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Hokkaido splitboarding tours with lift assistance

Join Yasuko, a JMGA guide, for 1 or several days of splitboarding in Hokkaido. Enjoy great descents and take advantage of lift assistance. Make your winter holidays unforgettable!

Not specified

Daisetsuzan

1 Day

Jan, Feb, Mar

Occasional

Intermediate


Description

If you are looking for adventurous winter holidays in Hokkaido, Japan, this trip is the perfect excuse! Specially designed for splitboarding lovers willing to take full advantage of their time, this trip offers a spectacular terrain to splitboard on, and lift assistance.

During the trip you won’t hike much. Instead, you will be able to use the lifting services in order to climb up the mountains and then enjoy great descents. This is a unique opportunity to get to know exciting slopes in one of the most famous Japanese winter destinations.

The trip can be arranged depending on your schedule: it is available on a 1 day basis or up to 7 days. In this opportunity, you will use gondola and lifts at ski resorts and perform splitboarding on powder snow on untracked terrains.

Remember that avalanche safety gears will be needed: shovel, beacon and probe. In case you don’t have these, you may rent them in our store.

Join me in this splitboarding tour in Hokkaido.  Request to book this trip and enjoy Japan’s powder snow! I’ll be glad to guide you through different routes.  

If you also love hiking, I offer this same trip without lift assistance. You may want to check out this other program:

Price includes

- Guiding fee


Itinerary

Day 1: 1 Day Tour

We shall decide our meeting point / time in advance accordingly to your arrangements. We will then travel to the ski resort to start our tour. After our tour, we can enjoy local Onsens (hot spring) to relax our tired muscles! I can drop you off at a place of your choice (within reason) at the end of the day.

Day 2 to 7: More than 1 Day tour

If you would like to spend more days, we can arrange a multi day tour. I can pick you up at the airport if you want, or at your hotels. Tour can be extended up to to 7 days and I will drop you off anywhere you want at the end of tour.

* If you are interested in this great ski experience, please get in touch with me.

 

Details

More info

In case of bad weather / conditions (including road conditions), the trip itinerary may be altered and/or date change can be discussed. Riding on the guide’s car is considered as ride sharing and thus will only covered under normal car insurance. The guide’s responsibility and liability is only applicable from the departure from the start of the approach path until our return to the same point. All participants must have individual insurance which specifically covers backcountry splitboarding. For any injuries in the mountains, the guide will not be liable and will need to be paid by your own means


About the guide

JMGA Mountain Guide
I was born in Kitami city in east Hokkaido. I grew up loving outdoor sports, skiing, and mountain climbing. I now lives in Sapporo and I have been a guide for the last 15 years.
I have accumulated vast experience in mountaineering in both Japan and abroad. I have served on the Canadian Ski Patrol and I have a wealth of experience skiing, rock climbing, and mountain climbing all over the world including Europe, North America, and Nepal.
I pride myself on my skill and experience rock climbing during the summer and backcountry skiing in the winter months. I have climbed Mt. McKinley in the U.S., Mt. Manaslu and Mt. Ama-Dablam, in Nepal, The Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Chamonix, in Europe and Insubong in Korea.
Please contact me if you want to experience Japan walking, climbing or skiing! I will be very happy to guide you here.

Languages

Japanese | English

Certificates

JMGA


What people are saying about Yasuko Kikuchi

Adam Wakeley

5.00

March, 2023

Yasuko was absolutely fantastic and would happily recommend. She found some wonderful routes and clearly knew the terrain exceptionally well.

Sohyun Bae

5.00

March, 2023

Yasuko san is a perfect guide for us. She listens to our needs carefully and find out the best choice under the circumstances(weather condition, especially visibility, our strength etc.) She is kind and calm, also has so many experiences. I really recommend her to you!

HOCK CHUA

5.00

March, 2023

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Thibault Chiumenti

3.00

February, 2023

Yasuko was nice and polite, she knows the area very well and make you feel safe, how ever I would recommend her more for people who are expert in backcountry, last time I did backcountry was 20 years ago and I feel like she was more just guiding the way than showing me or explain me how to improve myself when I had difficulty going up. Over all was great experience thank you

Albrecht Wolfmeyer

5.00

February, 2023

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Thomas Söderlund

5.00

February, 2023

Yasuko did take us to the best power skiing possible day by day. I wish she could take into account the longer time needed in the transitions for the splitboarders from skin-to-board. Often she was off before they were ready to go.

Lonna Ramirez

5.00

February, 2023

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Thomas Rowland

5.00

February, 2023

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Geraldine Stoiber

5.00

February, 2023

Yasuko was amazing. She was very professional in making decisions about conditions and giving us multiple options for different ascents. Day one we couldnt go backcountry skiing because the conditions didnt allow us to but we made an alternative plan and we had a great time. I would definitely recommend Yasuko as a guide.

Robin Boll

5.00

January, 2023

I had a lot of fun and the procedure was very good

Michael

5.00

March, 2020

i did cancel my oversease trip due to coronavirus concerns and it being a bad season in japan. will come back in january next year to try.

Timothy Fromer

5.00

January, 2020

We had a wonderful day with Yasuko. He was very informative and spoke English very well. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone looking for a great time ski touring or split boarding Mt. Yotei

M. Britt

4.00

January, 2020

Yasuko was very knowledgable about the area. She tailored our outings based on our requests, and we had great fun in the mountains near Rusutsu and Yotei.

Christina Minami

5.00

September, 2019

Had a great trip with Yasuko! The trip was well-organized and we were able to customize it to our preferences. Gorgeous scenery and delicious food--couldn't ask for anything more.

Joanna Lee

5.00

June, 2019

This trip was great! Yasuko was very helpful and friendly and brought us to a beautiful crag with many climbs that were an appropriate difficulty for us to try. The climbs were extremely fun; the approaches were totally reasonable; and the crag was shockingly uncrowded. Yasuko also found us an inexpensive but delightful campground and did everything to make our trip successful and fun.


 

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