MTB Lessons in Niseko – Niseko Mountain Bike School & Guiding

Niseko Mountain Bike School & Guiding (ニセコマウンテンバイクスクール＆ガイディング) offers MTB Lessons in Niseko, Hokkaido’s famous mountain resort. It calls itself Niseko’s first mountain bike school, and lessons run at the Grand Hirafu MTB park with views of Mount Yotei.

Owner Teppei Nakajima is a PMBIA (Professional Mountain Bike Instructor Association, Canada) certified Level 1 instructor, and the school says all its staff hold PMBIA certification.

Lessons for every level

Beginners start with the gamified “Quest” programmes, which make learning the basics fun for kids, families and adults. Packages include the park pass and bike rental: kids and family packages cost ¥13,200 and the adult package ¥14,300.

E-bike tours and private coaching

The school also runs e-bike lessons and tours on Specialized Levo SL bikes (¥19,800) and private two-hour coaching for up to four riders (¥37,400).

Good to know

The season runs through the summer and autumn and ends in late October. The office is in Kutchan. Book by phone; online enquiries are sometimes paused in busy periods.