REPORT

The rain that started falling last night gradually weakened and there were occasional glimpse of blue sky around 8:30 a.m. However, steady rain began to fall again later on. I ran into a digger from TG PARKS (pictured) who commented, “Great work out there! The recent snowmelt has reduced the size of the kickers, but they should still be easy to jump off.”
[TG PARKS]

That same digger showed off an impressive, high-flying trick on the 14m kicker (pictured), and even though I’m usually pretty quiet and composed, I couldn’t help but shout, “Wooooowwww!!” By the way, the competition course for the BANKED SLALOM TGK event on the Tsuga-no-mori Slope is open to the public until 4/3 (Thu).

I headed to Tsuga-no-mori (pictured) to check out the competition course, only to find myself mired in thick fog. In fact, the banked slalom course I went there to capture was completely invisible. I overheard someone saying, “It feels like there’s no one here. It’s like a private run, haha!” On the soft, slushy bases of Tsuga-no-mori and Han-no-ki, putting weight into my edges kicked up sprays of granular snow.
[Tsuga-no-mori Slope]

There was a net closing off the gentle slope connecting Champion and Shirakaba. A ski patroller explained, “Due to the large amount of rain at the upper part of the ski area, we’ve closed off this area as a safety measure.” The groomed Karamatsu and Oya-no-hara slopes offered wet granular snow that allowed for fast skiing despite the gentle gradients.
[Oya-no-hara Slope]

　
＊The Tsugaike lift operation schedule for the remainder of the season can be found here.

[Tsugaike Kogen Details on 3/28 (Fri.)]
*All Courses are OPEN!
*Available Lifts … Gondola (8:00 a.m.-) and totally 12 lifts
*Fees … 3/24- Spring Season Discount 1 Day Ticket Adult JPY5,500, Elementary School Students JPY3,400

*Printable Rental Discount Coupons!
Carving Ski・Snowboard 1-Day Rental Set JPY3,000 / Outerwear JPY2,500!
Carving Ski・Snowboard High Performance Model Rental JPY500 OFF!
Kid’s Ski・Snowboard 1-Day Rental Set JPY2,500 / Outerwear JPY1,500!

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reported by Snownavi