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There have been lots of instances of mid winter rain on Honshu in the last 10 years. We got very lucky with daily powder on the trip this year but a warm spell would have made the trip pretty shit to be honest. The mountains just don’t have the vertical or pitch (generally) to make non powder...

Wow. Colorado eat your heart out.

Centimetres I assume?

We’ve skied Cervinia and Zermatt. The plan was not to take skis or do any novelty skiing but because winter is really hanging on I’m flirting with the thoughts of skiing at Duex Alpes again. This trip was to replace a trip that got cancelled in March just gone. We were flying via the Middle East...

I’ll be in Europe for planned spring hiking in a few weeks. Prior to a trip I’m usually hoping for cold and precipitation. This time I’m hoping for warm and sunny. It’s been an unusually cold April and May so far……

Just joking. I know my writing on here is not like reading a feature article in a magazine. Or was that comment not about the quality of the writing?

No offense taken. :LOL:

Shiga Kogen is large but the individual areas (some of which are lift linked or bus linked) are small. The individual areas have there own lift ticket and many Japanese people buy the pass for the small area where their lodging is and stick to that sector.

Myoko Suginohara Yomase/X Jam Ryuoo Ski Park Madarao Yokoteyama Kumamoyu Ichinose Diamond Yakebitaiyama Okushiga

Myoko Suginohara Yomase/X Jam Ryuoo Ski Park Madarao Yokoteyama Kumamoyu Ichinose Diamond Yakebitaiyama Okushiga

Only 8 days in Japan for me. All new areas. My plan was to have another 15 days in the Alps but my flight was cancelled due to drone strikes on the stopover airport in Qatar. I'm not 100% yet but I plan to ski Mt Ruapehu in NZ's north island in October. I'm hoping the world has enough jet fuel...

I consciously overlooked some well known ski areas when in Japan a couple of months ago and opted for unknown small hills some days. I will still ski big areas in the future but I’m more inclined to think like James from now on.

There is a fellow on the Aussie ski forum who's handle is LinkedRecoveries. :) Sorry for thread derail.

It see it was the acquisition of the outstanding ski hill that is Perisher that got Vail to 10 million visits. The jewel in their crown..........

I don’t think people will hold off buying passes for next year. Most folks will be of the opinion that it’s highly unlikely to have two shocker seasons in a row.

I had no idea the NE had a great season in 76-77. Interesting. Do banner seasons in the west often amount to lean years in the NE?

An eye mask and ear plugs are essential tools for my flight sleep.

I too hang at the back of the plane. I too have a long haul in the coming weeks. I'll be disappointed if I don't get an unbroken 6 hours at some point and a total of 9 hours. I'll report back.

I was skiing with a couple at Mammoth a number of years ago and the lady was 'stuck' stationary on a slope that was or nears Dave's Run. The lady was a long way behind back up the slope so I expressed my concern to the fellow *cough cough* and he replied (I'm paraphrasing) "I've worked out that...

The Hitler parodies are comedy gold generally but that one. 🤣🤣🤣 “Lindsay Graham jerks off to war footage”.