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The ultimate holiday to tick off your bucket list, join us in Niseko for an unforgettable Japanese off piste adventure! Combining social skiing and instruction, this holiday guarantees you’ll make the most of every moment.
What's Included
What’s included
- Return transfers
- 9 nights B&B
- 3 days with mountain guides
What’s not included
- Flights
- Lunches and dinners
- Ski Passes
- Ski/boot hire
On Snow Experience
Located on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, Niseko is renowned for its world-class skiing, boasting consistent, light, and fluffy snow that attracts enthusiasts from around the globe. This holiday has been carefully tailored to make the most of these unique conditions, combining four days of social skiing with three days with local guides. Your guides will be experts in the local area and will showcase the best that Niseko has to offer, helping you seek out the best powder and the quietest runs. On social skiing days, your Ski Club Rep will ski with the group, showing you their favourite pistes and the tastiest lunch spots. This holiday is aimed at Advanced Intermediate (Silver) and Advanced (Purple) off piste skiers. If you are unsure of your ski profile, please visit the ‘Ski Profiles’ page.
Instructors, Guides and Ski Club Reps (see Essential Info for specific holidays)
Joseppe Jenkin
I have been lucky enough to have been skiing from a very early age, coming from good Austrian/Cornish stock; I spent my early winter years on the mountains surrounding Innsbruck learning and perfecting my falling with style technique. Since then I have had a couple of years racing, and qualified as an instructor, while serving in the army. Squeezed in 5 seasons working as an instructor/guide in Kitzbuhel , perfected the game of nails and acquired a taste for schnapps. My passion for skiing and the mountains has never diminished. As a Rep I look forward to sharing this passion and enthusiasm with others who feel the same...
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We are ATOL and ABTOT protected so you can book with confidence knowing your money is secure.
Our holidays are a great way to meet and ski with other members of a similar ability to you.
Have questions? Call now and talk to our friendly team of holiday experts on 020 8410 2022.
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Prices include
9 nights B&B, twin occupancy, return transfers, 3 days with guides
Prior to booking it is essential that guests have the correct ski profile for the holiday. See our profiles here.
Book with confidence - the Ski Club is ABTOT and ATOL protected
The lift pass actually covers four different resorts,
all linked and all as powdery as each other – so wherever you base yourself bring your powder skis and a good pair of low-visibility goggles. This is because between December and March the snow barely stops falling so expect to ski day after day of fresh tracks in some of the lightest powder on the planet. Compared to other Japanese resorts, Niseko has a more western feel, but there are still some great traditional eateries and family-run guesthouses.
Beginner
Fast lifts- Intermediate
- Resort Activities
Advanced- Aprés
- Snow
- Value
Pros and cons
- Endless powder that gets almost daily refills
- Good lift system to access the snow
- Chance to experience a different skiing culture, albeit a more westernised version recently
- Don’t come here expecting to see the sunshine
- Resort has quite a westernised feel now
- Lots of areas are closed off without a mountain guide
M Hotel Niseko
Your home for the week will be the M Hotel Niseko, a fantastic base ideally located in the middle of Hirafu village—the heart of Niseko. As you’ll be staying on a B&B basis, breakfast will be provided each morning. There are several excellent restaurants within a short distance from the hotel, perfect for evening dining. This holiday is on a twin share basis, meaning you’ll be sharing a room with somebody of the same gender for the duration of the trip. Single rooms may be available for a supplement fee and are subject to hotel availability. Please call the Freshtracks office if you’d like to discuss this further.
M Hotel Niseko
170-145 Nisekohirafu 2 Jo
Kutchan, Abuta District
Hokkaido 044-0089
Japan
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Travel Information
Flights are not included on this holiday, however a set group transfer will be arranged. Your Ski Club Rep will coordinate the coach transfer from New Chitose Airport, so please look out for them in the main arrivals hall – they will be wearing their Ski Club jacket. Transfers to and from resort will take approximately 2.5 hours.
Please contact the Freshtracks office on 020 8410 2022 in order to discuss this further.
Confirmation
Once the holiday has been confirmed, please send your flight details (flight numbers, arrival and departure time) to the Freshtracks Team via email to ku.oc.bulciks@sloh.
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What You Need to Know
22nd Jan – 1st Feb 2025 : George Jenkin & TBC
22nd Jan – 1st Feb 2025 : TBC
It is a condition of booking that you have valid and adequate snowsports insurance. It is your responsibility to ensure your policy provides cover for all the activities that you participate in during your holiday.
We offer a Ski Club Insurance policy which provides the cover we require for all bookings. This policy can be found here: Ski Club Travel Insurance – Ski Club Of Great Britain
If you decide to purchase insurance elsewhere, it is your responsibility to ensure that your policy provides cover as that of the Ski Club Insurance policy. The policy of insurance should provide cover for personal injury, death, medical and repatriation costs in the countries which you intend to visit, together with cover for loss of baggage and valuables, personal liability, delay, cancellation, curtailment, missed departure and legal expenses. The policy should also include cover against losses caused by the effects or consequences of Covid-19.
Due to the type of holidays that you will be booking with us, we also advise that your policy should include skiing off-piste without a guide. Please note, insurance premiums must be paid at the same time as booking in order for the package holiday or single service cancellation cover to be effective. It is also advised to keep your insurance details with you while you are on your holiday. If you choose to travel without adequate insurance cover, we will not be liable for any losses howsoever arising, in respect of which insurance cover would otherwise have been available.
Passport – Check your passport is in date and valid for travel by checking the entry requirements for your destination country – you can see these here: Foreign travel advice – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
For most European destinations your passport should:
- have a ‘date of issue’ less than 10 years before the date you arrive – if you renewed your passport before 1 October 2018, it may have a date of issue that is more than 10 years ago
- have an ‘expiry date’ at least 3 months after the date you plan to leave the Schengen area
Check your passport meets these requirements before you travel.
NB: Starting in 2025 (Date TBC) travel authorisation will be required to travel withing Europe – find out more here ETIAS (europa.eu)
When venturing off piste, it is compulsory to wear an avalanche transceiver. These can be provided by the Ski Club and should be worn by every person on every all mountain, off piste and touring holiday. Anyone joining these holidays will also be required to bring their own backpack, shovel and probe.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Any Member wishing to ski/snowboard with a Ski Club Group, in any of the resorts where the Ski Club is represented, agrees to do so under the following conditions:
- You appreciate that the Ski Club Rep is a volunteer with no formal qualifications as an instructor or mountain guide.
- You also appreciate that no other member of the group undertakes any obligations to you concerning your safety for which you remain solely responsible.
- You must ensure that your equipment is in good working order before setting off for the day and that you are suitably clothed for the proposed itinerary and all possible weather conditions.
- You must decide whether or not a particular run or route is within your competence.
- You must ensure that you are properly equipped for that day. If you are skiing off piste you must have a shovel, probe and transceiver, and know how to use them. If you are using a Ski Club transceiver, it is your sole responsibility to know how to use it.
- It is your sole responsibility to ensure that you are suitably insured for the activities intended to be undertaken.
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