竜王スキーパーク, Ryuoo Ski Park, Ryūō sukī pāku ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

竜王スキーパーク, Ryuoo Ski Park, Ryūō sukī pāku is a ski area in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Its 28 mapped downhill runs add up to 12 km, which ranks it #48 of 516 ski areas in Japan and gives it 0.5% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 444 m long.

Slopes at 竜王スキーパーク, Ryuoo Ski Park, Ryūō sukī pāku

About 29% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 32% intermediate and 36% advanced or expert, which makes 竜王スキーパーク, Ryuoo Ski Park, Ryūō sukī pāku best suited to confident and advanced skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 12 lifts: 11 chairlifts, 1 cable car. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 867 m up to 1,921 m, a vertical drop of 1,054 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts.

Getting to 竜王スキーパーク, Ryuoo Ski Park, Ryūō sukī pāku

The nearest airport is Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport (MMJ), about 84 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 49 min by car; Toyama Kitokito Airport (TOY) is 115 km away. Nearby ski areas include 北志賀小丸山スキー場, Kitashiga Komaruyama Ski Resort, Kitashiga Komaruyama sukī-ba (2.8 km), X-JAM高井富士, X-JAM Takaifuji (6.4 km), よませ温泉スキー場, Yomase Onsen Ski Area (8.2 km) and 奥志賀高原スキー場, Shiga Kogen Okushiga Kogen Ski Area (11.7 km), which together add 46 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.