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2017-02-08 01:01
in Japan2017, Nsnow, Snow
Kiroro is a bit far away (90mn by car), but it's a very nice resort with lots of off piste options. They have an interesting systme where you register in the morning with them and tell them which gates you are planning on taking and give them your contact info. You are then given a badge that allows you to leave the resort through side gates, and if you don't check in back by end of day, they know to go look for you (rescue will be at your expense of course).
as usual, the pricing was quite reasonable, less than $50 for a day without night skiing
ski patrol was by the gates to make sure you had filed for a permit to leave the resort, which we did
snow didn't suck. Not super deep, but the lightest powder I had ever ridden in
poor regis working hard with his ski boots
finally down to an open slope, all you can eat pow
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