Mar 24, 2014 | News, Winter Sports
I heard a guide once mention the following; ‘you don’t climb Yotei for the snowboarding’. There is also a famous Japanese saying; ‘you are wise to climb Mount Fuji once, and foolish to climb it twice’. After having climbed Mount Yotei twice in three days, I wonder if...
Mar 19, 2014 | Snow Reports
*2.5cm of fresh snow has fallen in the last 24hrs in Hirafu Village. At 7:30 today the temperature was 2°C. Yesterday was a mixed bag with heavy snowfall, rain, heavy rain, snow, heavy snow and then gale force winds in the evening. Despite the bad conditions we are...
Mar 17, 2014 | Snow Reports
*1cm of fresh snow has fallen in the last 24hrs in Hirafu Village. At 7:00 today the temperature was 1°C. Warm conditions this morning with a dusting of fresh snowfall overnight. Definitely time to get up early and at it before temperature increases considerably....
Mar 8, 2014 | News, Winter Sports
The warm temperatures we experienced over the last week of February have quickly been forgotten under the 71cm of snow that has fallen in the last 6 days. Happy days. Here is a short video of a few turns taken this morning in Hanazono.
Mar 7, 2014 | Snow Reports
*25.5cm of fresh snow has fallen in the last 24hrs in Hirafu Village. At 7:00 today the temperature was -8°C. Winter is back! Cold temperatures and excellent snowfall have produced another classic morning and it is still snowing. At village level the predicted strong...
