Hey Buddy,
FInally some more Canadians in this village. I was born and raised in East Vancouver and use to ride Whistler and Baker all the time.
This is now my second season here in NIseko and I'm still loving it. Theres a crew of us that ride pretty much every pow day. We all have avi training and gear and do lots of gate accessed slackcountry and bits of full on backcountry hikes. Out the 7 or 8 of us we only have 1 skier. So if you dont mind being apart of the minority you more than welcome to join.
Cheers,
Luke