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So far so good, starting to fall into a routine of shovel go skiing and shovel again when we get home. Had a great couple of ski days in and around Furano, not neck deep like some of the pictures I have seen but solid pow with smooth cruise groomer run outs.
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This thread is just one reason this board can’t die!
alright last post
day ten of skiing
not powder stoke but stbmrstgapp skied her first black diamond- one of the highlights of this trip has been seeing how regular, consistent skiing has dramatically improved. this place is absolutely perfect for new skiers - she's enjoyed beautiful groomers, no crowds, and great snow this entire time. it's been incredibly rewarding to see her progress so much in just a few days - skiing parallel, linking turns, etc. i'm fkn stoked!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...277badb6e0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d61843b178.jpg
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The untalked about aspect of all that fresh snow
Fabulous piste conditions, refreshed almost daily
Perfect platform to learn and improve on
Yup. The groomers were in fantastic shape. Teine, Olympic, Highland, tengu etc.Quote:
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Also you were right about ski width. I brought 112s and they were fine but could have easily brought 100s and would also have been fine despite TGr fat ski fellatio
ya I'm sorry gonna have to hard disagree with this sentiment, that's the dumbest shit I've read on the Internet all day.Quote:
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I genuinely don't think you could have skied the snow we skied with 100s. Maybe somewhere with less snow or more untracked snow.
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This is the real dumb comment detected. Learn to ski ffsQuote:
Originally Posted by tgapp
Stop cunting up an amazing thread. JFC.
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^^ cool pic. Stoked for you.
Next trip is in the books...Arai. February twenty-seventh to March second.
Maybe a day or two additional at each end depending on all that weather jazz. Always easy to sleep in the van in the event that lodging can't be extended. I drive to/from Yamagata so if you're somewhere in-between, maybe that can work.
If any of you are around…
I was gonna do a TR but pics dont work anymore? Well, I can still say some of what I wanted to say - nice pics everyone and congrats Teamdirt on Mt Yotei! And great skiing with you gaijen, yer a great skier to shred with.
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Thanks, Muted! Awesome skiing with you. And I can’t believe we practically crossed paths hundreds of times around the world before actually meeting.
We lived in the same towns at the same time and had the same friend circles. Mind blowing.
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Thank ya! And this also means Tapatalk doesn’t require HEIC conversions to jpeg, that is sweet.Quote:
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Gaigin I also worked most Of the bigger IFSA events, I was usually up at the start gate, so we probably crossed paths there too, ha. I can’t remember if I mentioned that already.
So this was the volcano we were going to start our trip on, Mt Iwake. Looking good from the air. We were the only skiers on the plane, which was also looking good.
We skied Aomori Springs on the volcano, a very flat ski hill with good touring above it. The higher you went, the more wind blasted it got though. Which is similar to lotsa tall peaks in Japan. We went up until we could barely stand.
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There was a building at the bottom with big glass windows that was made to serve ramen - similar to the one in Furano and only $7 for a bowl.
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We spent the next week and a half bopping around some smaller ski areas. Edit: TGapp and I, when planning the trip, wanted to ski and see the real Japan and avoid resorts and whitey as much as possible and overall it worked out. We luckily skied pow every day even while going over there during a dry spell. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...a27797a617.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...cc6d7226e1.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...ac7ecc9530.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f19964ed36.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...96f85157d1.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2f96e7be9c.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b2a2c4a41b.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...4188b22bef.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...6c363bb5d3.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Rinse and repeat-back to the deep…
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I wanted some culture on the trip which you can’t get at the main tourist resorts in Japan. One temple I had to myself - there would have been hundreds of people there if it was Kyoto. I skipped day 9 of skiing to see it and a few more things - and day 9 was a sleeper thigh deep day. Fack! Some non skiing stuff we saw on the trip-
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Meeting Gaijin at a random ski hill was a highlight. He drove a LONG way to meet up! The hill ended up having lotsa good trees but I don’t have good pics - others did.
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We put in some tracks to get out of a few tree zones, and I only fell in one creek hole, and I panicked for a sec before realizing I was OK and could get out.
Mrs Tgapp skied a lot and worked on her turns the whole trip which was impressive. Thanks to her, Tgapp, Nbabuckaroo and The Vinster for a great trip!
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Skied 1/13-20 with Phall, our wives and another friend on Phall's "matesmoon". Similiar zone to tgapp and co by the looks of it. We scored with just-after-storm conditions > several day storm > couple days post-storm skiing. Thankfully just before the warmup/dry spell.</p>
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exploring some ghost resorts and scoring</p>
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Nice pic of the reggae room in that town Muted! that place is sweet.</p>
you mean the reggae room in NisekoQuote:
Originally Posted by Phall
we were definitely in Niseko that place is awesome
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i was instructed to edit my post.
Tgapp is kidding, kinda/ Phall, did you go to the soul club too? NBAbuckaroo got on the Soul Clubs IG, the owner was very happy for a pro skier to visit him! Looks like you all had a great trip too. Maybe we saw some of your old tracks here and there. teamDirt, looks like you scored another good descent. It was windswept shit off that peak when we went last year.
Soul bar is the shit. he hardly let us leave. Jtran made me edit, haha! thats a special corner of the world.
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You'll be one year older when you do.....
Fucking hell the stoke in here is amazing. I was so close to pulling the trigger last season. Really close. Now it might be another couple years. Has anyone else done it gluten free? The internets basically say that JP is possibly the hardest nation in the world to eat GF.
I would agree with that assessment - depending on your level of gluten sensitivity you could be okay just sticking with soba (buckwheat noodles) which is widely available and very good, but I don't know if broth or other components contain wheatQuote:
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Working through some photos off my real camera, already working on planning another trip!
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woof
Stoke is high!
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I’ve been loving looking at this thread the past several days.
So glad you all had fun and props to gaijin for making the trek to turn it into a mini summit [emoji1]
Seeing the pic of Asahidake with fresh snow brings back memories of the time I was there and had the exact opposite conditions- the most un-edgable ice I have ever skied and I am from VT for context. It was kind of funny though after experiencing true japow where you go in for lunch (ramen) and come out to 6 inches of new snow.
How about the music played on the lifts- I enjoyed that.
Ps I like the nbabuckaroo moniker too
The drive was just long because of the snow. But my ham and cheese croissant-wiches with that special japanese mustard mayo made it proper.
Gluten free is not so hard, I often go that route. Actually only occasionally eat bread. Rice is everywhere. It's Keto that is hard to maintain for long durations, but I've done that, too.
If your gluten intolerance is a recent thing, might wanna look into the kidneys and liver. My history with the alcohols taught me that.
Nice pic of Asahidake. We walked up there on Monday (I think) for a tree line view. It was a very busy option on a bluebird day. Great soak after as well
Fantastic pics, Power. Awesome Sauce. I gotta get up there.
I don't know why I said we were at Asahidake, we were at Tokachidake. Japan has me all messed up (in a good way)
Luckily I was able to squeeze in a few days on the work trip. I'll be in Hakuba this weekend, anyone around to ski?
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