Meself in the trees at Happo-One in Hakuba, Japan. photo: Zach Paley
HAPPO-ONE (in Hakuba) CONDITIONS TODAY:
- Deep powder (1-2 feet deep/30 – 60cms)
- Light powder up high, denser down low
- Great pillows in the trees
- High speed everywhere as you could shut it down quickly in the deep snow
- Big open faces and noses with very deep snow
- It sounds cliché, but it really was untouched snow on every line, all day long
Willie Dilly Style avec snow at Happo. photo: Zach Paley
WHERE THE SKIING WAS BEST TODAY:
- This side of the resort
- That side of the resort
- The middle of the resort (and yes, we could ski it)
1998 Olympics were here in Hakuba. Ski jumps ski loom.
CROWD FACTOR:
- No humans, no lines
- See below
Lonely out there yesterday. photo: Zach Paley
OVERALL:
- Today was deep
- Today was untracked
- Today was horribly fun
Pillows, snow, and me. photo: Zach Paley
HAKUBA WEATHER FORECAST:
MORE PHOTOS:
Happo-One creek
Aprés ski squid. Yeah, Japan is weird.
Thanks for this update. I’ll be at Hakuba on Monday!
Hi Miles. I don’t know you but i must say i am very envious of the world wide ski travel trip you seem to be on. How does a non-sponsored ski bum such as myself go about setting out on a worldwide winter tour like you are currently on? I’ve spent individual winters in Austria, Argentina, and New Zealand but that was fairly easy to do as it only required one round trip ticket and a single season pass. Do you have a RTW plane ticket? Are you buying day tickets, green passing or just getting hooked up by locals for lift tickets? Do you have sponsors helping to pay for your travels? How much money did you need to save up? Seriously any help on how to do what you are doing would be much appreciated as you seem to truly be living my dream and i would love to do that next season. Traveling the entire world to wherever is good for an entire winter, what could be better?
Hey Blair, shoot me an email at milesclark@unofficialnetworks.com
thanks,
miles
Dude….could you take a moment from your Pow diving and get at least one shot with 7eye eyewear on your face instead of pow pow ?Hahahah you dog !