Day 108 Ryuoo
What an amazing day! Yesterday was my last day here for the season and we had fresh powder and literally no one else skiing at the top of the ropeway for the first hour. This longer video is at 10:50AM.
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Day 101 Ryuoo
It rained a bit this morning so I started a bit late. The runs were surprisingly good quality despite the hot wet weather today. Cold front and snow storms moving in over the weekend… yay!
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Day 100 Ryuoo
Super hot 22 C day so did a short few runs. I’m really loving the first few this season in the warm weather. At night it’s cold enough so first tracks are really rewarding in terms of speed.
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Day 96 Ryuoo
Catching up with my posts today. Sunday was a beautiful bluebird sky day but the pistes were fast and hard for the first two hours so I got in some nice very speedy runs. The weekends only “Red Run” is great.
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Day 92 Ryuoo
Wednesday was an all day blizzard with snow accumulation warnings from the national weather service. Broke out fat skis for a late season powder day.
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Day 90 Ryuoo
Another crazy weather day today with snow and high winds at altitude so I came to Ryuoo with my friend who came up from #Tokyo. Tomorrow morning is supposed to be nice weather so we’ll go up to #ShigaKogen
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Day 89 Ryuoo
High winds closed all of #ShigaKogen’s lifts yesterday so I came to Ryuoo again for a few runs in the bad weather. Snow predicted all week.
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Day 87 Ryuoo
Friday was another warm day but just cold enough to maintain nice pistes through the morning.
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My friend took a short video of me skiing by which gives a nice overview of the conditions. It was a really nice morning. This was at 9AM on Thursday morning, March 13th, 2025. I was going about 60km/h according to my tracker.
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Day 86 Ryuoo
Yesterday was very warm but there is still so much snow and temperatures were low enough for some very nice pistes in the morning. The pistes were a bit soft but not slushy at all.
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#TogariOnsen is just across the valley from #NozawaOnsen - that’s #Nozawa off in the distance. The valley is nicknamed ski resort alley in Japanese since there are so many resorts in the area including #ShigaKogen, #Madarao, #Togakushi, #Ryuoo, #Yomase, #Kijimadaira, #Kurohime, #Myoko and more.
Day 82 Ryuoo
Great day teaching my snowboarder pal how to brush up their technique as they are returning to skiing after a multi year shift to boarding. Conditions and company were both superb!
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Day 75 Ryuoo
Rainy this morning but the pistes were in very good condition. Another large cold front is expected to roll in tomorrow and the rest of the week is expecting large snowstorms… yay!
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Day 70 Ryuoo
Really great on-piste conditions yesterday, and the side-country also improved a lot. The three day weekend has every resort super crowded, though, so I got in the first tracks and out asap.
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Day 69 Ryuoo
I forgot to take a video or photos yesterday so I’m posting a prior photo from Ryuoo… it was a very short day as I had some errands. This photo is from December 17th at the top of #Kiotoshi.
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Day 66 Ryuoo
Very crowded today despite the additional 40cm of accumulation overnight. Skied #Kiotoshi, the kilometer plus long 36° powder chute and it was probably my best run this season… so far…
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Day 58 Ryuoo
It was a holiday Tuesday yesterday and there were lots of families about despite the blizzard that gave us an amazing dump overnight again. Managed to get the first runs in, though so it was a superb day.
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Day 56 Ryuoo
Despite the #snowpocalypse that dumped several feet of snow, Ryuoo was way too crowded yesterday so I was unable to shoot any decent video while skiing. Here’s the view from the lift instead.
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Day 53 Ryuoo
Another great day in the Kita Shiga region yesterday. My friend came up from Kanto and was blown away by the perfect conditions. More snow is in the way.
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Day 52 Ryuoo
Conditions were surprisingly good on piste this morning since there was far less snow at Ryuoo than forecasted. The pistes were super soft and there was still lots of light fluffy #powder in the side country.
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Day 51 Ryuoo
About 30cm fell in 90 minutes this morning at the beginning of the giant cold front that’s moving in. Bottom of Ryuoo is relatively low around here so it was amazing to have so much #powpow so quickly.
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Day 50 Ryuoo
Yay! Got to half a hundred days. The students are out in force now as everyone is on school holidays. Was able to get my runs in early, though and the pistes were terrific. Huge snowfall coming up soon, too!
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#ski #skiing #japan #japow #ryuoo #kitashiga #nagano #yamanouchi
Day 46 Ryuoo
Not much to say other than the snow was fab again yesterday.
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Day 45 Ryuoo
Weather was surprisingly good all morning despite the forecast for heavy snow and high winds. The hard packed snow with about 5cm of fresh light powder in upper area at 1900m was just perfect.
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#ski #skiing #japan #japow #ryuoo #kitashiga #nagano #yamanouchi
Day 43 Ryuoo
Great morning with perfect pistes and almost no one else on the slopes. After my #sempai gave me some tips for the #Ogasaka skis I was able to carve turn low enough to touch the slope with my hand during the turns.
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#ski #skiing #japan #japow #ryuoo #kitashiga #nagano #yamanouchi
Day 39 Ryuoo
Super hard rocket pistes 🚀⛷️this morning were perfect for my new #Ogasaka TC/S short turn demo skis. A friend won the skis in a drawing last month but since he’s a #snowboard enthusiast he gave them to me 🥳
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#ski #skiing #japan #japow #ryuoo #kitashiga #nagano #yamanouchi
Day 34 Ryuoo
Short morning out before heading for a day trip to #Tokyo yesterday. Lots of fresh #powder but poor visibility.
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