Tag: Mt. Norikura
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Mount Norikura – Echo Line Open
Today was opening day for Norikura Echo Line and shuttle busses began running from Norikura Kogen to Tatamidaira this morning. I spent the day trekking up and around Mt. Norikura with a few guys from Columbia Sportswear and Matsumoto City. Beautiful weather to be outside enjoying God’s wonderful creation.
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Family Ride Day
We have been getting some amazing snowfall here in Norikura Kogen and we have all been feeling a bit of cabin fever from being inside so much. Today was the first time we saw some blue sky in a while and we (all except Ezekiel who had XC ski practice) took advantage of it and…
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Opening day at Mt. Norikura
Today was the opening day at Mt. Norikura Snow Resort and I got out with a few of the kids. We had some rain this week and lost a bit of snow before opening day and that meant only one lift opened today. Blue skies and big smiles. I’m looking forward to more time on…
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Norikura Powder Day!
Waking to a typical morning in Norikura Kogen, cloudy with a blanket of fresh snow on the ground I didn’t expect the clouds to fade. By 8:30 the sun started poking through the clouds lifted to present beautiful Mount Norikura spectacularly. I headed up to the ski resort to take a few runs and see…
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Looking forward to some snow.
I took this photo at Mt. Norikura Snow Resort in 2010 with Daniel and Michael Junker.Dan has the skis on his shoulder and Michel is about to drownd in the powder.
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Exploring Mt. Norikura
We got out on the mountain again this week to explore around the summit of Mount Norikura. The highlight of the trip for me was standing at the top of Mount Fujimi with one foot in Gifu Prefecture and one foot in Nagano Prefecture while looking down into Beautiful Norikura Kogen. I always enjoy looking…