ガーラ湯沢スノーリゾート, Gala Yuzawa Snow Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

ガーラ湯沢スノーリゾート, Gala Yuzawa Snow Resort is a ski area in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Its 48 mapped downhill runs add up to 19 km, which ranks it #18 of 516 ski areas in Japan and gives it 0.8% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 389 m long.

Slopes at ガーラ湯沢スノーリゾート, Gala Yuzawa Snow Resort

About 54% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 32% intermediate and 8% advanced or expert, which makes ガーラ湯沢スノーリゾート, Gala Yuzawa Snow Resort a good choice for beginners and families.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 11 lifts: 9 chairlifts, 1 gondola, 1 cable car. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 357 m up to 1,178 m, a vertical drop of 821 m.

Getting to ガーラ湯沢スノーリゾート, Gala Yuzawa Snow Resort

The nearest airport is Niigata Airport (KIJ), about 115 km away in a straight line — roughly 2 h 30 min by car; Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport (MMJ) is 116 km away. Nearby ski areas include 湯沢高原スキー場, Yuzawa Kogen Ski Resort (7.3 km), 石打丸山スキー場, Ishiuchi Maruyama Ski Resort (15.1 km), 一本杉スキー場, Ippon Sugi Ski Resort and ナスパスキーガーデン, NASPA Ski Garden, Nasupa sukī gāden (4.3 km), which together add 39 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.