Join us this Saturday the 20th of March at 4pm AEDT as Reggae Elliss and John Blagys in conjunction with Classic Resorts Japan explore Hakuba Valley and the surrounding resorts.
Here's what I found when I went there about 8 yrs ago, I loved the village, the views and the food, and the people are so nice. My ski trip over about 12 days was not that great, the weather was rather warm, snow sometimes at night, but quite warm during the day, causing the snow to be of quite poor quality. I thought the infrastructure was very dated, small chair lift capacity, that didn't cover much distance before you had to change to the next lift. Hakuba 47, queued up for 20 minutes for the chair, then another 20 minutes at the midway point, then another 20 minutes at the three quarters point on the way to the top, too many people, lifts not big enough and they should go all the way to the top in one go. I think Niseko is probably more consistent with its colder temps, scenery not as good though, but having said that, this video looks like really excellent conditions, so I probably just lucked out with the weather. Tsugakai seemed the biggest with the longest runs, but once again you couldn't ski all the way to the bottom because it was too warm. My trip was in early February.
I am planning to visit Japan for ski training in season 2022/23. However Japanese government still not open to foreign tourists (for DIY travel) at this moment. No sure it will change the policy soon as people needs at least two month planning and booking hotel and airplane.
