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 14 Comments
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 […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 12, 2019 6 Comments
VIDEO: Antti Autti in Closer Here we are at the mid-point of January and both west and east coasts have plenty to look forward to in the coming days. Models are coming into agreement and storms are being upgraded. Froth levels are starting to build as we daydream about the radii we’d like to push our equipment through once the soft stuff has piled up. […] Featured Video Jon Roubik | January 18, 2019 0 Comments
ThrowBack Thursday: SnowBrains’ 2013 Japan Highlight Video from April 3rd, 2013: 2013 in Japan was silly. 17 powder days in a row. A coupla days off. Then 19 more powder days in a row. Not bad. Not great. Just normal, unremarkable, stupidly deep Japan. These islands are some sort of snow utopia that Americans haven’t even come close to tapping into yet. Theres’ really nothing to wait for. Come now before all these Japanese ski resorts go […] SnowBrains | March 3, 2016 4 Comments
Check Out This Guy Shredding Japow…Shirt Not Included The Snocru team is currently in Japan filming in the backcountry. Â Naturally some guy on the crew realized this was his time to shine. Â He shows off his many chest hair in this epic clip. Â By the end of it- he practically turns into the yeti! Â For all the ladies out there, it is believed this man is single- […] Keenan Grady | February 18, 2016 0 Comments
Japanese Man Killed In Avalanche While Skiing Backcountry Sunday February 1st, 2016, in the Gunma Prefecture, a man triggered an avalanche while skiing outside of marked boundaries in Katashina Village. The high number of avalanche related deaths as of recent are truly shocking. Avalanche Keenan Grady | February 4, 2016 0 Comments
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. Conditions Report Ryan Mulcahy | February 3, 2016 0 Comments
Two Groups of Skiers Rescued From Backcountry In Japan Japan, as we know it has recently become the mecca of the powder skier. Â Dream lines in perfectly natural glades with the deepest powder of your life is simply waiting there, stacking up as the season continues. Â Although it is alluring, it does not mean that there is inherent risk- particularly in the backcountry. On January 12th, a […] Backcountry Keenan Grady | January 20, 2016 0 Comments