The most important aspect to start improving your riding is to ensure you have the right fundamentals.

We cannot stress this enough and today will be dedicated to going through the proper fundamentals of snowboarding with the group.

Your instructors will assess your riding, pick out any bad habits and ensure they get corrected within the day so you can learn efficiently and effectively over the next week.

At the end of each day, feast on a full buffet dinner spread consisting of a wide variety of appetizers, mains and dessert - all conveniently located within our hotel accommodation.

Grocery stores are a little further out of town. Our team will make occasional grocery runs and will do a call out to anyone keen to get stocked up!

With basic techniques locked in, your instructors will run through and demonstrate the techniques of riding steeper terrain.

You’ll learn how to initiate your turns more deliberately, use varied turn sizes and shapes to manage speed on different terrain types, as well as learn to use timing, flow and pressure for more efficient riding.

It will be a challenging day with lots of new concepts to absorb but hang in there, you’ll soon be exploring terrain you never

Day 4 will be a day of exploration. We’ll take you to a hidden gem resort - one of the team’s firm favourite in the region. Soak in the new sights and put your newly learnt techniques to the test with the resort’s variety of very interesting terrain.

Enjoy a fun filled day with some fun runs around the resort’s varied terrain and for those ready, have a go at various off piste routes, side country hits and the many hidden pow stashes. This will be the group’s first intro into riding off piste terrain.

While you ride, your instructor will be assessing you, understanding your strengths and weaknesses, and preparing tips for your next off-piste lesson.

At the end of the day, we’ll take the group to a local onsen to freshen up before we head into the city centre for dinner. Here, you’ll be spoilt for choice at a wide variety of local restaurants to select from as well as some sightseeing (and snowboard shopping) around the local towns.

Day 5 is your free and easy day. We recommend taking a break from the slopes to rest up and recharge as 3 consecutive days on the slopes can take quite a toll on you. Take the day to relax, enjoy some good food and explore the town.

For those who can’t get enough of the slopes, feel free to head back to the mountains. Lift passes for today are already included in your package so make the most of it. You’ll be able to explore areas on the mountain where you previously have not been to during lessons. We’ll meet back for lessons on day 6.

Day 6 is all about off-piste & powder riding. Widely regarded as the most exhilarating aspect of snowboarding, riding off-piste comfortably and confidently will open a whole new world to you as you discover parts of the mountain previously inaccessible.

Good body positioning, picking your line and a good understanding of how to read terrain will be what you learn today. With practice, off piste runs will start to get more effortless and exploring powder fields will soon become the only terrain you want to ride from then on.

Today is the day you have all been waiting for. We journey as a group to Hakkoda Ski Resort and take the ropeway up to a truly magical landscape. Be awed by the surreal views of an all-white landscape like you’ve never seen before.

For those confident on off-piste terrain, your instructor will guide you through the tree monsters and into the forest for a ride you will never forget. For those not yet fully confident, you will head back down the ropeway and explore a different, less daunting side of Hakkoda where you will spend the day exploring.

Before you know it, Saturday would have come again and it’s time to say goodbye. Enjoy your final day in Aomori, bid farewell to friends new & old and you’ll make your way to your next destination. We will be leaving together on the airport shuttle bus to Aomori Airport

Airport Shuttle Pick-up schedule* (Aomori Spring – Aomori Airport):
Shuttle 1: 10:00AM
*Shuttle timings are subjected to change based on available flight schedules. If you require shuttles outside this timing, you may let us know to make alternative arrangements

Shuttle Duration: Approx 1.5hrs

Flight recommendation:
To depart Aomori Airport after 1:30pm