Warms my heart to know that the resources were useful and inspiring! Thanks for sharing.

Rob

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Founder of HokkaidoWilds.org

A quick update on this - I've now moved all my 14degrees.org Hokkaido ski touring routes to a new website I've designed: https://hokkaidowilds.org/ski-touring

Still free, but way better search and...

Notifying police in Japan about your backcountry plans is super easy. It can be done online, in English, on your smartphone. The site is called Compass (https://www.mt-compass.com/).

Full...

Thanks again for the heads up about GaiaGPS - I have added that to the list! It appears that you can't add Google Maps to Gaia, unfortunately...

Do you mean whether they are supplied in vector format or not? If you're talking about vector data, it looks like the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) is planning on making those...

I had a quick look at GaiaGPS and couldn't see where to add the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) topo maps. Is that a premium membership feature?

EDIT: Found a tutorial on it here -...

I've written up a resource about how to print out hard copies of the official GSI Japanese topographical maps, as well as displaying them in English on your smartphone.

Android and iPhone Apps for...

Awesome @jorion! I hope to be up at Hakuginso in Feb...Mt. Furano is in my sights. I hope the snow is all good for you there.

I just thought I would drop in and say I've updated the route filtering system on my Hokkaido backcountry ski touring routes page: http://www.14degrees.org/hokkaido-backcountry-ski-touring-routes/
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Cheers! Mountain huts are loved here, as they are in many countries :-) For me, if I get a nice powder run on the way down on a ski tour, it is just icing on the cake. The hills here are beautiful...

Over the last couple of years, I have been slowly visiting some of the fantastic backcountry huts here in Hokkaido (northern Japan) - most perfect for overnight and multi-day ski tours. I've recorded...

Thanks! It is definitely a work in progress :-)

I've been living in Hokkaido in the north of Japan for the last 6 years. Finally, I've gotten around to compiling the reports I've written about ski tours I've done over those years here.

Hokkaido...

These rules seem fair enough.

Some epic scenery there. Wishing it was winter already.

I cycled through Kyrgzstan in 2006...this brings back good memories!