Welcome to WAPUTIK CANADA!!
WAPUTIK CANADA is the guiding service in Canadian Rockies. Let's enjoy the beautiful and breathtaking mountains by walking and skiing & snowboarding!!
WAPUTIK is the mountain goat in Nakoda native language. Mountain goats is the best climber in mountains and travelling everywhere freely in any seasons. They behave like a mountain god, called in Japanese "SENNIN", who lives in mountains all the time and knows everything about mountains.
YOUR GUIDE
NAME : KATSU GOTO
Katsu is originally from Ehime, Japan and settled in Banff Alberta since 1999. He mainly works for CMH(Canadian Mountain Holidays) as a heli ski guide in winter. He also does a ski touring guiding in Canadian Rockies when he is not heli skiing. Additionally, he has been working in Mt Norquay as a ski patrol/avalanche forecaster for many years. In summer, he works as a Via Ferrata guide in Mt Norquay. Also he has worked as a hiking guide since 2000 in Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains.
- Association of Canadian Mountain Guides(ACMG)：ACMG Ski Guide, Hiking Guide, Via Ferrata Guide, Top-Rope Climbing Instructor
- Canadian Avalanche Association(CAA)：CAA Professional member
- Avalanche Canada(Avalanche Canada)：AST Level 1 & 2 Instructor
- Interpretive Guides Association(IGA) : IGA Professional member, Group Management Instructor
- Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance(CSIA)：CSIA LEVEL 2 Ski Instructor
