Perfect Day at Karasawa

I had a really amazing day at Karasawa today.  Karasawa is the ski run that is only about 2 minutes walk from Villa Nozawa (10 min in ski boots).

Until now, my skiing hasn’t been progressing terribly well.  I didn’t

get skis until the end of December and I’ve spent a fair chunk of January sick.  So all I can really do is snow plough, which is the slowest, easiest way of doing things.  A few weeks ago, Yan and Manuel, the ski instructors, told me how to do parallel turns and I’ve been wanting to try it for ages and today was the first chance I got.

So, Karasawa, a beautiful wide 3km slope.

I don’t know how or why, but it

all just worked.  I was chilled out enough that I didn’t freak out on the chairlift – it’s sad, but that’s actually quite an achievement for me – and when I skied I found my brain was switched off enough to go a bit faster and started doing the parallel turns without even consciously trying.

It was a really stunning day on th

e mountain as well.  Lots of fresh snow, beautiful clear sky, gorgeous scenery and only about 4 other people on the whole 3km run.

So basically this means I’m going out again tomorrow.

And yes, I know I look sensational in my hat.  :)