snowboarding-sam 0 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Hi I just came back from a weekend in Yuzawa and after the snow of yesterday spent today at Iwappara, really great it was. It was really bootiful up there and had the camera so took quite a lot of snaps, thought I'd share. http://www.snowjapan.com/e/insider/photo.php?userid=snowboardingsam I'll get some journals written as well soon. Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Nice pics snowboard-sam - it really was a beautiful day today.... hard to believe after yesterday! Link to post Share on other sites
nrg2000 0 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Great photo's. I will hopefully be heading there on Wednesady for some fun. By the looks of it, it must have been a great christmas day in the snow. Link to post Share on other sites
HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Great pics dude. I love it when conditions are like that - so beautiful. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Me too - not like that today though. Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Yes nice photos there. I like that top part as well. Looks very rough at the moment though. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboarding-sam 0 Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 It was. Just written a journal about it. Lots of deep snow on the sides of almost all the courses, lots of fun. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Views from the top there are really good - you can see my house (well, where my house is) as well looking over the other side towards Muikamachi. Link to post Share on other sites
cmack500 0 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Hi Where is this place and how do i get there? And after trying to communicate to those at the JR lines on the best deal to get to Niigata i am still a little confused. Saw your amazing photo's of Iwaparra over xmas day on the site and am thinking thats its the best pick of feils at Niigata..am i right? I am trying to find the best place to board/ski around that way and the best possible way to do it from Tokyo. Been here for 4 weeks and missing the waves at home in OZ and the next best thing to surfing is to having good snow and there seems to be lots of that going around at present. Could anyone help a person in need? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Cheers all. Link to post Share on other sites
cheekychappie 0 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Go to Echigo Yuzawa station (80 mins or so on the Joetsu Shinkansen from Tokyo station), get the Iwappara bus from the station and you are there in 10 minutes. http://www.snowjapan.com/e/spotlight/iwappara-3.html Simple! Not sure if you'd say it was the best - depends what you want. Did you read the reviews and journals about the resort? Nice pics by the way! Link to post Share on other sites
cmack500 0 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Yeah you saw right, just covering bases. What would you suggest being the best resort for 'longer' runs with facilities good for boarding other than Iwaparra? Also looking for accomodation. Do you suggest that we organise when we get there or before and what would be the cheapest within that area. Sorry for so many questions. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Try some of these places to stay http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hotel/index-niigata.html Garden cress and Pit inn are both actually ON (within) Iwappara. Link to post Share on other sites
cmack500 0 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Thanks so much for your help. Would you say that it would be the best field within the Niigata area? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Everyone will have their own best. I think Iwappara is ok (and probably one of the best places out there for beginners) but not a huge amount of challenge there - the top is good fun though. You can pretty much see it from the pics that ssam posted. Bigger places are Kagura/Naeba. Check out the reviews and journals and stuff on the site, there is already a ton of info on here. Link to post Share on other sites
cmack500 0 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Cheers mate! Sounds great. Thanks for the info on the resorts. Yeah looking for something more challenging than a begginers resort. Have done a few seasons and i know that Nagano is the place for better snow but time and $$ permits. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 You might want to try Kandatsu as well - thats only 10 mins by bus from the station as well. Link to post Share on other sites
dale#1 1 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Great photos there snowboarding-sam. I never want to stop to take any pics when I'm out there, but on a good day if you can take things like that looks great. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Looks really cool. Won't be going there but I really enjoy seeing pics of resorts wherever they are. Link to post Share on other sites
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