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Since I live in Tokyo, it’s about a 3 - 4 hour drive to various ski resorts. I want to snowboard every weekend. So I’m trying to find the best* ski resort I can

Since I live in Tokyo, it’s about a 3 - 4 hour drive to various ski resorts. I want to snowboard every weekend. So I’m trying to find the best* ski resort I can head to next weekend. Best is a mix of - the ones I enjoy most - but not one that I just visited last weekend - where there has been recent snowfall / is predicted to snow - that I have may have a season pass for - where costs of highway tolls, petrol, hotels can be optimised - driving time - whether I’m going alone or with friends - don’t have anything important at work on Monday Eventually, I’d like to turn it into a kind of friend finder / social network thingy but for snowboarding.

soared 6y ago
Such a crazy difference with the amount of resorts in japan. In Colorado there are <10 resorts within 3-4 hours, and your pass only works at a couple of them. Our problem is optimizing the time you leave to reduce traffic time and maximize skiing time.
ctack 6y ago
The resort finding part seems representable as a table where worst to best overlap(including dynamic weather forecast part) is displayed in a color spectrum, sort of like a many circled ven diagram. Send an email for firetool at protonmail dot com if you’re interested and have the info you’ve described(minus the weather api) tabulated. I’d be happy to cook demo up a form and grid.
unixhero 6y ago
Well. It's not the answer you want, but the Shinkansen and an expensive taxi ride or maybe a ridesharing with some local dudes might be a feasible, but not cheap answer. Stay safe in those woods! I nearly perished, by getting lost.
- SenHeng 6y ago
  I nearly fell into the river at Kagura on New Year's day! It was new snow that hadn't settled yet so every step I took the snow beneath me crumbled. I was on a ledge and trying very hard to climb up, luckily a few Chinese passed by and pulled me up. Then it was a long 2 hour hike back to the lifts.

soared 6y ago

Such a crazy difference with the amount of resorts in japan. In Colorado there are <10 resorts within 3-4 hours, and your pass only works at a couple of them. Our problem is optimizing the time you leave to reduce traffic time and maximize skiing time.

ctack 6y ago

The resort finding part seems representable as a table where worst to best overlap(including dynamic weather forecast part) is displayed in a color spectrum, sort of like a many circled ven diagram. Send an email for firetool at protonmail dot com if you’re interested and have the info you’ve described(minus the weather api) tabulated. I’d be happy to cook demo up a form and grid.

unixhero 6y ago

Well. It's not the answer you want, but the Shinkansen and an expensive taxi ride or maybe a ridesharing with some local dudes might be a feasible, but not cheap answer. Stay safe in those woods! I nearly perished, by getting lost.

SenHeng 6y ago
I nearly fell into the river at Kagura on New Year's day! It was new snow that hadn't settled yet so every step I took the snow beneath me crumbled. I was on a ledge and trying very hard to climb up, luckily a few Chinese passed by and pulled me up. Then it was a long 2 hour hike back to the lifts.