Skiing in JAPAN is AWESOME!! (Hakuba Valley Resorts!)

Every Skier and Snowboarder knows that Japan is the epicenter of winter powder and adventure in the mountains. What some don't know is how truly awesome it is! I was lucky enough to put together the trip of a lifetime to visit Japan for a few weeks for a ski trip in 2024, and it did not disappoint! Flying out of Denver International Airport I made my way via vancouver to Tokyo landing in Narita airport which is a quick train ride away from Tokyo and the Akahabara ward. After some excellent sightseeing we made our way west to Nagano prefecture, home to Hakuba valley known as the Northern Alps. Nagano famously hosted the winter olympics in 1998. We spent a week skiing the open slopes and tight trees of the Hakuba Valley resorts which under one ticket connected by buses gets you access to many different resorts including the ones we skied at- Guryu Resort / Hakuba 47, Tsugaike Resort, Happo-One Snow Resort and Cortina Mountain. (These are also the epic pass included mountains) We had all sorts of conditions from low vis clouds to japulletproof ice to spring slush and bluebird days and eventually scored a few snowy powder days! In the next video you'll see our first tracks antics at Cortina en route to fresh tracks and pow laps. We even got some park skiing in in this one. Big shout out to all the great people of Japan and the new friends we met including Beth and Takeshi, Chris and Eugene, all out legendary bus and shuttle drivers, Zoe and Max the bartenders / hosts, and all the live bands at Tracks bar including the amazing Majestic Circus featured in this video. Yabaii!!

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I ski k2 sean petitor skis and faction candide thovex 2.0s with rossignol boots and salomon and rossignol bindings. Currently I got oakley goggles, leki poles and 686 mittens. I film POV shots with GoPro Hero 8 Black.

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