#1 Tsugaike Kogen

Today was the first day on slopes, up at 620 am, peeling on our thermals and snow gear, and down for breakfast by 7am.
Croissants, cereals, egg on toast - to be our breakfast the next few days!

On the lodge shuttle to the resort, we arrived by 745am and had our passes organised by 8am.
A 20-minute gondola ride to the top, and we were super excited to have nicely groomed tracks, fresh powder, and no wait times for chairs all day.
No injuries despite some time in the park "doing jumps", but very exhausted with our thighs consistently burning as the runs are so much longer than we are used to!

Finished the day by grqbbing a beer and soaking our feet in a foot onsen for an hour while we waited for the bus back to the lodge.

Jay swapped his board for a new one. We tried the lodge onsen for the first time tonight. The water was HOT 🔥
Dinner in Echoland, beef udon noodles in broth - simple, delicious (oishi) and exactly what the doctor ordered.
Capping the night off relatively early with a beverage at the bar, then bed to rest our weary bodies 😴Read more