December skiing starts with blue skies

Snow enthusiasts are still enjoying the fantastic start to the season. They were out in force this Saturday taking advantage of the good conditions so of course, we had to join them. With blue skies in the morning the weather was playing its part too. The clouds started to come in during the afternoon and we hope it is the start of the predicted snowfall for this week. We'll keep you updated but in the meantime have a look at some of the photos from the weekend.

Fall-line skiing

Much excitement in WeLoveSnow towers last night, when we received a sneak preview of a 6 page article on skiing in Yuzawa from Fall-Line Skiing magazine in the UK. The article will appear in the October issue of the magazine, in the shops on September 21: for readers in the UK, check it out!

Probably can't ski in Japan this year - gutted

I am almost certainly not going to be able to ski in Japan this year (which is something that I have enjoyed with my friends at http://www.welovesnow.com/ now for several years). The reason is that my wife is pregnant and due in February! Maybe I can sneak a quick trip in early December, so long as "junior" doesn't come early I might have a fighting chance...


I am biased, being involved with WeLoveSnow, but some of the best memories I have of both skiing and "related activities" (such as Kareoke, somersaulting off bridges into deep snow getting a small bruise along the way but still smiling, driving over the mountain in a jeep to go night skiing until midnight, trying and failing to snowboard in snow up to my eyes, trying and nearly failing to ski off piste in snow up to my waist and drinking Sake with various delicious raw items of food) are from Japan.

If you haven't tried skiing in japan yet you should! I have included some snaps from my previous trips over, no particular order...!

All the best

Paul

Thought I'd try to post a photo as a test...

This is one of my favourite photos from last year, taken at Kagura ski resort on 2 Dec 2006. Only 3 months until Kagura opens again...cant wait