Evergreen International Ski School (Happo)

Fabulous ski ⛷️ experience! The instructors were really professional and nice. The first 2 day in Tsugaike, beginner lesson started with Simon, he quickly analysed my level based on our chitchat, and switched me to Billy’s group, to have a better experience at my level. Billy was very helpful as it’s been quite a long time since last ski. They for sure take good care of everyone in the group. The second day of as private lesson with Goof, I conquered my fear of steepness and skied the intermediate slop the whole day, I’m super happy of the progress. Last lesson was in Happo, even though the snow was not ideal, the instructor managed to analyse and group us. It was a fantastic experience!

My family and I skied at Ryuoo ski park over the New Year’s break. We invested in 2 x 3hr ski lessons with Evergreen international ski school. We had an instructor named Martin who was EXCELLENT!!!! He was so accommodating to our group who had different ski abilities and gave some fabulous tips to the ones that were beginner level. He also took our son and daughter over to the jumps area for fun while my husband and I were practicing our downhill runs (we are beginner ;) ) Martin was so patient and calm and full of knowledge answering heaps of questions and it was awesome that we could be taught in English and not worry about translating. Thank you Martin for making our skiing holiday a memorable one 😀 We highly recommend this ski school 10/10!! The Shevlin family from Australia 🇦🇺

Our kids 8 and 6 had the best experience with Evergreen. Their coach Dan was outstanding. Patient, funny, charismatic and an awesome teacher. Took 2 kids who had never seen snow on day 1 to easily skiing red runs and even skiing backwards on day 3. 2 hour private lessons suited us perfectly. Thanks so much! The kids loved every second.

Many thanks to our instructors Isabelle, Claudia & Ari. Under their professional guidance, we managed to ski down the greens on our third day of our lessons. All the other staff from Evergreen are so nice and friendly, helping us in a way or another. It had been a fantastic and memorable experience of my family.

Our family of 4 booked our full ski day 4 months in advance and we had an absolute blast. Highly recommend this ski school and its instructors. We had Ben Cockram for the day and he is the best instructor we have met so far in 3 countries. MUCH MUCH Better than the ones in USA and Australia by miles! We feel so safe with him and his instruction gave us the confidence to finally ski down a green slope - so so happy with this experience. Super professional and such a good price compared to Australia! Please give them a try and do book EARLY! We will be back for sure!!

My family used Evergreen ski school in January. We split up. My 4 yo went to Yeti, my daughter 9 yo went to Hero’s and we did a private lesson. While we were had different instructors we all had a great time. In particular our private instructor Lara from China was brilliant. She had us parallel skiing after 2 days and her very efficient and effective skiing instruction was brilliant. I felt super confident on day 4 and 5 on the slopes and comfortably and happily progressed onto red slopes. Now I can’t wait to come back to Hakuba. Thank you Evergreen.

Overall we were happy with the communication and service provided by Evergreen. It was our first time to Hakuba, so we initially booked child ski lessons at Happo One, given this seemed to be the most convenient resort to where we were staying in the Wadano area. After travelling to other resorts in the valley, we requested our daughter's second lesson be transferred to the Evergreen base at Tsugaike, as this resort had more extensive beginner and intermediate areas, the group sizes were smaller and overall the ski school operations felt less hectic. Tsugaike was protected from the weather, while Happo got shut down due to high winds as it's so exposed. We also enjoyed the terrain and vibe more at Tsugaike, for us to go snowboarding while our daughter had her lesson. We were able to take the free early shuttle from Happo to Tsugaike and arrive with plenty of time for her 9:45am lesson check in. We visited the first week of January, and it should be noted that Happo One was still struggling with snow at the base areas at that time of year, so I understand the usual beginner area at Sakka was not operating. Can highly recommend Rhythm at Wadano if you need to rent gear. The quality of kids boots/skis were excellent and service very slick.

We had such a great time learning snowboarding with Adam from the Czech Republic! He taught the three of us and honestly made every session fun, safe, and full of progress. He always kept an eye on our safety, which made us feel comfortable trying new things. Super knowledgeable and patient — you can tell he really knows his stuff. Never boring! Every lesson had new tricks or tips, so we were constantly improving. I learned so much and feel like I’ve mastered skills I didn’t think I’d get so quickly. Adam is hands down one of the best snowboard coaches I’ve ever had. If you’re looking to improve your riding while having fun, he’s the guy you want teaching you!