hachimantai and 6 white weeks

[booske 0]

I've been checking out Hachimantai. It got a good review on boardtheworld.com.

http://snipurl.com/cs27

 

The Japanese sites also give it some good press for the sanctioned off-piste.

http://www12.ocn.ne.jp/~hachikan/ (official site)

http://snipurl.com/cs56

 

The passcards make it ridiculously cheap.

http://www.my-passcard.com/Sshop/D66/PD1526/

 

It's even got a YH on the slope. Anyone know what the snow conditions would be like there in early March?

 

I've got 6 weeks to burn and was intending on heading straight to Hokkaido, but am now thinking of taking it a bit slower and stopping at Hachimantai and Hakkoda on the way, but don't want to stop if it's normally got sticky by then.