I have to rank today’s endless powder-smashing as one of my best days on the mountain ever! A beautiful sunny day, fresh pow as far as the eye could see, and great friends to enjoy it with. We rode from the first lift until our powder legs simply gave out beneath us. I felt like [...]
Today the morning started off almost bottomless and was dumping so hard it ended up bottomless by the end. Epic mid season-like conditions with deep dry powder and cold temps. Could have done with a face mask. It was still nuking when we left at the end of the day and is forecast to snow [...]
There hadn’t been much snowfall the last few nights here at the lodge, so I was caught off guard when Keigo and Junko called and reported bottomless powder and blue skies at Cortina. Craig and I didn’t hesitate. We were out the door in a flash, arms full of gear and still chomping down breakfast. [...]
A strange blue gimp like being was spotted on the mountain today at Tsugaike. It turned out to be Morino guest Andrew from England. The blue suits are called morph suits and are all the rave in Britain it seems… The first thing one wonders when confronted with the morph suit is can you see? [...]
A rollercoaster of weather in the last few days! 22 degrees C and sunbathing weather on Saturday, 90km/h Typhoon strength winds on Saturday night and dumping snow on Sunday! Fortunately, regular perusal of the Yahoo Japan zoom radar on through Sunday confirmed that the stiff north westerly was coating the north end of the valley [...]
Hit Cortina today after reports of 30cm of fresh started floating through the ether. Wasn’t 30, probably more like 20cm but on top of a soft buttery base so felt like 30! Had a great day ripping the trees in perfect spring weather. Here are some shots. At the end of the day a different [...]
I ventured out with my camera the other day to see what captured my imagination. The winner was this lovely pond at the base of Wadano, the dock still covered in new snow. It was so pristine and calm that it almost made me want to jump in… almost.
Just a few quirky moments from this week on the mountain…
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.
Winter has caught a second wind and blessed us with yet another bluebird powder day! We did more riding than taking pictures yesterday. It was too epic to stop!
