We are in our northern terrain from today. This is the perfect warm up area to the week ahead. A short approach will take us to the skiing zone. This is great north facing terrain in a horse shoe shape with different ski options.

We will be skiing a beautiful north facing bowl that we call Superbowl. This is a great circuit where we will cover some distance and ski a number of different zones. We take a local hot spring before transferring back to Asahikawa.

Ski the live volcano of Mt Tokachi in the Daisetsuzan National Park. This is Japan's largest national park and is known to the indigenous people of Hokkaido as 'Kamui Mintara,' or the 'Playground of the Gods.' Peer in to the crater before skiing one of the gully runs feeding down from the summit. Finish the day in an outdoor hot spring overlooking your ski descent.

Our ski destination today is a narrow valley with skiing on both sides. One side offers a great north facing bowl, while the other side offers steep chutes we call the 'Finger Chutes' with no approach to maximize our turns.

We will be driving to an isolcated area of Hokkaido today where there area few skiers. This location has some of the lightest powder on the island and always delivers exceptional skiing. Our circuit makes the most of northerly facing terrain in nicely spaced trees.

You will ski in the northern area of the Daisetsuzan National Park today. The mountain is called Kurodake and will be accessed from a ropeway ascending from the Sounkyo Canyon. Exiting the ropeway, the peak looms up imposingly. This is excellent north facing terrain with widely spaced birch trees.