A sun day out chasing the ‘Solar Flare’ tour on the sunny aspects behind Rusutsu.
A remarkable day with next to no wind and a keen small team looking go where there were no crowds 😎
#LoveSnow #Japan #japow #NoCrowds #Skinner #SkiTouring #SplitBoarding #ChaseTheSun #Hokkaido #SkiJapan #LoveSkiTouring #Uphill #Downhill #rusutsu
@powderhounds
Low vis shredding playing mini golf on the low slopes of Mt Shiribetsu. The cloud was low but the stoke was high with a crew from New Zealand.
Mission : go and find great lines, explore some new terrain and learn some new skills..
After a slow approach through heavy snow at low elevations we gained enough altitude to find cold snow. With cloud coming in and out the visibility deteriorating we made the most of it and laughed all the way home
In the end it was the ‘Wright’ decision 😉
#maximumeffort #splitboarding #skitouring #japow #hokkaido #guideslife #staysafe #avalancheavoidance #skiguiding #betterwithfriends #hardenup #lowvis #cloud #sendit
@whiteroomtours
@nzmga
@powderhounds
There are many tests you can do in the backcountry to check on stability and reactivity within the snowpack.
Seeing how reactive cornices are, as they are building is one example of such useful tools.
❄️During a wind event and or storm event where cornices are building or post storm, being able to safely trigger a cornice see how large it might fail and what it does to the slope below you can give you valuable information into what you might find on the slope below you .
❄️ being able to easily trigger a cornice is an indication that the new snow has not bonded very well to the old Snow surface and that there’s tension within the new snow.
❄️Using the cornice to put a heavy load on the slope beneath you may help you to understand if there is slab quality snow below you, this could be either storm slab or wind slab. The weight of the cornice falling on the snow can simulate the weight of a skier or border.
⚠️⚠️⚠️ However to do this safely there are a few key factors you need to understand and check
⚠️ ensure you understand how large the cornice feature is. Check the size of it from a safe point further back along the ridge where you can see how overhanging or large the cornice is. You do not want to go down over the edge onto the slope below you with the cornice as it fails.
⚠️ do not trigger cornices onto slopes where you suspect, can see or believe there may be other groups beneath you. If you do trigger an avalanche you could easily involve an unsuspecting group below you.
⚠️ a single test like this is simply not enough to say a slope should be skied. You need to ensure you have a good understanding of the avalanche forecast the hazard rating for the elevation and aspect that you are on and an understanding of the problem you are hunting or are likely to find beneath you.
#Avalanche #Cornice #Japan #Japow #SlopeTest #MakeItHomeSafe #AvalancheSafety #AlwaysLearning #LoveSkiing #LoveBoarding #LovePowder #Pow
@whiteroomtours
@nzmga @nzavalancheadvisory
@npo_jan
@hilly.travels
It’s been snowing pretty much non stop now for 24 + hrs. We woke up to around 40cm of snow across most of the Southern Hokkaido region with another 20cm by 2pm
Today was a day it wasn’t difficult to get away from the crowds – visibility on the other hand was a challenge at times.
There’s a few more days of Polar storms coming in across the Sea of Japan ….
#WhereIsMySnorkel #LoveSnow #LovePal #japow #Hokkaido #Niseko #LoveSkiing #LoveBoarding #Whiteroom #TheWhiteroom #GuidesLife #SkiGuiding #AvalanchesSafety #ComeHomeSafe #GoWithAGuide
@whiteroomtours
@tristanhuber
@powderhounds
@nzmga
Moiwa was utterly epic today. Our early season conditions have been simply superb. With more snow coming it’s shaping up to be one of the best seasons in last 5-10 years.
Come and get amongst it!
@whiteroomtours
@nzmga
@niseko_moiwa_official
#japow #powder #pow #indeep
#nzmga #GuideLife #NZguide
#hokkaido #loveskiing #loveboarding
#lovesnow #skilines #winter #japan #japanskiing #japanboarding #thewhiteroom
We’re busy getting our staff back into the swing of things here in Japan.
We ensure our guides have a good under standing of the terrain that they will be taking our guests into as well as making sure everybody is ski fit and and of course having a great time while we’re at it!
The current season is off to an amazing start with locals and returns saying it’s the best early season snowfall rates they can remember for some time 😎
Bring it on and let’s get deep ❄️⛷️🏂
#Japan #Snow #Pow #japow #PowderSkiing #Snowboarding #LoveSnow #LoveSkiing #LoveBoarding #Winter #Avalanches #GuidesTraining #Let’sHaveFun
@nzmga
@whiteroomtours
@tristanhuber @claudinetalbott @bwookiie
@colebeeman
Back at it Japan with @whiteroomtours Getting the new guides up to speed with terrain, rescue equipment, dealing with LOTS of snow and having fun.
#japan #hokkaido #pow #winter #japow #winter #sendit #digging #lovesnow #lovewinter #ineedasnorkel
@claudinetalbott
@nzmga
Using a different dimension to surf the planet -as spring lands and the winds stay strong the call of flying starts to override the need to ski !
@zakroholic has been out sharing the love of the @go.flare.global wings – the Moustache rocks!
It literally took me back to the first time I ever launched a speed wing 😎
Such incredible range of winds to play on these machines ❤️🦅
#NewZealand #Hawea #ParaGliding #SpeedFlying #Moustache #DaleDangling #Proximity #Speed #VeryWindy #LoveFlying #LoveParaGliding
