THE GUIDES
WHAT YOU SEE, IS WHAT YOU GET
My name is Denis Lomakin
My direction
I am a practicing ski guide, an avalanche safety consultant.
I have worked since 2016 as a lead and tail ski guide, local organizer of the programs in the following regions of Russia: the Kamchatka Peninsula, Western & Eastern Siberia, Subpolar Ural Mountains. Now i have been leading my own project «Guided Ski touring in Russia» since 2020.
Professionalism
Avalanche safety consulting.
Organization of ski tour programs, routes and expeditions.
Teaching professional avalanche courses.
Organization of first aid courses in the wild.
Qualification
I am currently proceeding with my training at the Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA).
Wildlife Emergency Technician CWMT.
Certificate of the Canadian Avalanche Association CAA (Avalanche Operation Level 1).
Certificate of the Canadian Avalanche Association CAA (Avalanche Search and Rescue Advanced Skills AvSAR).
ICS Canada Certificate Introduction to Incident Command System (ICS 100).
Canadian Red Cross Certificate (Wilderness First Responder/Coast Wilderness Medical Training 80 hours).
Personal qualities
Discipline and dedication.
Slogan
Seek and you will find.
Ski touring & Ski-Sailing in Russia
KAMCHATKA PENINSULA
SKI TOURING IN THE LAND OF VOLCANOES
Kamchatka — Russia begins here. Welcome to the land of volcanoes, the place of your next spring ski tour.
The time has come to gather your willpower into a fist, pack your equipment and fly to Kamchatka. It is useless to make a description of what you can see in Kamchatka. This must be seen with your own eyes.
This season, taking into account the experience of past years, we have prepared new trips in the best locations on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Kilometers of ascents and descents from volcanoes and hills, life in a tent in the most remote places of the Ganalsky Range, ski tours to the most iconic volcanoes of the Avachinsky Pass, visits to thermal springs, all these options are in our trips, which we conduct in February, March, April and May 2025.
Skiing on the couloirs or simply — GANALSKY RANGE
TENT. FLASHLIGHT. CAVIAR. WAITING FOR THE DESCENT.
Here’s what you can expect from a typical ski touring day at the GANALSKY RANGE — SKI TOUR CAMP:
- Our trip includes 8 days, including 6 days of accommodation in a ski touring tent and skiing on the slopes of the Ganal Range.
- The tent camp is really extreme, which gives you the opportunity to experience all aspects of the Kamchatka ski touring in the wild.
- Elevation changes up to 1500m vertically every day, backcountry style climbs, descents along steep couloirs and in the light forest of stone birches.
- Ready to test your skills? Then this trip is for you, try it in the month of March and April — come to the tented ski touring camp on Ganalskie Vostryaki in the winter & spring of 2025!
- Details of your trip, logistics, cost and the whole package of services, see the trip section — GANALSKIE VOSTRYAKI.
- For those who are going and want to also climb the volcanoes, in order to make that very well-deserved descent later, we have prepared a trip — GANAL RANGE AND TWO VOLCANOES, which includes 11 days, of which 8 days are ski touring with accommodation in a tent and a mountain shelter near volcanoes.
A THOUSAND METERS UP, TWO THOUSAND METERS DOWN, OR — SKI TOUR ON VOLCANOES
VOLCANO ONE. VOLCANO TWO. VOLCANO THREE.
Here’s what you can expect from a typical day of TWO VOLCANO AND THREE VOLCANO ski tours:
- TWO VOLCANOES — the trip includes 8 days, including 6 days of ski touring and accommodation in a mountain shelter on the Avachinsky pass.
- Ski tour and skiing on the slopes of Avachinsky and Koryaksky volcanoes.
- Ascents to the tops of volcanoes in the backcountry style, elevation changes up to 2400m vertically.
- Ready to test your skills? Then this trip is for you, try it in the month of April — come to the ski tour for the TWO VOLCANOES trip in the winter & spring of 2025!
- Details of your trip, logistics, cost and the whole package of services, see the trip section — TWO VOLCANOES.
- For those who are going and want to climb THREE VOLCANOES, we have added climbing and skiing on the slopes of Vilyuchinsky volcano to the trip, which includes 9 days, including 7 days of ski touring and accommodation in a mountain shelter near volcanoes.
- Ski tour Safari MUTNOVSKY PASS — is the only one trip that we plan for those strongest and most prepared tourists who are ready to go on a ski tour from Vilyuchinsky Pass to Mutnovsky volcano, 10 days of travel and accommodation in tents near three volcanoes.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
SAFETY
Your safety is the top priority.
We want you to enjoy your trip and always be ready to come back to us again and again.
- PROFESSIONALISM
Risk avoidance lies in planning, preparation and practice. We learn and train on our own not only in the off-season, but we also do it together with you in real conditions on ski days. We are constantly updating our first aid, leadership and avalanche training skills. We check the weather conditions daily and evaluate the avalanche situation not only at the program location, but also in the nearest areas, in order to be as informed as possible during the upcoming hours in the mountains. We review and contribute to the production of avalanche safety bulletins. Every season we practice avalanche rescue and other emergency scenarios so we can be prepared to respond to any situation. - YOU SHOULD HAVE THE BEST AND MOST SAFE — MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE
Your guide will be your mentor and friend during your program. He loves nature and is ready to share his skills and recommendations during his days in the mountains. If you have any questions or suggestions to make your trip more comfortable and enjoyable, please let him know and he will definitely consider them.
The guide will meet you every morning to discuss daily weather observations, give you first hand verified snow conditions and discuss with you which locations are suitable for skiing that day. This information will help the guide and you to protect yourself and minimize your risks.
The guide also has an avalanche kit, which includes an avalanche transceiver, a shovel, an avalanche probe, a first aid kit, as well as an extra layer of clothing and other emergency supplies. - PROTECTIVE AND PERSONAL EQUIPMENT
Whether it be a lodge, mountain hut or tent-camp, we are fully stocked with first aid and emergency supplies at program locations.
All guests are provided with radio stations to communicate with the guide and other guests.
In case you don’t have a working ski or split/snowboard, avalanche transceiver, probe or shovel, we will provide you with a spare working set.
Your personal gear is also your safety gear — keep it maintained and in good condition.
If your skis or snowboard are not suitable for the conditions in which the programs take place, we have additional equipment that will be available on site and you can rent it. - INSURANCE
We strongly recommend that you consider your insurance coverage and needs before you begin your trip.
All of our skiing programs do not include emergency medical and evacuation insurance to cover expenses incurred due to illness or injury that requires hospitalization or doctor visits.
INSURANCE is your only option to get reimbursed, don’t forget that.
GALLERY
KAMCHATKA PENINSULA
SIBERIA
Contacts
YOU CAN CALL ME DIRECTLY OR SEND ME AN EMAIL. I WILL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU WITH BOOKING AND PLANNING TRIPS TO RUSSIA.
Please Note:
I am often away in the backcountry skiing with limited or no internet/phone service so there may be a delay in my response.
Thanks for your patience
Denis Lomakin