Half-day Riding in Hakuba with FWQ snowboarder Sayaka Kato
Join Sayaka, a top 50 Freeride World Qualifier snowboarder, and ride on the most spectacular powder in the world in Hakuba. Enjoy a unique half-day riding tour together with a pro!
Group
Japan Alps
1/2 Day
Mar
High
Intermediate
Highlights
- Enjoy a riding experience with a Freeride World Tour Qualifier!
- Get some tips from a professional ranked among the Top 50 Qualifiers
- Discover the best runs and enjoy Hakuba's unique powder
Description
I invite you to join me on this group program for a half-day riding day tour on the spectacular powder of Hakuba, in the North Japan Alps. I am a Freeride World Qualifier athlete, ranked 3rd in Japan and 44th in the world. Let’s ride together and take advantage of this unique opportunity to get some tips from a professional snowboarder.
Hakuba is renowned for having the best deep dry powder in the world, offering a great variety of pistes and terrain between the 11 resorts in the region. Receiving an average of 11 meters of snow each season, it is one of Japan’s top winter resort areas. Hakuba is located about 250km northwest of Tokyo and it is easily accesible from Tokyo and from other major cities.
Hakuba is a unique place whereyou can enjoy a great diversity of courses/pistes and natural terrain types. From mellow slopes to steep slopes, perfectly groomed pistes to jumping and hopping off or carving into bumps, there is a lot of ways to enjoy this place.
This program is suitable for people of intermediate levels and above, who are able to ride with connected turns and can safely descend pistes on their own.
We will spend a great time together, riding on the amazing Hakuba powder, and I will take you to some of my favorite runs. During this half-day tour you can even see what lines I pick and improve your riding skills. Please bear in mind as I am not an instructor or guide we will always stay within ski area boundaries, for safety reasons.
Also note that instead of focusing on teaching and guiding, our goal during our time together will just be to have fun and enjoy the rides on the unique powder of Hakuba! Of course, I will share some advice and riding tips with you whenever possible.
If you find this proposal tempting, just send me a request! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to explore the amazing powder of Hakuba along a FWQ professional snowboarder.
In case you have more time available, then consider this full-day riding program with me in Hakuba.
Price includes
- Guiding fee
Price details
- The price does not include lift passes. Price per person to join a group.
Meeting point
Details
More info
-Groups will be formed by the guide on an on-demand basis -Participants are responsible for their own insurance coverage -I am not a certified mountain guide, so please keep in mind that, for safety reasons, we will stay within ski resort boundaries at all times
About the guide
Sayaka
FWQ Athlete
- Snowboarder
- 3rd in Women's Freeride Snowboarding Japan (44th in World Ranking)
- Residence: Hakuba
- English level: Conversational
I'm a Hakuba based snowboarder. I love all snowboarding disciplines, including half-pipe, slopestyle and riding in the backcountry. Throughout my career as a snowboarder, I have competed in many international competitions as well.
Currently, I'm interested in discovering and exploring the fun of snowboarding without the boundaries set by specific disciplines - in its free form. I'm interested in communicating to people the richness and preciousness of the nature in which we practise the sport we love.
I specialise is communicating and showing people how to enjoy the ski areas' natural terrain and pistes in a freestyle way. Let's have fun together!
Languages
Japanese | English
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