Roadtrip to Kiroro
January 30, 2012
I was still snowing when we went to bed last night, but it didnt look like it would be deep enough to cover the hard surface under the pow. We figured we needed to wait another day before Niseko area would be epic.
We had heard a about a resort called Kiroro about one hour north of Niseko. Up there the snow supposed to be colder and deeper so we figured that we should give it a try. Miikka had some finish friends in Niseko that wanted to join us, so we were actually a crew of 5 riders going to Kiroro.
Kiroro was a pleasant surprise snow wize, but the terrain was not the best we have had. The resort consisted of short steep parts with great snow, followed by flat parts that needed to be hiked out from.
Overall though it was once again a great day in Japan. We are just a little spoiled with perfect conditions all the time. This trip is slowly becoming the best snowboardtrip we have ever had. We could not have asked for more.
Now we have 2 days left and the snow is puking down from the sky. It seems that we are the luckiest guys on earth. We will get the huge dump of light, cold Niseko pow before we leave as it seems : )
Tomorrow will be something spectacular! Cant wait!
Powday count: 22
- Last lines
- Weather changes
- Wall of fun
- Heliboarding in Valdez
- Not the best call
- Got what we came for!
- Warm up
- First views and the waiting game starts
- Baggage tracing in Alaska
- On the way to Anchorage
- Final stop, final frontier!
- Holiday crowds and untracked
- Time for hiking again
- Deep, bouncy and fun!
- Waist Deep and sliding!
- ...and it's snowing again!
- Surprise pow still!
- Waking up in the mountains
- Mountain hut mission
- Riding in the whiteout
- Destination: The Alps
- What does it take to get (t)here?
- Lucky last days in Niseko
- Roadtrip to Kiroro
- Misty trees in Rusutsu
- Couloir exploration
- Riding the Volcano
- Going to Hokkaido
- Tenjin lines
- Surprise stoke!
- It keeps on dumping !
- Deep snow slideshow
- Kagura splitboarding
- Japan delivers!
- First everything
- Japan it is!
- Jet lagged holidays
- Welcome to my world!
- Grizzly cave
- Mission aborted
- Cliffs and pillows
- Shooting
- Back to splitboarding
- Sledding - from muscle to motor
- Rogers Pass
- Sunny Exploring
- Opening days and POW!
- Arrived in Canada
- Surfer's Ear
- Packing- How did it work?
- British Titles
- We have direction!
- Snow radar
- First snow FINALLY!
- Nothing but green grass
- Snowtour is on again...
- Crazy Times
- Here To There
- Maldives
- Malaysia Madness
- Paradise
- Valle Nevado
- Mahalo
- Margaret River
- Resolutions
- Valley of the vikings
- Best week of the year
- Long time no hear!
- Snowtour goes Canada
- Last day in Europe
- A day in our life
- Air and night time
- Perfect day
- Tero Repo
- Pow count continues
- Perfect last day in Les Arcs
- Choker
- Roadtrip to Cote D'azur
- Splitboard adventure again!
- Tons of untracked still
- Adventure hike
- Short hikes in the sun!
- Long perfect tree runs
- Italy delivers
- Italy here we come
- Fixing and testing
- Spring time???
- Events and people
- Old snow but good runs
- Hospitals and tourists
- Gig review and cruising fresh
- Riding with Gimpl
- Nice snow and sharp rocks
- Pow and sun continues
- Short hikes and long runs
- We hit the spot
- A little hiking adventure
- Sunny Livigno
- Antti Autti interview
- Heat wave and slushy kickers
- The powder day count has started!
- It is on again!
- A Taste
- New Season
- A way to end a excellent season
- First ascent and descent
- Rollercoaster of emotions
- Easter Holidays!
- Treeride WC and Heliboarding in Tamok
- Finally home with finnish pow!
- The Last Day in the Alps
- On the road towards north
- Long way up but amazing down
- Worth a hike
- Just another day in Paradise
- The Blue Label Day!
- Oops, we did it again!
- Eero stole my bag!
- My home town
- The Arctic Challenge wrap up
- In sickness and in health
- Are we following the snow or?
- We left Argentera!
- Can we even leave this place??
- Solo missions
- We begged for it
- Pow pow and even more pow!
- Lost in Italy
- Playing with our new toy
- Spines and pillows
- On the road again
- From Ispo hassles back to tranquil mountains
- The Foehn Wind
- Finnish relaxing and early birds
- Our legs are burning!
- Something new every day
- Friends with karma?
- Winter is back
- Wolfmother Rock N Roll in Zurich
- Waiting for the snow
- Down day activities: avalanche and mountain safety reminder
- First day off!
- Sightseeing
- Methods never go out of style.
- Happy to be alive!
- Polizia say NO NO
- Livigno Italy
- Last day in Laax
- First real powder day!
- European Open
- Protest Snow Tour with Miikka Hast and Jonas Hagstrom