A deep powder day @ 21 FEB Shigakogen

[Ryann]

Demoed by our ski instructor - Matthew
He is our tour member, not the ski school instructor:cool::D

The video is 14mb, it takes times to download it.

http://www.hkssa.net/travel/CIMG2998.AVI

[GTFish]

Great but I missed all the fun. Any videos of Skier & MDC or you?

[Mike]

Great but I missed all the fun. Any videos of Skier & MDC or you?

Fish - you have missed all the fun! :cool:

John took some videos of us skiing, but the camera was somehow set on a wrong setting, so all videos are gone. :(

Personally, I think the mountain here is better than Naeba, but the Prince Hotel is a bit basic.
Nevertheless, John and I had a great time.

[GTFish]

For skiing alone, Shigakogen is my facourite too. See you & Skier in HK soon then before I depart for Shiga. Hope we'll be as lucky as you snowwise:rolleyes:

[Cornie]

好靚雪呀!!

[skier]

Fish - you have missed all the fun! :cool:

John took some videos of us skiing, but the camera was somehow set on a wrong setting, so all videos are gone. :(

Personally, I think the mountain here is better than Naeba, but the Prince Hotel is a bit basic.
Nevertheless, John and I had a great time.


Luckily the videos taken in the morning were okay. Here is a video clip of me skiing the beautiful snow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQMSqebo9ug

[kiki]

Shigakogen is one of my favourite ski resorts in Japan too. I like how the mountains are all linked and skiable from one place to the next, unlike Hakuba.....

[GTFish]

John, I may be able to save your deleted files. Try not using that card if you have a spare one. And the snow & skiing were nice indeed.

[Mike]

Shigakogen is one of my favourite ski resorts in Japan too. I like how the mountains are all linked and skiable from one place to the next, unlike Hakuba.....

We were blessed - snow was falling the night we arrived.

The first day - fresh snow on the ground, sun was out, blue sky. Quick breakfast and out we went.

The second day - Cloudy and windy, most lifts were not running. Wind dropped in late morning and lifts gradually commenced operation.

The third and last day - snow had been falling overnight, beautiful day. Good snow, good weather, good skiing (as shown in the video taken by Matthew).

All in all, very nice trip. :)

[Mattb]

We were blessed - snow was falling the night we arrived.

The first day - fresh snow on the ground, sun was out, blue sky. Quick breakfast and out we went.

The second day - Cloudy and windy, most lifts were not running. Wind dropped in late morning and lifts gradually commenced operation.

The third and last day - snow had been falling overnight, beautiful day. Good snow, good weather, good skiing (as shown in the video taken by Matthew).

All in all, very nice trip. :)

Small correction - I have to credit Anthony M. for the great video work on the first video above. The videos I took always seemed to include the sky, the trees, the snow, even my boots, and only very occasionally the skier I was trying to film.

M

[skier]

Great but I missed all the fun. Any videos of Skier & MDC or you?


Here are some photos captured from the videos to show snow,action and scenery:

[GTFish]

So there are videos of MDC, do show them to me tom:D

[Mike]

Fish - any report (& photo / video) from you ? ;)

[GTFish]

None but we are having a great time. We had powdery snow, ice and slush all in one day. Also,a most enjoyable lunch with Saso-san. The strawberry & cream and coffee set after skiing was good too.