REPORT

Light rain was falling on the slopes this morning, and the groomed Hiedayama Rinkan Course, which starts at the top of the resort, had a loose granular snow surface. It was similar conditions on the other groomed courses as well. The Itadaira Course (pictured) had a loose, ungroomed granular snow base with shallow tracks and surface bumps. Even with the wet weather, it was smooth skiing on both the groomed and ungroomed slopes, especially in the morning.
[Itadaira Course]

This morning I spoke with an instructor from the Cortina Ski School (pictured, far left), who told me, “I love your site! These are first-year high school students who have been coming to Cortina every year for more than 10 years. Incidentally, the second-year students are doing their training at Tangram.” One of the students added, “The dinner buffet was delicious!”
[Itadaira Course]

The Ikenota Slope (pictured) and Ipponmatsu Course were both groomed with loose, slushly granular snow. I felt myself wanting to lap the Ipponmatsu Course, as it was pretty empty and I was able to ski at speed comfortably. This weekend, on 2/25 (Sun.), a “First Tracks” event exclusively for overnight hotel guests will be held on the Ikenota Slope. (*Starts at 8:15 a.m., limited to the first 10 people to arrive)
[Ikenota Slope]

On days like this, it’s nice to call it a day early and head to the large public hot spring bath at the Hotel Green Plaza Hakuba. The men’s sauna, which was renovated this season, is equipped with a system that periodically pours aromatic water onto the sauna stones to generate steam. The women’s bath (pictured) is a rock salt sauna, where the “rock salt” spread on the floor is heated to emit far-infrared energy, which warms the body from the core in a short period of time.
[Hotel Green Plaza Hakuba]

　　
[Hakuba Cortina Availability Information on 2/21 (Wed.)]
*All Courses are OPEN (Except for Snake, Kamoshika, Ikenota Forest, Itadaira one, Hiedayama C2 & C3)
*Available Lifts … No.2 Quad (8:30-) and totally 4 lifts
*Fees … Adult JPY5,200, 6-12 y/o JPY3,500, Over 60 y/o JPY4,500
　
*Print and get a great deal! Discount Coupon!
Paper Coupon → Adult 1 Day Ticket + JPY1,000 Meal Ticket = JPY7,400 → JPY6,200!
Paper Coupon → Child 1 Day Ticket + JPY1,000 Meal Ticket = JPY5,000 → JPY4,300!

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reported by Snownavi