Steep Deep Japan

Probably my favourite easy peak in Hakuba, Little Asahi (as opposed to the big Asahi, which is a few km's away), sits just behind Shirouma, but totally unseen from the valley, as is nearly everything good in Hakuba. Almost 2900m, offering runs of up to 500m vertical from various aspects, steep, interesting ways to work the terrain. It's a good little peak. Too much new snow from a few days earlier had turned to mank, and the classic north route had been tracked out a little. No worries, I put up with the sticky snow and milked good runs out of a few variants I had not skied before. More/comment about 14 May - Little Asahi