Ogasawara, Ya-Chan, and I headed out yesterday for this great blue sky snowshoe day!!! It was a tough one, especially after training hard the day before. The snow was thigh deep and we took turns tracking. After two hours we were exhausted!!! It was super fun!! Thanks guys, had a great time. More pictures here!

Today, being my last day before I head off to Canada for two weeks (Feb 18-Mar 5th), I spent the morning in some sick powder at Cortina Ski hill in Hakuba. Since Kouji was working till late last night and early this morning, I headed out there last evening after snowshoeing to give him a big hug and good bye for two weeks. It snowed over night and I couldn't resist the invitation from Jason and Mick to hit Cortina for a couple of hours the next morning. I am so glad I went, thigh deep powder and constant face shots.......couldn't seeeeeeee, but it was heaven!!! Now I am packing and getting ready for tomorrow's departure. I am off to Canada to visit my family and do some business. I will update this site after March 5th. Until then, enjoy and have a great couple of weeks!!!!