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Old Feb 8, 2011, 8:30 am
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Originally Posted by BKKLEE
Agree with PedroNY.......... we use the hotel each year not only for the skiing but as a side trip to the Sapporo Ice Festival as it's now 37C/99F in Bangkok and snow "isn't" in the forecast!
Just got back from the Sapporo Snow festival, great thing to see!

Originally Posted by PedroNY
We went last year, we had 7 1/2 feet of snow in 48 hour prior to our arrival, it was absolutely breathtaking to ski on this 4,000+ foot mountain, just spectacular. I would say snow conditions were better than anything in the Rockies or Swiss Alps, but maybe it was just the time we showed up.
I had 2.5m prior to arrival, just as good as you, but unfortunately no snow the 5 days I was there except for a trace.
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