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When Is The Best Time to Ski & Ride Japan?

Originally written in 2013 Brought to you by HAKUBAVALLEY Japan is the snowiest place on Earth.  They get more snow than anywhere else in the world.  There are places on Honshu Island (Tokyo’s island) that receive 1,200 to 1,500 inches of snow per year.  Hakuba, Japan generally gets about 300 inches of snow in January alone.  In 2015, Hakuba saw […]

SnowBrains | December 13, 2019
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The Top 6 Reasons To Go To Japan This Winter

Brought to you by HAKUBAVALLEY Japan is as hot as any skiing/snowboarding destination can be.  You want to go to Japan and you want to go now.  It’s only going to get busier every year. “The time is now.” Storms don’t matter in Japan. A cold wind blows out of Siberia, crosses the Sea of Japan, picks up moisture, and […]

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SnowBrains | December 12, 2019
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Travis Rice to Compete in Freeride World Tour 2019 in Hakuba, Japan

SnowBrains | November 29, 2018
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Hakuba Valley, Japan Joins the Epic Pass for 2018/19 Season

Hakuba Valley, Japan is the latest international destination to join the Epic Pass for the 2018-19 season. Hakuba Valley is located in the northern part of the Nagano Prefecture at the base of Japan’s Northern Alps and played host to the 1998 Olympic Winter Games, reports opensnow.com. “We are pleased to include Hakuba Valley among the world-class mountain resorts that […]

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Steven Agar | March 7, 2018
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What Does La Nina Mean For Japan? | Last La Nina Japan Saw 914″ of Snow…

In short, La Nina means GO TO JAPAN. A lot of this weather stuff gets a little confusing. La Nina, El Nino, ocean temperatures, blobs, atmospheric rivers. The bottom line for skiers is this: is it going to puke this winter or not? According to various sources, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA), this […]

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D’Arcy McLeish | November 2, 2016
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Hakuba, Japan Conditions Report: Deep Snow, Big Terrain, Amazing Culture

As many skiers and riders have come to know over the past 5 years or so, Japan is the place of bottomless deep powder, great terrain, and big mountains that rival almost any mountain range in the world. Speaking with any long time locals it becomes obvious that the place has really blown up for skiing over the past 5 years.

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Ryan Mulcahy | February 3, 2016
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Wet Dreams in the Hida Mountains: Shakushi Northeast Couloir

Continuing with the theme of objectives not immediately in view from the window, the Northeast Couloir of Shakushidake entices the ambitious when viewed from popular resorts to the north of the valley. However dreamy this line seems from afar, it requires and early start just to get it. And like most things in Hakuba, the weather windows are few and […]

Zach Paley | April 20, 2015
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Wet Dreams in the Hida Mountains: Goryu Diamond Couloir

Rather than a dreamy peak observed from our window, Goryudake hides a bit farther back with a less straightforward approach. When observed from the correct angle, its diamond shaped rock formations become obvious, revealing a couloir seemingly cut by Zorro himself. It’s a tantalizingly close, deceptively far objective that usually requires a tent and some luck.   Goryu literally translates […]

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Zach Paley | April 15, 2015
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