Tsugaike Kogen / ◎395cm / Partly Sunny2022.Mar.08
The morning sky was clear and blue to the west, and thick with clouds and haze to the east. The early morning temperature dropped as low as -11℃ at the top of the resort, but had risen substantially by the time I stepped off the first gondola, and I found the weather conditions to be comfortable. The same can be said for the groomed run alongside the Han-no-ki High Speed Pair (pictured), where I enjoyed my first run on the moderately-firm powder-snow surface.
[Han-no-ki]
Conditions were virtually the same in the area paralleling the Han-no-ki No. 3 Quad, with a similarly-firm, powder-snow surface. It was a pretty laid-back start to the morning, perhaps due to the fact that it was a weekday in March, or maybe because the quasi-state of emergency was extended until 3/21 (holiday, Monday) for 18 prefectures. As a result, the 3 continuous kilometers of perfectly-groomed corduroy conditions held up for a long time.
[Han-no-ki]
I spoke with two skiers from Tokyo (pictured), who told me, “This is our first time to ski at Tsugaike. We usually head over to Hakunori next door, but these wide-open slopes here at Tsugaike are pretty great, too!” I noticed a large group of young people, possibly students, hanging around the Tsugaike Central Triple lift (located just below this photo).
[Champion]
There were reasonably-firm, wet-snow surfaces on the groomed Champion (pictured) and Shirakaba Slopes, as well as on the bottom portion of Han-no-ki. The sunlight bathing the slopes today also began to soften things up by around 9:00. There were very few people using the Champion Quad this morning, and I was able to enjoy having the expansive slope nearly to myself.
[Champion]
[Availability Information for Mar. 8 (Tue.)]
* All Areas Available!
* Available Lifts … Gondola (8:00 a.m.―), totally 10 lifts
* Lift Price … 1-day Ticket Adults JPY5,500, 6-12 y/o JPY3,300, Over 60 y/o: JPY4,000
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*Tsugaike Kogen Ski Resort will start the 2021-22 Winter operation from late November, 2021 (*Depending on the snow) until May 5, 2022.
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