Tomamu Snowbohdo...

After 2 days in Furano, I checked out Tomamu Alpha Resort on Monday. No fresh snow but some good lines in the trees. Their backcountry/off-piste policy is interesting; to ride the trees you have to have a helmet and cellphone and register at the front desk. Then you get to wear a trendy yellow bib. Makes me feel like a racer though, so no probs. Racing through the kids park!:


Tomamu is a pretty interesting resort, it's almost eery riding there. There are 4 skyscraper towers around 40 storeys tall, as well as a heap of other big hotels, but there's noone there. Apparently the resort was built in the 80's when there was lots of money around but it's not that popular anymore. It's almost like finding a 'secret' resort. I went back for a second day while there wasn't any fresh snow in Furano.