ピラタス蓼科スノーリゾート, Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

ピラタス蓼科スノーリゾート, Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort is a ski area in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Its 7 mapped downhill runs add up to 5.4 km, which ranks it #166 of 516 ski areas in Japan and gives it 0.2% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 773 m long.

Slopes at ピラタス蓼科スノーリゾート, Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort

About 16% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 58% intermediate and 26% advanced or expert, which makes ピラタス蓼科スノーリゾート, Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 3 lifts: 2 chairlifts, 1 cable car. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,750 m up to 2,221 m, a vertical drop of 471 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to ピラタス蓼科スノーリゾート, Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort

The nearest airport is Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport (MMJ), about 36 km away in a straight line — roughly 47 minutes by car; Toyama Kitokito Airport (TOY) is 119 km away. Nearby ski areas include 蓼科東急スキー場, Tateshina Tokyu Ski Area (0.8 km), 白樺2in1スキー場, Shirakaba 2 in 1 (6.4 km), 八千穂高原スキー場, Yachiho Kōgen Ski Resort (3.8 km) and 白樺高原国際スキー場, Shirakaba Kogen Kokusai Ski, しらかばこうげんこくさいすきいじょ (10.6 km), which together add 28 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.