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Oze Iwakura Friday Mar 5, perfect spring day

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Started by sand, Mar 09 2010 04:03 PM

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Posted 09 March 2010 - 04:03 PM

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Went to Iwakura (again) and had fantastic t-shirt weather spring snow conditions. After taking the bus from Ikebukuro was in the gondola by 11 am.
The snow conditions were great. Just the right amount of slushy, not too sticky. Very few people on the mountain, as expected for a Friday.
About 12 snow began to get more and more sticky, which just meant fewer and fewer turns down the hill and more straight lines, gets the heart racing and adrenaline flowing after it's some what cut up smile , and would not want to try this when it's busier.





view out the last lift of the day


at the top of my last run of the day, timed myself and took 3:37 Min for a 2.8 Km run, not bad for spring conditions wink

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Posted 09 March 2010 - 04:04 PM

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Nice one sand looks good.

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Posted 09 March 2010 - 04:08 PM

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Does look fairly decent actually I might make another trip over there.
Full cover still sand?

That long course in the last shot was fun going really fast, I liked that.

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Posted 09 March 2010 - 04:10 PM

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still had full coverage last Friday, and getting more snow (at least forcasted 30 cms over tomorrow and Weds), so have booked for another Thur and Fri bus trips

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Posted 09 March 2010 - 04:49 PM

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Looks great there sand!
Snow glorious snow! I have snow time to waste I'm off to play in the snow!

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Posted 10 March 2010 - 07:14 AM

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Still looks good.
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Posted 10 March 2010 - 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted By: sand


view out the last lift of the day


more like someone fell on their arse and couldn't be arsed to get up.

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Posted 11 March 2010 - 10:48 AM

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Good pics.
Distant mountains looking a bit thin on the snow there.
That's a smashing blouse you've got on

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Posted 11 March 2010 - 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted By: RobBright
Originally Posted By: sand


view out the last lift of the day


more like someone fell on their arse and couldn't be arsed to get up.


yes, that's right. I'm so flexable, with my skis planted tail end in to the snow, I can flex around past the base and take a picture thumbsup

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Posted 13 March 2010 - 05:58 PM

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all being well going there Monday for my last time
will report
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Posted 16 March 2010 - 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted By: @tokyo
all being well going there Monday for my last time
will report


hope today was all good for you,
I sorted out (with much help from my fiance) a place to stay there on Wed and Thur night, and sorted my travel arrangements, looking forward to it!
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