Jason, Adrian & Christian are in town from Whistler, Canada and with only 6cm in the past 72 hrs in the Niseko Resort Area found boot top powder under sunny skies.
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Day 105 at Kiroro: Thursday 05 March 2015
20 cm in the past 24hrs at the base of Kiroro (570m asl)
The snow returned to Kiroro just in time for the first visit of Jason from Singapore and Adrian & Christian from Whistler.
They skied almost as much powder today as they have all season in Canada!
Not a bad week in Central. We've had regular snowfall of around 10cm each day. It is quite moist at low level but obviously much lighter up in the hills. I've only really been hitting the local hill, but we've had a couple of great sunset sessions.
Will be at Sapporo Teine tomorrow.
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Day 106 at Kiroro: Friday 06 March 2015
5 cm in the past 24hrs at the base of Kiroro (570m asl)
Yesterday was so good that Jason, Adrian & Christian returned for more today.
The cold temperature overnight drew the moisture out of the snowpack leaving dry powder all over the mountain.
SICK day at Teine today. "Locals' only March" in full swing, and we lucked in with a big snowfall last night. Real deep in the bowls and a great crew on the hill. Big drops and faceshots all day!
Under the cliffs
Sending it off 'The Horn', way out in the bowls.
Yubari tomorrow.
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BIG weather system rolling through next week.
Some of the biggest numbers I've seen forecasted for this area
Crazy weather coming in for the next few days. Warm and very windy through until Tuesday, and then we should get a good amount of snow for the rest of the week.
Good day at Yubari today, with some nice deep snow in the trees. Quite heavy and wet as the temperatures rose through the day. Good fun.
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Day 108 at Kiroro: Sunday 08 March 2015
0 cm in the past 24hrs at the base of Kiroro (570m asl)
With moonlit skies overnight and the promise of a clear sunrise over Kiroro I set off before dawn to ski tour to the summit of '1107', the triangular peak above the Family Chair and Yoichi courses.
The sunrise afforded me great views of Kiroro Resort, the surrounding peaks and all the way to Mt Yotei and the Niseko Resort Area.
The sunshine of the previous two days had formed a tricky sun crust on some aspects but there was plenty of knee deep powder on the descent.
We didn't quite get the deep hero powder days we were looking for which has left a slight feeling of unfinished business. When I return would like to do a road trip to take in some of the smaller resorts like Kiroro so any recommendations gratefully received
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Based on the pics you can ski, so I'd recommend a narower waist underfoot next time.
Come earlier in the season if you want a greater chance of powder.
Sapporo Kokusai and Sapporo Teine.
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After all it is free
I'm going to be transferring through Fukuoka (on Kyushu, from a work trip to S Korea) on 21 March, I have a flexible flight ticket and some holiday to take before the end of March so wondering if it is worth extending the stopover and booking my own flights from Fukuoka to Hokkaido for a couple of days? Or is that just too much faff?
Flights look to be pretty cheap - around £60 each way from Fukuoka to Sapporo.
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@Guernseyfreerider, road tripping to different ski hills is definitely a great way of doing a Hokkaido ski trip. Feel free to contact me if you want any info on Sapporo/Central Hokkaido.
@bobmcstuff, keep an eye on how the snow develops this week and if it's looking good, bagging a cheapy flight with one of the low cost airlines could be well worth it.
Right now, it's pretty grotty. Pi5sing rain at sea level and a freezing level above 1,000 metres. Yuck.
But the forecast is for this to turn to snow and some very very snowy windy days coming up until the weekend.
EDIT! About an hour after posting this, the rain has turned to snow. And it's coming down heavy! Bring it on!
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@MagSeven, Thanks mate will do
@Mike Pow, I was skiing 118mm underfoot Line Pollards Opus, they were freakishly manoeuvrable in all types of snow. We were discussing that going too fat you can have too much float and I didn't feel in much danger of sinking! Usual weapon of choice is 108mm, will def bear it in mind.
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Guernseyfreerider wrote:
@Mike Pow, I was skiing 118mm underfoot Line Pollards Opus, they were freakishly manoeuvrable in all types of snow. We were discussing that going too fat you can have too much float and I didn't feel in much danger of sinking! Usual weapon of choice is 108mm, will def bear it in mind.
Cool. I skied on them last season. Good ski but found they floated too much for my liking.
Cooler temperatures overnight combined with a fresh layer of crystalline snow made for deep turns and refreshing face washes in the sunshine.
And the snowfall is set to continue through the weekend into next week.
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An excellent weekend in our neck of the woods too after some really solid snowfall this week. We went to Rusutsu on Saturday and had blue skies for most of the day with deep snow. It was heavy in sun exposed areas, but nice and soft.
Today at Teine was one of the best days we've had this season. Really deep, and a lot drier than yesterday at Rusutsu. Well over a metre of accumulated snowfall from the past few days. The realisation that this was potentially one of the last big powder days of the season was pushing us into taking some big hits off cliffs and pillows.
Big drop off the ropeway cliffs
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Hudge in the last pic
Leave any if I was thinking of heading there tomorrow?
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Sorry, my reply is a bit late as you'd probably already have left by now (Monday 8:40am!) Yes, there's plenty left out there. The further to skiers left you go, the better it is!
48 hrs without snow and blazing sunshine, but there was still plenty of soft snow around.
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Pretty quiet here snow wise. Ski hills are starting to close up for the season now, some on schedule, some early through lack of snow.
Still plenty of snow in the main ski areas though and we've had some great sunny weather.
Teine on Saturday was fun. Still lots of snow in the trees and pleasant spring skiing. It got quite slushy on piste in the afternoon.
Yesterday we went to Rusutsu for the day. They had a pond skim set up and lots of barbeques at the base of East Mountain. There was still some slushy fun lines to be had in the trees, but we didn't spend too long there before gravitating towards the loud music and smell of cooking meat!
A few lines in the trees
Pond skim time!
Actually looks like we might get a bit of snow over the next few days.....
We've had snow rolling through yesterday and today. Flurries more than consistent snow, but when it's been falling, it's been quite heavy. I was at Yubari today and had some decent snow.
Localised snowfall rolling through the valley
Nice soft snow and empty slopes
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A decent amount of snow yesterday around here and in the hills, and a gorgeous sunny day today. Spring at its best! I nipped over to Yubari this afternoon for a few runs. The All Japan snowboard champs are on this weekend so they've built up a really large slopestyle course and a solid looking boarder cross. Unfortunately for us that means the park was closed, but it was fun standing in the sun watching some practice runs.
The good weather looks like it'll continue until Saturday. We'll be up at Teine.
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