Where is the powder?

Post by **fivat** » Tuesday 10 January 2006, 13:40

I have seen on TV that there are tons of snow in Japan. More than 4m of fresh snow in a few days

Is there a member of this Forum who rides this powder?

And how is it in Canada - BC?

Who has the best season so far?

Patrice Fivat

Post by **SITO** » Tuesday 10 January 2006, 14:13

Not in Spain!arrggh!

Still only a few lucky resorts in Spain got some
fresh snow but not to much,

Hope that the snow come soon.

Sito

Post by **Arnaud** » Tuesday 10 January 2006, 17:29

some pictures of snow in Japan :
http://www.skipass.com/forums/enmontagn ... 62278.html

Post by **Benn** » Wednesday 11 January 2006, 7:29

Japan:
Always a lot of snow in Japan (It goes until 8-10 meters thick on top of the mountains)

And a lot of ski resorts: more than 500 ! It's Difficult to choose one ...
But the ski resorts are usually small (stay no more then 2-3 days in one).

Good ones:
- Niseko (Hokkaido) -> very pure light powder
- Hakuba (Nagano)
- Nozawa Onsen (Nagano)

Useful link:
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/
In prefectures, choose NAGANO, HOKKAIDO ou NIIGATA (Often a lot of snow there!)
Then you will find a ski resort list with descriptions.
You can use the Searh engine to find hakuba for example

Canada:

Revelstoke is the temple of powder.

Those destinations are great to mix Snowboarding between the trees and big deal of powder!

Post by **sorro** » Wednesday 18 January 2006, 18:15

It seems VERY VERY good also in WHISTLER

http://intrawest.rsc03.net/servlet/webs ... 26v0yvuD97

Post by **fivat** » Wednesday 18 January 2006, 19:13

sorro wrote:It seems VERY VERY good also in WHISTLER

Yes! No comparison with last winter, which was very bad (until end of March, when I was there, hehe).

Patrice Fivat

Post by **Felix** » Thursday 19 January 2006, 18:34

Eastern Austria had the best season start since years. More than 2m at 1500 meter of height already at Christmas. But now it's getting warm

Post by **fivat** » Monday 23 January 2006, 17:20

A friend of mine is at Whistler right now.

It has snowed more than 3m from 1st January!!

But yesterday it was quite packed everywhere. Only 10-20 fresh and light powder on top.

Today it's raining in the village

This happens often in BC... not in the Alps (on January and February) fortunately.

Patrice Fivat

Post by **kelvin o** » Monday 23 January 2006, 17:50

Just got back from Colorado where Copper had 18" over three days (5-7 inches per day). Best early season in Summit in 25 years from what I've heard. Unfortunately the real powder only lasts about two runs on the front trails but you could find up to two feet fresh untracked in the back bowls...

Post by **kjl** » Tuesday 24 January 2006, 15:54

I just got back from Tahoe... last Wednesday they got 1.5-3 feet of powder in 24 hours (45-90 cm!). A lot of the mountain I went to had been closed due to weather on Wednesday during the storm, so Thursday was sunny skies, cold air, and all that 1.5-3 feet of powder fresh and untracked!

That might be the best powder day I have ever ridden (besides heli-skiing)! Amazing.

By the way, I highly recommend the Prior Khyber (kind of like a Burton Fish - large nose, small tail - so you can ride in the powder centered, without having to bias towards the tail to float so much).

Post by **kelvin o** » Tuesday 24 January 2006, 18:27

Boy the one or two runs I made on the untracked stuff (even if i was only 5-7") was a revelation! It was really the first time for me and now I understand the search for the fresh light white stuff! I was riding a 168 4807 and it really felt like flying on the turn transitions. If I lived near Tahoe or the mountiains in Utah I would definitely invest in a pure powder board like a SwellPanik or other high end board. Amazing stuff!

Post by **sorro** » Friday 27 January 2006, 18:18

In fact, seems that the powder is in Zinal

It's very very good for ECS...

Here around Grenoble is not that Good but right now it is snowing a lot, hopefully also tomorrow, should be good for sunday

....

Post by **fivat** » Friday 27 January 2006, 19:13

In south of Switzerland (the region of "Ticino" where people speak Italian), it could snow 1 meter until Saturday evening!

But Zinal is maybe too much on the west... I pray for at least 20-30 cm...

Patrice Fivat

Post by **Rob Stevens** » Friday 27 January 2006, 21:15

The pow is in REVY, of course.
South of there, to be exact. I just got back from noboarding in Trout Lake, B.C. where it was DEEP.
Have fun at your EC fest.
Lates.

Post by **surfinsmiley** » Saturday 28 January 2006, 9:14

Bloody Powder snow

I bought myself my first carving set-up at the start of this season with the aim of learning to carve trenchs and possibly try an EC turn or two.
Well..... Japan has had nothing but powder flowing from the heavens all season.

I have spent a total of 14 days on the snow and all but 3 of those have been in DEEP powder.

Two or three weeks ago I had had enough, I went out a bought a 200cm Rad Air Tanker so I could ride the powder properly. Guess what ...... The next 2 days on the snow were perfect groomer days.

Oh well, now I have the right equipment for the conditions no matter what happens. It just makes for a very heavy board bag!

BTW......... Nigata rocks!

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Powder alarm....in Zinal!!!

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