Skier Faces The Ultimate Inconvenience On Japan Powder Day

Ella Boyd
·2 min read

Japan has some of the best powder in the world, and when you're getting first tracks off the lift, well, you're living large.

But what happens when you can't actually get off the lift? One skier, sadly, finds out firsthand. Watch below.

Is it worse to be stuck 3 poles into the ride, or right at the end?

I've had my share of lift stops. One particularly memorable one was a jolting E-stop on KT-22, right besides the fingers, on a beautiful, stormy powder day not too long ago.

I had my film camera out of my backpack in hopes of capturing the famous fingers race forever. Ryan Faye aired over the fingers (I couldn't see precisely what line, possibly middle knuckle), doing a mute grab, and because I was on the far left of the chair, I just missed what would have been the best shot of all time.

That felt a lot like this skier's pain in Japan.

We have to give props to this skier for not jumping into the safety net, not just because it's illegal, but because it's unsafe. Even we'll admit, though, it would be hard for the thought not to cross your mind in this position.

At least this skier isn't plunging feet first into an underground creek bed, like one backcountry skier did in Japan's backcountry not too long ago.

Related: Skier Accidentally Plunges Into Underground Creek While Skiing In Japan

The skier in that scenario came out unscathed, besides getting soaked from the creek he fell into.

What would it be, if you had to get barred from perfect Japanese powder for some reason? Falling into a creek bed or seeing the perfect, untracked snow a few feet in front of you?

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