Dan goes up for fresh air after too many face shots
The title of “Best Ski Day in Japan” has been usurped. As good as Cortina was on Saturday, yesterday far, far exceeded it.
“Best run of my life.”
“Best ski day of my life.”
“Best lift-served day of my life.”
Those were some quotes from yesterday, and they all came before noon. No letdown whatsoever in the p.m.
After skiing Cortina, Jon began pushing for a trip to Nozawa Onsen, a resort 2.5 hours from Hakuba. He convinced Patrick to drive, and along came Tom, Dan, myself and Nick, the owner of Hakuba Powder Lodging. Nick knew the area from past ski trips, and served as unofficial tour guide.
“Best tree skiing in Japan,” he proclaimed before our first run.
I can’t disagree.
The only issue is that you’re not supposed to ski the trees at Nozawa Onsen. But that just meant we were pretty much the only ones in the woods, and didn’t cross another track all day.
Deep snow. Amazing terrain. Long runs. Pillows. Drops off avalanche barriers. Untouched powder on every run. Really, words and even pictures cannot describe how amazing the day was. I keep shaking my head in disbelief as I remember it.
A rare shot of Patrick when he's not behind the camera
Jon is attached to these skis, somewhere behind the cloud of snow
Nick showing off one of the lines
Jon rests up in the car after a long day
And, just for good measure, one more deep one of Dan
Happy boys! Happy boys!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Greg. Love you.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Greg! Technically, maybe in your part of the world, it is no longer your birthday...It sounds like you celebrated well.
ReplyDeleteUna, Eric, Aidan, Conor, Liam
yep, it was a good one, perreault family. and technically, yes, i think it was monday in japan when you sent this. but a minor detail - the bday wishes are much appreciated. hope everything is good in chicago!
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