skidaisuki 0 Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 Yay Link to post Share on other sites
norcal 5 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Thinking about heading to Nozawa on Friday...thoughts? Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 BLIZZARD! That is good or not for you is your choice! Link to post Share on other sites
norcal 5 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I don't have time for blizzards!! lol...well that sucks. Really want to go somewhere Friday . So this blizzard should end by Saturday or Sunday? (seems that way from other posts) Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Look at the forecast on the resort pages on SJ.... Looks like it is going to be through the weekend Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Ahh, just checking the brochure - you can get Kandatsu 7600 tomorrow or 8600 Friday, but the early season deals finish on 22nd for Kagura.... decisions, decisions.... Ill check the weather report on thursday and decide then! the extra cost until the 27th is only 200 yen........Friday to Kagura will only be 9400 yen Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Local weather news on now, will report... Link to post Share on other sites
norcal 5 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Look at the forecast on the resort pages on SJ.... Looks like it is going to be through the weekend Yeah I'm checking them now...the more I look the sadder I get, lol. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Tomorrow cloudy maybe rain later, but possibly snow in mountains. Milder than today. Snowstorm from Friday through Monday. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 sod it, I'm going to Kandatsu tomorrow, rain, hail or shine. It'll be good to get a couple of turns in before Christmas and New Year (and its my birthday, so what better way to spend it). Anyone up at Kandatsu tomorrow, give me a shout or look out for a giant rodent with a leathery tail! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Gunma has the sun mark going on, though, so always a change of a fine day. Up to max. 10cm of snow between now and 9am. Link to post Share on other sites
nippontiger 8 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Yeah, its looking like its starting Thursday night , continuing through the weekend and into Monday - peaking around Saturday night. Best chance of any fine weather looks like either tomorrow or not until Tuesday or Wednesday next week in the Niigata/Nagano regions. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I'm planning on being back in Yuzawa at kagura or Naeba next Tuesday.....a mate of mines is staying up there for a few days. Sweet!! Link to post Share on other sites
norcal 5 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Some places only predicting 15-20 km/h winds, doesn't seem too bad. Haven't seen a report on this snowstorm/blizzard so I can't know how bad it might be. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Local Niigata forecast predicts heavy snow and strong winds generally from Thursday through Monday. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 New year will be spent at Alts Bandai for a couple of days at least - anyone been there yet? It's not open yet -- they are not planning to open until the 28th this year. So you may be one of the first. Do post pics! Never actually been there myself -- will be there for the first time for the SJ gathering in February. Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 oooh, where shall i go this weekend. I looked at the hakuba cam today, and its the first time ive felt the stoke build a little this season. Was maybe thinking gunma or yuzawa or hakuba (since its familar territory). What to do, what to do? Any hidden gems within easy reach of saitama? Link to post Share on other sites
Sciclone 2 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I habitually check the cams and snow-forecast prediction. It's showing 75cm between now Monday for Takamagahara... It's one of the lower mountains in Shiga Kogen, so hopefully the rest will get as much/more being some 2-500m higher. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Tubby on his way up here perhaps. I think he'll have a fine day. Looks cloudy but quite bright and may even turn out to be nice weather today. Pity I need to work hard at my computer. Link to post Share on other sites
1 4 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Surely Yuzawa is mad easy from Saitama if you are near a shink station and that cost is ok with you>? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Jealous of Tubby today! As I thought might well happen, blue skies over Yuzawa this morning. Darker clouds out to the north and perhaps moving in, but I would have very much liked to be out there today myself. Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Surely Yuzawa is mad easy from Saitama if you are near a shink station and that cost is ok with you>? I really thought about yuzawa and made my mind up last night to do that. But then when i was in bed trying to sleep i had the sudden horrific realisation that its the official kick of weekend for the japanese season. And yuzawa is probably hell on earth for that weekend. Anyone in and around yuzawa on 23rdish (when it fell on a long weekend) care to elaborate on my suspicions? Is it as insane as it seems in my head? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 It will probably be busy, but I would expect everywhere to be this weekend. BUT. The heavy snow that is forecast will no doubt put some people off. But naked, ski-lift-shunning peeps like your gnarly self should be just fine. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Anybody out next Wednesday in yuzawa area? Fancy beers in the early evening? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Jealous of Tubby today! As I thought might well happen, blue skies over Yuzawa this morning. Darker clouds out to the north and perhaps moving in, but I would have very much liked to be out there today myself. It was beautiful out there today Muika!!! Sunny all day, the snow was excellent........soft and squeaky corduroy on piste and knee deep blower off it.......it really was a great choice to go up. I didn't get pics bcos I forgot my bloody camera!!! There was only 2 lifts running but other than the Milky-Way course, it was enough to access everything. There was only about 30-40 people on the hill all day, quality 1st day!! Kandatsu is a little small though TBH but as it was so quiet I was able to lap the ungroomed courses all day and although it eventually got chopped up by afternoon, the snow was still soft and powdery....no ice balls or solid banks. Link to post Share on other sites
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