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There was some bad news today in the ski world. Sarah Burke, who has been in a coma after a serious crash in Park City, Utah, has passed away. She suffered a ruptured vertebral artery, one of the…
January 20 2012, 7:32am | Comments »
Today should be a good one to get out there and see Niseko. It's pretty rare, as people know that have been here in January, that you really have time to take a look around and be able…
January 19 2012, 6:23am | Comments »
The backbowls were rumored to have some fresh tracks today. With no new snow over night and increased visibility, it was one of those "get after it" days. We started climbing Yotei at about 7am and it was…
January 18 2012, 5:27pm | Comments »
Yesterday brought us a lot of unexpected sunshine! It was a miraculous day with great snow, amazing light, and smiles all around. Today seems like it will be another sunny one with intermittent clouds. There aren't many days…
January 18 2012, 5:45am | Comments »
There isn't much to report snow wise. A very light dusting came in last night but little to no accumulation was seen. The New Year's hustle and bustle probably was the main focus of attention last night. Plenty…
January 1 2012, 11:12am | Comments »
Well that's it, season 10/11 is officially over with all lifts on the mountain closing at the end of yesterday. Time to look back on the season that was and I'll do that month by month. [b]October[/b] Sure…
May 9 2011, 2:57pm | Comments »
Well Golden Week hasn't been all that golden up this way so far. It's mostly been grey and raining. Last thursday night actually saw some cold air move over the region with snow falling on the mountain above…
May 2 2011, 11:58am | Comments »
Quite unstable weather over the last week with lots of rain which did fall as snow at times on the upper mountain. It's really taken it's toll though on the lower slopes with the last little drop down…
April 28 2011, 12:37pm | Comments »
A cool and cloudy day up north with rain forecast for later in the day which should fall as snow on the upper mountain at first as a warm front approaches the island. In the wake of the…
April 22 2011, 10:58am | Comments »
Another beautiful day up north with clear skies and mild temps. We had a little snow on the upper mountain a few nights ago and then a little rain yesterday morning but otherwise it's been mostly fine and…
April 14 2011, 10:36am | Comments »
Yesterday was fine and mild and today is much the same although there is some rain expected later this evening that will fall as snow on upper mountain. Tomorrow will be cool and there may even be a…
April 10 2011, 1:39pm | Comments »
A little drizzle and very light rain moved through overnight. So light nothing registered in the rain guage in Kutchan at all. Still with the cloud and wind temps stayed well above freezing the entire night. There was…
April 8 2011, 3:45pm | Comments »