1 marzo, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 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.
GiapponeGunma-kenTone-gunDoai36°50’9” N 138°57’42” E
2 marzo, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ -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 theLeggi altro
GiapponeNiigata-kenMinamiuonuma ShiŌkura37°7’29” N 138°59’30” E
3 marzo, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 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 toLeggi altro
GiapponeFukushima-kenBandai MachiNekomaga Dake37°36’57” N 140°1’47” E
4 marzo, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ -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
5 marzo, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 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.Leggi altro
GiapponeYamagata-kenYamagata ShiTakayuKumano Dake38°9’17” N 140°25’36” E
6 marzo, Giappone ⋅ 🌫 -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 mountainsLeggi altro
6 marzo, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 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 centralLeggi altro
GiapponeNagano-kenSano36°43’9” N 138°27’43” E
8 marzo, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 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
GiapponeNagano-kenYamanouchi Machi36°46’11” N 138°30’53” E
9 marzo, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ -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 tryingLeggi altro
GiapponeHirao-mura36°43’33” N 138°31’56” E
10 marzo, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ -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 withLeggi altro
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