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01-23-2019, 05:16 AM #301
Decided to stick to my plan and head south Saturday. Storming hard in furano tonight, tomorrow should be good!
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01-23-2019, 10:19 AM #302
We got skunked the first few days but found plenty of stashes and untracked lines. After that it dumped. Really just one bad day of skiing which was saved by the storm coming in and skiing night pow.
Sapporo and Asahi are ok. Just stick to the sake anyway - junmai is the way to go if you like it dry and smooth. Also a huge fan of the Roku gin.I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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01-23-2019, 07:12 PM #303with stoopid
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Heading over in the morning, can’t wait!
What’s the best option for Narita to Haneda transfers? I have 3 hours between flights, 3pm-6pm
Is the traffic going to be really bad to take a shuttle? Is it better to just take the train and deal with lugging baggage from one train to the other?
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01-23-2019, 09:09 PM #304
Fucking great beta here. What car company?
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01-23-2019, 10:11 PM #305with stoopid
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01-23-2019, 10:48 PM #306
Thanks for not ripping into me, this is a long thread haha I’ve now put a google doc together to keep it sorted
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01-23-2019, 11:15 PM #307
Got into some serious thickets at Teine a couple weeks ago, lookers left of chair. Still the antenna lines are hard to beat, just seem to get tracked quickly.
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01-24-2019, 01:41 AM #308
Best run of the trip today, but some issues with wind closures post 1130 am. Coming back next year without question
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01-24-2019, 01:41 AM #309
That sounds picky. The skiing has been great every day. Met and exceeded expectations for sure.
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01-24-2019, 01:48 AM #310
Yes, Nippon Rent a Car. I'm not sure if we registered correctly for the big discount - our car for 7 days, plus the Hokkaido Expressway Pass (for 8 days), was something like 73000 yen (we're splitting it four ways so no big deal). I didn't research the HEP much in advance, but found something online with estimated toll way costs for places we are going, and it looked like we would hit the cost of the HEP really quickly.
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01-24-2019, 09:02 AM #311Registered User
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Hey El Chup, I have the same rig booked for our trip at 131,000 Y for 13 days, with the HEP, ETC and Ski Racks. Used the Nippon discount like was suggested, and totally agree that the HEP sounded like it would pay off. I went back after my first reservation and found that the same car, same set up was 20,000 Y cheaper (was 153,000 Y)for some reason so cancelled/switched to that. So make sure everyone to keep checking on the rates...
I was considering doing the Yamato (Black Cat) luggage service for our skis from Narita to Chitose, sounds like I will have to investigate a different pick up.
Stoke Level is getting HIGH reading all your guys reports, and thanks for all the BETA.
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01-24-2019, 09:50 AM #312
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01-24-2019, 11:40 AM #313
Why all the need to use a luggage service? Flying domestic or something? Flying International gets skis another a check bag to Chitose with no additional fee. Funny seeing half this thread dedicated to logistics.
Just wrapped up 2 weeks. Toured 8 of 12 days, rode chairs and Furano and Asahidake. Niseko doesn’t seem worth it anymore and the good terrain and Kiroro isn’t lift accessed. Had multiple 1m dumps towards the end of our trip.
We booked through Expedia(Avis) and got a Crosstrek with snow tires for $90/day. Didn’t ask for anything special ahead of time. All rentals there look capable of handling the difficult conditions.
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01-24-2019, 02:42 PM #314Registered User
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The stoke is rising! Flying out in 16 days. Hitting Furano first, then Asahidake and we'll go from there. I've been checking the forecasts for the areas the last few days, and I was getting a bit worried as they showed no snow at all. But I see now I had no reason to!
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01-24-2019, 02:52 PM #315
One of my deeper days this week was a report of 0 cm. Not sure what's up with the snow reporting lol
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01-24-2019, 03:08 PM #316
Yes, don’t believe the forecasting or the base snowfall totals. Often we’d have 2” on the car in the morning but 1-2’ in the mountains. Same goes for wind. We saw calm winds in the mountains while valley was getting wind, especially Furano area. Make sure you check out the onsens from Asahidake-South. The real highlight of the trip: ski+onsen
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01-24-2019, 04:28 PM #317
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01-24-2019, 04:53 PM #318
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01-24-2019, 06:07 PM #319
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01-24-2019, 07:02 PM #320Registered User
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01-24-2019, 08:06 PM #322Registered User
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01-26-2019, 03:22 AM #323Registered User
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Thought I'd share how Kiroro was skiing yesterday. Pretty good for inbounds action.
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01-26-2019, 08:09 AM #324
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01-26-2019, 08:12 AM #325
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