Popular Post Mick Rich 78 Posted March 14, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2014 It's done! Several seasons after seeing Muika’s first report and accompanying photos of Mt Granview, and after some near-misses, the timely intervention of onehunga made my dream visit to the big G come true. I must therefore start off by thanking both of them for helping me along the way. Tbh, I wasn’t expected much. Yes, its fame has spread far and wide since Muika’s review and Wizz’s follow-up visit but in the excitement to ride the hallowed slopes I’d forgotten to have another look at their photos and was left with the image of a small hill with a couple of old lifts. How wrong could I have been? Well, as onehunga has already posted, we were lucky enough to go on a bluebird day with plenty of untracked fresh snow, so perhaps take the following with a pinch of salt but I can honestly say that Granview rocked!! I’ll stop babbling now and show you some photos:- 1. The overrun (with snow rather than people) Information Centre. 2. Onehunga posing by the base lift. 3. Old school! 4. Powder field. 5. X marks the spot! 6. Onehunga about to drop in! 7. Onehunga having dropped in!! 8. Cheesy! 9. The closed top lift. 10. He came, he saw, he conquered! I even managed to go “backcountry”! I say that in the loosest sense of the word because I think where I went may once have been a part of the resort. However, I think it's now out-of-bounds and a bit of hiking was involved, as shown in the following pictorial, so I'm claiming this as BC and calling it the "Pylon Run":- So to sum up, Granview is THE quintessential Japanese ski resort. It's not big. It's not high. It's not steep. It's not new. But what it has that bigger, higher, steeper and newer resorts don't have is charm. Buckets of the stuff!! In fact I was so taken with the place that I began thinking of business plans to buy something there!! I kid you not, and if you don't believe me, go there and see it for yourself. I'm planning to go back there in the summer to see what it looks like without snow, then who knows!? It's good to have dreams. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
onehunga 26 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Very nice photos, except number 7 Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted March 14, 2014 Author Share Posted March 14, 2014 Very nice photos, except number 7 Looks like you're skiing through waist-deep pow to me!! Link to post Share on other sites
onehunga 26 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Yes, but you and I both know that I'm actually checking the depth of the "bottomless" snow with my bottom. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Pow 52 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Nicely done Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 egg selent report. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Just think of all the Information that is locked away in that Information Center until the snow melts: Mt. Granview looks Mt. Powderriffic! Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Insperational stuff lads :thumbsup: Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I see in your review: http://www.snowjapan...ews/detail/2029 "In summary, Mt Granview is THE quintessential Japanese ski resort. It’s not big. It’s not new. It’s not challenging. But what is has that bigger, newer, more challenging resorts don’t have is bucket-fulls of old school charm. By way of example, after a morning at Granview, we drove on to nearby Kagura. This a bigger, higher, more challenging resort (which I like) but although it was fun, we both agreed that we'd had a more enjoyable time at Granview. It's difficult to put your finger on why." Sounds like a must! Your reviews are great btw. I will get round to posting a bunch of my own soon, though I doubt they will live up to yours. Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted March 15, 2014 Author Share Posted March 15, 2014 Cheers GG! Look forward to reading yours in due course! Tbh, I think we were both stoked because we were finally there and the conditions were perfect (bluebird + powder). In those circumstances anywhere would be fun but even trying to remain objective, the place definitely has a certain charm about it. Guess it depends on your age and level of gnarliness!! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted March 15, 2014 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted March 15, 2014 Good stuff! And thanks for all your reviews Mick. onehunga too. Many people will surely really appreciate them -- even if you never actually that in terms of direct feedback. I highly recommend everyone check them all out - I call them the "Let's" Series. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Great to see all the love for Mt Granview! I might even try to sneak in a last visit for the season. Link to post Share on other sites
onehunga 26 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Great to see all the love for Mt Granview! I might even try to sneak in a last visit for the season. Go on, you owe it to the rest of us to get in one last day, with accompanying photos. Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Cheers great review Link to post Share on other sites
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