Yeah, I brought my 157 Weston Backwoods splitboard, which i rode a slight majority of the time since it was a little damper for riding chop at speed, and my 147 Elevated Goldfish swallowtail board,...

Damn I'm sorry to hear that! Did y'all have to self-evac? I know that was a concern riding up there...

I mean, everything was so photogenic there, you just HAD to take pics... food, cars, signs, everything.

Maybe I could have done 2 days in Tokyo instead of three, I get pretty tired of being on my...

The second day I slept in while TheBear and Ted rallied at 6 AM to go watch sumo practice (for 20 mins through a window from the sidewalk) and go to the fish market (great sushi, obvi) and we met up...

The final three days of the trip we spent in Tokyo, gorging on a mix of food, sights, sounds, owl cafes, and video games, while enjoying the Tokyo Metro -- the easiest-to-navigate transit system I've...

The final two days of skiing we stuck to Furano, which ended up being our favorite resort of the trip. Compared to other hills in Hokkaido that we skied, it's much more Western-style: taller,...

We checked into the Hotel Hitohama (great option, walking distance to the lifts at Furano, in-house onsen and free laundry) and next day drove the hour and a half to Asahidake -- a single tram with...

We also had some fantastic sushi in Otaru, another amazing dinner the night after of the famed local fried chicken, a bit of a throwaway few hours at Teine the next day (we were beat from the three...

The next two days we spent at Kiroro -- interesting compared to all the other resorts in Hokkaido as they've tried an interesting backcountry policy (since much of the access to the b/c is on private...

The timing was inpeccable :). Glad y'all are enjoying so far.

PART DEUX!!!

So, after descending Yotei with shit-eating grins, and finding a pole in a snowbank, Dongy took the wheel back to...

The next day we got a late start and ferried over to Goshiki onsen, which sits on the backside of the Niseko United mountains and reportedly had some fun ski touring terrain. The summer mountain pass...

After waiting stupidly for a decade to make this happen -- and a 20-page Google Doc of accumulated notes about how to run the best trip, thanks to the many good mags who've posted in this forum in...