Living in Hakuba for 15 years, a local guide who lives in Hakuba

LOCUS GUIDE SERVICE has 20 seasons of guiding experience in the Hakuba area. Utilizing the connections that only a local guide can have, they guide guests to the best slopes of the day, depending on their level.

Furuse Kazuya, the founder of LOCUS GUIDE SERVICE, spent many years skiing overseas as a ski bum before settling in Hakuba and working as a guide for Color Sports Club, a long-established backcountry guide company in the area. He

also serves as an advisor for the FWT (FREERIDE WORLD TOUR), and is committed to promoting freeride techniques. He hopes to utilize his wealth of experience and skills to help all guests, from backcountry beginners to experts, "have a wonderful experience in harmony with nature."

Guests can choose according to their needs and level

LOCUS GUIDE SERVICE not only offers backcountry tours, but also sessions at ski resorts in the Hakuba area, on-piste riding lessons, and online lessons. This is another major feature and attraction. On-piste sessions allow you to experience the true essence of freeriding, where you learn how to enjoy the slopes and how to take lines, and improve naturally while being inspired by and inspires other participants.

On-piste lessons are taught in small groups, and are tailored to your level and requests, covering everything from the most basic of skiing techniques to advanced techniques useful in the backcountry. If you have no experience in backcountry skiing and are worried about whether you can handle it right away, learning basic techniques on the slopes first will allow you to make your backcountry debut with confidence and enjoy it more.

We recommend taking online lessons as a stepping stone to getting on the snow. This allows you to gain basic knowledge of backcountry skiing in advance. Recently, more and more guests are taking part in online lessons before the season begins, then take on on-piste lessons once the season starts in December, and then tackle backcountry skiing in the peak season. By acquiring backcountry knowledge and skills step by step, you can improve quickly and, above all, feel more secure.

[Slope Session]
Price: 10,000 yen
. Includes one-point lesson and slope guide fee
. Lift ticket, lunch, and insurance fees are separate.

[Slope Lesson]
Price: 12,000 yen
. Includes slope guide fee
. Lift ticket, lunch, and insurance fees are separate.

[Online Lesson]
Fee: 11,000 yen

3 levels of backcountry tours

[Beginner Backcountry Guide]

The best plan for those who are inexperienced in backcountry and those who are not confident in their physical strength and skiing skills. There are plenty of lectures that will be useful in continuing this play in the future. As the process progresses while learning how to climb efficiently and easily, how to enjoy it safely, how to use gear, etc.

If you're interested in backcountry skiing, but think "It looks like it's going to be hard to climb" or "I'm worried if I can keep up with the other participants," try this tour first.

[Intermediate Backcountry Guide]

For those who are already enjoying the backcountry. A full-fledged backcountry tour that aims for the best slopes of the day depending on the conditions, such as aiming for an open barn that exceeds the forest limit if the conditions are good, and enjoying deep fresh snow in the forest if the weather is bad. Experience the depth of the field in the Hakuba area.

[Advanced backcountry guide]

Stretch your legs to the high alpine area, or use lift access to efficiently ski a lot. Depending on the conditions of the day, you can experience the scale and elevation difference that can only be experienced in Hakuba.

In order not to miss good conditions and to quickly pass through dangerous areas, the tour progresses quickly overall, so people who are not confident in their skiing skills or physical strength, and those who are unfamiliar with backcountry gear should participate. Impossible.

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*The information posted is current as of September 2025.