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Quentin Nolan - Director

Hear from the director of Mountainwatch Travel (formerly Liquid Snow Tours), Quentin Nolan, about the history of the brand and what makes it so unique.

Make sure you check out our travel consultants’ videos below to get their best ski trip recommendations and tips!

  • Adam
    Adam Francis Sales Manager

    Skier or Snowboarder: Snowboarder
    Countries Skied: Japan, NZ, Canada, Poland
    Favourite Resort: Zao Onsen, Japan
    Bucket List Resort: St Anton, Austria

     

    Wouldn’t Travel Without: Travel Insurance

    Favourite Day Trip: Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park, Japan
    Best Free Activity: Observation Deck at Tokyo Metropolitan Building
  • Anna
    Anna O'Malley Assistant Sales Manager

    Skier or Snowboarder: Skier
    Countries Skied: NZ, Canada, France, Japan
    Favourite Resort: Big White, Canada
    Bucket List Resort: St Anton, Austria

     

    Top Travel Tip: Dont overpack, you’ll always end up buying something
    Favourite Day Trip: Driving Icefields Parkway from Banff towards Jasper
    Most Underrated Resort/Destination: Sun Peaks, Canada
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    Kirsty Leitch Travel Consultant / Group Tours Specialist

    Skier or Snowboarder: Snowboarder

    Countries Skied: NZ, Canada, Japan

    Favourite Resort: Zao Onsen, Japan

    Bucket List Resort: Portillo, Chile

     

    Wouldn’t Travel Without: Google Translate

    Piste or Powder: Powder

    Top Travel Tip: Don’t plan every minute. Leave some room for flexibility – the best trips usually have a little bit of spontaneity.
  • Justine
    Justine Fitzsimmons Travel Consultant

    Skier or Snowboarder: Snowboarder

    Countries Skied: Japan, Canada, Australia, NZ

    Favourite Resort: Myoko Kogen, Japan

    Bucket List Resort: Aspen, USA

     

    Favourite Food in Resort: Izakaya Cakuichi in Happo

    Favourite City: Queenstown, New Zealand

    Top Travel Tip: Use a luggage delivery service in Japan
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    Roxy Davies Travel Consultant

    Skier or Snowboarder: Snowboarder

    Countries Skied: Australia, NZ, Japan and Canada

    Favourite Resort: Myoko Kogen, Japan

    Bucket List Resort: Les Trois Vallées, France

     

    Favourite City: Kyoto, Japan

    Window Or Aisle Seat: Aisle seat

    Most Underrated Resort/Destination: Madarao Kogen, Japan
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    Steph Briggs Travel Consultant

    Skier or Snowboarder: Skier

    Countries Skied: Chile, Canada, USA, Japan, NZ, Australia

    Favourite Resort: Kicking Horse, Canada

    Bucket List Resort: Val d’sere, France

     

    Window Or Aisle Seat: Window seat

    Piste Or Powder: Powder

    Favourite Day Trip: Dogsledding in Sun Peaks
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    Jamie Southam Travel Consultant

    Skier or Snowboarder: Snowboarder

    Countries Skied: Canada, Japan, NZ

    Favourite Resort: Hakuba Cortina, Japan

    Bucket List Resort: Jackson Hole, USA

     

    Favourite Food in Resort: Ohyokkuri Happo Village

    Wouldn’t Travel Without: Noise cancelling headphones

    Most Underrated Resort/Destination: Hakuba Norikura, Japan
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    Lizzie Dyg Travel Consultant

    Skier or Snowboarder: Both but would always pick boarding

    Countries Skied: Japan, Canada, NZ, Austria, Norway, Switzerland, Italy

    Favourite Resort: Sunshine Village, Canada

    Bucket List Resort: Les Trois Vallées, France

     

    Favourite City: Kyoto, Japan

    Wouldn’t Travel Without: Eyemask and earplugs

    Best Free Activity: The foot onsen at Tsugaike resort in Japan
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    Chris Jack Product Manager

    Skier or Snowboarder: Snowboarder

    Countries Skied: NZ, USA, Japan

    Favourite Resort: Hakuba Tsugaike, Japan

    Bucket List Resort: Vail, USA

     

    Favourite City: Osaka, Japan

    Most Underrated Resort/Destination: Hakuba Iwatake, Japan

    Favourite In Resort Restaurant: Yami Gami, Tsugaike, Hakuba
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    Hitomi Nakano Reservations Manager

    Skier or Snowboarder: Both

    Countries Skied: Japan, Switzerland, USA
    Favourite Resort: Madarao Kogen, Japan
    Bucket List Resort: Whistler, Canada

     

    Most Underrated Resort/Destination: Naeba, Japan
    Wouldn’t Travel Without: UNIQLO Ultra light down jacket
    Top Travel Tip: Get travel insurance and carry some cash in Japan
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    Kate McRobie Marketing and Brand Manager

    Skier or Snowboarder: Skier (and wannabe snowboarder)

    Countries Skied: NZ, Japan, Switzerland
    Favourite Resort: Kiroro, Japan
    Bucket List Resort: Revelstoke, Canada

     

    Top Travel Tip: Chuck a few onigiri in your pockets before heading up the mountain for the day. Best (and cheapest) snack for on the mountain!
    Piste Or Powder: Powder
    Favourite Day Trip: Noboribetsu Hot Spring town via Lake Tōya
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    Ashleigh Ross Social Media Manager

    Skier or Snowboarder: Snowboarder

    Countries Skied: Australia, NZ, Japan, Austria
    Favourite Resort: Hakuba Tsugaike, Japan
    Bucket List Resort: Ruka Ski Resort, Finland

     

    Piste Or Powder: Powder
    Favourite In Resort Restaurant: Ramen 55, Hakuba
    Wouldn’t Travel Without: My portable charger
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    Fergus Duncan Photographer/Videographer

    Skier or Snowboarder: Skier

    Countries Skied: Japan, Austria, NZ
    Favourite Resort: Mt Olympus, NZ
    Bucket List Resort: Courmayeur, Italy

     

    Piste Or Powder: Powder
    Most Underrated Resort/Destination: Tsugaike, Japan
    Window Or Aisle Seat: Aisle seat
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    Jake Finnigan Designer

    Skier or Snowboarder: Snowboarder

    Countries Skied: NZ, Canada, Japan
    Favourite Resort: Myoko Suginohara, Japan
    Bucket List Resort: St Anton, Austria

     

    Wouldn’t Travel Without: Headphones
    Most Underrated Resort/Destination: Ohau, NZ
    Best Piece Of Gear You Own: Snowboard Helmet
  • Jesse Mckenna Financial Controller

    Skier or Snowboarder: Both

    Countries Skied: Australia, NZ, Japan, Finland
    Favourite Resort: Hakuba Norikura, Japan
    Bucket List Resort: Valdez Chugach Mountains, USA

     

    Best Piece Of Gear You Own: Leki Hot Shot Ski Poles
    Most Underrated Resort/Destination: Mount Hutt, NZ
    Favourite In Resort Restaurant: Koflers Hutt, Mt Buller
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    Nikki Maud Accounts Assistant

    Skier or Snowboarder: Skier

    Countries Skied: France, NZ
    Favourite Resort: La Plagne, France
    Bucket List Resort: Furano, Japan

     

    Best Piece Of Gear You Own: Heated gloves
    Piste Or Powder: Piste
    Window Or Aisle Seat: Aisle Seat
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    Ryoko Bizinger Accounts Team

    Skier or Snowboarder: Skier

    Countries Skied: Japan, Australia
    Favourite Resort: Zao Onsen, Japan
    Bucket List Resort: Banff, Canada

     

    Favourite Food in Resort: Kihachi (Izakaya), Hakuba
    Wouldn’t Travel Without: Slippers for inside
    Top Travel Tip: Take medicines such as cold/flu tablets and painkillers from Australia.
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    Federico Suárez Demaestri Web Developer

    Skier or Snowboarder: Snowboarder

    Countries Skied: Argentina, NZ, Japan, Canada
    Favourite Resort: Cerro Catedral, Argentina
    Bucket List Resort: Mt Baker, USA

     

    Favourite Food in Resort: Corn Soup from the Japanese vending machines
    Wouldn’t Travel Without: Backcountry gear
    Top Travel Tip: Go to the onsen after a long day of riding in Japan
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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