Dam
Having completed trips in both Austria and Chile, and currently planning another in Japan, I can say with complete confidence that Laura and Gabriel are exceptional mountain guides and exemplary hosts. Their deep knowledge of the mountain amplifies the experience significantly, allowing you to enjoy it at a level that would be unattainable on your own. Their energy is contagious and they will never leave you wanting more. Beyond the activities in the mountains, their hospitality goes further, making you feel like part of their family. From the first moment, a connection is established that transcends business, turning the relationship into a true friendship.
Ignacio
Traveling with Laura and Gabriel is a totally different experience than what I had known until now... I would write phrases and phrases about them but I will summarize by saying that they are two hell of guides, friends, hosts, lovers of snow and nature. .. and that they are much better in person than for those cool photos and videos they upload on IG. I am looking forward to repeating with them and I recommend it to everyone!
-LIWA Summer Austria -
Comino
It was a hell of experience from minute 0. Preparation for the trip, flights, plans proposals... Close and friendly, always helping and once there with them even better! Very attentive, looking for plans to enjoy the valley in snow, mountain-bike and hiking. They know the area perfectly and offer a personal way of traveling that makes you want more. All accompanied by laughs, a good atmosphere and the desire to share his passion for nature. 100% recommended and without a doubt, I will repeat!
-LIWA Austria verano -
Menxu
The experience with Liwa Summer was amazing in every aspect. Not only are you traveling to a country, a spectacular region of Austria, but Gabriel and Laura’s hosting is exquisite. We were able to enjoy the great landscapes that the area offers, of all the activities we did, skiing on a glacier in the middle of August, was a long time dream. The food they prepared for us every day, how hospitable they were, I can't say more, I was very happy the week they hosted us and I would repeat without thinking!
Colin & Ampai Robin
My Wife and I were fortunate to be able to join the Life in White team for a week in Austria. I would just like to say without hesitation, this was by far the best Snowboarding Holiday in the 35 years I have been boarding. Laura and Gabriel are fantastic hosts, with their in depth knowledge of the area then matching the terrain to the skill sets of the team was perfect, even stretching us a little which was well received. A great mix of steep open runs, tree runs, a bit of trekking and long long deep powder runs. I am still smiling thinking about this trip.
The location was perfect as well for my Wife who just likes to ski the pistes which are part of the same area. We were able to meet during the day and then for "apres" refreshments at the bottom of the mountain every day.
Waiting for travel to open back up to book our next Boarding Week with Life in White.
Rgds
Colin & Ampai Robin
New Jersey, USA.
LIWA Austria
Javi
After traveling to Japan, going to Austria was like going next door, but it doesn’t make the destination less spectacular! The terrain in Austria is brutal and with a level of difficulty and demand that puts all your skills to the test. Living together at Life in White's house is great, they treat you like a king and nothing is ever lacking. As throughout this year we have been very lucky with the weather and once again achieved unbeatable conditions, in the end living together and sharing so many emotions and experiences makes you turn your companions and guides into friends and it is great to comment and share the emotions of the day in front of the wood stove with an Austrian beer in your hand.
I trust them so much that in August I am going to Chile with them! The three destinations in one year!
-LIWA Austria -
Santi
From the very beginning , the welcome was very good, giving me all the necessary advice to travel there since it was my first trip by plane and I was quite lost. Upon arrival I met the rest of the group and Gabriel took us to what would be our home that week. The place was amazing and the house was incredible. The following days Gabriel and Laura took us through an authentic paradise of powder snow. 4 out of the 5 days of riding we were literally diving in powder. They took us through incredible forests full of huge pillows and what amazed me the most is that they were always oriented, since we could be in the middle of the forest they knew how to get anywhere. You feel at all times that they now the mountain better than the palm of their hands.
I totally recommend this adventure, it has far exceeded all my expectations and without a doubt I am already counting down the days to go to Japan. Big hugs to my powder rats!
-LIWA Austria -
Marina and Jorge
The truth is that I don't know how to start... but in case you're one of those people who doesn't read much, I'll get to the point quickly, Life in White is everything and much more. It is what you want a trip to be and what you don't even expect it to be. It's opening a trail through powder snow thanks to the madness of Gabriel who studies the weather forecasts so that you are in the right place at the perfect time. It is Laura's care for you to restore your energy in the resort and her magic eye to capture the moments in a photo. It is discovering a way of life that makes them unique (the endless winter).
We have traveled a lot and in different ways (independent, agency, etc) and none has surprised us as much as this experience. Even if you are a skier like us, if you like snow (and especially if you like powder), this is your trip. We will repeat without a doubt.
-LIWA Austria -
Review on Facebook.
Javi
It's the dream of every rider who likes freeriding, my last three trips have been in motorhomes, so for me it was perfect and great to discover the mountains of Japan in a van, I think you get to know more places and makes you live and feel more the country. Traveling with two guides gives you the opportunity in a bit more than a week to enjoy powder runs and terrain that otherwise would take you years to find out by yourself. Gabriel knows the terrain like the palm of his hand and also can make you die laughing. Laura takes care of every detail and everyone's safety, it's like having a mom on the mountain. They are a perfect team! My traveling companions were great and I enjoyed to the fullest every corner, typical food and traditions of Japan. An unforgettable experience that I will not hesitate to repeat!
-LIWA Japan -
Jorge Alvariño
-LIWA Japan 2019-
The evolution I experienced was all thanks to you, an awesome adventure and experience. Couldn't have asked for anything better!!
Traveling with you was a true pleasure, a great knowledge of the places to eat or the onsen outside the touristic ones, which is always great! Some dose of adventure with the caravan but of course is part of the adventure. It seemed to me that for a pure snow trip we went to the coolest places and it is true that it was a super intense trip but because we wanted to.
When it comes to snowboarding, great places and off-piste runs, always controlling the group and keeping an eye on security. Beyond steep like walls runs, never feared avalanches, cracks or cliffs. It has been by far the best snow trip I have ever done.
And above all, always finding the best conditions, denotes the mastery of the snow reports.
About life in a van, it was the first trip I've made and it was a very good experience, I was lucky there with some great van companions. Also say that Japan may be the best country in the world to travel by van doing in winter; immaculate bathrooms, onsen everywhere to bathe, super tasty and cheap food and ease of moving with it allover.
I would tell someone who is doubting as I was doubting at the time to go for it, one regrets what he doesn't do more than what he does.
It is a perfect trip to really get to know Japan and the best powder snow with the best snowboarders and the best people.
On the economic side I really think that with all the dedication they put on this project and all they offer, it’s a cheap trip.
Honestly, I only think of repeating with you next year, if you allow me to ;)
A hug from Madrid and thank you very much for everything.
Greetings, Jorge Alvariño.
David
I imagined a very nice trip to Japan, but it was unbeatable and when I say UNBEATABLE it's for a reason...Gabriel and Laura controlled everything down to the smallest detail, from our flights, airport pick-up, transportation, food, everything! But not only that! They are real powder hounds of finding the best conditions, I can guarantee that we were in the right place at the right time! We went looking for the perfect snowfall, the snow of your dreams and the descent of YOUR LIFE. When you make that run, you know it is, you have never ridden snow like this in such a place in your life.
If you are a powder freak and feel what I am telling you, don’t hesitate, go to Japan and then to Austria and if you can to Chile, but let it be with these two cracks that apart from being good guides, they are excellent people QUALITY!
I went to Japan with them and it has been the best trip of my life! So much that being in Spain after the trip I was only thinking of another getaway and what better way than with them again...
If you want to go down where no one has stepped before and make the line of your life, DO NOT HESITATE
I can say that they were the best savings invested in my life and on top of that, in my opinion, super cheap!
Because they have everything under control throughout the trip, they take you to areas where others don’t go, safety always comes first and good vibes are something constant, IT IS PRICELESS
I can only say that if you are reading this to make your mind, text me, and ask me whatever you wanna know...
BUT DO NOT HESITATE ANYMORE!
-LIWA Japan -
Rafa
I had the great pleasure of enjoying the LETZTE MINUTE trip in Austria in January 2019: When the snow was conspicuous by its absence in the Pyrenees, in the Austrian Alps historic snowfalls were falling day after day without stopping. I found out about the trip that Laura and Gabriel were organizing on a Tuesday, on Wednesday I booked the tickets, and on Thursday I was flying to Austria!!! A LETZTE MINUTE with ALL THE LETTERS. I’m so happy to have joined them, because they were the 5 best days of Powder and continuous motivation of my life. Apart from the powder, Laura and Gabriel are two great people, attentive, and very VERY good finding the best spots to enjoy freeride. So thanks to both of you, and to Isa, Dani and Jon for being part of an epic journey in all its aspects. I hope to repeat with you very soon, and I promise for the next one I will trust my skiing skills better and dare to send more and be able to follow you a little more. THANK YOU, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.
-LIWA Austria -
Jon
I have been lucky enough to be in one of the Life in White trips. Charming couple hungry for powder, they opened their house to us and make you feel like one of them. Laura a cook of 10 and Gabriel never gets tired, after a day of waist-deep powder, had always energy left for some runs with the powder surf in their backyard. I will repeat for sure, and sooner rather than later.
-LIWA Austria -
Isabel
After several years following the adventures of Life in White, life gave me the opportunity to meet Laura and Gabriel. They welcomed us like the great hosts they are, they took us to the most special places in Zillertal and they never got tired of satisfying our hunger for powder. I know it's not a goodbye, but a see you later...Japan? Chile? Austria?...the place doesn't matter...the company and the powder will be exceptional :)
-LIWA Austria -
Dani
Love and good vibes with people I didn't know? A trip planned in 5 minutes full of emotions, awesome tree runs, family, laughs... and snow, looooooots of snow!! Even the vegetarian diet was cool. I subscribe to Bora's phrase after a long tree run at the limit of breath....."The best run of my f…ing life!!!!!!" And like this, so many.
Difficult to overcome that week and those conditions.
Incredible places that I was lucky enough to get to know and sensations in powder snow that I had never felt before. Planning now for 2020.
Save the Orcas & Life in White.
-LIWA Austria -
Review on Facebook.
Peter
Thanks that I started traveling with them, I visited incredible places, which on my own I would not have found and of course the best snow conditions, best partners in crime !!!
Review on Facebook.
-LIWA Chile -
Tasio
It has been one of the best trips I've ever done thanks to the kindness, the passion they put into discover and share it with you in a wild and beautiful land that takes your breath away. I hope to return in the future and enjoy what the mountain has to offers with Gabriel and Laura. YAAAPOOOOOOO !!!
-LIWA Chile -