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Video: Powder Detours does Asahidake
Last month we spent a very fun week over in Central-Hokkaido, exploring the local resorts of Furano, Tomamu and Asahidake. This is a little stop-motion video from one glorious sunshiny day at Asahidake…
Last Powder Detour for the season
Snow, snow and more snow!!! Our February Detourees scored a whole lot of powder, but that’s fairly standard here. Small groups, and a really good bunch of guys. We spent the first few days in and around Niseko, exploring the … Continue reading
Furano, Asahidake and Sapporo Teine
The second week of our Hokkaido Detour went off with bang. No gigantic snow falls, but we still found pow almost every day, bar one (which led us to a fun park and groomer session in Tomamu instead). While basing … Continue reading
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Powder Experience week comes to an end
It’s been a fun week! While we haven’t had many of Niseko’s not atypical 50cms overnight, we’ve found fresh snow every day for the week. And we scored it big time in Kiroro! Now our Powder Experience week crew have … Continue reading
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Niseko Blue Bird Powder
What started out as a variable visibility day, turned out to be a real cracker! As always we started our first Powder Detour for 2013 in Niseko. It’s not very often you get a Niseko blue bird powder day but … Continue reading
A Nomination for the 2013 Special Olympics
Last week we had an email from one of our valued Powder Detourees and good friend Bob Williams. The email title was “Good news, bad news, good news”. Bob has been nominated as one of the snowboard officials for the … Continue reading
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2013 Japanese Powder Trips Dates and Prices
Howdy all. We’ve set the dates and prices for our amazing Japanese powder trips in 2013… Hokkaido Two Week Detour – 340,000 JPY: 20th January to 1st February 2013 Niseko Area Powder Experience week – 90,000 JPY (basic package only): … Continue reading
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Epic Last Day!
With some mixed and challenging weather on our February Powder Experience week, our crew were just wee bit happy to see the 30cms of fresh at Moiwa on the last day of our week. Niseko Moiwa is a favourite among … Continue reading
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Powder Experience Week So Far
We’ve had a great first three days on our February Powder Experience week so far. While the weather has been a wee bit on the windy side, we’ve still manage to find the goods every day, including an awesome day … Continue reading
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Our very own Zen Master
Everyone knows him as Biff. We often refer to him as The Guru. Other nicknames (including Mr Cool) have been floated from time to time. And apparently he goes by The Zen Master too. Can’t reveal his real name… that’s … Continue reading
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