. Translates as "great skiing". Link to post Share on other sites
mentat6059 0 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 hey Sciclone, when and where are you at Shiga ? I'm at the Prince east for 6 days from Feb 19th Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Originally Posted By: Jynxx ラッã‚ー Me rickey too! I really have to try and work less in winter so I can explore a few more ski areas in this great country!! Link to post Share on other sites
Ross 4 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Great pics Mada We have 5 days there after Nozawa.Counting the days down.Rosco Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I'm so jealous Mada, thats exactly the conditions I had in SK over New year...they were awesome!! A couple of mates are planning a weekend trip there in a couple of weeks, I wasn't gonna go cos I'm hitting Niseko the weekend after.....might just go now though!! Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Hi Mada, great report & pics Where was that first tree pic taken ? oops just looked again & saw Ichinose tag Rephrase - Where abouts in Ichinose was it taken? Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I reckon In the trees of Ichinose Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 yeegads your quick Thurs. But then again all the girls probably tell you that as well Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 what girls? Link to post Share on other sites
cram400 0 Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 Sciclone, Roscoe, your chances for good snow conditions should be good.. The higher elevation of the terrain usually keeps conditions very favorable late into the season. Tubby B, go to Shiga AND Niseko.. I did the same last seaosn.. no regrets there.. Snowjunky, use the the third pic from the bottom on the report as a treasure map.. the tree shot was taken in the trees to the top right part of the mountain in the photo.. take the quad lift located to the right side of Ichinose Family and look to your right as the lift makes its ascent.. i think you'll find what you're looking for there.. Enjoy, fellas! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Well I'm def going to Niseko, already paid, and I've already been to Shiga BUT I wanna go back so probably will!! Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Thanks Mada psst......don't show anyone else. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Would love to hit up shiga kogen at some point! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 its not a secret spot snowjunky. There are trails cutting through from Ichinose to Tani no mori. Some great riding to be had there and you don't need to venture out of bounds Link to post Share on other sites
Sciclone 2 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I can recommend it Rob. This is the second year I'm going to SK and I decided to stay for longer this time. Last year I had 5 days on the snow, and even then only did about 15-20 runs out of the 100 or so that are shown on my (rough) piste map. Even in late February of one of the worst couple of seasons, we still had stacks of powder. Link to post Share on other sites
tripler 0 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver its not a secret spot snowjunky. There are trails cutting through from Ichinose to Tani no mori. Some great riding to be had there and you don't need to venture out of bounds Tubby, from the photos it doesn't look like they're on cat tracks. snowjunky, you don't need a treasure map - there's a helpful sign. I think the Japanese says "This is a great tree run, please enjoy!" Great trees, only thing Shiga lacks is vertical. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 yeah, not the cat tracks, but there is plenty runs in that area that don't have the no entry signs, especially between Tani no mori and Ichinose. Link to post Share on other sites
tripler 0 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 but they're all accessed by dropping off the cat track right of that quad, aren't they? I assumed the sign applied to the whole forest between Tani no mori and Ichinose. Link to post Share on other sites
Ross 4 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Thanks Mada & Tripler. How good is it going to be Snowjunky Not long now. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 14 sleeps roscoe but who's counting Link to post Share on other sites
cram400 0 Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 yep, the cat trail from which you drop into the trees between Ichinose and Tane no Mori are lined with those signs.. funny how they refer to the trees as "back country".. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Thanks for sharing Mada. I liked Shiga Kogen. Link to post Share on other sites
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