20060314 - Furano road trip

So sitting in the car in the morning, a decison was made. No Kamui today, lets hit up Furano. All the forigners we met at Kamui Ski Links were day tripping from Furano, so we decided to do the reverse.

Armed with Phill and his Kanji map reading skills, the car gps, and a quick stop at the 7/11 for directions, we headed off in the right direction.

We had been planning to not to go to Furano, as they market themselves more as a family resort, and as such are very strick on ducking the ropes. The drive was a bit over 2 hours from Fukagawa, and every bit worth it, although a CD in the player might have helped. A late start given the long drive, but I think we were ina lift before 11am.

A pretty massive resort over two seperate areas, with a whole heap of chairs, a gondala and a cable car. We spent most the day riding runs from the chair above the cable car to the bottom, and then the cable car back up and down again.

Colin at Furano

There was some very excellent powder in the trees, and with a bit of local knowledge I'm sure you could get almost top to bottom untracked powder tree runs.

Pretty awesome stuff, not many gaijin.