All of the photos in this post are from our friends at Hakuba Mountain Life. These guys live, eat, and breath Hakuba. If you wanna keep an eye on Hakuba, Japan, we recommend following them on Facebook.
Yes, Hakuba is the place in Japan with the big, nasty mountains. The place where Jeremy Jones spent a month in his movie “Further.” Jeremy doesn’t go places that suck. Period.
Hakuba is one helluva place to ski because it has the lull-you-to-sleep mellow tree skiing that will all love juxtaposed against some of the gnarliest mountains you’ve ever seen.
And yes, you should go there this year.
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One month from opening, potentially.
Hakuba’s legit.
Can. Not. Wait.