Hirafu Niseko.
Tonight I went down the road to the Rail Jam, which was skiing and snowboarding on a rail. Park tricks.
Big Crash.
sliding
Snowboarding park trick
skier park trick
Riding the rail
skier
January 30, 2015
Yurtz Rail Jam
January 27, 2015
Barbets
Some Megalaima.
These are some Barbets that I found a couple of years ago on my trip to South-east Asia. Megalaima is a genus of Asian barbets (family Megalaimidae). The name means ‘large throat’, from the Greek mega (‘large, great’) and laimos (‘throat’). There are 24 species in this genus
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Blue-eared Barbet (Megalaima australis).
Bokor Hill, near Kampot in Southern Cambodia. August 2012.
Flame-fronted Barbet (Megalaima armillaris baliensis).
baliensis sub-species. Bedugul Botanic Gardens, Bali, Indonesia. April 2012.
Lineated Barbet (Megalaima lineata)
Record shot only. Ranong, South Thailand. June 2012.
Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala) .
Ayutthaya, Thailand. June 2012.
male Red-throated Barbet (Megalaima mystacophanos).
Phang Nga , south Thailand. June 2012.
January 17, 2015
Niseko Sunny Day
Hirafu.
Yesterday the sun came out again. No new snow.
Super Ridge
Kutchan
Looking towards Kutchan from up the top of Hirafu.
The peak at Hirafu
Hirafu Peak
January 14, 2015
Annupuri Skiing
A Sunny Day.
Today it was a sunny day for a change. No new snow but at least the sun was out for a while. The wind was a bit chilly up the top of the mountain but down below it was ok. I took a few photos on my point and shoot. This was last night.
Kayoko
Sean and Mark
We took the hooded chair up to the top, then Ace number 4 and traversed across to Annupuri.
Looking towards Niseko Village
We did a few runs down below the quad chair. Then up the Annupuri Gondola to the top of the hill.
Annupuri
Then traverse back to Hirafu.
Annupuri tree.