Powderlife Magazine - Niseko Survival Guide
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IT'S easy to get so wrapped up in the winter wonderment of Niseko that you forget all about common sense. Caution obviously needs to be considered while on the mountain, and certainly when outside the...
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NISEKO'S famous, fluffy and plentiful powder is what brings thousands upon thousands of snow enthusiasts to this little corner of Japan every year. Every winter, harsh weather from Siberia travels acr...
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IT’S a skier, boarder or hiker’s worst nightmare – the cold, harsh reality that you unwillingly have to spend a night out in the backcountry.
You simply have no idea where you are, have exhausted all...
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ONE minute you’re enjoying the run of your life, the next you’re completely and utterly lost.
Scanning your surrounds, it’s all unchartered, lonely and white backcountry which, while you were riding d...
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DRIVING in Niseko’s snowy, icy, white-out conditions can be for many tourists like learning to drive again.
When getting behind the wheel here, no matter your experience, it can feel a lot like being...
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IMAGINE this. You can’t move an inch. It feels like tonnes of cement have instantly solidified around your entire body. As you struggle to keep the snow at bay and away from your face, it relentlessly...
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YOU will never be 100 per cent safe in the backcountry. The fact that you can be severely injured or die out there is, ironically, a fact of life. However, you can go to measures to minimise the risks...
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NISEKO is renowned for its liberal, open-minded and lightly policed stance when it comes to off-piste, or the backcountry – a viewpoint that is generally uncharacteristic of Japan. This sense of auton...
