斑尾高原スキー場, Madarao Kogen Mountain Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

斑尾高原スキー場, Madarao Kogen Mountain Resort is a ski area in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Its 45 mapped downhill runs add up to 17 km, which ranks it #23 of 516 ski areas in Japan and gives it 0.7% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 385 m long.

Slopes at 斑尾高原スキー場, Madarao Kogen Mountain Resort

About 52% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 37% intermediate and 10% advanced or expert, which makes 斑尾高原スキー場, Madarao Kogen Mountain Resort a good choice for beginners and families.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 9 lifts: 9 chairlifts. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 917 m up to 1,338 m, a vertical drop of 421 m.

Getting to 斑尾高原スキー場, Madarao Kogen Mountain Resort

The nearest airport is Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport (MMJ), about 82 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 47 min by car; Toyama Kitokito Airport (TOY) is 100 km away. Nearby ski areas include タングラムスキーサーカス, Tangram Madarao Ski Circus (10.5 km), 黒姫高原スノーパーク, Kurohime Kogen (7.9 km), 牧の入高原スノーパーク, Makinoiri Kogen Snow Park, Makinoiri kōgen sunō pāku (9.0 km) and 池の平温泉アルペンブリックスキー場, Ikenotaira Onsen ALPEN BLICK Ski Resort (13.5 km), which together add 62 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.