What El Nino Means for Japan’s Winter: Japan is on a lot of people’s lists this winter so we thought we’d look into what El Nino means for Japan’s upcoming winter. Typically, Japan works off a cold wind that comes off Asia, picks up moisture off the Sea of Japan, and dumps that moisture as snow when it hits the mountainous isles of Japan. Like lake-effect snow, […] WeatherBrains | October 14, 2015 1 Comment
Wet Dreams in the Hida Mountains: Shirouma Southeast On Honshu, the transition from winter to spring can be be painful. In March, temperatures rise, but the mountain weather remains as wild as ever. The result is rapid and violent transitions from heat and sun to rain, cold, snow and heavy doses of wind. However, when the Gobi Desert dust finally settles and stable weather windows materialize, opportunities arise […] Backcountry Lee Lyon | April 12, 2015 1 Comment
Miles Clark’s 2014 Japan Highlight Video: This winter was a good winter in Japan because it didn’t snow. Don’t get me wrong, it’s Japan, so it snowed a ton, but it didn’t snow as much as normal and there were more of sunny days than normal. Sunny days led to stability in the snowpack and the ability to get up high and onto some terrain we’d never skied before. The terrain was unreal and times we had were spectacular. Japan is the land of endless deep powder storm skiing in the trees, and that’s great. But, when the weather allows you to get up high on some real terrain, well, that’s even greater. I wish we had some real footage of this zone. All I can offer for now is this POV. […] Miles Clark | June 17, 2014 2 Comments
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