Backcountry beyond your expectations
Avalanche Skills Training
Courses
Our AST avalanche training courses have a hard-earned reputation as being the best quality in Japan. And we try to live up to it every single time.
AST Level 1
Introductory training
AST Level 2
More advanced training
Personal Customer Service
We are a single-guide operation focused on one thing at a time: you.
The person (Damian) who answers your emails and questions will be the person who guides you from beginning to end.
Certified under the
Association of Canadian Mountain Guides
We strive for unsurpassed professionalism and quality in everything we do
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Hakuba MountainLife Team
Damian
Lead Guide, Instructor, Owner
- ACMG Ski Guide (Association of Canadian Mountain Guides)
- CAA Avalanche Operations Level 2
- Professional Member of the Canadian Avalanche Association
- Licensed Avalanche Canada AST Level 1 and 2 course provider
- 80 hour Wilderness First Aid training recertified every 3 years
- Heliski guide in New Zealand. See www.mountainlife.nz
Background:
- Postgraduate education in Economics
- Previous experience in a competitive professional risk industry
- Former commissioned officer in the military.
Yuki
Tail Guide, Helper, Skier
Yuki Ito is our smart and friendly tail-guide and general helper in the backcountry. He runs our snow/weather study plot and participates as an important team member in AM/PM guide meetings. Our customers always like having him on their tours. Yuki is working towards a career as a mountain guide in Japan, and we are happy to help with that process.
- CAA Avalanche Operations Level 1
- 80 hour Wilderness First Aid training recertified every 3 years
Background:
- Formal university education is in aerospace engineering (but dropped out to become a skier)
Mio
Mio helps with logistics for the courses, and did all of the layout, design and translation of Hakuba MountainLife Magazine. She skis every weekend during the season, and enjoys backcountry skiing in spring.
Background:
- Lots of education, and work experience with cutting-edge scientifc technology
