Niigata Prefecture · Japan · ski area
かぐらエリア, Kagura Area ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
かぐらエリア, Kagura Area is a ski area in Niigata Prefecture, Japan with 8.7 km of mapped downhill runs and 5 lifts, between 1,322 m and 1,837 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 8.7 km
- Lifts
- 5
- Top elevation
- 1,837 m
- Vertical drop
- 515 m
- Nearest airport
- MMJ · 106 km
Slopes by difficulty
15 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the Japanese piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 4 Chairlifts
- 1 Gondolas
かぐらエリア, Kagura Area is a ski area in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Its 15 mapped downhill runs add up to 8.7 km, which ranks it #98 of 516 ski areas in Japan and gives it 0.4% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 580 m long.
Slopes at かぐらエリア, Kagura Area
About 27% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 41% intermediate and 32% advanced or expert, which makes かぐらエリア, Kagura Area best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 5 lifts: 4 chairlifts, 1 gondola. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,322 m up to 1,837 m, a vertical drop of 515 m.
Getting to かぐらエリア, Kagura Area
The nearest airport is Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport (MMJ), about 106 km away in a straight line — roughly 2 h 18 min by car; Niigata Airport (KIJ) is 125 km away. Nearby ski areas include 田代エリア, Tashiro Area (15.8 km), みつまたエリア, Mitsumata Area (9.1 km), 神立高原スキー場, Kandatsu Kogen Ski Resort, Kandatsu kōgen sukī-ba (11.2 km) and 苗場スキー場, Naeba Ski Resort, Naeba sukī-ba (19.4 km), which together add 67 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to かぐらエリア, Kagura Area
- 1 MMJ106 kmstraight line
- 2 KIJ125 kmstraight line
- 3 SDS135 kmstraight line
- 4 TOY139 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near かぐらエリア, Kagura Area
- 3 km田代エリア, Tashiro Area16 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 1,594 m
- 4 kmみつまたエリア, Mitsumata Area9.1 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 1,051 m
- 8 km神立高原スキー場, Kandatsu Kogen Ski Resort, Kandatsu kōgen sukī-ba11 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 969 m
- 9 km苗場スキー場, Naeba Ski Resort, Naeba sukī-ba19 km of slopes · 15 lifts · up to 1,784 m
- 9 kmナスパスキーガーデン, NASPA Ski Garden, Nasupa sukī gāden4.3 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 682 m
- 10 km湯沢高原スキー場, Yuzawa Kogen Ski Resort7.3 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 1,141 m
- 10 kmニュー・グリーンピア, New Greenpia Tsunan6.2 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 962 m
- 10 km一本杉スキー場, Ippon Sugi Ski Resort1 lift · up to 421 m
- 10 kmガーラ湯沢スノーリゾート, Gala Yuzawa Snow Resort19 km of slopes · 11 lifts · up to 1,178 m
- 12 km中里スノーウッドスキー場, Nakazato Snow Wood Ski Area, Nakazato sunōuddosukī-ba1.0 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 686 m
- 12 km湯沢中里スキーリゾート, Yuzawa Nakazato Ski Resort6.4 km of slopes · 10 lifts · up to 697 m
- 13 km石打丸山スキー場, Ishiuchi Maruyama Ski Resort15 km of slopes · 14 lifts · up to 916 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.