The volume and quality of snow fall over the last few days has been exceptional, which meant only one thing. Time to ride…
At 6am this morning a crew of ten riders and Woodley the dog met outside the Alpen Hotel to hike up the mountain and blast back down!
Hiking up, 16 November 2011
The sun god giving Hirafu village some early morning love, 16 November 2011
Sam smashing out the first tracks, 16 November 2011
Marika up front with Ben and Woodley chasing, 16 November 2011
Stu making his first rooster tail of the season, 16 November 2011
Thorsten as always making waves, 16 November 2011
Chris owning the Kokutai ski run, 16 November 2011
Marika making a wake, 16 November 2011
Paul's powder poncho, 16 November 2011
James throwing up a powder blanket, 16 November 2011
Ben finding a powder stash, 16 November 2011
Woodley loving his first tracks, 16 November 2011
The First Tracks Crew, 16 November 2011
By the time everyone made it down it was almost time for work, but the Alpen ski run looked really tasty so four riders hiked back up to put some tracks down that too, with Paul opting for the Noboard.
Paul getting an early face shot, 16 November 2011
Three riders on the Alpen ski run, 16 November 2011
Four fresh tracks on the Alpen ski run, 16 November 2011
A big thank you to all the crew for making this one of the best mornings ever.
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