muikabochi 208 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Ah, Hakkai-san. Lovely beer, nice sake (so I hear!), beautiful mountain and a nearby ski resort here in Muikamachi. Early on today the sun was out and it was a beautiful morning with blue skies. Wispy clouds soon formed and by lunchtime the skies were a mix of blue to the north and a strange mix of colours towards Yuzawa and Gunma looking south. Almost early morning/sunset kind of colours going on there. It wasn't too crowded considering it is Saturday and didn't have to wait for a lift at all. Saw our friend the guy on the funny ski-board thing with poles - I see him there every time I go to Hakkai-san. And there was some stunning looking tree-snow scenery near the top. So to be original I thought I'd take a few tree photos. The snow on the runs was decent, but got to admit I was expecting it to be better than it was. With the heavy snow of the previous days I thought it would be lush, but it was actually a bit hard in some places. Strange. Still very decent though especially higher up, and a fun morning was had. Let's Hakkai-san. Lots of runs like this at Hakkaisan Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Lovely I don't know what I would do without your photos they evoke such wonderful emotions. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites
nawsh 0 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Awesome pics. I really like Hakkaisan, went there on my first trip to Japan and have been back a couple of times. I've had a couple of sightings of mono ski/board thing man too. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Nice Muika, looks like some good tree riding prospects there - what's the ski patrol's thoughts there? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 Thanks. I do feel lucky and happy to live near such beauty. Lots of trees coming off the left side from top - the official course is a zig zag road type thing but lots of people cut through. No ropes there. There's lots of trees on the right as well and no ropes there either I don't think. There are some signs here and there asking not to out of course areas. Can't say I have ever even seen a ski patrol person.... though having said that I hardly do anywhere - don't go out of my way to look. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Wow such beautiful pics! Thanks for sharing again!! Wish it snowed that much here, then I would be out taking more pics too. Link to post Share on other sites
tokabochi 9 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Outstanding. The b/w one of the sun/trees/shadow on snow is brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Going there later this month. Fab pics Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Fine pics, muika dude. Fine place too. Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Some of those tree runs look great. Must get there. Fab pics. Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 How far away from Hakkai-san are you muikabochi? Looks like a fine place. Link to post Share on other sites
andee 0 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Awsome photos. Cant wait to get amongst it. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 7-11, it's about 10-15 minutes drive to Hakkai-san for me. Are you going to be visiting this area andee? Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Unique looking mountain there at the top. Link to post Share on other sites
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