best skier in hakuba 5 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Fairly crap morning on Happo. Lots of icy and heavy conditions under the very thin layer of new. Lots of first tracks. It was just about how I expected it to be. Still top to bottom, just like pretty much everywhere in Japan still. Link to post Share on other sites
TJ OZ 0 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Bad luck you couldn't find any good stuff this morning. It was certainly around. Seek and you shall find. Although I thought it was easy pickings for most. Link to post Share on other sites
best skier in hakuba 5 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 yeah, bottomless and all that... we know Link to post Share on other sites
TJ OZ 0 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Originally Posted By: best skier in hakuba yeah, bottomless and all that... we know Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Yes well after that terribly fun, groan-inducing and painfully predictable exchange, , here in the Yuzawa it has dried up and the trace of the sprinkling gone. Kagura said it got 5cm so I would guess the best is up there. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 you been up to Kagura recently Muika? still got a large base....coverage is still good eh? I'm gonna need to get back out ASAP, hurt my knee a couple of weeks ago and haven't been able to do any sports Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 No, I haven't actually been skiing since Zao actually. Friend of mine went last week, before this 5cm, said it was "ok for spring" (quote). It's still complete cover everywhere though I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Hope it's not serious and recovering TB. You better get out there for what's there. Bavaria, temp went up to 10 C today and expected to stay warm till the weekend. Recently when it snows, it has only lasted for a day, or turned wet. It has been like that around my house but on the foot of the mountains perhaps lasted a extra day longer. Yesterday was like back to winter on the mountain, cold from the wind but I'd preferred colder for the sake of snow quality. I hope we have another cold spell in the end of the month and snow. Please ! Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Liking the look of the niseko report this morning! Great to see such encouraging numbers. Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmer 2 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 It was so good this morning, just like winter, except there was noone to track it out! Knee deep and light, good times! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Originally Posted By: Jynxx Hope it's not serious and recovering TB. You better get out there for what's there. Bavaria, temp went up to 10 C today and expected to stay warm till the weekend. Recently when it snows, it has only lasted for a day, or turned wet. It has been like that around my house but on the foot of the mountains perhaps lasted a extra day longer. Yesterday was like back to winter on the mountain, cold from the wind but I'd preferred colder for the sake of snow quality. I hope we have another cold spell in the end of the month and snow. Please ! its minor Jynxx, just niggly. I thought it would've cleared up in a week but its been 3 and only now is it starting to feel "right" again. Link to post Share on other sites
rider69 18 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Found lots yesterday with my new Finish friends. Link to post Share on other sites
TJ OZ 0 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Snowing at the moment in Hakuba. There has been about 5cm in the last few hours in Echoland. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Where's that, rider69 ? looks wind packed with surface drifting snow Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 1o degrees C. It's going to be warm to the weekend. Spring conditions with wet snow avalanche danger Link to post Share on other sites
Ewok 2 1 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Originally Posted By: Jynxx Where's that, rider69 ? looks wind packed with surface drifting snow happo on march 17th. nice rider 69, u must have gotten an invitation to ski in some j-film then. Link to post Share on other sites
TJ OZ 0 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 I had a good morning at Happo today. Got to the top for some fresh tracks but the 20cm that fell last night was sitting on a frozen base so dropped down to the lower trees and found the conditions were very favourable. The base was soft and the new snow although a bit heavy made for some great runs through the trees with no other crew around. The groomers were fast and sweet with the new snow on top. Getting warm now. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Originally Posted By: TJ OZ I had a good morning at Happo today. . Me too. Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 0 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Went to Cortina. Much the same as TJ, 20cm of fresh. 20cm of fresh on a hard base = not so much fun. 20cm of fresh on a soft sludgy base = great! Could really let it rip in the trees without worrying about hitting a hard base. Surprisingly good. Gonna be 15 degrees (!:0)in the valley tomorrow but hopefully Sunday will bring us a stealth dump at the top end of the valley. Here are some pics from today. Can you spot Junko in the pic? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Mate was up at Kagura yesterday, top lift was open and the pictures made me vey jealous!! Wish I'd sacked work off and went with him Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Its snowing hard here and last time it did 24-36 hrs later Habuka got some, hoping for you guys you get it again. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 where are you pete? Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmer 2 Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Insanely bad here today, windy and warm, to start with only family was open, with a line going halfway back up the run! Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Extremely windy here in Sapporo. Teine was all closed due to winds Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Started snowing here after all that rain! Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts