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    Default How good is Hokkaido ...

    this won't help the SDS (could need a snorkel at 1:10):

    Last edited by blutek; 15-12-2011 at 03:20 PM.
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    Default Re: How good is Hokkaido ...

    Asahidake? Hard to tell.
    *insert witty comment here*

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    Default Re: How good is Hokkaido ...

    Doesn't matter really. It's all covered in powder at the moment

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    Default Re: How good is Hokkaido ...

    60 or so days until that lovely Hokkaido powder envelopes me in its cold cuddly embrace
    Every morning I turn into a cereal killer.

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    Default Re: How good is Hokkaido ...

    here's one from the weekend:


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    Last edited by blutek; 19-12-2011 at 06:04 PM.
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    Default Re: How good is Hokkaido ...

    Nice, sadly won't be getting that this year but hey snow is snow is snow.
    How many days till it snows again?

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    Default Re: How good is Hokkaido ...

    @Hoots, check the pisteside pow at an empty Hanazono (video: 360Niseko).
    3mtr base at the peak already.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOTom...layer_embedded
    Last edited by blutek; 27-12-2011 at 01:53 PM.
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    Default Re: How good is Hokkaido ...

    respect:

    "many japanese believe the trees are sacred and so will only ski on marked trails...allowing us to enjoy fresh tracks for the rest of our trip!! god bless Americans...
    And now it's really chucking it down in Jindy. I'm getting some accumulation on my deck ~ The Wang

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    Default Re: How good is Hokkaido ...

    Recent pic of Miharashi - deep powder in open beech trees.
    It's been constant snowing - light & dry.
    It's time to checkout the cheap airfares.

    niseko.jpg
    Last edited by blutek; 11-01-2012 at 03:04 PM.
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    Default Re: How good is Hokkaido ...

    woohoo. looking foward to rusutsu and furano in feb.
    Every morning I turn into a cereal killer.

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