A Day At Rusutsu January 31 2011, 7:14pm via japanskiexperience.com

Niseko Hirafu has received 2 metres of snow in the past 72 hours and it is still snowing! Truly epic conditions. So this morning a few of us jumped in the car, left Niseko and drove to Rusutsu, a ski resort 45 mins away…

A sensible person would ask why the need to drive so far away when the dump of the season so far has thrown so much powder at us. A good question. Thankfully we made the right decision and were rewarded with light, dry, bottomless powder under foot and clear skies above offering fantastic visibility. All the lifts were running and we got fresh tracks through 60cm of fresh every single run. Day trips to Rusutsu, we love you!

Heading into the trees

Feels like you have the resort to yourselves

The Red Bullet assesses the landing

Launch 1

Launch 2

Smiles as big as Jolly Ranchers

So much new snow to play in

Steep and deep

Make sure you pack your powder board

Came back to find this view from the window

In case you’re wondering how the conditions were in Niseko, check out today’s Daily Flake snow report for some awesome footage:

Japan Snow Report – The Daily Flake 31 Jan 2011 from The Daily Flake on Vimeo.