Beautiful sunshine..

Snow covered mountains is probably one of the most beautiful things in life...

It's been an absolutely stunning day today!

Back country Obinata.

I've had such a good day! I met up with Andre and Bobby 8.30 this morning by the river between Happo one ski resort and Iwatake and from there we started hiking up and along the ridge at Obinata. It was a hard hike today, my "groin-muscles" ( don't even know if that's an existing english word..) kind of locked themselves and it was SO painful to skin uphill. But the run down was amazing! The terrain up there was magical, it looked like a fairytale!!

Before we went down again we had lunch in a very nice spot and then we were digging a snow pit just to see the different layers.. You may wonder why you have to dig in the snow, and the reason for that is to see what the different layers looks like. If there's any weak layers, rain crust etc.. Just to make sure that it's not an avalanche risk at the spot you're going to ski down. Since it's out of the ski resorts it's up to you to make sure that everything is safe.. 

Obinata, Hakuba

A suspension bridge for hiking in the summer.

Lunchtime, Andre.

Bobby

Up, up along the ridge.

Magical terrain!

Happy after an awesome run!

Surprisingly good skiing!

What an awesome day! I love when you get up the mountain and the snow is so much better then you thought it would be! We did some amazing tree runs and then i did a couple of small drops. Good day, good day! The day got the perfect ending with Tomokos' japanese version of chicken-in-folie-with-vegetables-and-miso-mayo. Yum! Tomorrow i'm off for some back country skiing again!!!

Cheer up!

Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

Himmel och pannkaka!

It was lovely weather today and we made our own snow bar on the terrace. So next Saturday we're going to have a BBQ on the deck and serve beers from the bar we made..

For Whitney Houston..

Whitney Houston has sadly passed away today.. This is for her! 

After skiing while clearing the snow from the terrace we turned the stereo on and this song first came on.. At the same time Ashleigh told us that she just passed away. It was just like it was meant to be a tribute for her..