Japan mountains

"Day 5 in Hokkaido and a sweet new summit with only one person around...a 80 yr old Japanese gentleman. If he looked back he would have witnessed our 3 sweet laps of the bowl with Billy, Rob, and Rob. And the ski out went surprisingly fast." — alexjoseph • Jan 26, 2019

"Climbing with a friend, we both bought a staff with an attached bell that was meant to scare off bears that lived in the mountain. Luckily (and in some way unluckily) we didn't see any. Mid-way on the mountain, there was a small town where on our way back we couldn't find the route we came from and got a little lost. Luckily, there were someone who could help us get on the right track going down. " — RyuuTenshi • Jul 17, 2018

"Taking the nature trail and going through the forest, the humidity became extremely high. On the way up, there were multiple signs showing how far one has made up the mountain, which was very fun to keep track of. A cat was chilling on the summit (begging for food from people, of course). But it was very cute, though XD. " — RyuuTenshi • Jul 9, 2018

"12th backcountry ski day in a row in Hokkaido on 4th trip, we only had until 2pm before driving to Sapporo airport. Paul and I bagged this one in a very cold wind and clouds descending minutes after reaching summit on skis. We skied off summit and descended to car park for an onsen in about 15 minutes. 2 hrs 18 min total." — alexjoseph • Feb 7, 2018

"Ascended into the clouds. 10 others descended in the cloud and fog down the ridge. We pushed onto the summit. Decided to ski the backside in a nauseating zero visibility fog. Contoured back to gondola in a full whiteout. 6 hrs round trip." — alexjoseph • Feb 6, 2018