Day 36 - Sun Valley and more - My friends from Karuizawa stayed overnight and we had another fantabulous day. Yesterday was bluebird skies and tons of fluffy white goodness from 50+ cm dump yesterday. Finally got to Sun Valley, too, and had a blast in the powdery abundance. Probably the best day of the season so far. I skied 26 runs, 23 km.

#skiing #shigakogen #SunValley #Maruike #Hasuike #nagano #japan #japow #ski #shigapow #skiresortporn #yamanouchitown

Day 35 - Ichinose Diamond and more - Skied with friends who came up from Karuizawa and had a fantabulous day with powder that was out of this world!!!
The powder was super light and it snowed for hours and hours. I skied 19 runs, 23.4 km and did my first run on #Giant of the season. Today was an outrageously good day. Can’t wait for tomorrow!

#skiing #shigakogen #IchinoseDiamond #nagano #japan #japow #ski #shigapow #skiresortporn #yamanouchitown

Day 33 - Takamagahara - (this is from January 11th) Super nice day with excellent conditions throughout the central area of Shiga including Terakoya, nishi and Higashidate. I skied 8 runs, 13.7 km.

#skiing #shigakogen #takamagahara #nagano #japan #japow #ski #skiresortporn

Day 32 - Hoppo Bunadaira - Such a fun day teaching three kids how to ski better. They’re working at Shibu Onsen at a really famous ancient ryokan for months and didn’t understand that we have Japan’s largest and highest altitude ski resort right in town. I skied 4 runs, 6 km.

#skiing #shigakogen #HoppoBunadaira #nagano #japan #japow #ski #skiresortporn

Day 31 - Terakoya - Stunningly beautiful day all day. My buddies came up from Karuizawa and we had perfect fluffy powder and firm but super soft pistes on Bunadaira, Nishitate, Higashitate, Takamagahara, and Terakoya. It was a real joy. I skied 12 runs, 18.4 km.

#skiing #shigakogen #Nishitateyama #Terakoya #HoppoBunadaira #OkushigaKogen #nagano #japan #japow #ski #skiresortporn

Day 30 - Hoppo Bunadaira - spent the night at a great inn that is only accessible via skis or snowcat/snowmobile, and woke up to 40+cm of fresh fluffy goodness and heavy snow falling. It was a short day due to an afternoon commitment but I skied 9 runs, 14.9 km.

#skiing #shigakogen #Nishitateyama #Terakoya #HoppoBunadaira #OkushigaKogen #nagano #japan #japow #ski #skiresortporn

Day 29 - Nishitateyama and more - Packed my small backpack and on my first run checked in to an inn on the ski runs. I ended up skiing the most of any day this season going from Yamanoeki all the way to Okushiga. It was cloudy cold and surprisingly uncrowded despite being the middle of a three day weekend. I skied 20 runs, 32 km.

#skiing #shigakogen #Nishitateyama #Terakoya #HoppoBunadaira #Yakebitaiyama #OkushigaKogen #nagano #japan #japow #ski #skiresortporn

Day 28 - Nishitateyama and more - This is from January 5th. My buddy came up from Karuizawa and we had an amazing perfect conditions day. We skied Nishitate, Bunadaira, Higashitate, Terakoya, Takamagahara, Tannenomori, Ichinose Family… and back. It was a picture perfect powder filled day. I skied 17 runs, 24.7 km.

#skiing #shigakogen #Nishitateyama #Terakoya #HoppoBunadaira #nagano #japan #japow #ski #skiresortporn

Day 27 - Okushiga Kogen - This was January 4th. It was snowing hard when I arrived but not really blizzard conditions. The powder was starting to pile up and it was really great to have fresh snow but visibility was low and I had to get back for a meeting so I only skied 3 runs, 8.1 km. The downhill course opened as well so I got my first run of the season there, too.

#skiing #shigakogen #okushiga #nagano #japan #japow #ski #skiresortporn

Day 26 - Hoppo Bunadaira - Today was super beautiful and Terakoya opened! Yay! There was shallow shin-deep but light & nice powder throughout the area. Higashidate was also great! I skied 10 runs, 14.1 km.

#skiing #shigakogen #Terakoya #HoppoBunadaira #nagano #japan #japow #ski #skiresortporn