If you live in the States & like to ski or snowboard in exotic places with tons of untouched powder……..you have 2 weeks left to register for a chance to win a free trip for 2 to Hakuba Japan! ****For our non-US friends, apologies this contest applies only to US residents……….but the good news [...]
Hakuba`s been having one of the better Springs i can remember with a healthy base remaining and sunshine galore….& at just the right temperature to keep the snow from getting too slushy. Up until a few days ago we still had full coverage right to the bottom of Happo & now there`s still lots [...]
It`s hard to believe that a month has already passed since the the devastating earthquake & Tsunami struck the North East region of Japan. The pictures & videos that swarmed every media outlet on the planet were horrific and continue to shock us today. And the hardship of those worse-affected is by no means [...]
We were fortunate at Morino to have the good people of beardo for an extended stay with us this March………and they were fortunate to get some classic Hakuba conditions (its been a powder-filled March)……..& they made this killer video to back it up………thought i`d share it with you all. If its a hassle-free, warm & [...]
A nice touring hike today despite mixed resort conditions. Hiked up the first peak and then dropped into a nice north facing sheltered chute then up the next peak and down through perfectly spaced trees. Conditions were great in the chute as no sun had got in there! Not so good conditions on the 2nd [...]
Or do they exhibit fractally generated spacing by natural iterative processes that the brain is able to compute and predict…Something to ponder when hurtling through them. Have you ever tried skiing through a plantation? Here are some more pics of randomly spaced trees from the Finns. Conditions have been great and another 40cm is coming [...]
Half of Morino and Wadano lodge joined us today for a day of lapping easy trees at Cortina. Once again the snow gods smile on Cortina which gets a decent 30cm since yesterday morning whilst Hakuba village only gets 5 or 10cm Thanks to Heikki, and the Finns, staying at Wadano lodge for their pics!
This post is a bit late but here it is anyway – More “as good as it gets” conditions a couple of weeks back!
If you had the Japanese pegged as quiet, polite and conservative, you would be right most of the time… but The Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival proves that when the Japanese let loose, they can out-wild anyone! Combine slippery snow with buckets of sake and an excuse to beat each other sense-less with fire and you [...]
Bottomless powder in the trees as usual. A good afternoon session! 50cms just fell again so it’s groundhog day again.
