Glenn and I left on Saturday morning to catch the train to the airport with our friends Kyle and Ann. We flew from Haneda airport to Sapporo's airport where we got on a bus to Niseko. It was a long day of travel, but we arrived at our hotel around 4 pm. On a side note, in Haneda airport's domestic terminal, they never once checked our IDs. No passport, no license, just a "Is this you?" while pointing at our itinerary! Craziness.
We dropped our stuff in our hotel room, changed in to our girl and had my rental skis delivered. We were on the slopes by 5:30 or so and were able to buy a relatively cheap 4 hour night ski lift ticket. It was cold and the now was a little icy, but it was a good warm up on the slopes. Glenn even commented that they were the best lit slopes he's ever skied on at night. It was cold and we got hungry after awhile so we only lasted til about 8:30 pm, but a great start to our trip!
We ran in to our friends Erin and Warren in the lobby of the hotel and headed to dinner with them once we changed. We had the seafood nabe this night and we were tempted to go back the next night!
We hit the slopes the next morning after breakfast and skied almost all day until it got dark again. Glenn and I skied just the two of us most of the day and had a great time. There was never any of the famous "Niseko powder" but the runs were great and the view was beautiful.
After all of these group ski trips, we'd forgotten how many runs we could do when it was just two people and you don't have to wait at the bottom for the entire group. We were beat by lunch and had a relaxing lunch at the Hilton hotel and took our time getting back on the slopes.
And of course several photo breaks for me.
We headed inside before dinner to clean up, warm up and have a few beers before we found a yummy Indian restaurant for dinner!
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