Guest Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Went to GALA last week using their special discount offer (you can find it on their page here somewhere). Great value and superb snow at the resort. And not busy, which was the biggest plus for me. Had heard of nightmares! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Here's the page.... http://www.skijapanguide.com/2002/resort-spotlight/gala.html ringer Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Thanks for that - didn't know. OO Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 This seems to be good value, will have to try it out. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 I went to GALA last season when I was working in Tokyo for a month and used this same kind of deal. Definitely a great way to go if you want to go to that resort. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 2, 2002 Share Posted March 2, 2002 Thanks for this info. I took advantage of it last week and had a really good day. Saving money is cool. Link to post Share on other sites
James 0 Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 Do JR do any similar deals with other resorts? And why GALA - seems to be a "lucky" resort if you ask me with all this preferential treatment from JR Link to post Share on other sites
TeleSkier 0 Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 How is the skiing at Gala. I looked at the map and looks like it only has about 400m of vertical. Is it steep, flat, lots of snow, and how are the crowds. Just curious because I'm thinking of doing this offer with the train. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 If you've done much skiing or snowboarding you'll probably find that Gala sucks. I know I did. Link to post Share on other sites
belle 0 Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 i thought gala yuzawa was bloody awful and intend never, ever to go there again. huge queues, CRAP music (YMCA in japanese? i rest my case), overpriced food (much more so than anywhere else) and so little steep/long terrain it wasn't funny. that said, there are some great but short tree runs off to the right side of the terrain park, which are fun on a good powder day. to be honest, i was bored silly after about 3 hours as I had done every run several times over and was sick of dodging the beginners (boarders and skiers) who took up the slopes at every turn (a lot of the slopes are fairly narrow, especially the ones to the base). If you have time and the extra yen it takes to go further afield, I would give gala the widest berth possible. here endeth my rant. Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 Well....there seem to be a lot of people who like GALA. I have been a few times when it has not been busy at all and had a great time. The left hand side of the resort is NOT EASY, I am an intermediate skier and had aching legs after an afternoon on those runs. So some people like it and some don't. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 Oh belle, it's scary but I love it when you get angry. Say 'bloody' again would you, just for me? Pleeease.... Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 Ocean 11 and Belle: Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 Stop the squabbling! Some people like, some don't! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 10, 2002 Share Posted March 10, 2002 Really don't like Gala. It's just so manufactured. Give me a place like Hakkoda any day. Link to post Share on other sites
telly 0 Posted March 12, 2002 Share Posted March 12, 2002 It's good value if you like GALA, must admit. Problem is, you have to want to be at GALA! Link to post Share on other sites
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