Originally Posted by
shuigao
I'm thinking of doing Rusutsu next season, don't want to skip more than 1 season and then end up forgetting everything I learned last season
Kid will be ~16 months, too young to do anything, so if we end up going we'll dump him at daycare:
https://www.hokkaido-rusutsu.com/en-...age_id=4982994
Just a confirmation if you happen to know -- the daycare is in the 'Rusutsu Resort,' of which Westin is also a part of & is attached to via (covered but not heated) monorail, right? As in, I should be able to stay in either the Westin or the Rusutsu Resort Hotel, and not have to stick only to the latter?
According to their website, the daycare is at/next to Highland Lodge which is over on Rusutsu Resort side.
Depending on how you plan to work out your schedule, it may be easier to stay over on that side. The monorail is the only way to go between Westin and Rusutsu Resort, and it is a slow service. Let's say you are staying at Westin and you do the breakfast buffet (which starts at 7am) at the earliest possible time. Then you head back to the room to get changed and get your child ready. Maybe it's already 8.30am by then. And then you head down and, worst-case, you just missed the monorail. So then you don't get to Highland Lodge for another 20-25min. While you could gear up beforehand in the Westin locker room and then drop the kid off and start the day over on the West side, the main area is the East/Isola and furthermore it's not very feasible to have your gear plus your toddler. So then you've gotta come back to Westin to gear up and then by the time you finally get to the slopes it might be close to 10am.
I definitely think it's doable, though. But I think it might be easier to find a place where your hotel, daycare and ski area base are all at the same location.