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2017-02-01 01:01
in Japan2017, Nsnow, Snow
be a nice snowboarder, and ski hearts around skiiers :)
'ropes are devices meant to keep fresh powder on the other side' :)
after a great run, we ended up on top of a race course
after arriving at the next door Yakebitaiyama, and they had some 'unpressed snow', just what we needed :)
yeah, this is unpressed, I'll take it :)
it was super cold with frigid winds
Kymanoyu was a small-ish resort, but it will do, given that the rest was closed
After loading lift opening reports, we figured out that there was nothing interesting we could ski in the south, so we had to take 2 busses to get back to the north extreme (sadly this burned 1.5 hours). Thankfully, when we go to Yakebitaiyama, the top gondola was running, and we scored some great powder runs until we had to leave to take a bus back: All in all, the Shiga Kogen range was quite interesting, and we got quite lucky with the snow there. Some other day with less snow, it may be fun to ski it from the northern most resort back down to Hasuike, the middle resort where busses connect to go north or south. Off piste skiing was possible in places, some even had gates, although some other resorts don't allow it or turn a blind eye to it at all. Despite the painful bus rides there and back, we had a really good time and enjoyed the snow there. Below is one of my best powder runs:
See more images for Nagano's Yamanouchi's Shiga Kogen Ski Range