The last days of shredding

Well thursday last week dawned as a good powder day, but turned out to be quite heavy going with wettish snow about 20-30cms deep. But as the temp dropped during the day the snow actually got much better, drying out and getting lighter. So the arvo runs were great, with good lines to be had thru the trees out wide off the gondy of goodness. There were good sections of untracked snow down low and we all made the most of them. Friday was a funny day, with anyone riding up high playing snowboarding gorillas in the mist. Suffice to say the vis was craptastic, at times down to 3 or 4 meters. But most soldiered on, it being the last day, so after an early lunch, we pushed out a bunch of runs off the gondola as the fog moved up high with the trees adding to the better vis. Thankfully the snow was holding up and there was plenty of soft chopped up pow to play in. As we arrived back at the chalet, the snow came in, hard. Always the way isn't it. So we made the most of it and went for an onsen(Japanese natural outdoor hotpools) with heavy snow pouring down and a cold beer in hand, it was a great way to end our time in Niseko. Then came the journey to Tokyo, which i'll get to next

Matt