Zao or Niseko

[beowulf 1]

Originally Posted By: SKI

You mean this one beowulf?

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/resort_map.php?resortNo=550

Yeah that is the one. In a couple of weeks it will start snowing for real in Oguni. I have not ridden that particular half-pipe but one of my friends swears by it. She goes there almost every second week in winter.

[muikabochi 208]

Looks a really small place right.

Well actually yes can see on that map page on the satellite view.

I thought it was one of those places that only real locals go to.

 

Have you ever been to Wakabuna quite close just over the border in Niigata? Looks a bit bigger

 

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/resort_map.php?resortNo=32

[beowulf 1]

Originally Posted By: muikabochi

Looks a really small place right.
Well actually yes can see on that map page on the satellite view.
I thought it was one of those places that only real locals go to.

Have you ever been to Wakabuna quite close just over the border in Niigata? Looks a bit bigger

I have only been there in summer. I might get there this year, because I want to snowboard in as many different places as possible this year; it is my winter challenge.

[muikabochi 208]

Let us know how it is please beowulf and upload some pics if you can.

 

 

Do you live between Zao and Oguni then?

[beowulf 1]

Photos will not be a problem.

 

I live in the northern part of Yamagata on the coast at the base of the only mountain (slight exaggeration) in all of Japan that does not have a Ski Resort on it.

[muikabochi 208]

Northern part hey.

 

If you were going to Oguni or Wakabuna for example, would you take the coast route down into Niigata or go through Yamagata?

[beowulf 1]

I would take the coast road. It is a very nice drive, but can take some time with the traffic.