Hakuba, Japan 2012 Season

[llyon]

Some post-storm skiing in the Hakuba area from the past few days.




http://unofficialnetworks.com/contou...a-japan-64856/

Its snowing again as I write this, so tomorrow should be good again.

I'll try to add more stoke as the season continues.

[cl1953]

loving the posts, keep 'em coming.

[thecoyote]

Awesome!

I'll be in Hakuba in late January. So stoked.

[mc_roon]

I'll try to add more stoke as the season continues.

please do. most of us are sitting here slowly forgetting what snow even looks like. nice stream crossing btw

[neck beard]

Good on you for showcasing Hakuba's terrain (without the seemingly obligatory added promotional links and mentions of everything from pizza shops to pedicures). Keeping it real.

And good on you for being a way better skier than most people (includingmebutthatgoeswithoutsaying).

Pity those less skilled in the ways of weather+snow+terrain who try to replicate you though.

Good conditions recently. Who needs continuous storms. Stable soft snow on textured steep terrain for the win at the moment.

[lynchdogger]

Damn that looks like fun. Nice skillz. Enjoyed that thanks.

[neck beard]

Forgot to mention: smile and nod from me when I saw 0:32-0:37.

It was all good, but that one turn to hit just drew me in. I could feel it.

[Mani_UT]

Its snowing again as I write this, so tomorrow should be good again.
I'll try to add more stoke as the season continues.

Nice!
I'll be there in just 9 days with my touring gear.
Added to the list: plastic bags and straps for the boots!
Are lines the one shown easy to find? (never been there)
How is the snowpack so far (stability wise)?

Thanks

[grskier]

Nice work, thanks for sharing.

[snapt]

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Are lines the one shown easy to find? (never been there)

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Not overly difficult, and I found plenty of friendly peeps willing to show me around last year.
Thanks fer the stoke!

[whyturn]

Nice terrain and flow

[SkiFaxon]

Sweet stuff. Thanks for posting.

[LeeLau]

Ah now I see why those Atlas'es needed a bit of an edge sharpen!

Looks like a passably nice neighbourhood that will be adequate for needs

[neck beard]

Yes Lee, both the rocky ridges and the skiing on roads dulled those edges. And a gummy stone.

Nice!
I'll be there in just 9 days with my touring gear.
Added to the list: plastic bags and straps for the boots!
Are lines the one shown easy to find? (never been there)
How is the snowpack so far (stability wise)?

Thanks

Mostly ridge humps and short movements out of bounds for those great lines. Touring gear helps at times, but no touring required. Which is pretty much what Hakuba does best. I personally prefer to tour, but you usually don't need to. Down side is a lot of easy access terrain is also our riskier terrain.

Good avalanche conditions most of this season. No major problems so far. Yesterday had great settled creamy powder on shaded aspects and Low danger rating below tree line. Nice to get stability + ski quality + loads of untracked touring terrain.

As of this week Hakuba now has a long overdue avalanche bulletin. Anyone familiar with Canadian bulletins will immediately get a lot of info from it, however English translations are coming soon.

The summary information can be found here. The detailed bulletin can be found by clicking on the summary heading or text, or the link that says "more" (in Japanese).

[Mani_UT]

The summary information can be found here. The detailed bulletin can be found by clicking on the summary heading or text, or the link that says "more" (in Japanese).

Great info! Thanks.
If you guys see someone with older Armada JJ mounted with dynafits ( I guess not too many ) that would be me! I'll split my time between Happo one and Hakuba 47 I think. It that what you guys would recommend for a first trip?

Super excited!

[Goniff]

Thanks for the avy bulletin link. I'll be there with touring gear Feb. 5-15.

[llyon]

The forecast called for 2cm today, we got 50 of the lightest snow thus far on the season. It was good.



I come to Japan for the signs, really. llyon photo.




Powder turns, avy barriers. Pales photo, llyon skier.




Pillow lines, filling in nicely. Pales photo, llyon skier.




Caked in it. Pales photo.




More pillows. Pales photo, llyon skier.




Like the last one, but opposite. llyon photo, Pales skier.




One more. Pales photo, llyon skier.




Late afternoon, lights on. Pales photo.

Longer writeup available on Unofficial

[StuntCok]

Nice to see some new snow in Hakuba! Good stuff

[Mike Pow]

Well played.

Great vid & pics

[ZekeWolf]

Wow! Will be there from 20-29 jan. Just came back from deep pow in Engelberg. Stoked..

[_Aaron_]

Nice work boys.

[raisingarizona13]

Wow! Powder skiing, I forgot about that!

[gringorasta]

niiiiiiiiiiice! g'dang I has to make that trip at some point. Way to kill it. Keep the stoke coming, we need it to keep our hopes up here in MT!

[pales]

Japanese Alps


Katja making some nice turns today


Ryan dropping into some virgin powder


Ryan again farther down the run


Some of the snow and terrain here....


Katja at the "oh shit" moment


Katja right after the "oh shit" moment


Lonely turns down the mountain at the end of the day

My first post of some much overdue stoke. Enjoy. Cross posted from Unofficial

[neck beard]

Was looking pretty today:





But we skied something else less interesting and got skunked with super flat light and that drugged useless feeling you get as a result. The colour white still scares me. Freakin skied face first into a spine today that I didn't even see. Buried my head in it.