Blimey cider 0 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 OK so these are the two names I head most. Can I ask anyone who has been to both. Which do you prefer. Overall. Must choose one. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Hahaha!! Good luck They are the 2 most famous Internationally resort areas.......there have been millions of too-ing and fro-ing flame war threads over the last 10 years or so. I suggest delving through the forums, resort sites and read what people have said ???? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 ^ wot he said. Whichever you choose you will have a ball, be hooked and come back for more - probably to many and various locations through Japan. Enjoy the journey. Link to post Share on other sites
Wizz 11 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Whichever you choose you will have a ball, be hooked and come back for more - probably to many and various locations through Japan. Enjoy the journey. Seems to me that lots of people go back to the same place many times. That just seems such a waste to me. Unless it's Mt Granview, of course. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Whichever you choose you will have a ball, be hooked and come back for more - probably to many and various locations through Japan. Enjoy the journey. Seems to me that lots of people go back to the same place many times. That just seems such a waste to me. Unless it's Mt Granview, of course. Depends Wizz. I know people who go to each place they visit once - never getting familiar with one place. They love it. I also know people who go to the same place every trip - same airline, same ski-jo, same accommodation, everything - they also love it. Each to their own. We have a mix. Home mountains are Thredbo and Niseko United (for a myriad of reasons), but also mix it up with trips elsewhere for variety and experience. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 I get bored of a place after 2 days. I can't imagine going back for weeks every year. When there's such a huge number of places to choose from as well. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Hakuba is the best. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Hakuba is the best. ^ On the money. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 If I had to chose it would be Nisekuba Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Certainly not. Hakuba is the best. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 yes go to Hakuba. Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Yeah I agree Hakuba is the best anywhere in Honshu. Just stay away from me. I am happy to go to the same place every year and ride the same lines if needed same as surfing in the same spot if it is good why go look for somewhere else that may be average. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Thats unadventurous at the best of times, but when you consider the sheer number of quality places in Japan..... Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Yeah I know I am boring but I am not going there to be adventurous I am going there to ride Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 So, you think that people who venture out and find other great places are somehow not going there to ride or something? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Ski, I am a slow through recon for the first time; play about at a medium pace the second time; get adventurous after that, kind of girl. That means 3 runs through most places before I am feeling comfortable - which will mean that I get bored of new places relatively slowly. My first trip to Zermatt was full of uncertainty and heart in my throat moments - it was 3 weeks long, snowboarding with broken ribs, and I was an intermediate. I got a LOT more out of my second trip. Again 3 weeks, happy to go anywhere, confident to tackle the place, knew my way about and really had a fantastic time. I was reasonably tentative in Hakuba because I didn't really know my way around. Niseko I know intimately now, and so I can get there and head right to where I am pretty sure conditions will be at their best for the conditions of the day. I am the same with Perisher and Thredbo. I don't get the best out of Perisher because I don't know it well. Whereas I can read Thredbo fairly well now and head to my favourite spots when the conditions are right - and the enjoyment is sublime. I don't think it is as cut and dried as adventurous and not adventurous.... I have ticked off quite a few new places since taking this lifestyle onboard about 6 years ago, but the familiarity of the well known 'home mountain' is also very very nice. I can understand what seemore is saying. If you are the kind of skier/boarder who is 100% switched onto a place in the first run, then I can see that the security and enjoyment that comes with familiarity might seem strange to you. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Oh I can sort of understand it too. I just think it's boring, a bit of a waste and definitely somewhat of a shame that people are so blinkered. (Perhaps for want of a better word!) Not my money or time though so.... dozo! Link to post Share on other sites
gozaimaas 61 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Seemore just wants kooks to be far away from him, he plays the game well ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Oh yeah, going to some of the very most popular places every time......absolutely genius! Link to post Share on other sites
gozaimaas 61 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Just cause he loves niseko so much doesnt mean he doesnt know some mad secret runs and wants to keep them secret. He showed me some shit hot niseko secret spots Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 And so? Are we on a different topic now? Link to post Share on other sites
gozaimaas 61 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Haha no. Niseko. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Thats original. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 PS. There are no 'shit hot secret spots' in Niseko. Link to post Share on other sites
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