ひるぜんベアバレースキー場, Hiruzen Bear Valley Ski Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

ひるぜんベアバレースキー場, Hiruzen Bear Valley Ski Resort is a ski area in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Its 7 mapped downhill runs add up to 2.1 km, which ranks it #284 of 516 ski areas in Japan and gives it 0.1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 299 m long.

Slopes at ひるぜんベアバレースキー場, Hiruzen Bear Valley Ski Resort

About 6% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 0% intermediate and 0% advanced or expert, which makes ひるぜんベアバレースキー場, Hiruzen Bear Valley Ski Resort a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 3 lifts: 2 chairlifts, 1 magic carpet. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 589 m up to 726 m, a vertical drop of 137 m — typical of a local ski hill.

Getting to ひるぜんベアバレースキー場, Hiruzen Bear Valley Ski Resort

The nearest airport is Yonago Kitaro Airport / JASDF Miho Air Base (YGJ), about 42 km away in a straight line — roughly 54 minutes by car; Tottori Sand Dunes Conan Airport (TTJ) is 60 km away. Nearby ski areas include Kamihiruzen (上蒜山スキー場), 鏡ヶ成スキー場, Kagamiganaru Ski Area (0.3 km), 奥大山スキー場, OkuDaisen Ski resort (2.6 km) and 大山ますみず高原スノーパーク, Daisen Masumizu Kogen Snow Park (1.3 km), which together add 5 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.