Ski Japan Guide 0 Posted October 22, 2002 Share Posted October 22, 2002 Oops, yes you're right Ocean. Wouldn't we like to go down there and check it out..... Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted October 22, 2002 Share Posted October 22, 2002 Any one have any rock skis they can lend me? I am not taking my babies down there!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 22, 2002 Share Posted October 22, 2002 Go on mogs, you know you want to be the first to get in some turns. It's just up the road from you and all. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted October 22, 2002 Share Posted October 22, 2002 Mogski, Sure, you can have my Salomon Versus - and Ill clean your fridge for ya too!!! All I want are some Rossi XXs or something similar Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted October 26, 2002 Share Posted October 26, 2002 A place called Kazawa Highland (in Gunma) is supposedly opening tomorrow (10/26). All manmade snow, no doubt. http://www1.biz.biglobe.ne.jp/~kazawa/ Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted October 27, 2002 Share Posted October 27, 2002 I relly look forward to snow to fall now and winter start. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 The answer to Snow=when? is Now! 28 cm is forecast over the next 3 days at Happo, and presumably other parts of Hakuba. (17 cm at Nozawa). Fuji is white to nearly halfway down. And this site http://weather.crc.co.jp/index.html with a long-range weather forecast suggests heavier than normal precipitation for the next 3 months (though higher than normal temperatures - let's hope it's not rain). Mighty cold in Suwa today too. Could a first day out in early November be a possibility this time? Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 Wow! That's great news. Thanks a heap, Ocean 11. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 Quote: Originally posted by Ocean11: Fuji is white to nearly halfway down. Sure is. I saw it today up reasonably close. There looked to be heaps of snow on it. Link to post Share on other sites
Snowhaus 0 Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 Had almost 30 cm at Hakkouda yesterday - got caught in it, and saw 3 cars off the road already. Rumours suggest another 30 or so today... Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 Yah!!!!! Happy happy days!!! Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 Snow = now it seems in some places. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 Snow disappeared yet people? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/japansnownext3days.php Pink bits! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan.Com#3 0 Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Lots of detailed snow, cloud, wind and temperature data maps are also very nicely laid out from this page: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/snowmap.html It looks like more snow is on the way! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Mmmm, see what you mean... Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Quote: Originally posted by Ocean11: Pink bits! Yah!!! Gotta love pink bits! Link to post Share on other sites
barok 0 Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 looks like a cold snowy winter from my vantage point, even i (optimist) think that things were going to get rollin` this early. I don`t even have my gear yet. el nino, my ass Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 It wont be going yet. The earliest big resorts plan to open on the 23rd. That is 3 weeks away. Let's be (maybe) realistic in thinking that the current snow is the usual pre-season fall, and that things will not be open for another few weeks at least. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Quote: the usual pre-season fall Oh, you mean the usual pre-season fall! The one that always comes pre-season, and then what, evaporates? Some resorts have enough people pretty much onsite and can start whenever there's enough snow. And they will. Simple as that. Some are already running lifts for hikers and tourists. If it snows, what, you think they'll stop the lifts? Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Quote: Oh, you mean the usual pre-season fall! The one that always comes pre-season, and then what, evaporates? Er, yep, that's the one. Link to post Share on other sites
talisker 0 Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 last year Niseko had 50 cm mid november and still opened a week late and had one of the worst seasons on record....the snow is melting here already....probably be gone the day after tomorrow Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Well, that's Niseko for you. Nozawa had nearly 2 metres in mid-November last year and was open right from top to bottom. This year, Happo has 120 cm and is ... open today. So I have to wonder what all this realistically 3 weeks away and in Niseko blah blah blah is all about. Get your gear out barok. Let's hope it stays the way it is. Link to post Share on other sites
talisker 0 Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 wow ocean you must have had a bad experience in Niseko when you came here....tell us about it.... Link to post Share on other sites
o'shea 0 Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 I don't think Nozawa is the best example to use, as it is village owned and operated - making it easier for them to do that. If indeed it is true. Hakuba 47 is open just for the 3 day holiday (well today only actually), and Happo a tiny part is open. Will that be open every day from now? (I don't know). One of the points here is that there may/will be some exceptions - perticularly in the famous places - but most resorts in the country will probably not open earlier than planned. Link to post Share on other sites
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