SnowJapan.Com#3 0 Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 A new Backcountry Board Room feature has been put online. Hope you enjoy it. http://www.snowjapan.com/e/features/boardroom-5.html Discuss it here.... Link to post Share on other sites
ThisCharmingMan 0 Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Good to see early snow, haven't been out myself yet. I read in here with interest that early snow equals warmer winter. Let's hope thats off the mark this year! Link to post Share on other sites
nori-chan 0 Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 I wish I live there Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Ha, I saw my first snowman! for this year. Link to post Share on other sites
viv&kev 0 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Interesting to read about the weather patterns etc. I wonder how it will turn out..... Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 With changing global weather patterns, one must start to doubt local long term knowledge. Anything with it's roots too firmly placed in the past is suspect. One must try not to be too forgiving/believing just because of the 'romance' offered by the 'old men of the mountains'. Snow a week earlier, as was stated in the article, was accompanied by a large amount, way different from local predictions. Many old rules of weather (from Brit stats, each years rainfall evened out... not recently) no longer apply to weather prediction. One pattern of the last seven years has been consistant both here and abroad, that's inconsistancy. What this early snowfall surely tells us is that the snow will be unpredictable. As with recent years, expect the weather to be volatile, maybe a big meltdown in January, more snow in feb... etc. One thing not commented on here, maybe because it's nagano specific, is that Japan in general is having a rather wet autumn, a time that's supposed to be pretty dry. The straying systems are nationwide, and more a precipitation phenomenum than a cold one. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 One more thing, (great read, by the way, i'm just nitoicking). I hate to see the Av beacon thing pushed more than anything else (partly a personal thing, as I often go BC alone or in very small groups, diminishing the usefulness of beacons). Beacons are great, and saved many lives, many of the lives saved, however, I believe wouldn't have been endangered if said folk hadn't felt so safe and observed safety precautions. Many avalanche victims die of trauma, beacon can't help. If you aint good with the thing, yer mate will prob be dead before you get them. BC users traveled safely long before beacons were standard. Beacons are only really effective if they're the last essential thing yer carrying, the rest being knowledge of mountain weather, avalanche terrain rec., rutschblock test procedure, safe riding techs...etc., and you forget you even have it unless the situation arises... If you have to leave any of the above behind, maybe it should be the beacon! (This assumes you're a decision making member of the group, of course!) Link to post Share on other sites
telehugh 0 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Miteyak The mountains are the last place in the world where there should be rules - but skiing in the BC without a beacon is dumb. Yes they are expensive, yes you have to be in a group, yes you have to ski with a backpack with a shovel and probe. But how would you explain to your BC partner's parents / kids / spouse that they are dead because you couldn't find them fast enough? If you go in the BC, or even off-piste, you owe it to your friends, relatives and yourself to know what you are doing in the mountains, understand and evaluate the risks and to carry the right gear to get out of trouble. Ignorance is bliss - but you'll die Ski safe Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 How do you explain to relatives that you thought the slope was safe, but anyway, you had beacons so...it'll be all right. Doesn't happen on a regular basis...? Yes, ignorance is most definitely the major killer, beacon or no. Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 What It's a beacon? Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 A beacon is a light or fire used to signal which way to go or as a warning not to go. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 No no, a beacon is something like a red light that says 'come hither'. It's a means of attracting humans, usually of the male persuasion, but sometimes ships or aircraft. Link to post Share on other sites
Chanter 0 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 I'm fairly new here, I like the features. Good to see early snow this year. Hope it will be a good one. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 I thought it was a bird. It all seems so complex. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 When are the courses this year exactly Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 The damn thing is melting away, damn it. Damn it, I say. Link to post Share on other sites
1 4 Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 Whens the snow coming back then. Looks like what hes saying might be right Link to post Share on other sites
rachael 0 Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 Very mild today, like early fall again. Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 Give this one another read folks.... Link to post Share on other sites
LARD 0 Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 Just did earlier on. Link to post Share on other sites
wendy-cake 0 Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 Oh the rollercoaster ride of emotions before and at the beginning of a season Link to post Share on other sites
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