niseko snowshoeing

There are many products in life you can skimp on. Snowshoes are not one of them. So if you must bypass the designer label jeans to save your pennies for a pair of MSR Lightning Ascent snowshoes. Mountain Systems Research are the leaders of the pack in snow shoeing and the Lightning Ascent is their best shoe. Thanks to serrated edges along the bottom

Niseko has an amazing variety of adventure sports activities - there’s something for everyone to enjoy all year-round. However until a group of Australians established adventure sports companies in the area in the mid 90’s, Niseko’s only attraction was skiing. Ross Findlay, founder of Niseko Adventure Centre (NAC), was one of

There is a science to avalanches. And gravity, it has been said, is a bitch. Any slope steeper than about 45 degrees sheds snow naturally and consistently. Few slopes in Niseko fit this category. Most fall between 20 and 45 degrees, a range that holds snow and allows it to build up, and with so much snowfall, it can really, really… really

This issue we meet the creator of the local course map and the painstakingly created and immensely popular village map, both contained in every issue of Powderlife.  For everyone who has marvelled at the intricate details in the village map, we meet its designer Tatsuo Hayashida. Tatsuo-san also develops the Niseko United course map and we