Jan 2 - Shiga Kogen - All Mountain

After an old phone alarm woke us a 4:45am, we slept in till 7:30am. We were breakfasted and geared up by 9am. It was snowing lightly, and is continuing.

We skiied up the pair chair to Diamond and over to Family for a green and red run. They were icy in places with a bit of dust on top. After this it was near 11am, the kids were cold, so we made way to the eatery at the bottom of Takamagahara. Here we had hot choc and cake. We warmed up until 11:25am.

From here we went to my favourite area of Shiga Kogen Nishidateyama. We skied the green and red runs here for a few laps until about 1pm. Then we stopped in a the food place at the road near the bridge for a pizza and some of the best fries on the mountain. Hubby was able to get a gluten free curry and rice at the other food place i side. Plus the prices were really reasonable the pizza was 1,600yen, fries only 350yen, and the curry and rice was 1,000yen. At 1:30pm we made a move back out into the snow.

We headed over the road to Tanne no mori for some short fun runs. There was powder stashes everywhere and it was loads of fun for a few runs. From here we headed home via Diamond. Then we did one run of C1 to place us back at the hotel nicely. The conditions were; some powder, some ice with powder covered or scrapped, and the light snow did not stop all day.

Arriving back about 3:30pm we headed for an onsen to warm up. At 4pm it was snack time in the room. At 6pm we headed to Ramen Corner for dinner even though none of us was particularly hungry.Read more