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@MagSeven, found Kagura. 1 hr 30 by train to Yuzawa. Far from there? Forecast looks good!
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Mon 3-02-20 18:55; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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And Hakkoda looks like it’s going off but windy!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@BobinCH, Nozawa, Hakuba and Shiga all good weekend options from Tokyo (of these Hakuba has the best terrain and all three are better than places closer to Tokyo, but it’s one of those time/quality balances). All about 3 hours 30. You’d definitely want to fly rather than get train to Hokkaido if you are short of time.
If you are just going for the weekend from Tokyo I’d bin work early on the Friday and get Shinkansen to Nagano. And then pull a sicky on Monday.
If you’ve not been before do try and work in an evening at an onsen. And if you ended up in Nozawa drop into the Stay Bar.
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Thanks @nozawaonsen! I went to Hokkaido in 2014 (Niseko, Furano, Asahidake, Kurodake). Good conditions but not full on blower powder except for one day at Furano which was the lightest snow I’ve ever seen! Onsens were awesome!
It’s a work trip so no bunking but hoping to extend on my own time at the end and potentially join the Serre Che touring collective.
Hakuba sounds like the weekend option. 3hrs on the train is fine and looks like I can 2 full days skiing and get back Sunday night. Easy to find the good terrain or best to look into a guide?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Might want to touch base with https://www.mountainlife.jp/ Never used them but always been impressed with their internet presence. Suspect they may not have something short notice for this weekend, but might know someone who does.
Sounds like a nice trip if you can catch up with @Weathercam and co later.
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@nozawaonsen, will try them. Thanks
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any tips for weekend destination from Tokyo this weekend? Hope to get to Hokkaido next week work permitting... |
Looking like everyone getting the goods this storm.
MagSeven knows his poo-poo.
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Alas neither Tony nor the guides I tried have availability. Trying Dancingsnow at Myoko recommended by Whiteroom tours. Seems like lots of snow forecast around Nagano over the weekend!
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Currently in Furano and had some great snow yesterday. Looking at snow forecast it seems that Sapporo area will do better in the next few days - given the limited snow report accuracy can anyone local let us know the conditions and any view on the forecasts?
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In Rusutsu - who needs lunch?! Epic day, sunny and still pockets of deep snow to be found
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Gave up - to much my one is bigger than you one on here, and promotion of none Japanese accommodation. 
Last edited by And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports. on Wed 5-02-20 12:22; edited 3 times in total
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You know it makes sense.
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@BobinCH, ha!
For what it’s worth here are the Hakuba stats (as of 25 Jan).
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Seems to be dumping today and forecast for more on Fri and Sat night so going to give Happo one a shot. This pic from a Swiss brother from yesterday sealed the deal. Seems to be acceptable up high!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@BobinCH, Happo One (O-nay) as in Happo peak/ridge. Great photo.
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Anyone in Sapporo city right now?
I'm amazed at the snowfall stats this evening. Apparently 34cm has fallen in the city today, with 20cm of that being over a 2 hour period this evening. I can only imagine what seeing snowfall at 10cm/hour in the middle of a major city must be like!
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@BobinCH, mate who has arrived to look after the dogs etc whilst we're away, has friends there at the moment, and he said as much, though I had no idea where it was 
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Myoko Kogen often gets big snowfall.
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| musehead wrote: |
Anyone in Sapporo city right now?
I'm amazed at the snowfall stats this evening. Apparently 34cm has fallen in the city today, with 20cm of that being over a 2 hour period this evening. I can only imagine what seeing snowfall at 10cm/hour in the middle of a major city must be like! |
Dumping
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SW Hokkaido firing
Rusutsu, Kiroro, Niseko in that order.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Mike Pow, 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Mike Pow, and @KenX, and a few days for it to stabilise whilst we travel out 
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I just arrived in Furano to be greeted by a couple of hours of light snow with more forecast, and the news that they had 25cm earlier in the week 
Our group also got a hotel upgrade as apparently the North Country Inn over booked, so we all got bumped to the Hitohana which is a massively better year old boutique hotel.
I'm here on a dedicated back country tour, so in resort conditions are of little consequence, but they do of course give an indication of the state of the snow pack. I'll try to update a trip report.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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First day on skis in Japan this year, on the Whiteroom Backcountry Tour. There are four of us with one guide, three skiers and a split boarder.
Today was the standard test and equipment check day, so a relatively close visit to Sahoro, in reality a small parking lot on the approach road, and kick some steps into the snow bank the opposite side of the road, before we started skinning. The snow was remarkably good, and the guide reckons he is the only one who has skied this route this season as there are no other tracks.
If this vertical was a test day, I may be doomed 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Japan has a rep for being flat. Looks pretty steep at the top of there! Although riding a 2m crown avalanche to the bottom probably rules it out for now!
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I skied at Pippu today, a small resort near Asahikawa - definitely a ski hill, rather than a mountain!
Was much better than I was expecting, given the reported base depth of 50cm at the bottom and 80cm at the top.
Skied some fun mellow powder lines through the trees, skiers right from the top lift, which I found less bushy and tightly packed compared to Kiroro and Kokusai the previous couple of weeks. Easy to get fresh tracks. The snow felt a bit heavier, probably due to the low altitude. The resort reported 5cm this morning but it seemed more like 10cm at the bottom and 15cm at the top, with soft snow underneath that.
I skinned up to the peak from the top lift, only about 20 minutes skinning (partially on a summer road) and nobody else had been up there. There's a wooden lookout platform that would probably have fantastic views on a clear day. Recommended!
Good value lift pass of 2800 Yen for 4 hours including lunch (a choice of shoryu ramen or curry rice)
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@musehead, I also liked Pippu when I was there a couple of years ago. Ten of us puts fresh lines into that wooded area all day without issue.
Do they still have the meat hook/pizza box lift to the top?
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@PowderAdict, Yep it's still the same weird pizza box lift!
Yeah, you can go quite far out into the wooded area especially if you don't mind walking for 5-10 minutes along the summer road from the top lift before dropping into the trees. I can't imagine it ever getting fully tracked out.
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Wot powder?
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Encore
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So that is how they make snow?
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