Name: Faster Over Fifty 30/01/27
Start: 2027-01-30
End: 2027-02-06
Location: Japan

Dates: 30/01/2027 - 06/02/2027
Location: Japan
Camp Cost: ¥345,000
Ability Levels: Advanced | Read More
Availability: 6 space(s) currently available on this camp.
Waitlist: 0 space(s) available on the waitlist.

Overview

This one-week long ADVANCED level camp is aimed at our more mature snowboarders, typically 50 years of age and above.

This camp is designed to focus on efficiency, riding technique, physical conditioning, and scoring the best snow each day. The skills we develop on this camp help to create smooth riding, terrain adaptability, and efficiency of movement with what your own body is capable of (and any limitations you may have). The shortened riding sessions each day help to maximise energy output, without exhausting the legs completely. This camp has a more freeride and carve focus but is flexible to get in the air sometimes - if there is desire from the group and the landings are soft.

The camp includes five days of coaching/guiding, with shorted on-snow sessions; likely to be 2x 2hr sessions, starting early to ensure the best snow conditions, with a nice gap in between to do some video analysis. Each day will finish with an Onsen visit and lots of opportunity to stretch and mobilise the body for the following day. A visit to a sports masseuse and/or physio is also an optional addition.

The package includes seven nights of accommodation at the magical CAMP3 Clubhouse Madarao, five days of lift passes for all the mountains you ride, daily breakfast and three dinners in the clubhouse, 4WD transport to the local resorts each day and arrival/departure transfers to and from the local train station. The start and end dates specified above are the ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE dates (i.e. not on snow).

All camps need a minimum of three people per group to run, with a maximum six per group. Check our FAQs for more details on CAMP3.

Skills & Focuses

Some of the core skills focused on during this camp include (but are not limited to):

Adjust your technique to suit your body type
Learn to ride with more efficiency
Fine tune your skills to be adaptable in different snow conditions
Save your energy with shorter, more focused riding sessions
Improve your flexibility and strength specific to snowboarding
Create better after-riding rehab routines
Get some snowboard-specific guidance from a professional physio
Explore resorts and a little side-country with a coach who knows

Please read our FAQs for further understanding of how the ratio of coaching and guiding is applied on camps.

Ability Levels

This is an advanced level camp! You need to be comfortable riding black off-trail terrain, in the trees and powder to join this camp.

Inclusions

Coaching & Guiding: 5 days of expert coaching (over a 6-day window).
Lift Passes: 5 days of passes at the resorts you visit along the way.
Accommodation: 7 nights of accommodation, at our very own Japan CAMP3 Clubhouse Madarao.
Food: Daily breakfast (with a wider variety of choice than previous years) and 3 evening meals (buffet-style) spread out over the camp.
Transport: Transfers to and from Iiyama Station (must be arranged ahead of time) and to the local resorts in one of our 4WD vans.
Off-snow Additions: Daily onsen visits to different location each day. Daily video analysis sessions to breakdown and analyse your riding in more detail. Optional visit to Nozawa Physio for a sports massage or an appointment with a snowboard-specific physio.

Not included: flights, train travel to Iiyama, insurance (must cover off-piste) and your snowboard equipment.

Accommodation & Transport

Accommodation is based on twin-share rooms with ensuite bathrooms at the vibing CAMP3 Clubhouse Madarao, located just 100m from the chairlifts of Madarao Mountain Resort (almost slope side!). Guests enjoy daily breakfast, with lots of healthy choices, a welcome dinner on the first evening, plus additional communal dinner nights throughout the camp experience. Check out CAMP3 Clubhouse Madarao here.

A limited number of single occupancy rooms are available at an additional cost of ¥‎5,000 per night. If you wish to reserve a single occupancy room, please indicate this in the comments box in the booking form below.

Transfers available from Iiyama Shinkansen Station (bullet train direct from Tokyo) are available on the camp start and end dates. Dates shown are accommodation arrival and departure days.