 Poster: A snowHead
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| Will S wrote: |
| OK, realistically I need skiing somewhere near Tokyo to make sense. |
Why's that? Flying from Tokyo to Hokkaido (where Niseko is, for example) means a slightly longer travel time and an extra flight but you'll still have the same number of ski days as you would for resorts within driving distance of Tokyo.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Idris wrote: |
Sorry mike pow, but if you know where to look Japsn Does rival anything in Japan.
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That's been my problem obviously. I've never considered Japsn 
I'm assuming you mean somewhere in Europe, and that somewhere has great powder.
I don't doubt it having never skied there. Or maybe I have.
Just saying that for the 1-2 week recreational skier the odds of getting deep, untracked powder from the lift without any hiking on either end, inbounds, with minimal avalanche risk are very high in the part of Hokkaido that I play in.
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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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| Will S wrote: |
| OK, realistically I need skiing somewhere near Tokyo to make sense. Are there any ski resorts within 2 hours from Tokyo? |
I leave Cardiff at 10 am on day 1 and get to my digs in the Niseko Resort Area at 6pm on day 2.
1 hr flight to Amsterdam
12 hr flight to either Tokyo or Seoul
2-4 hr flight to Sapporo
Dinner, bed and skiing bright & early on day 3.
Coming back to the UK I leave Sapporo at 7am and get to Cardiff at 9pm the same day.
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| Mike Pow wrote: |
| Idris wrote: |
Sorry mike pow, but if you know where to look Japsn Does rival anything in Japan.
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That's been my problem obviously. I've never considered Japsn
I'm assuming you mean somewhere in Europe, and that somewhere has great powder.
I don't doubt it having never skied there. Or maybe I have.
Just saying that for the 1-2 week recreational skier the odds of getting deep, untracked powder from the lift without any hiking on either end, inbounds, with minimal avalanche risk are very high in the part of Hokkaido that I play in. |
Sorry meant Japan rivals anything you can find in the USA - and I do mean anything (lift and skin served terrain)
Japan trumps Europe for reliable powder but does not rival for terrain.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Europe is king for lift-accessed steeps and lengths.
Japan is king for powda.
US is somewhere in between the two.
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Some people eh.....Geneva.... Utah......Japan!?
You should fly over to Glenshee on a windy/wet day in Feb, it's amazing I promise you.
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| Mike Pow wrote: |
| Will S wrote: |
| OK, realistically I need skiing somewhere near Tokyo to make sense. Are there any ski resorts within 2 hours from Tokyo? |
I leave Cardiff at 10 am on day 1 and get to my digs in the Niseko Resort Area at 6pm on day 2.
1 hr flight to Amsterdam
12 hr flight to either Tokyo or Seoul
2-4 hr flight to Sapporo
Dinner, bed and skiing bright & early on day 3.
Coming back to the UK I leave Sapporo at 7am and get to Cardiff at 9pm the same day. |
LIfts at Niseko run till 9.30 at night under lights - the afternoon/evening you arrive beat the jet lag by skiing till close - I did
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| Idris wrote: |
| Mike Pow wrote: |
| Will S wrote: |
| OK, realistically I need skiing somewhere near Tokyo to make sense. Are there any ski resorts within 2 hours from Tokyo? |
I leave Cardiff at 10 am on day 1 and get to my digs in the Niseko Resort Area at 6pm on day 2.
1 hr flight to Amsterdam
12 hr flight to either Tokyo or Seoul
2-4 hr flight to Sapporo
Dinner, bed and skiing bright & early on day 3.
Coming back to the UK I leave Sapporo at 7am and get to Cardiff at 9pm the same day. |
LIfts at Niseko run till 9.30 at night under lights - the afternoon/evening you arrive beat the jet lag by skiing till close - I did |
If you're there for 1-2 weeks then sure.
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