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The shinkansen blasted out of the dark

tunnel. From darkness into pure white...

powdery bliss...snow abound...

 

So it really dumped in zao this weekend...

Can't complain about 2-days of powder on my

first trip of the season..excellent coverage all around....

 

but.....

to be honest, I was not at all impressed with

Zao... I have never been to such a poorly thought out mountain as far as lift placement...it is nearly impossible to get from one lift to another without some serious skating (my snowboarder friend had a hell of time...)... getting from the "left" side of the mountain to the "right" is also a very looong and flaaaaat journey... add lots of deep snow, and it was very hard to get around...

 

Only 1 run with any real pitch (38 degrees)

where you could really enjoy the fluffy stuff

(about thigh high)...the rest of the time you are litteraly stuck...not much real vert either....it was also white-out conditions most of the time, so searching for hidden stashes was out of the question...

 

if you are not a beginner, i would pass on zao...

 

But, I am VERY gratefull (and so is my soar

body) for having POW POW POWDER on my first trip...good sign...

 

reporting from tsukuba,

danz

 

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Funny how you feel that way danz....Zao always seems so universally popular - maybe all the posters on here are really beginners instead of the rad-dudes they make themselves out to be! Haha!

 

Jon

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hey helen....

 

well, i can only speak for myself...

i didn't think it was that cold, but

the weather made it feel pretty cold on

the long travessing flats (high winds, white

out conditions,snow)...

 

I grew up in wisconsin, so i don't complain

unless it gets below 0F...

and I also spent the last 6yrs skiing in the

east coast, where skiing during a downpoar

(rain that is) is not so odd... so maybee you are asking the wrong guy...

 

danz

 

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how far from yamagata city is Zao then folks? Sorry for the questions!

 

It just seems to be that Zao is one of those places that everyone speaks of - mostly positively.

 

Och aye the noo

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  • 4 weeks later...

Revisiting an old topic, but I was wondering - when is the best time for these monster dudes that seem to be so famous up there. I would really like to go and see this, but don't really know about the best timing.

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