Deep epic blower powder today but stick to well treed areas and/or ridge lines. The faceted melt crust is still there and still weak, now under over a metre of storm snow. Today a huge class 5 slide on the south side of Goryu buried a Japanese skier who sadly didn’t make it. The instability [...]
Back to bottomless blower powder again after a 4 day mild spell. Hit Cortina yesterday after 70cm of snow (they just had another 70cm last night too!) Today was another secret spot this end of the valley. The new storm snow isn’t sitting well on the frozen and possibly faceted wet crust from the mild [...]
The consistent falls of last week were replaced by settled sunny conditions and it was time to hit the backcountry. North faces have been well below zero since mid December and the snow-pack albeit shallower than normal seasons was in very stable bomber shape. First day we hit the Goryu backcountry. [...]
After the stunner yesterday at Cortina with yet another 40cm overnight followed by yet another bluebird, tired legs were unwilling to move much today but finally mustered enough energy to head out and find it was…quite good. Temperatures have gotten a bit milder since yesterday with the top lift measuring -6C so the 20cm or [...]
Another Magical day today with cold temps and great powder…although Jeff will probably remember it in a different way! Jan 12th from Dan Cockburn on Vimeo.
In the white room – a deep siberian system created epic conditions today. -11C at the top lift and strong snowfall all day created a pillowy, fluffy wonderland. Tomorrow will be another bluebird and with snowfall into the early hours its going to be a good one! Hakuba – Jan 11th 2012 from morinolodge [...]
Haven’t posted for a few days but what a few days its been. The 5th was deep all over the mountains with the runs from the day before sporting bottomless powder again the next morning. Cortina was closed due to too much snow but opened its top lift for the 6th with 55cm of fresh [...]
Major dumpage going on in Hakuba right now. Started in the morning and there was another 40cm in the trees by the afternoon and its been coming down all day since then. Tomorrow is going to be very deep! Here’s some footage from today. Untitled from morinolodge on Vimeo.
Another 40cm overnight followed by a bluebird day. The New year hordes were out today and the forest turned into a mogul field by lunch! Not before Morino and Wadano guests David, Paul and Rich had staked their turns. Something I hadn’t noticed when filming – If you look carefully in the last sequence with [...]
Well there’s been a lot of snow since the last post and Cortina is almost at the 3m base mark. Another 30cm last night and a Morino staff and Guest trip to Cortina was in order. The right side of the bowl [...]
