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SKIING JAPAN: Backcountry Skiing near Niseko, Hokkaido
This is a bit of a regular spot for backcountry skiers visiting the Niseko area. The terrain is some of the steepest that you can access around Niseko and the snow quality is always very good.
One of the good things about backcountry skiing in Hokkaido is that it is very accessible. The approaches aren't so long so that you can get the maximum amount of vertical in a day.
And hot springs are never far away either. Hokkaido apre skiing is the hot spring!
Chuck is the director of Hokkaido Powder Guides. Hokkaido Powder Guides operates privately guided backcountry ski trips in Hokkaido, Japan.
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One of the good things about backcountry skiing in Hokkaido is that it is very accessible. The approaches aren't so long so that you can get the maximum amount of vertical in a day.
And hot springs are never far away either. Hokkaido apre skiing is the hot spring!
Chuck is the director of Hokkaido Powder Guides. Hokkaido Powder Guides operates privately guided backcountry ski trips in Hokkaido, Japan.
Website: www.hokkaidopowderguides.com
Email: info@hokkaidopowderguides.com
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SKIING JAPAN: What’s it Like Skiing Asahidake?
Asahidake is probably one of the most misunderstood ski destinations in Hokkaido. In recent years it's popularity has exploded. One of the reasons is the quality of the snow that you will often ski here and the regular snowfalls during the winter season. It is the only real lift served skiing in the Daisetsuzan National Park, discounting Kurodake with the short 150 vertical lift at the top of t...
SKIING JAPAN: Testing Pomoca Free Pro 2.0 Skins
Просмотров 304Месяц назад
Skins are one of the most important pieces of equipment that you have. With the job of guiding I look to have the best that I can buy. Recently, more and more of my colleagues using Pomoca skins and they seemed to function very well. So I decided to buy some Pomoca Free Pro 2.0 skins. The local mountain shop in Sapporo that I usually go to had some in the size that I needed, so I reserved them....
JAPAN SKIING: A Spring Day at ASAHIDAKE
Просмотров 8394 месяца назад
There is still good Powder skiing at Asahidake in March. One thing I like about later in the season is that we have better weather.  There are many days at asahidake here during January and February where visibility is very low. It was a busy day initially but for the ropeway, but soon dissipated. Chuck is the director of Hokkaido Powder Guides. Hokkaido Powder Guides operates privately guided...
SKIING JAPAN: Ski Touring in Tokachidake
Просмотров 8584 месяца назад
There is a lot of really good touring options in the Tokachidake area which is at the southern end of the Daisetsuzan Park. This is really the center of Backcountry skiing in Hokkaido. There are multiple access points into the mountains from here And there is genuine alpine terrain. The tree skiing is also very good in the old growth spruce forests. Today we had beautiful weather as it was the ...
SKING JAPAN: A Record Breaking Powder Day in Niseko
Просмотров 6 тыс.5 месяцев назад
There are deep days and then there a deep days in Niseko. This was one of those very deep days with it the gates only barely opened due to the incredible amount of snow that fell in 48 hours. We had been lining up at the cheer on moiwa and a patroller sneaked in front of us. It was perfect timing as when we got to the top he was just opening gate six. There were three others in front of us and ...
SKIING JAPAN: Skiing the live volcano of Mt Tokachi
Просмотров 7275 месяцев назад
Mount Tokachi is a live volcano at the southern end of the Daisetsuzan national Park. Actually the live volcano is “Mae Takashi” or “Front Tokachi.” The main peak is actually behind it. On this day we had a group from Scotland and Australia. It’s not often that you can combine really good weather with fantastic snow but today we had it. The wind steadily increased and at the peak it was a very ...
SKI JAPAN: Snowmobile Assisted Backcountry
Просмотров 7825 месяцев назад
We have been running backcountry skiing tours With Snowmobile assistance for a number of years now. On this day we had the antipodean crew of Stephen, Terry and Sue. Stephen was on a split board and came out with us 10 years prior with snowshoes. Maybe it wasn’t the deepest day of the season but certainly some of the best quality snow that I have skied during 23/24. Chuck is the director of Hok...
SKIING JAPAN: Checking the Tokachidake Snowpack
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.5 месяцев назад
In early December we always go up into the Daisetsuzan National Park to check the snow pack. Just across the valley from Furano is the Tokachidake area which is at the southern end of the range. The main objective is to see the depth of the snow and the coverage. It can take a while to ski safely up there as there are bushes which grow over 2 meters and these need to be covered. We will look at...
SKI JAPAN: Asahidake, the Live Volcano
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Any day where there is good visibility at asahidake is a good day! It is great to be able to see the billowing fumaroles on the volcano. When you combine the good visibility with great snow then you’ll have an amazing day. Up until this season and there hasn’t been a ski patrol at asahidake yet but it seems like they now have a volunteer patrol. They may not be in attendance every day but it is...
SKIING JAPAN: Skiing in the Niseko Backcountry
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.5 месяцев назад
This is one of our favorite backcountry destinations. This is early season in January and showing around one of our new guiding staff; Calum. Conditions were very good and there is excellent steep tree skiing in this area. Chuck is the director of Hokkaido Powder Guides. Hokkaido Powder Guides operates privately guided backcountry ski trips in Hokkaido, Japan. Website: www.hokkaidopowderguides....
SKIING JAPAN: A Family Ski Tour in Niseko
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.5 месяцев назад
It was great to be out skiing with a family group. This was their first time skiing in Japan and the Niseko area. We were very lucky with the weather as we had sunshine and incredibe views of Mt Yotei and also the Sea of Japan. The snow was still good on the shady aspects and so it made for a great day out backcountry skiing in the Niseko area. Chuck is the director of Hokkaido Powder Guides. H...
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING NISEKO; Skiing from the Volcano Crater
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.6 месяцев назад
Mount Yotei looms large over the Niseko area. It is otherwise known as the ‘Fuji of the North.’ This wasn’t a day that we were expecting to get to the peak and caldera. It had been really windy the day before and we were of the expectation that above the trees the snow would be wind affected. A descending Japanese group that they had stopped at the tree line because it was wind affected. We had...
SKI TRIP TO GEORGIA; A Tour of Tbilisi and Gudauri Ski Resort
Просмотров 2,2 тыс.11 месяцев назад
This was a guided trip that we took at the end of the 2022/23 season. Over around 10 days we skied freeride and also backcountry around the Gudauri Resort in Georgia. We flew in to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia and spent a few days siteseeing before the ski trip started. We always work with local guides on ski trips abroad from Japan. This trip we worked together with Tite Medzmariashvili who...
CAT SKIING NEAR NISEKO, ニセコ: At Iwanai Resort
Просмотров 3,4 тыс.Год назад
Iwanai Resort is a ski resort located in the town of Iwanai, in the Shiribeshi sub-prefecture of Hokkaido, Japan. It is situated on the western coast of Hokkaido and is approximately a 2.5-hour drive from Sapporo and an hour from Niseko.We were lucky to cat ski here at the end of February on a beautiful day with views of the ocean and great snow. We have been incorporating a day of cat skiing a...
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING JAPAN; The Daisetsuzan National Park
Просмотров 2,5 тыс.Год назад
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING JAPAN; The Daisetsuzan National Park
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING JAPAN; Skiing Diasetsuzan’s Live Volcano
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.Год назад
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING JAPAN; Skiing Diasetsuzan’s Live Volcano
FREERIDE NISEKO ニセコ; The Storm on the Peak
Просмотров 6 тыс.Год назад
FREERIDE NISEKO ニセコ; The Storm on the Peak
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING; On Mt Yotei in Niseko
Просмотров 11 тыс.Год назад
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING; On Mt Yotei in Niseko
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING NISEKO: On a stormy new year’s day
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.Год назад
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING NISEKO: On a stormy new year’s day
EARLY SEASON NISEKO ニセコ REGION; SKI RECONNAISANCE
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.Год назад
EARLY SEASON NISEKO ニセコ REGION; SKI RECONNAISANCE
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING NISEKO ニセコ; Hokkaido's powder capital.
Просмотров 9 тыс.Год назад
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING NISEKO ニセコ; Hokkaido's powder capital.
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING A LIVE VOLCANO IN NORTHERN JAPAN
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.2 года назад
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING A LIVE VOLCANO IN NORTHERN JAPAN
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING CENTRAL HOKKAIDO; Skiing the high alpine in Japan’s Daisetsuzan National Park
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.2 года назад
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING CENTRAL HOKKAIDO; Skiing the high alpine in Japan’s Daisetsuzan National Park
HOKKAIDO BACKCOUNTRY SKIING; views of the Sea of Japan
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.2 года назад
HOKKAIDO BACKCOUNTRY SKIING; views of the Sea of Japan
HELI SKIING NISEKO ニセコ; With views of the ‘Fuji of the North’
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.2 года назад
HELI SKIING NISEKO ニセコ; With views of the ‘Fuji of the North’
BACKCOUNTRY SNOWBOARDING NISEKO ニセコ; With views of Hokkaido’s Fuji of the North
Просмотров 3292 года назад
BACKCOUNTRY SNOWBOARDING NISEKO ニセコ; With views of Hokkaido’s Fuji of the North
BEST SKINS FOR HOKKAIDO; Which skins perform the best on Japan’s island of Hokkaido
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.2 года назад
BEST SKINS FOR HOKKAIDO; Which skins perform the best on Japan’s island of Hokkaido
FREERIDE HOKKAIDO; What is the best width ski for the deep powder?
Просмотров 4,3 тыс.2 года назад
FREERIDE HOKKAIDO; What is the best width ski for the deep powder?
In about 20 weeks that snow will be back in business!
That place is beautiful! Awesome video
It really is!
Good choice
You don’t actually have to pre-tension the clip before attaching to skis tail. Attach it a tad loose and then pull on the strap to get the tension you want.
Thanks for good tip
Just what we needed a bit of skiing. Weather in Switzerland is awful 😞 btw those field earths in the show are something special as well.
Field Earth?
Your jackson hole crew all love and use these pomocos (fyi, i do find I need to press them down once on the ski so snow doesn't get under and I also sometimes do the back clip off on the side then slip to the back as easier) enjoy!
Great. Thanks!
Really good stuff on the skins. Feels like you’ve brought us along.
Let us know why skins you are using for the backcountry
Pomoca Climb 2.0 🤷♂️
Good review, met you this year in Furano, I’ll definitely be back, would love to see you show off some of the super light snow that Furano is famous for. 🙏✅
Hope to catch you again
Great conditions!
Always happy to see you have a a new video when it pops up on my feed, hopefully a good end of the season with plenty of spring days like that
Excellent vid. Conditions are good here. Customers are happy.
Was this second week of January? I was there!! It was insane, also funny story, that guy we see at seven eleven freaked out on me because I forgot to take the lid off of the smoothie containers they sell. I messed up the machine pretty bad and he kept looking at me saying f%#k you!!!! 😂😂
He can be prickly
When did this happen?
First week of January
Howdy guys - nice film. We've been in Furano the last seven days and we're coming back next year as well. Planning to do Asahidake then. If you're in for the treelines only, Is it possible to do that from the top of the gondola or do you have to skin as well? Thanks
Can do from top of rope way.
Loving the content
Thank you
If you dont mind me asking, I see you are wearing orange jacket, yellow layer then another orange layer, do you have a base layer under the orange layer or is the orange piece your base layer?
I have a synthetic base layer under orange layer. Orange layer over base has been retired and back to mid layer I had been wearing previously; very thin Polartec fleece which is similar to grid style
Definitely the best yet ! ;-) Thanks CHUCK
Glad you joined
Excellent! Our snowmobile business is doing good as well. It was a good business decision to find new terrain. Get away from the crowds and amateur guides. We’ll get some helicopter 🚁 access as well this season.
Could you send me some contact info for next year?
Very professional operation you got. I'd recommend my clients to you.
Great place to ski and board. A lifetime experience.
Awesome
Awesome!! Which route did you follow?
Thanks for filming another epic ski adventure. Ignore the negative.
Appreciate your comment
We all know how easy it is to set a "steep" skin track in powder as the trail breaker....4/5th person maybe not that easy to follow. Set a track with recycling in mind :) Although it didn't actually look that steep...
Thanks Dee for your comment
Cheers for comment
@@bikerider270 Thanks for sharing your day,
Nice bamboo poles! Are they a thing in Japan?
Check deer horn poles. Made in Hokkaido
🎉 looks good. Ordered the poles a few months ago and getting them in Sapporo this week.
Good stuff.
Tried to send msg on your website but haven’t heard anything back for a couple of weeks. What’s the best way for reaching you?
Did you email info@hokkaidopowderguides.com We have received a lot of enquiries this season and we’re mostly booked out
Amazing 🤩
Was that Yotei?
Yes
the forest looks like there arent any avalanches
No
freaky how your windshell jacket changes colors. :)
Does it?
Where do I sign up!!
Brilliant video, thanks for uploading
Pleasure
Absolutely incredible
Soooo beautiful you guys are great powder skiiers
"PromoSM" 🌷
Great video! Georgia is awesome and Gudauri has some great skiing. It's a shame I can't post a picture here, but I know that little dog well. Hiked with him a couple of times in 2022.... He gets around, we also saw him over at the bottom of the Kobi gondola!
Great vid. When was the trip? Mid April?
Mid March. Ski conditions were more like mid April from my understanding
Luv my Mantra V Werks, bringing them February, Hokkaido Happiness. Thanks for sharing.
Great ski. Katana V-Werks best for Hokkaido. Bit more girth underfoot for speed in the deep. Have a great trip. Might see you out there.
Great trip and narration. Sounds like a fascinating place to visit.
Thanks Jaylo
How many meters of vertical drop pr run?
About 700
すげー、ニセコってヘリコプターで山頂のほうまで行って滑れるんですね。
Hello, nice video. I would like to know where can I rent a snowmobile in Hokkaido and what do they ask for for it ? (driving license...). Thank you
I don’t know if anywhere that rents snowmobiles unless you are on a snowmobile tour. Sorry can’t be of more help
What was the name of the skins suggested please? Could not catch the pronunciation:(
Pomoca
@@bikerider270 Thank you! Number one brand it seems from reviews. On a wide powder ski I see that glide is more important than friction due to the large surface area, so a mohair blend rather than full nylon is called for.
promo sm 💘
dammit! stop it Chuck 😂
I am korean, I want meet your company.
Please check hokkaidopowderguides.com
23-24 season,
Next season I’d like to go up there. The building behind you at the beginning is Shiyuirin hotel right?
Yes
The parking where you started from is that the one with the small onsen hotel just above it? 😊
Yes