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 [...]
A winter of consistent cold dry powder continues. Friday was one of those dreamy days, when the sun comes out after days of snow! A great day in the Hakuba BC from Dan Cockburn on Vimeo.
I couldn’t make it out today but Eric, our trusty Wadano lodge manager and faceless being (he’s very shy on the internet) took the camera out and did some easy lines off the back of Happo.It looks like spring kicked in from this afternoon and it will be sunny t-shirt days of park riding and [...]
Yes, there is still powder left to be had out there, and we were happy to go find it… everywhere! Round 2 of winter has been an absolute blast. Can’t wait til the skies unleash once again.
It’s been snowing hard here in Hakuba, and the Morino crew all got on the slopes early to enjoy some fresh lines. The 25 new centimeters came in a little heavy, but still heaps of fun to ride! Keigo and I took a detour that had us crossing a river a few times and trudging [...]
North faces still have perfect power conditions from top to bottom as we found out today behind Goryu.
North faces still have perfect power conditions from top to bottom as we found out today behind Goryu.
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 [...]
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 [...]
