We had quite the spread this year! 22 kilos of Roasted Turkey Mashed Potatoes and Gravy Rosemary Stuffing Cranberry -Orange Relish Sweet Potato Casserole Roasted Winter Vegetables Homemade Bread Rolls and Scones And for Desert… A traditional Bouche De Noel Pumpkin cheesecake New York Cheesecake Spiced Baked Apples with Vanilla Ice Cream All washed down [...]
An almost spring like day but with perfect powder from top to bottom on north aspects.
North faces still have perfect power conditions from top to bottom as we found out today behind Goryu.
Well…I’m happy to report that the powder is still cranking in Hakuba. Another foot or so of fresh to fill in the tracks from the day before and some great visibility in the trees. Dropped some lines with Suzi who snapped away with her new toy – a telephoto lens.
An almost spring like day but with perfect powder from top to bottom on north aspects.
A consistent few weeks of cold temperatures and good regular powder dumps finished with warmer air coming in a few days ago. Evidently the northern faces didn’t realise this as the snow was still deep and pristine on any northern aspect from top to bottom as these pics show! Beautiful powder and stunning weather – [...]
A high alpine assault of KoRenge (2760m) didn’t disappoint! A beautiful morning saw a group of locals. plus Bill from Alaska and Hans from Norway hiking out from the top of Tsugaike to their target the top of Ko-renge. The plan was to get up quickly following windblown ridge lines and descend south to SaruKura [...]
Great Christmas! Two 11kilo Turkeys, all the trappings, roast veggies, and 40cm of fresh snow! = Lots of happy guests.
Eric, our new manager at Wadano lodge took a hike off the top of Happo today to check up on the conditions. About 2cm of snow in the valley had translated into knee deep above 2000m. Looking over from the first cairn to Tengu on the main ridge. Looking on towards the ridge up to [...]
Beautiful day and not a cloud in the sky so went to stretch my legs on top at Goryu. Was expecting dust on crust but found 15cm of fresh snow on a forgiving base. The pistes were in perfect condition! The weather this week is expected to stay sunny and mild followed by colder temperatures [...]
