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Not doubting he's a great guy, But the point is , Is he trained to deal with emergencies? If not, guiding in an avalanche prone area isn't very professional so that would qualify him as a cowboy, in the loose and reckless sense. If he is trained it would be a good business practice to state the fact in his sales pitch which he hasn't done.

generally the further north you go the better chance of snow. from iwate up at xmas very high probability of good snow but then again this last xmas,,,, oh my god i just got wham in my head. bigger resorts closer to narita may well be more family friendly. save ou money on transport as well. or you could go to canada and nio probs with language.

what ever there are always two views of any situation but how qualified was the guide to be in avie country? Anyone one can call themselves a guide and this cowboy's web page has nothing about his training and qualifications other than being bi-lingual and having boarded the mountain for over ten years. Not really the primary consideration in a crisis where people are dying.

here is myAussie mate's version of the rescue. Pure luck that some pros were on the mountain. Good on yah Ossie! Oy Oy Oy!!! in case the link goes cold Helping to save the lives of 22 people was all in a day's work for seven Australian skiers, writes Robert Wainwright. THEY set off early on Valentine's Day to explore one of northern Japan's remote mountain tops, seven Australians bound together by a passion for finding and skiing virgin powder snow. But by the time they came down from the mountain that night these veteran snow men, five of them members of Thredbo's