Road Trip de Freeride y Esquí de Travesía en Hokkaido

We had an amazing skiing experience with Sherpas Ride! Our road trip started with a few fresh snow days in Kutchan, offering a wonderful mix of backcountry and resort skiing. We reached the summits of Iwaonupuri, Shiribetsu, and Annupuri—truly unforgettable adventures! Our accommodation in Kutchan, conveniently located near a Seven-Eleven, provided easy access to Onigiris for our tours. The place was clean and spacious, though we did notice the lack of hangers. Thor from Sherpas Rides breakfasts were a real highlight, featuring delicious mini pancakes, homemade granola and yogurt—a perfect start to our skiing days. On one of our evenings we got a presentation from a Japanese women about Japan and Hokkaido. After four days, we continued on to Furano. Along the way, we visited the harbor city of Otaru. It was quite cold and there was not that much to explore. In Furano, we enjoyed another 3.5 days of incredible backcountry skiing. One highlight was our visit to the fumaroles near the Asahidake summit—absolutely stunning! Unfortunately, the visibility that day didn’t allow us to reach the summit, but the experience was still remarkable. Our accommodation in Furano was a lovely Japanese-style hotel. Throughout the journey, we always felt safe and well taken care of with our guide, Peter. He consistently found us the best powder! Our group was joined in Kutchan from Jara a professional Photographer for two days who made stunning skiing pictures, we could buy by the end of the trip. We only brought our skiing boots from home to Japan and Sherpas ride provided quite nice and new Kästle Skis! Sherpas Ride delivered an exceptional experience, and we’d highly recommend them to anyone looking for an unforgettable skiing adventure.

Great trip, very professionally managed. Really good guiding by the team, they new the places well and could always find fresh pow even in tricky conditions. Also managed the group well allowing all participants to get a great experience even if people were skiing on different levels.

Booked the Hokkaido Roadtrip - this can be described in one word: Fantastic! I would book this trip again immediately! Super organized camp with excellent powderlines. Guides are also trying very hard to put together an alternative program (ski tours) if it happens that there is no fresh snow for a few days. Really absolutely recommendable Trip to Japan with all-round care.

Even If snow conditions aren't the best ones in the season the guides will always tAke you for the fresh pow! ( Japow:) . Great 10 days of freeriding and enjoying japanese food,onsen and countryside of Hokkaidó.

I participated in the Sherpas Ride Trip Dec/Jan 2018/19 and I loved the experience of freeriding in Japan as well as the guiding and organization of Tomas and Vojta from Sherpas Ride. The trip was booked directly with Vojta and he advised me carefully on fitness level and equipment required for the trip. I felt well prepared and any question or organizational detail was delivered in a timely manner. At arrival the pickup went smoothly and Vojta is great in making you feel welcome and at home from the first minute. The housing, where our group of 12 people, was accommodated was conveniently equipped and close to restaurants and supermarkets. The facilities like bathroom and kitchen are shared and the group was super lovely and easy to deal with. The equipment (ski, poles, backpack with avalanche rescue equipment, and skins) was all comparatively new and well maintained. Tomas and Vojta were always helpful if there was any need or problem with it. The organization of breakfast, driving to the best spot and during the freeriding or touring day went well because the guys mange everything in a nice and relaxed way. I asked for and appreciated that they gave me advise on how to improve my freeriding skills and that they had a good speed and thus, I was also challenged to become better. I felt well informed on where to go and how to behave and there was always room for discussing snow conditions and how to best spot a line and estimate risks. I definitely learned something there and the two guides made things fun, yet clear when limits are reached. The scenery of the volcanos, trees, and the masses of snow is simply faboulous. There is nothing comparable to enjoying the ride in the deep snow spraying all over you. I would definitely do it again! Thanks for the time, Sherpas Ride, and my great group Dec/Jan 2018/19 - you will always enjoy a special place in my memories.