What kind of equipment do you need to go skiing in the backcountry (BC)?
STEEP has introduced basic equipment for BC beginners, but what do backcountry professionals, BC guides, actually carry in their backpacks? We asked two guides in Tateyama in early spring to show us the contents of their backpacks.
Jun Horie |Backcountry Glide Niseko
Jun Horie is an Austrian nationally certified ski and mountain guide who provides guide services in Niseko, Japan. As a ski instructor, he values the quality of skiing even in the backcountry, so let's take a look at his spring gear for one-day backcountry skiing
The backpack he uses is the BCA STASH30. When he opened the main compartment of the 30-liter backpack, it was packed with gear like this. He showed us the contents in a video
Iwao Saeki | Tyrol
Saeki Iwao also uses the BCA STASH30. In addition to being a backcountry ski guide and mountain guide, he has also run a mountaineering equipment specialty store in front of Toyama Station since 1968, and Mt. Tateyama is his home mountain. What's inside Saeki's backpack?
The person who taught me
Jun Horie
Backcountry Glide Niseko
He moved to Austria in search of skiing techniques and lived in Tyrol for 15 years. He is a ski instructor and guide. When skiing, he is particular about the outward leaning posture and the quality of the changes depending on the situation, and about the fall line on the slope
[Qualifications Held]
- Austrian National Certified Ski Guide
- Austrian Tyrol State Government Certified Mountain Guide
- JMGA Mountain Guide Stage I, Ski Guide Stage II, etc.
Iwao Saeki
Tirol
He has been fond of mountain climbing and skiing since he was a child. He participated in the Inter-High School Championships in competitive skiing during his junior and senior high school years. He then became absorbed in competitive canoeing. After winning a prize at the National Athletic Meet, he returned to the mountain climbing world. He is best known for being a mountain ski guide. He supported the filming of the movie "Tsurugi-dake: Ten no Ki" as a mountain guide
[Guide qualifications held]
・JMGA Mountain Guide Stage II
・JMGA Ski Guide Stage II