634-maru 4 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Spent the morning at Joetsu Kokusai. As things were looking busy, decided to park over at the Osawa area which is always quieter. Was quiet when we got there, but the car park was close to full when we left just before 2pm. Had a fun day. Snow is better up on the top Atema area than lower down, where it was a bit heavy. One thing very noticeably is how relatively little snow there is yet. There's full cover, just not deep and lots of bushes still sticking out. A few pics Last year, this hut was pretty much almost covered... And this was a big 'wall' of snow with an entrace cut out to get onto the slopes... Atema area quad lift. Best snow found here. Can still see the contours of the rice fields Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Nice 634-maru. I always start at Osawa if I go JK. Doesn't look busy like Maiko, which was a bit mad. The snow walls on the roads are pretty sorry so far aren't they? Not much more than 50cm I reckon. We want 2+m walls! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 It's started to build up up here now.....today at Rusutsu, the difference from last week is huge, practically no sasa showing through and it's been dumping since about 1pm.....tomorrow will be good Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Looks like lots of untouched tree areas. Are they strict about that? Link to post Share on other sites
634-maru 4 Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 They don't seem to be. They are not roped off. Some of those are my trails. :gnarly: Link to post Share on other sites
Jowls 0 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Like the look of that Atema area. Lots of trees. Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 still looks ok but yeah maybe could use a bit more snow Link to post Share on other sites
634-maru 4 Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 Could use a lot more snow. Looks like it is snowing nicely this morning though. Link to post Share on other sites
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