First day in Harafu

Went up the local hill yesterday in Harafu and although we didn't get any decent freshies we did a little hike and scored a coupe of heavy pow turns. It was good just to brush the cobwebs off. The first day back is always a struggle trying to remember how and if you can still snowboard. We did a short 15 minute hike to warm us up and picked our way through some trees, scoring a few heavy pow turns along the way. Luckily our hosts Owain and Mons know the area well so took us to the best places to ride for the conditions. The scope here for riding is amazing, and if and when it snows it's going to be epic. the forecast is saying it'll snow on tuesday night so who knows what it'll bring. For now we're content to explore the area and do some hiking.

After riding last night we visited our first Onsen to ease the pains whilst Sammy San went night riding. Onsens are hot springs for public bathing where you can ease your aches and pains so perfect after a hard days riding, especially if you have a couple of beers to take in with you. Unfortunately whilst we were lording it up in the hot spring, Sam dislocated his wrist so we spent an evening eating japenese junk food and waiting for the doc to pull his wrist back into place. Ouch!