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.

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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 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