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We’re at Myoko. Only about 5 inches overnight. Turns a soft though.

Like almost all of the ski areas in Japan the hill I went to yesterday has no or very little machine snow infrastructure so in warm seasons their open period is either very short or really low quality skiing/snowboarding. I believe 2022/23 was pretty terrible for the low elevation central Honshu...

We’re at a little hill called Yomase for a half day. Just trying to dial the legs back in and avoid the crowds. There must be at least 30 people here. About 20 USD for a half day ticket. A big bowl of very very good ramen about 6 USD. Impressive snow quality for under 1200 metres ASL.

https://altitude-guides.com/en/adventures/?type=adventures&season=winter If anyone is looking for an affordable destination with relatively no crowds or competition for powder and a decent snow record and plenty of terrain over 2000 metres the Maurienne Valley is a good place to consider. Group...

Lots of independent breweries in Tokyo. The cool little Izakaya family owned restaurants are prolific and great value.

We’ve not committed to anything but Kylie has plans to catch up with the daughter of one of her French classmates at some point. She has a restaurant in Grenoble. We’ll see how things pan out I suppose.

We are arriving the same date at Malpensa too.

Last night at one of our destinations.

Temples and shrines and bright lights and red lanterns and unagi and sushi and matcha and sake and Japanese craft beer. Seriously though we have no hard plans. My wife has some ideas. I might post a couple of pics.

Weather is a strange thing. Here in Brisbane we average about 10 inches of rain over December and January. We’ve had an inch and a half since December 1st with nothing meaningful on the horizon. It’s the driest summer I can remember. I’m trading a forecasted week in the 90s here for cooler...

Looks like fun to me.

I’m on the plane in a few hours but stopping in Tokyo for a couple of days before driving to the mountains. Two things. I can’t ski that. Secondly it’ll be well tracked by the time I get there but it looks like we might get some fresh while we are there.

That sounds cracking value. If only I was expert level…… Send pics.

@ChrisC If you're going to Val D'Isere the socials are telling me the tunnel at the top of the 3000 drag lift is open again this year. You'll have to check it out for novelty. All that meadow area under the Tommueses lift is nice low angle stuff too but it's pretty accessible so gets tracked out...

That is my idea of a great day out. I don’t need steep when there is soft snow to ski.

What are your dates? Sorry if I'm covering old ground...........

Your backyard looks a nice place to be Tony. I would love to have a season here in Brisbane that delivered the red and yellow leaves. Having said that my OCD would hate the leaves in the pool. :)

Verbier guides are probably done with gapers like me joining a group and slowing it down. :LOL:

RIP legend Rob Hirst. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-20/midnight-oil-drummer-rob-hirst-dies/106249816?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

People on the ground in Tirol (and Livigno if that’s not Tirol) from the Aussie forum suggesting things are sketchy because of a weak layer despite ‘level 2’ avi rating. Very easy to trigger small slides apparently.