Evergreen Avalanche Safety & Training

Evergreen is the number one English provider of avalanche safety and resuce skills in Japan. Our staff is fully qualified by the Canadian Avalanche Association to teach the following courses:

• basic avalanche training
• advanced avalanche training

We encourage you to read as much about avalanche safety as possible, here are several articles by Dave Enright of Evergreen:

• Backcountry Safety Preparation 1
• Backcountry Saftey Preparation 2
• A Step Forward for Avalanche Safety in Japan 1
• A Step Forward for Avalanche Safety in Japan 2
• A Tragedy

We at Evergreen make daily snow advisory reports based on our Hirakawa testing area.

• weather & snow advisory reports

Evergreen has various avalanche training courses (English or Japanese) throughout winter and spring. Contact us to book courses or ask questions.

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We have backcountry snowboard tours in Hakuba though April. Late season backcountry is a great time to improve your skills. For those needing avalanche rescue and training skills, or those wanting to join our backcountry tours, please contact us soon to get the best options for dates and guides. Thanks.

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