Well, after a long flight from the desert we call California, my girl and I have arrived in this beautiful place. And what a welcome! Got to the rental place and picked up a nice little 8 seater Voxy. After a quick lesson in how to use the navigation we were on our way to Rusutsu. Soon after the navigation wants to put us on the "expressway". This wasnt the direction I got from the finder on this site (thank you very much David). So with a quick cross reference on my now handy "old school" paper map, we were off on our own. Had my girl navigate while I concerned myself with the particulars of driving on the left side of the road, and after awhile the navigation recalibrated and let us know we were on the right path. A beautiful drive by the lake and the snow really started coming down! Vis got pretty low to where the road markers hanging down were the main thing keeping you out of the bank on the side. And I'll tell ya those big trucks come by pretty fast making it full whiteout for a couple of secs. However, we made it to the Rusutsu Resort with all its nice folks and settled in. Snow continued to fall through the night and in the morning we were presented with deep powder and blue skies! We worked out way over to Mt Isola and were in heaven! Good waist to chest deep powder in the trees. And fresh lines all day in there. I'm so glad I brought my long powder board! My friends have just arrived and will be jealous but we'll show them our leftovers tomorrow. I'll put together a full trip report with pics when I get back. Thanks again for this site and all the help from you guys. If you had an emoticon with a mile (kilometer) long smile, it would be right here.
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