Tag Archives: snow

In Hokkaido

By Joel | March 16, 2009

As last weeks warmer weather showed us spring is on the way, but as you can see from Simon’s photo’s the winter still has some bite left. The snow arrived just in time for the weekend and word on the street was that Rusutsu had some great snow.Unfortunately being the weekend and due to a [...]

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Just like clockwork

By Simon | December 16, 2008

Just as the forecast promised the snow settled in last Friday and it now seems like the Niseko snow machine in back in action. Today saw the cloud break for an afternoon of sun and a chance to check out the mountain, duck off piste and into the trees for fresh lines. Niseko Annupuri, the [...]

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The First Snowfall 2

By Simon | November 26, 2008

Every year when it snows for the first time and the landscape is covered in this magnificent blanket of white I am amazed at how different things can look. Almost nothing else can compare to this as mother nature paints the ground white and finishes its work of art with small dabs of snow in [...]

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First Taste of Winter

By Simon | October 31, 2008

So your gear is ready and mother nature is co-operating so now all we are waiting for is the mountain to open.

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