Morino Lodge » January http://www.morinolodge.com Accommodation in Hakuba Japan | Deep Japanese Powder | Skiing & Snowboarding Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:42:33 +0000 en hourly 1 Goryu Backcountry Jan 28th http://www.morinolodge.com/2010/02/goryu-backcountry-jan-28th-3/ http://www.morinolodge.com/2010/02/goryu-backcountry-jan-28th-3/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:56:22 +0000 Matt http://blog.morinolodge.com/?p=119

North faces still have perfect power conditions from top to bottom as we found out today behind Goryu.

]]> http://www.morinolodge.com/2010/02/goryu-backcountry-jan-28th-3/feed/ 0 Another SICK day in Hakuba http://www.morinolodge.com/2010/01/another-sick-day-in-hakuba/ http://www.morinolodge.com/2010/01/another-sick-day-in-hakuba/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:30:50 +0000 Matt http://blog.morinolodge.com/?p=72

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.

powder spray

]]> http://www.morinolodge.com/2010/01/another-sick-day-in-hakuba/feed/ 0 Our accommodation is buried in snow! http://www.morinolodge.com/2010/01/our-accommodation-is-buried-in-snow/ http://www.morinolodge.com/2010/01/our-accommodation-is-buried-in-snow/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:06:37 +0000 Daish http://www.morinolodge.com/?p=970

Wow! we just had the biggest snowfall Hakuba has seen in the past 4 years.

We had 5 metres in two weeks and a lot more to come

]]> http://www.morinolodge.com/2010/01/our-accommodation-is-buried-in-snow/feed/ 0 Goryu Backcountry Jan 28th http://www.morinolodge.com/2009/02/goryu-backcountry-jan-28th-2/ http://www.morinolodge.com/2009/02/goryu-backcountry-jan-28th-2/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:03:54 +0000 Matt http://blog.morinolodge.com/?p=119

North faces still have perfect power conditions from top to bottom as we found out today behind Goryu.

]]> http://www.morinolodge.com/2009/02/goryu-backcountry-jan-28th-2/feed/ 0 Another SICK day in Hakuba http://www.morinolodge.com/2009/02/another-sick-day-in-hakuba-2/ http://www.morinolodge.com/2009/02/another-sick-day-in-hakuba-2/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:59:45 +0000 Matt http://blog.morinolodge.com/?p=72

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.

powder spray

]]> http://www.morinolodge.com/2009/02/another-sick-day-in-hakuba-2/feed/ 0 Korenge – High Alpine touring – January 6th http://www.morinolodge.com/2009/01/korenge-high-alpine-touring-january-6th/ http://www.morinolodge.com/2009/01/korenge-high-alpine-touring-january-6th/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:20:42 +0000 Matt http://blog.morinolodge.com/?p=120

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 but a combination of early season unfitness, soft snow (not much wind during the last snowfall) and setting off 40 minutes later than planned meant we had to curtail the trip slightly.

We ended up dropping off the corniced north east ridge of Korenge. The first bowl started over 50 degress but mellowed out below into a wide open bowl followed by perfect powder down to the flats of Shizenin below. Heres a pic of the drop in below.

And some video of dropping in the same place.

Mat on Korenge from steep deep japan on Vimeo.

Matt on Korenge

All in all a pretty Sick day!

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