Evergreen Avalanche Safety & Training

David Enright is a professional member of the Canadian Avalanche Association and has instructed on recreational & professional avalanche courses for over a decade. The Avalanche Skills Training (AST) courses have been developed by the Canadian Avalanche Center and are considered the standard in recreational avalanche training. Click below for course details & dates.

››AST Level I
››AST Level II

If the dates we have scheduled don't work for you, and you have a group of 6 or more, contact us by email and we may be able to organise a special Avalanche Skills Training course for you.

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

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

Evergreen Daily Hakuba Snow Reports

We at Evergreen make daily snow advisory reports based on our testing areas. The weather reporters and snow stability forecasters at Evergreen are professional and passionate about what they do and make it their goal to provide the most accurate accounts of the conditions in the Hakuba Valley, but this is no substitute for undergoing proper avalanche skills training.

››Hakuba Snow Reports updated daily in Winter