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Hakuba, Japan Report: Warm and Cloudy

Report from December 27, 2023 Landed in Tokyo last night and rented a car and drove five hours north to Hakuba. Woke up to warm temperatures and melting snow, however, there was still about a foot or two on the ground around town. Skied Hakuba 47 & Goryu and Happo One. Goryu was sunny above the clouds and had nice, […]

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Brett Ploss | December 29, 2023
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Japan Today = Skiing Downtown, Backflips, Pillows, & Powder

Hakuba, Japan gave us cloudy skies, fog, light snow, wind, pillows, and great skiing today. Up high the visibility was low with a thick fog that wouldn’t budge. Just below the fog, the visibility wasn’t too terrible and the snow was superb. Happo-One ski resort currently has a 230cm base and we got about 10 centimeters of new snow during the day. It was just enough snow to cover our tracks from […]

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Miles Clark | January 4, 2014
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Hakuba, Japan Conditions Report: 3 Feet of Fresh Snow Today

avy fence skiing

Happo-One ski resort in Hakuba, Japan got around 3 feet of new snow last night which made today another damn fine powder day. The day started off grey with some light snow floating down before clearing up some and getting very windy. At opening bell, there wasn’t much groomed resulting in skiers and riders wallowing up to their necks in snow all over the piste. Many people were absolutely stuck in the snow the first run of the day. We started off the day on the upper mountain playing with the avy fences before moving onto some open faces and eventually into the […]

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Miles Clark | January 2, 2014
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Japan Yesterday = Tight Trees, Pow, Monkeys, & Avy Fences

Happo-One ski resort in Hakuba, Japan got about a foot of new snow yesterday and the skiing was sweet. Happo is doing very well this early season as they already have a 230cm base at mid-mountain and the storms continue to March. Actually, it doesn’t matter about storms in Japan. A cold northwest wind comes off of Asia, crosses the Sea of Japan, picks up moisture, then slams […]

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Miles Clark | January 1, 2014
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Japan Avalanche Fence Powder Skiing

  Nothing says Japan like avalanche fences.  These ones aren’t quite filled in enough to jump off, but just skiing through them can be a fun, cool experience.  Looks good for the camera, too.  Why do avy fences have such allure?

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