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Mountain Explorer Lesson Level-8

Level eight snowboarders are confident advanced snowboarders who carve/dynamic turn, on all terrain and in all snow conditions. Level eight snowboarders can snowboard with carving turns on black runs. Level eight snowboarders regularly board off-piste in varying terrain, including open and closed tree runs, in shallow ankle through to waist deep powder, within and outside ski resort boundaries. Learning about backcountry snowboarding and snowboarding outside the resort's boundaries on half-day tours.

Additional Info

  • Why NOASC?: Some Great reasons below
  • Professional Staff: Professionally trained and qualified instructors.
  • Extra Skill: Local Niseko instructors living and working in the outdoor industry all year round.
  • Extra Knowledge: A mix of local Niseko and foreign Instructors/guides.
  • Flexibility: All our lessons are planned with flexibility and your desires in mind.
  • Personal Service: We are not a large Niseko ski school, Niseko Backcountry guiding company.
  • Balanced Class: Groups of similar abilities and needs.
  • Small No.'s: We don't believe in quantity, more so quality.
  • Extra Service: Within the Niseko area we provide a free pick-up and drop-off service.
  • Great Memories: Photo and video Service of your lesson/tour.

Backcountry Tourer Lesson Level-11

At level eleven you are a very competent skier in all conditions; with a backpack; in heavy snow through to deep powder, on all terrain. Level eleven skiers able to select the safest backcountry route, analyse present and future snow conditions through snow stability tests, weather forcasts. These skiers can plan and travel through the backcountry in all snow conditions, using varying navigation techniques, on overnight, and/or multi-day tours.

Additional Info

  • Why NOASC?: Some Great reasons below
  • Professional Staff: Professionally trained and qualified instructors.
  • Extra Skill: Local Niseko instructors living and working in the outdoor industry all year round.
  • Extra Knowledge: A mix of local Niseko and foreign Instructors/guides.
  • Flexibility: All our lessons are planned with flexibility and your desires in mind.
  • Personal Service: We are not a large Niseko ski school, Niseko Backcountry guiding company.
  • Balanced Class: Groups of similar abilities and needs.
  • Small No.'s: We don't believe in quantity, more so quality.
  • Extra Service: Within the Niseko area we provide a free pick-up and drop-off service.
  • Great Memories: Photo and video Service of your lesson/tour.

Advanced Snowboard Lesson Level-7

Level Seven snowboarders are confident advance snowboarders who carve turns of varying radius' on intermediate and  are refining this technique on black runs. These snowboarders experiment with dynamic turning (free riding lines per the terrain) on and off-piste. Confident enough to snowboard open trees, or shallow powder runs off-piste. Confident short radius turns and carving turns on all red runs on-piste. Maybe venturing into bump runs on occasions.

Additional Info

  • Why NOASC?: Some Great reasons below
  • Professional Staff: Professionally trained and qualified instructors.
  • Extra Skill: Local Niseko instructors living and working in the outdoor industry all year round.
  • Extra Knowledge: A mix of local Niseko and foreign Instructors/guides.
  • Flexibility: All our lessons are planned with flexibility and your desires in mind.
  • Personal Service: We are not a large Niseko ski school, Niseko Backcountry guiding company.
  • Balanced Class: Groups of similar abilities and needs.
  • Small No.'s: We don't believe in quantity, more so quality.
  • Extra Service: Within the Niseko area we provide a free pick-up and drop-off service.
  • Great Memories: Photo and video Service of your lesson/tour.

Backcountry Ski Lesson Level-9

Level nine skiers are confident advanced skiers who ski all mountain runs on and off-piste, venturing out into the backcountry (non-patrolled/no snow control) areas. Level nine skiers are learning about skiing techniques in the backcountry, basic backcountry safe travel, on half-day tours.

Additional Info

  • Why NOASC?: Some Great reasons below
  • Professional Staff: Professionally trained and qualified instructors.
  • Extra Skill: Local Niseko instructors living and working in the outdoor industry all year round.
  • Extra Knowledge: A mix of local Niseko and foreign Instructors/guides.
  • Flexibility: All our lessons are planned with flexibility and your desires in mind.
  • Personal Service: We are not a large Niseko ski school, Niseko Backcountry guiding company.
  • Balanced Class: Groups of similar abilities and needs.
  • Small No.'s: We don't believe in quantity, more so quality.
  • Extra Service: Within the Niseko area we provide a free pick-up and drop-off service.
  • Great Memories: Photo and video Service of your lesson/tour.