rausmade 0 Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Good weather for skiing today; unfortunately like mentioned in the daily report not many lifts are opened and apart from that also many slopes are closed. For example you can go use lift number 23 in Ichinose family but only slppe number 22 is opened. 23+24 are well prepared but closed. This is just an example; you can find this at many placed in Shiga at the moment. It looks like almost all slopes are ready for usage (well prepared by snowcat) but: closed. Apart from that it was very nice day out there with not many people on the slopes :-) I uploaded some more pictures of today into the gallery. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 How long are you in SK for? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Nice, thank you for sharing. Always.... want..... more. Link to post Share on other sites
rausmade 0 Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 How long are you in SK for? Only until the 15th (last day of skiing); the 16th I go to Tokyo until the 19th. Then back to Germany. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Cool. Hope they can open up more lifts for you quick. Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Thanks for the photos got to love them monkeys and the snow looks good to Link to post Share on other sites
rausmade 0 Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Today a went to Okushigakogen and afterwards to Yakebitaiyama. Unfortunately 2 more lifts in Shiga Kogen were closed (compared to yesterday; no 30+73 were closed). Weather was not very good; it snowed a bit and the sun appeared hardly. Therefore I decided to go to my hotel a bit earlier today (Onsen :-) ), hopefully the weather tomorrow will be better. Gondola no 1 was moving but not opened for the public and I guess also no 48 will open soon because they prepared the lift and removed the snow from the seats. Here are some pics of today: Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Are you pretty bummed at your Japan ski holiday? Pity more lifts aren't open for you Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Cheers raus-dude. Thanks for sharing. Hope you get a good day in tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 it'll get better. Link to post Share on other sites
rausmade 0 Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Are you pretty bummed at your Japan ski holiday? Pity more lifts aren't open for you Don't understand why; powder is amazing and they could easily open als lifts and slopes... In addition many slopes are closed which are well prepared by snowcats and reachable by a lift (and the slope goes down to the same lift). I hope I will have some more possibilites tomorrow or the day after. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Staffing, planned opening dates... that kind of thing gets in the way of some lifts opening. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Trying to preserve snow for the weekend crowd, no doubt. Link to post Share on other sites
rausmade 0 Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Perfect conditions today; sun is shining and blue sky! Gondola 1 will also open today + lift 39 is running! Link to post Share on other sites
tokabochi 9 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Enjoyed today, rausmade? Sure was a nice one here in Tokamachi. Link to post Share on other sites
rausmade 0 Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 Enjoyed today, rausmade? Sure was a nice one here in Tokamachi. Yea, it was so far the best day. It also became a bit more crowded this afternoon in and around Hasuike. I hope tomorrow more runs and lifts will be opened. I added some more pictures of today. I'd been to Kumanoyu (morning) and Yakebitaiyama (afternoon). Gondola 1 was opened the first time :-) Think that's enough pictures. Tomorrow is my last day of skiing. I hope the weather will be as good as today. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Nice pics rausmade, thank you for sharing them. Glad you had a good day. Link to post Share on other sites
Kansaiash 6 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Great pics and thanks for sharing. It looks like you have had the place pretty much to yourself. The courses and lifts look very empty. Link to post Share on other sites
rausmade 0 Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 You are right, courses and lifts had been very empty. But today is Saturday; I guess it will be more crowded. In my hotel I was the only guest in the last 4 days, this morning in the breakfast room ~25 japanese guests welcomed me :-) Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Nice pics rausmade, enjoyed seeing those. Safe journeys. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 You are right, courses and lifts had been very empty. But today is Saturday; I guess it will be more crowded. In my hotel I was the only guest in the last 4 days, this morning in the breakfast room ~25 japanese guests welcomed me :-) nice one Raus.....conditions do look nice in your photos. Link to post Share on other sites
rausmade 0 Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Today it was +7 degrees (celsius) at Ichinose in the valley; snow started to melt. I finished my ski day around noon because it was too hot to have fun. Apart from that it was a beautiful day; blue sky again and the sun was shining. More lifts had been opened; hopefully not only for this weekend. It as my last day of skiing here in Japan; tomorrow morning I go to Tokyo for 3 days! Wish you all a good ski season and a lot of good powder! Link to post Share on other sites
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