Author Archives: Chris

Looking better…

Have been busy for past few days with guests, hence no report. We recieved about 40cm of snow in the last dump, not quite enough to get the whole mountain [...]

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PUKING !!!!!!

It started early this morning , and it is coming down in the form of big dry sago . My son didn’t put cover on skidoo properly, so my first [...]

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Here it comes

Woke this morning to no new snow , and quite  calm and still, but as I sit here drinking my coffee the wind has sprung up and the clouds have [...]

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Clear skies….

Skies are clear this morning with some high cloud moving over the valley, tomorrow is D Day , but if you have to go out today the only option is [...]

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Wild night

Wind was blowing and slight rain most of the night, that rain has now turned to sago, and the next few days are lining up very nicely (fingers crossed). The [...]

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Calm before the storm

We have a beautiful bluebird day, and very little wind . Snowed all day yesterday with about 20cm accumulating on my doorstep. Groomers are out on Paradise for the first [...]

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Pinch me !!!!!

My god it’s snowing, am I dreaming ? Well it’s snowing lightly, and I am just about going crazy with cabin fever, I have been here nearly a month and [...]

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What a tease.

I have been in Tokyo for last couple of days, but nothing has been missed. It is such a tease at the moment, we have a nice ground cover and [...]

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Not much happening

Has been lightly raining since last night, but Yamabiko is shrouded in cloud, so my guess would be it’s snowing up there. We still have more snow than at the [...]

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Season kicks off

Yesterday saw the season open, with a few people cruising Yamabiko, and Unotaira 4. It was nice to see the mountain come to life again, and it won’t be long [...]

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