muikabochi 208 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Had some time to play with so thought... why not! So off I went to GALA Yuzawa. I had to park in the car park at the bottom on the other side of the road as the (admittedly small) main one was full. Anyway, got up to the base of the skijo itself and it was quite busy. I can never get the Gala webcams to work on any of my computers so I didn't know what to expect, but there were quite a lot of people around. I had to wait an outrageous 2 minutes for the main quad! There had been some snow on Sunday and so conditions were actually pretty decent up on the top run which is where I spent pretty much all my time. Probably did that top lift 12 times. The masses weren't up there so I got in lots of clear runs. I didn't have my camera with me so that free me up to do some speed skiing which was a lot of fun. Came back down the dowhill course. That was a bit of an effort as the snow was much heavier and chopped up. Gave the old thighs and knees a good workout. Overall though a fun morning and decent conditions. Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Gala still busy then, I suppose there's all those direct day trips. Link to post Share on other sites
634-maru 4 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Is the south area still open, muika? Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I had to wait an outrageous 2 minutes for the main quad! Well that crosses Gala off my list. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 No it closed for the season at the weekend. Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Those main quads are always busy, though no surprise really being directly opposite the gondola station and restaurants. Tbh, unless you live locally or you get a cheap shink deal from Tokyo, Gala wouldn't be at the top of my list of Paradise Alley resorts to visit unless the Southern Area's open after a decent/recent dump. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Just added a few phone snaps to the original. Yes, I think they took the chance to downgrade as perhaps a quad was a bit overkill over there. Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Makes sense. Nice photos Muika! Is that second one to the right of that top pair lift? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 It is indeed. I spent almost the whole time on there. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I'm going up there next week with a few friends. Hope it keeps semi decent. Link to post Share on other sites
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