軽井沢プリンスホテルスキー場, Prince Hotels and Resorts Karuizawa ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

軽井沢プリンスホテルスキー場, Prince Hotels and Resorts Karuizawa is a ski area in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Its 19 mapped downhill runs add up to 8.8 km, which ranks it #97 of 516 ski areas in Japan and gives it 0.4% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 465 m long.

Slopes at 軽井沢プリンスホテルスキー場, Prince Hotels and Resorts Karuizawa

About 60% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 24% intermediate and 16% advanced or expert, which makes 軽井沢プリンスホテルスキー場, Prince Hotels and Resorts Karuizawa a good choice for beginners and families.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 8 lifts: 8 chairlifts. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 942 m up to 1,155 m, a vertical drop of 213 m — typical of a local ski hill.

Getting to 軽井沢プリンスホテルスキー場, Prince Hotels and Resorts Karuizawa

The nearest airport is Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport (MMJ), about 67 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 27 min by car; Toyama Kitokito Airport (TOY) is 135 km away. Nearby ski areas include プレジデントリゾート軽井沢　軽井沢スノーパーク, Karuizawa Snow Park (2.6 km), パラダ, Saku Ski Garden Parada (4.6 km), 高峰マウンテンパークスキー場, Takamine Mountain Park Ski Area (4.4 km) and Yunomaru (湯の丸スキー場), which together add 33 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.