Harms was a total badass, on and off skis. Larger than life. My thoughts go out to the TML family, it’s a pretty tight group and this will hit them hard. Condolences to family and friends of all...

Great tree riding, ruedi can be a bit of a cunt tho


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Seeing a helicopter drop off skiers on shiribetsudake is not cool.

You've listed some great touring spots there no doubt. I haven't been to all of them, but I still don't think many of them (maybe eniwa-dake is the exception) have the same below tree-line steep fall...

Gotta say I am totally against the idea of heli ski operations in Western Hokkaido :cussing:.

Don't get me wrong, I love heli (when my budget allows :eek:) and I've been heli-boarding many times...

Whilst I agree that generally Honshu has more bitchin' terrain than Hokkaido, it's not like it's completely flat... ;)

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Not worth coming to from the northern hemisphere, try NZ glacier country in October

Here's the slope in question.

The average pitch is 35 degrees. Just below the top is a convex rollover to 40 degrees. As you can see, it funnels into a narrow gully with trees at the bottom. Quite...

Flat, icy, warm, crowded, too many bluebirds

Also, bear in mind that the approaches to the high alpine on the main divide either involve a day of creek crossings and energy sapping lateral moraine rock hopping with a heavy pack or a helicopter...

Plenty of snow in the high alpine on the main divide in NZ. Long days and good weather.

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Please feel free to stay at home, meanwhile I'll be here, um yeah it's Australia.


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For every rule, there's always an exception

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Ok I can't believe it's taken this many posts and also that it's gonna take someone from the other side of the planet (Aus) to point this out, but there's only one place in Anchorage - ABC...

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Normally August is the best month, this photo was taken in September though!


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Certainly, that's Mt Feathertop (yes i named myself on TGR after this mountain, that's how much I love it!). It's near the ski resort (by "near" I mean a solid 4 hour skin) of Mt Hotham which is in...

Whilst we are visiting the Southern hemisphere, this is also September in Australia, yes that's not a misprint, this is Australia!

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Um this is less than 2 weeks ago in NZ...

They had a shit year, but got an awesome late season dump

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NZ is all rocks and rain at the mo, this is Australia last week,

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Fuck, don't listen to everyone putting it down (me included I suppose!). If you are "johnny on the spot", able to be there for 3...

Alaska is a big place, could you be a bit more specific? Chugach? Wrangell-st elias?

Resort wise things are fairly lame compared to overseas offerings. I generally wouldnt plan way in advance and book somewhere as conditions can be totally lame. Generally, opening weekend in june...

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"The Finger"

600 vertical metres of sweet chugach couloir

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You mentioned Tokachidake earlier...

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