Abandon Ski Field in Sapporo: Feb 26th 2012

On Feb 26th we decided to do an abandon ski field in the back hills of Sapporo city. The place was covered in good powder and we were the only people there. We hiked to up to top and snowboard & skied downed a all the runs there and had a great day.

Mt Neo-para Day Trip: Feb 18th 2012

Five members the Hokkaido International Outdoor Club back ski & Snowboard group hit Mt Neo-pra on Saturday Feb 18th for a great fun morning of Hokkaido powder.

Mt Tarumae-zan Trip :

Mt Tarumae-zan alpine trek with H.I.O.C members Leon and Rick on Feb 12th & 13th 2012.

Because of the bad and windy conditions we decided to only go to the hut and stay there the night. To the hut was a 7 km walk on skies on a road that is closed for the winter.
The next day we put on our crampons and trekked to the peak.