Kicking off the 2014/15 Season

November 16th. Sapporo Teine

After a disappointing trip out to our local ski hill to find not enough snow to build a kicker or even make turns, I was browsing Instagram on Saturday evening. I knew it had been snowing a bit at Teine, but the pictures I saw showed people scoring deep snow and powder turns. A few texts were exchanged and we quickly decided to head down to Teine for a hike the next morning!

Skinning up the access road that I ran up two weeks ago when it was all gravel!

There were quite a few tracks on the hill by Sunday morning, but we still got our fair share of fresh lines after hiking to the summit. Hiking for an hour is definitely worth it when you can get powder and faceshots in mid-November!

Mid November powder turns!

Clare with cold hands, but a big smile!

Dan looking photogenic in his new outerwear!

Hopefully this’ll bode well for opening day next Saturday. There is about 40-50cm of snow currently, and a bit more is expected to fall in the week. There is the dreaded rain cloud appearing in the forecast for Friday, but that should turn to snow by Saturday morning. So fingers crossed we should have a fun opening weekend!

Ezopow crew kicking off the winter at Teine. (Next time we’ll take that chairlift!)