muikabochi 208 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I wasn't planning on skiing today but with a sprinkling of snow here, Maiko reporting 5-10cm of fresh and blue skies soon appearing this morning I thought why not. Braved the potential hayfever madness (OK so far!) and got up there. It's the last weekend of the main season at Maiko. After tomorrow the will be closed Monday-Friday but plan to open up next Saturday and Sunday for the last two days. So we are right on the end of the season. The layer of fresh snow overnight really made a difference I think as I'm sure if we hadn't have had that conditions would have been pretty awful. But actually I found some really decent snow in places. It helped that it was very quiet and so it wasn't quickly tracked out. But yes much better than I could hope for. As I was finishing up coming down back to the gondola early afternoon it was getting rather sticky and slow but up at the Okusoeji bowl area it was better than I have sometimes had it mid season. They were resting the Gondola and the pair lift up at Okusoeji, so basically there were 3 quads running (on the Gondola side of the resort where I was) but that covered most ground. I would say there is 100% snow cover on the runs still so there's no problems there either. A nice surprise! A few snaps to show you how it was looking today. Okusoeji pair lift already resting Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Pow 52 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Great pics. Looks perfect. Link to post Share on other sites
634-maru 4 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Looks quite decent muika. They are doing well with full cover even now aren't they? Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Thanks Muika, looks like some fun little tree skiing areas there Link to post Share on other sites
HeatherLocklearRocks 1 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Good to see it doing so well in April. Link to post Share on other sites
u-tan 2 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 That was unexpected. It pays to keep an eye on things. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 I wonder if they will consider extending their season with all this snow. Strange year in general for snow fall. Slow start, but doesn't seem to want to quit, either. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 It was very quiet, so I would be surprised. Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Great to see it with sunshine - wish I'd had that visibility when I was there! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Lovely views from Maiko indeed. Link to post Share on other sites
ProbablyaCrazyPerson 2 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 My friends are going up there this weekend. How do you reckon it will be faring muika with the weather this week? Got a place in the car if I really want. Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts