Snow

Hardcore activities.. Fri night had dinner w/ Vig.

Sat 530am woke, showered, got to the @7am bullet train, @830 was at the base camp in Niigata (Kagura mountain). Due to a hellish line didn't get to the slopes till 10am. Left slopes at 3pm, back at Tokyo at 520pm home at 6pm. 715pm met w/ friends to go to a mixer, got home at 130am.

700am woke up to play tennis. Had brunch after, walked around... now i'm home.. doing laundry. Need to power nap. I'm fading out soon.

Snow was quite good by Tahoe standards because Tahoe is mostly packed powder/machine groomed (ie, very icey, not much powder). Plus very convenient to get there via bullet train (optimally 2hrs door to door).

Cost is about $110 to take the bullet train round trip. Taxi to slopes is about $25 (+ $25 return). Lift tickets only $36. So a full day trip is about $200. (+$22 if you want to ship your board instead of carry).