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Old January 30th 08, 09:18 AM posted to rec.skiing.alpine
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Ash Sangoram wrote:

Anyone familiar with skiing in Japan? Specifically I was wondering how
Kagura ski resort (or Naeba) compare with say Tahoe's Heavenly or
Colorado's Vail or Keystone (I know all 3 of these are quite
different but just as points of comparison).
I am looking to ski in Japan this weekend and want to hit the right
slopes (I'm sure it will be hard to measure up to Vail for any of
these resorts)
Seems Kagura has a 1200m base to peak difference (3600 feet seems on
par with the better US resorts).
Thanks in advance,
Ash


I haven't been to Naeba, I have been to Shiga Kogen and Hakuba on
Honshu. Personally if you want to find the best place to ski in Japan,
go to Niseko in Hokkaido. Most of ski areas in Japan, are blue cruiser
heavens like Vail. It gets really boring very fast, Niseko isn't much
different in terrain, but one goes there for the snow, it is very much
like XXXX/LCC/BCC snow wise. Niseko besides the main giant ski areas in
Japan are like Vail and Heavenly in terrain, besides the Niseko ski area
is enormous.

Another good thing about Niseko is Yotei San, (Mount Yotei) which one
can hike for their turns, get away from the boring blue cruisers and 3/4
of the skier caring about style and technique, rather than trying to
cheat death by tumbling down an icy couloir. The only people I saw go
out of bounds or hike for their turns when I was there were snow
boarders.

The onsens are very much a treat...
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