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01-18-2019, 01:37 PM #276Registered User
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Picks look great everyone. Getting stoked for my trip. Leaving next Thursday for 10 days of powder chasing based out of Furano. Finally got my first turns on my Pescados last weekend at Mammoth on hard crusty week old snow and they performed much better than I expected. They weren't my 189 Wren 108s but still surprisingly fun.
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01-19-2019, 05:33 AM #277
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01-19-2019, 06:13 AM #278Registered User
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^tokachi area? Crazy busy, but great snow.
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01-19-2019, 06:31 AM #279Registered User
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Been firing in Niseko, looks like monday could be a big one.
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01-19-2019, 06:49 AM #280
Yeah Tokachi, real deep today.
As for the Wren 108’s, you’ll be just fine. I’ve been skiing 191 Caylors in resort and 189 108 Wrens touring and have been having more fun on the Wrens with a lighter setup. Snow is so light width doesn’t make much of a difference
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01-19-2019, 12:25 PM #281Registered User
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This is a real bummer. Love that place.
Neckbeard, a somewhat ex-mag, who guides in Hakuba has been writing a bunch of stuff about the over selling of backcountry guides. All fighting over making money, providing poor experiences for guests. Check out his fb page Mountain Life Backcountry Guiding. Lots of warning signs from him.
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01-19-2019, 12:38 PM #282
Hokkaido Japan; Central Hokkaido or Niseko
It’s so easy to just spot a zone without people and skin right up. So many options. No guide needed if you’re an experienced BC skier IMO. Would have done more but only had a vehicle part of the time and not everyone in my group was up for earning a lot of turns. Plenty of low hanging fruit from riding lifts anyway.
I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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01-19-2019, 12:57 PM #283Registered User
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01-19-2019, 04:44 PM #284Registered User
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01-20-2019, 05:56 AM #285Registered User
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Got into Niseko a couple hours ago and been dumping. Should be a good first day tomorrow as long as the wind isn’t too bad and upper lifts are running.
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01-20-2019, 06:03 AM #286
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01-20-2019, 10:09 AM #287I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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01-20-2019, 10:34 AM #288Registered User
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This is my first trip to Furano (and Japan period) and we decided to go the guided route so we can check out all the resorts in the area without to much craziness. We are all middle aged dudes with little kids so time away from work and the family is the biggest constraint so we want to get everything we can in the 12 days we are there. That and we are a group of 6 so hiring a guide between the 6 of us wasn't horrendously bad. I am assuming Furano itself will be a bit busy but any recommendations on places within ~100km around to go. We all have tones of BC experience but only half the group have ever actually toured. We are looking for mostly resort based sidecountry and a day or two of actual touring. 4 days and counting.
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01-20-2019, 12:28 PM #289
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01-20-2019, 01:01 PM #290Registered User
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01-20-2019, 11:42 PM #291Mike Pow
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Mt Racey
Tomamu
Nukabira Gensenkyo
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01-21-2019, 03:14 AM #292
Have a flight booked from sapporo to Osaka for 3 nights there before my final 2 in tokyo, but thinking of purchasing another fight and going to tokyo instead and skipping Osaka to ski more.
Didn't get an international license before coming... what's the best place to base out of to take buses to ski? Would otaru work? I'll have skied furano zone 8 days already so would like to check elsewhere.
Hostel recs to meet others, or any mags want to meet up? I'll arrive in Sapporo 26th afternoon, and would fly out of chitose 29th late PM.
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01-21-2019, 11:12 AM #293
Hokkaido Japan; Central Hokkaido or Niseko
There are quite a few daily shuttles out of Niseko (the welcome center and a few other spots) for places like Rusutsu and Kiroro. Otaru would most likely consist of trains and then transferring to buses, at least that was my impression (similar to Sapporo). Depending on your group size it’s also pretty easy to just book a taxi straight from your hotel and arrange pickup at the end of the day. In a few cases we realized this was actually cheaper or very close.
I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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01-21-2019, 04:00 PM #294
Would just be me. Not sure if trekking from furano to niseko is in the cards, but thanks for beta. Hmm
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01-22-2019, 01:40 AM #295Mike Pow
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01-22-2019, 01:52 AM #296
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01-22-2019, 01:39 PM #297
Some of my favorite runs were snow blurred after the first turn and I should have brought an extra GoPro battery, but here's some footage from Grand Hirafu, Hanazono and Sapporo Teine, plus side country.
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01-23-2019, 12:47 AM #298Registered User
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Sweet. Did you get as much snow as you expected?
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01-23-2019, 02:11 AM #299
We're in Otaru now, dumping down snow!
Went to Sapporo Teine today because all of us had a rough night's sleep and started late. It was OK - tiny area, off piste jammed with brush and trees ib many areas.
Tomorrow should be good. Snow is accumulating fast. Thinking Kiroro...
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01-23-2019, 02:17 AM #300
Japanese food has been great. Japanese toilet paper and beer are crap.
FYI for anyone following the thread for info: we shipped out ski bags via Yamato black cat service from Narita, but could not ship to Chitose airport for pickup. Instead we shipped to the warehouse in Otaru and picked up the bags there. About $20 each. Worked perfectly.
Our rental car is a Subaru Crossover (that's the name - aka Exiga), and 192cm skis fit inside. 3-row car. We fit four people and skis and luggage inside, barely. I'm glad we didn't get the Toyota Sienta - saw them and they are shorter than this Subaru. We're using GPS on phones rather than the one in the dashboard - seems to work better.
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