Tag Archives: Japan

Feb 10th/11th – Are randomly spaced trees really random?

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 [...]

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Feb 8th – 30cm fresh at Cortina

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!

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Copious amounts of Fire, Sake, and Fun! Nozawa Fire Festival

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 [...]

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Win the Ski Trip of a Lifetime to Hakuba, Japan!

We are proud to announce that Morino Lodge has teamed up with Evo and Just Fares to give away the trip of a lifetime! You’ve seen the footage of the classic Japanese powder tree skiing right out our back door, you’ve dreamed about the delicious cuisine and nightlife Japan has to offer, you’ve fantasized about [...]

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January 21st – Dreamy powder bluebird days

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.

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Roof Top Air Time

Mathieu has a tough job at Morino Lodge: Trying to keep up with all the new snow!   Today the flying Frenchman decided to mix work with pleasure…

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Happy Hakuba Holidays

Hisashiburi! Did you miss us?  It’s that time of year again… the middle of January and we are just getting around to posting our first blog of the season!  But can you blame us for being a tad tardy?  Heaps of fresh snow with consistent cold temps has given us plenty of powder to play [...]

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Blizzard Bizzare. April 3rd.

Hakuba rode quite the weather roller-coaster today.   A sudden snowstorm plowed through what had once been a clear and warm spring day.   The sudden 4 degree drop in temps and onslaught of snowflakes stopped as suddenly as it started. Winter’s dying hiccup, perhaps? I hit the slopes at Hakuba 47 to enjoy  the new [...]

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Happo March 31st – Clockwork seasons.

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 [...]

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March 30th – Good as it gets

I know Jen just posted for today but I had to post some more pics and vids from my camera cause it was such a cracker! an almost festive atmosphere on the mountain and perfect snow – as the title says, as good as it gets and a fitting finale to a great season of [...]

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