dale#1 1 Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Just come back from a few days at Zao in Yamagata. Loved the place. Snow was really good. Didn't get the massive views really as it was quite cloudy for the most part but a few clear breaks. One thing though - the ropeway to the top was VERY busy. I'll write more on that too when I post some pics in the week. Link to post Share on other sites
dale#1 1 Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 OK here are some photos. As you can see cloudy and not the huge views on show unfortunately. The queue for the top ropeway was 1 hour and you can see one of the pics below. Other than that though I really liked it. The snow was great, lots of long, wide courses suited to my style and the place is big. Loved the onsen too. I definitely want to go back and get those views. Looks like the 3 days since I have been there have all been clear. Oh well! Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Like that first one... not so the second! Waiting an hour for a lift is just not good. Link to post Share on other sites
dale#1 1 Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 Not good no. Best expand on that. Went back later and only waited 5 minutes so I think we were just there at some real peak time. The other thing about that Gondola is that there are lots of tourists going up there too without skis/boards. It's as much of a tourist attraction as it is a skijo at the top. There's only the gondola going up, and only the one course coming down from the top. The rest of the skijo was fairly busy but only a few minutes waiting for lifts. Link to post Share on other sites
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