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  • Green Leaf Onsen at the Green Leaf Hotel in Niseko. Onsen views with a snowy backdrop
    Hakuba’s Top 10 Onsens

    A traditional Japanese onsen is the perfect way to start your day or relax after a fun day on the slopes. Hakuba has a large variety of beautiful onsens throughout the village that you can enjoy. Here are some of our favourites.  [...]

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    Hakuba Photo Journal – Late December 2019

    It’s been a slower December than usual across Japan in terms of snowfall, but there have been plenty of moments worth capturing. While we haven’t seen consistent snowfall to have all lifts running in Hakuba, the upper [...]

  • Big White Aerial
    Everything You Need to Know About Big White

    Big White is aptly named – its legendary powder has seen it win awards like “Best Powder” for good reason! Big White is also uniquely blessed with sunny weather and a mild average temperature of -5C (23 F). There’s [...]

  • Sun Peaks
    Everything You Need to Know About Sun Peaks

    The BC Interior is renowned throughout the world for its light, dry, ‘easy-to-ski’ powder and Sun Peaks has a reputation for reliable snow conditions that has been proven over 40 years of operations. Sun Peaks also boasts Cana [...]

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    Everything You Need to Know About Squaw Valley

    Voted ‘Best Ski Resort’ in North America for the third year in a row by USA Today and 10Best Readers’ Choice, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is an internationally renowned mountain resort in North Lake Tahoe, California. Spanni [...]

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    Everything You Need to Know About Kicking Horse

    Kicking Horse is a BC resort that attracts rave reviews for its ‘Champagne’ powder and leg burning vertical – boasting the fourth longest vertical in North America with 1260m. Kicking Horse also has a strong reputation as a [...]

  • Snowbird
    Everything You Need to Know About Snowbird

    Snowbird, Utah is in the heart of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Little Cottonwood Canyon, one mile down canyon from Alta. Snowbird averages approximately 500 inches of low-density, “dry” Utah powder annually. Thanks to [...]

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    Everything You Need to Know About Park City

    Park City Mountain Resort, the largest resort in the United States, is located in the heart of Park City, Utah, only a 35-minute drive from Salt Lake City International Airport. Park City bustles with activities year-round with tw [...]

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    Everything You Need to Know About Heavenly

    High above the sapphire-blue waters of Lake Tahoe, Heavenly is one of the most unique snowsports resorts on the planet. The choices are endless. Do you ski California or Nevada? Will it be 34 miles (54 kms) of wide-open, groomed c [...]

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    Everything You Need to Know About Beaver Creek

    Beaver Creek delivers an unmatched mountain experience and epitomises the ‘luxury ski resort’. Upscale galleries, high-end boutiques and premium lodging options exceed even the highest expectations and you won’t have to worr [...]

  • Breckenridge
    Everything You Need to Know About Breckenridge

    With four huge peaks spanning 2,358 acres, Breckenridge has something for all abilities and interests. Every beginner and intermediate trail is groomed nightly so you can enjoy endless turns throughout your day. Or, ride North Ame [...]

  • Mammoth Mountain
    Everything You Need to Know About Mammoth

    With over 400 inches (1016 cm) of annual snowfall, thousands of acres of epic terrain and an altitude that keeps things white into summer, Mammoth turns winter into a 6+ month season, despite the place averaging 300+ days of sunsh [...]

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    nicky sullivan
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    Lizzie was so helpful, gave us some options and advice to help us pinpoint where we wanted to go. And once we had booked provided some really helpful travel advice and answering questions we had. Easy to deal with, everything was smooth and we had a great time.
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    Shelly Drewitz
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    Calum was awesome at helping us every step of the way with our trip. We got a great deal on the accommodation and ski lift, and we will definitely come back to Mountainwatch next time based on his excellent service.
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    Mark K Grant
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    I booked my Japan ski holiday through Mountainwatch. Very professional and when we arrived in Japan all was laid out for us. The accommodation was even nicer than expected. KIrsty was very good to work with and made things very easy!!!! will book again next season.
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    Jess
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    Great experience booking through this company, our contact Anna was brilliant, and organised a fantastic ski trip for us. The travel was all clearly laid out, the accommodation was lovely, the ski field was fantastic, great range of local dining options and bars.
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    Brett A
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    Mountain Watch are great, well organised and excellent advice on locations and accommodation. Highly recommended!
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    Thanks Kirsty for helping arrange our family trip to Myoko for Xmas 2025, we had an amazing time
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    Jan Kelly
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    Thanks Kirsty, once again your arrangements for us in Japan worked very well. We’ll have no hesitation about touching base with you before we make another booking….. not sure if we’ll be organised by June, but we’ll see. Have a great season yourself and keep up the good work at MountainWatch. Regards Jan and Tom
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    Samantha Farr
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    Our trip to Hakuba and Tokyo was so smooth and easy thanks to the help of Justine. Hotel was great and in a perfect location and it was very smooth having all our extras like lessons and rentals booked and sorted before we arrived. Would 100% book through Mountainwatch Travel again!
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    John Durham
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    This is the second year that Kristy has organized travel arrangements for a skiing holiday to Furano in Japan, for us. It is the second time that those arrangements have been fulfilled seamlessly. No hassles, as planned and on time. Perfect, and will use Mountainwatchj Travel again. John Durham
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    Simone B
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    We booked through Anna O’Malley for our stay in Nozawa onsen Village in Japan. Seamless service, prompt, and pricing reasonable. The Shimataya View Hotel, was a lovely stay. Room size was large, great views, and Amazing service from Staff. Momoi and Eloisa couldn’t help enough- from dinner reservations to organising luggage to Tokyo. Property is older, though clean, well maintained. 10 min walk to slopes, 5 min walk to village centre. I recommend Mountain Watch, and this property. Photos are the view from our room.
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