JapanPräfektur GunmaMinakami MachiObinata36°46’8” N 138°58’19” E 1. März in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
A few too many beers and yarns last night left us feeling a bit dusty, so we took the day to heal with poor snow conditions, grabbed a seafood pizza with hot sauce, and then a deep Onsen soak.
JapanPräfektur GunmaTone-gunDoai36°50’9” N 138°57’42” E
2. März in Japan ⋅ ☁️ -2 °C
Rode a bunch of amazing powder lines on a sunny day up Tanigawadake and then celebrated a sick day with Ben, Callum and their friend Ken back at the Tenjin Lodge, before a night mission down to theWeiterlesen
JapanPräfektur NiigataMinamiuonuma ShiŌkura37°7’29” N 138°59’30” E
3. März in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C
Left the lodge today with Callum, a bit of a sad goodbye for him after spending two months there working as a lodger and a backcountry guide. But set off on the roadie round 2 with a quick lap up toWeiterlesen
JapanPräfektur FukushimaBandai MachiNekomaga Dake37°36’57” N 140°1’47” E
4. März in Japan ⋅ ☁️ -2 °C
With low clouds again! Gah! Rode a bunch of on piste and side country, waiting for the sun to finally come out. But still a good ripper day
JapanPräfektur FukushimaBandai MachiSarashina37°35’9” N 140°2’4” E
5. März in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
Finally! A break in the weather gave us a way to head up into the mountains!!!
We toured the ridge line up from the top lift to get up to the disused chairlift and what a full untouched power run.Weiterlesen
JapanPräfektur YamagataYamagata ShiTakayuKumano Dake38°9’17” N 140°25’36” E
6. März in Japan ⋅ 🌫 -4 °C
Drove straight up 3 hours, after riding yesterday to make it to Zao with a predicting 15cm plus of super fresh stuff coming in, plus to ride through the 'Snow Monsters' on one of the highest mountainsWeiterlesen
JapanTokyo PrefectureShinjuku-kuNishishinjukuShinjuku Chuo park35°41’29” N 139°41’14” E
6. März in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Arrived into Tokyo in the evening to catch up with Lex, Midouri and little Anji. Then took Callum out to the Golden Gai and slept in the van one last night in an overnight carpark in centralWeiterlesen
JapanPräfektur NaganoSano36°43’9” N 138°27’43” E
8. März in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
Time to blaze a new tail in a new Van, picked up Vikki Voyager Van to chase the over 60cm set to come in to Shiga Kogen valley!!!
Callum in tow and a more spacious van has its very happy indeed
JapanPräfektur NaganoYamanouchi Machi36°46’11” N 138°30’53” E
9. März in Japan ⋅ ☁️ -8 °C
The powder turned up overnight and we got a decent 20-30cm. So boogied up the hill in the new Van and Vikki didn't miss a beat with 4x4 drive, as we passed some other drivers in the middle of tryingWeiterlesen
JapanHirao-mura36°43’33” N 138°31’56” E
10. März in Japan ⋅ ☁️ -7 °C
Attempted to wake up for first tracks today, but with no dice on the effort. We both realised it had been a couple of solid weeks of riding pretty hard everyday, plus 48 wild hours in Tokyo withWeiterlesen
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