エコーバレー, Echo Valley ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

エコーバレー, Echo Valley is a ski area in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Its 16 mapped downhill runs add up to 7.8 km, which ranks it #114 of 516 ski areas in Japan and gives it 0.3% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 486 m long.

Slopes at エコーバレー, Echo Valley

About 35% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 45% intermediate and 20% advanced or expert, which makes エコーバレー, Echo Valley a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 7 lifts: 7 chairlifts. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,458 m up to 1,788 m, a vertical drop of 330 m.

Getting to エコーバレー, Echo Valley

The nearest airport is Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport (MMJ), about 26 km away in a straight line — roughly 33 minutes by car; Toyama Kitokito Airport (TOY) is 108 km away. Nearby ski areas include 車山高原SKYPARKスキー場, Kurumayama Kogen SKYPARK (7.3 km), ブランシュたかやまスキー場, Blanche Takayama (9.0 km), 白樺湖ロイヤルヒルスキー場, Shirakabako Royal Hill (5.1 km) and 池の平スノーパーク (1.0 km), which together add 30 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.