Good choice. We've been over there twice, guided, mostly sidecountry and backcountry. All we ever did in the Niseko area was Yotei twice (highly recommend) but if you're looking for a new experience of deep pow and rural Japanese culture I would go with Furano over Niseko. Otaru is also a cool place to base out of (best sushi I have ever eaten) so if a trip is possible that splits Otaru and Furano that would be my choice. How many in your group? Five or more and you can usually create your own itinerary. Feel free to PM me for guide recs.
"We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what. -George Santayana, The Philosophy of Travel
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