surfarthur 22 Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 A quick search on SnowJapan shows 18 resorts with steepest course at 40 degrees or more. The steepest in Japan is 46 degrees, Kijimadaira is 45 degrees. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Interesting. I wonder why some resorts advertise 38 as the steepest in Japan. 46 though now that would be really gnarly for me maybe to gnarly I must tey it sometime and see if I have enougg gnarliness to handle it. Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Which ski resorts are you claiming supposedly advertise 38 as the steepest in Japan? Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Myoko Suginohara on one of their English pages tjey claim they have both the longest and steepest course in Japan. I will look latet to see if I can find the page/site. It is not on SJ. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Anywhere icy, narrow, mogully, too many people, half of them half hidden in the moguls. It doesn't have to be that steep, but that adds to it too. Link to post Share on other sites
the snowboarding vicar 1 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Myoko Suginohara on one of their English pages tjey claim they have both the longest and steepest course in Japan. I will look latet to see if I can find the page/site. It is not on SJ. Myoko Suginohara do not say that on their website. So it will probably be someone else selling it. And we know what they're sometimes like. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Longest course too.... there seems to be multiple longest course resorts too. I think they count Course A + Course B + Course C. Or not. Even Kandatsu has a steepest of 45. The jolly interesting SnowJapan search thingy has 66 resorts with a steepest of 38 or over: http://www.snowjapan.com/japan-ski-resorts/search 1 Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Is it possible that the 38 degrees "steepest course" is the steepest groomed run? That could make sense. Link to post Share on other sites
teikiatsulover 6 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 You guys obviously haven't ever been to Biwako Valley! Oh man does it go off! Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Where does it go off to? Link to post Share on other sites
634-maru 4 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 The one time I went to Suginohara I didn't feel there was much gnarl there. Too much gentle for my liking actually. Link to post Share on other sites
gnarly-dude 1 Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 The top course at Kijimadaira is always worth a visit for a bit of gnarl. Yeah, going with this over Ryuoo. That thing is not only steep as shit, its also windblasted. Its a 40+ degree ice skating rink with bobbles of frozen plants and rocks peeking through it. Its genuine Gnar. Round the back though is awesome. I like the sound of the steep bit. Not the ice rink, frozen plants and rocks though! Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I want to go there... when it's open. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Best BOOK NOW! Bags Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I found this run in Noz particularly difficult to ski. Next time I am going to ride it in Winter. Link to post Share on other sites
Sciclone 2 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Not too steep, but definitely gnarly if it's been moguled up, icy and with heaps of people is Giant at Shiga Kogen. I think I came close to doing an unintentional flip after I launched off a mogul when someone cut across my path. Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I like that course. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Giant' longer, but not as tough as Maru-A, to say nothing of the FIS mogul run at Listel. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I don't know but any where that's iced up is a chore with my wider skis. Bloody well chatter my back teeth loose. Hell, even the last part of Hakuba 47 when it gets really icy in the shadows in the afternoon is a biatch. Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Ooh, that does remind me. A gnarly as shit course is the straight whisky course on Goryu/iimori. Im sure its fine and all that, but purely from its proximity to all the green runs in the general vicinity, and the fact it doesnt LOOK all that bad, it really ****s the beginners up. I speak from the experience of one of the many thats come a cropper on it. Its those mountains lurking under the dust that get you. Its a rare day when you dont see someone cartwheeling on it. Which also reminds me (because it almost broke my ankle), that champion course can be brutal. It tricked me into thinking that the moguls would be soft pack thanks to the steepness of it (and up top its kinda soft pack). Got about half way down and it was serious pinwheel trenching. And then came the ice walls... i plotted an escape route towards the stream (and the toomi quad), it started off well, but got caught and the force of the impact had me reeling. Again, its not so much the atual gnarliness of it (like kijimadaira for example), but because it LOOKS doable and fun. Link to post Share on other sites
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