gnarly-dude 1 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Interested to see how this turns out. Here's the rules as copied from other threads. Each skijo in the Niseko and nearby area has 5 points to start off with. When you vote, you have to vote one resort up one point and one resort down one point. Only 1 vote per person per day. Must vote based on the vote of the previous voter. When a resort is down to 0, it gets deleted. We end up with a winner! OK so here goes: Kiroro: 5 Niseko Annupuri: 5 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 5 Niseko Hanazono: 5 Niseko Moiwa: 5 Niseko Village: 5 Rusutsu: 5 Link to post Share on other sites
onsen tamago 0 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Kiroro: 5 Niseko Annupuri: 5 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 5 Niseko Hanazono: 5 Niseko Moiwa: 4 (-) Niseko Village: 5 Rusutsu: 6 (+) Link to post Share on other sites
Nisoko 6 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Kiroro: 5 Niseko Annupuri: 5 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 6 (+) Niseko Hanazono: 5 Niseko Moiwa: 3 (-) Niseko Village: 5 Rusutsu: 6 Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Kiroro: 5 Niseko Annupuri: 5 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 7 (+) Niseko Hanazono: 5 Niseko Moiwa: 2 (-) Niseko Village: 5 Rusutsu: 6 Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Kiroro: 5 Niseko Annupuri: 6 (+) Niseko Grand Hirafu: 7 Niseko Hanazono: 4 (-) Niseko Moiwa: 2 Niseko Village: 5 Rusutsu: 6 Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Kiroro: 5 Niseko Annupuri: 6 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 7 Niseko Hanazono: 4 Niseko Moiwa: 1 (-) Niseko Village: 5 Rusutsu: 7 (+) Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) Kiroro: 5 Niseko Annupuri: 6 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 7 Niseko Hanazono: 3 (-) Niseko Moiwa: 1 Niseko Village: 5 Rusutsu: 8 (+) Edited July 12, 2013 by DiGriz Link to post Share on other sites
fruity-sachi 1 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Kiroro: 5 Niseko Annupuri: 6 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 8 (+) Niseko Hanazono: 3 Niseko Village: 5 Rusutsu: 8 Moiwa gone Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Kiroro: 5 Niseko Annupuri: 6 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 7 Niseko Hanazono: 3 (-) Niseko Moiwa: 1 (-) Niseko Village: 5 Rusutsu: 8 (+) DiGriz......do you not get the rules? before you were mister nice guy and didn't want to give minus marks, now you wanna give 2!! Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 so shocked at the rampant dissing of Moiwa that I forgot to delete that (-) but I did follow the rulz like a good little SJr! Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Kiroro: 5 Niseko Annupuri: 6 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 8 Niseko Hanazono: 4 (+) Niseko Village: 4 (-) Rusutsu: 8 Hanazono is the best side of the mountain in Niseko as far as I'm concerned. Higashi-One Ridge, North Face and Fujiwara no Sawa all part of the Hanazono side of the mountain. All providing some of the best terrain and snow on the mountain. And another big plus is these areas don't have a great run out for boarders so there's no that many of them. Huge plus! The other plus is these areas are nowhere near as popular or well known as the more easily accessible Annupuri bowls. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Pow 52 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Kiroro: 6 (+) Niseko Annupuri: 6 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 8 Niseko Hanazono: 4 Niseko Village: 3 (-) Rusutsu: 8 This will be my 4th season in a row with a Kiroro season pass. If I could play and teach at just one resort per season, this would be it. Inbounds, slackcountry, and genuine touring all lift accessed. Quiet, great grooming, tremendous views. POWDER. And if they could ever link up Kiroro and Sapporo Kokusai then the other resorts in the area would be done. And Moiwa got dispatched way too early. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 And Moiwa got dispatched way too early. :thumbsup: Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Is it possible to bring one back from the dead? Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Kiroro: 6 Niseko Annupuri: 6 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 9 (+) Niseko Hanazono: 4 Niseko Village: 2 (-) Rusutsu: 8 Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Can't vote in this as I have never been/ Maybe one day. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 GN raises an interesting point: IF you consider the terrain outside Gates 4 & 5 to be part of Hanazono, that certainly boosts its claim. Then again, is it valid to consider any terrain outside the Gates? And is Hanazono even a separate area, given that it's a single lift pass as part of Grand Hirafu (even if ownership differs)? I would argue for voting based only on inbounds, unroped terrain, but GN's position certainly has merit and is persuasive -- those north-facing bowls offer some wonderful powder runs. Pehaps I should've posted this in Points to Ponder Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Meanwhile... Kiroro: 6 Niseko Annupuri: 6 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 8 (-) Niseko Hanazono: 4 Niseko Village: 2 Rusutsu: 9 (+) Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 GN raises an interesting point: IF you consider the terrain outside Gates 4 & 5 to be part of Hanazono, that certainly boosts its claim. Then again, is it valid to consider any terrain outside the Gates? And is Hanazono even a separate area, given that it's a single lift pass as part of Grand Hirafu (even if ownership differs)? I would argue for voting based only on inbounds, unroped terrain, but GN's position certainly has merit and is persuasive -- those north-facing bowls offer some wonderful powder runs. Pehaps I should've posted this in Points to Ponder No he doesn't......outside tge gates aren't part of the resort so null n void.....but if that's what drives ur liking then vote for the access resort Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 My vote before my next vote tomorrow Kiroro: 6 Niseko Annupuri: 6 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 9 (+) Niseko Hanazono: 4 Niseko Village: 1 (-) Rusutsu: 9 Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Well, if we're talking powder stashes not roped off and inside the gates, I have to give some backing to the old Ltd runs at Village... Kiroro: 5 (-) Niseko Annupuri: 6 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 9 Niseko Hanazono: 4 Niseko Village: 2 (+) Rusutsu: 9 Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Kiroro: 5 Niseko Annupuri: 7 (+) Niseko Grand Hirafu: 9 Niseko Hanazono: 3 (-) Niseko Village: 2 Rusutsu: 9 as a boarder, GN helped clarify why i fekkin hate that part of the hill. That being said, i never went out of the gates that side because i was told 'its just as flat, youll be walking home'. So screw that place Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Kiroro: 5 Niseko Annupuri: 7 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 9 Niseko Hanazono: 4 (+) Niseko Village: 1 (-) Rusutsu: 9 Hadn't voted until now but had to rectify Ippy's damage to Hanazono. Niseko Village...meh... But I've got loads of awesome memories of playing in Strawberry Fields with my boys - including walking out Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Kiroro: 5 Niseko Annupuri: 7 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 10 (+) Niseko Hanazono: 4 Niseko Village: 0 (-) Rusutsu: 9 Calling it Village takes the biscuit. Bye Bye. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Pow 52 Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Kiroro: 6 (+) Niseko Annupuri: 7 Niseko Grand Hirafu: 9 (-) Niseko Hanazono: 4 Rusutsu: 9 Link to post Share on other sites
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