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Japan is Even More Epic | Rusutsu Resort, Hokkaido Joins the Epic Australia Pass

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Get ready, Japan is even more Epic! Rusutsu, Japan has joined the Epic Australia pass beginning with the 2019-2020 season. You might also like: The Ikon Pass Now Offers Access Across 3 Continents with the Addition of Niseko United, Japan Vail Resorts, Inc yesterday announced a long-term alliance with one of the most renowned resorts in the world for deep powder and […]
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Top 7 Reasons to Ski and Ride in Hokkaido, Japan This Winter

Hokkaido, Japan is becoming one of the hottest ski destinations on the planet,  offering more than 100 resorts and abundant, world-class powder. But exceptional snow quality is just the beginning. In the Land of the Rising Sun, this northern island also provides fabulous food, onsens (hot springs), and unique cultural experience with the most gracious hosts you’ll ever come across. But […]
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Where is the Snowiest Place on Earth?

We’ve been preaching about this place for a couple of years to friends and family. Yes, it snows everyday here in January and February. Yes, they get more snow than anyone else on Earth. No, most people have no idea that there is snow in this place at all. We get this again and again when we tell people about this place – “What, they get snow there, I had no idea.” We don’t consider people who don’t know about it ignorant, because we were exactly the same… until we went there. We just want […]
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Apple Watch Series 4 Available Today | Huge Improvements for Tracking Your Day on the Slopes

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Today Apple released the Apple Watch Series 4, fundamentally redesigned and re-engineered to help you stay even more active, healthy, and connected. In the first real redesign since the watch was first revealed to the world in 2015, the new watch features a 30% larger display, in a thinner and lighter case, and features more advanced heart rate features. But what […]
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Vail Resorts Want to Buy a Japanese Ski Resort to Target Emerging Asian Ski Market

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In a recent interview, Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz revelaed that the company is seeking to acquire a Japanese resort to add to its ever increasing portfolio of ski resorts. Such an acquisition would make the Epic Pass an attractive propostition to snow enthusiasts from Beijing to Sydney. “We see Japan as the likely first stop from new emerging skiers,” […]
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