 Poster: A snowHead
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Was it in Japan a few years ago there were trucks driving through canyons cut through the snow? Like 8m deep or more? Some unbelievable pics.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| musehead wrote: |
A lot of people seem to do well in lift accessed areas though, so possibly I've just been badly timed...
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I think it depends on your definition of “well”. Easily accessed lift served lines get tracked out quickly in all the Japanese resorts I’ve visited as there are so many good young snowboarders, and Niseko is the worst as it’s also rammed full of tourists. And even if it snows 20 or 30cm overnight it’s so light that the next day you are going through to the old tracked out base again.
On the other hand, so few people are touring that even a couple of days after snow, especially in the sheltered forests protected from the wind, you can ski deep untracked lines all day. And a 20cm top up on a lightly skied base fills it up so the next day is bottomless again. Of course you need to put in the effort to make the skin track and you’re talking 3 to 5 300m laps rather than lots of lift served laps, but if you’re more into quality than quantity this is the best way to really experience the legendary Japow.
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Sunshine today. Forecasted snow for tonight into Friday. Finally saw Mt. Yotei after 6 days here in Niseko.
Everyone was hiking today.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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First day of visibility in around a month here. We took a day trip to Rusutsu
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Beautiful in central Hokkaido today too (that's Furano resort in the background)
I took this from the top of Tokachi-dake at 2077m, almost double the altitude of the top lifts at Furano!
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First day in 18 days that I haven’t been ripping around in freshies, and instead spent the whole day lapping perfect cord with nobody around under a blue sky - northern Hokkaido delivered today.
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It's worth noting for Furano that anyone can sign up to the Seibu Prince Global Rewards app for free, it takes 5 minutes. Then you can get a discount on a day pass at Furano for 6600 Yen instead of 8000 Yen.
Most people seem to be unaware of this and the staff are happily charging people 8000 Yen * x number of days.
It also means the hotel lift pass discount is redundant as it's a smaller discount.
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@musehead, thanks that does look like what I was thinking of.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Very, very cold in Furano this morning (-24°C reported in town, car said the same!). Good ski tour at Furano-dake but the snow has been really hammered by the 100km/h winds a couple of days ago, so it's mostly a variable mixture of stripped bare rock solid areas, and soft but heavy/dense wind deposited snow. Ski crampons were a must!
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Found cold dry and deep snow last couple of days in the north. Got a bit rotten today but nuking this evening.
More importantly those pre packaged soft serve ice creams in the pouch from the supermarket are amazing. Have been hanging them on the outside of my pack and they stay frozen all day.
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You know it makes sense.
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| hang11 wrote: |
More importantly those pre packaged soft serve ice creams in the pouch from the supermarket are amazing. Have been hanging them on the outside of my pack and they stay frozen all day. |
Added to bucket list
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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^^maybe AI?
I stopped in at Wassamu recently. 1000 yen for a 4 hour pass, 10 people on the hill. After a morning touring I had the afternoon lapping a perfectly groomed slope with nobody around and blue skies. Great little hill, really friendly people.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Couldn't have asked for a better intro to Japow. Got a chance to sample both Hokkaido and Honshu pow. It's real close and I wouldn't want to live on the difference.
Headed to Kyoto today to see some of what the city has to offer. Trains were running about an hour behind schedule due to the amount of snow in the region. There was even a bit of snow just on the outskirts of the city as the train rolled toward the station.
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