We wanted to get out of Niseko for a day and Stephen and I both managed to have the same day off, so we got a group of people together, hired a big van, and made our way to another mountain for the day – Sapporo Kokusai.

Although no new snow fell the night before it was still such a great day! The mountain isn’t overly large, but it has big open runs that all intertwine together, so the options for runs were endless. There were still some soft powder pockets around the place, so everyone had fun searching for them.

We managed to ride the whole day until 4pm and then started to make our way home. By the time we got back to Kutchan we were all exhausted and ready for bed.

Great day had by all.