八千穂高原スキー場, Yachiho Kōgen Ski Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

八千穂高原スキー場, Yachiho Kōgen Ski Resort is a ski area in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Its 7 mapped downhill runs add up to 3.8 km, which ranks it #211 of 516 ski areas in Japan and gives it 0.2% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 549 m long.

Slopes at 八千穂高原スキー場, Yachiho Kōgen Ski Resort

About 48% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 35% intermediate and 16% advanced or expert, which makes 八千穂高原スキー場, Yachiho Kōgen Ski Resort a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 4 lifts: 4 chairlifts. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,643 m up to 1,830 m, a vertical drop of 187 m — typical of a local ski hill.

Getting to 八千穂高原スキー場, Yachiho Kōgen Ski Resort

The nearest airport is Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport (MMJ), about 42 km away in a straight line — roughly 55 minutes by car; Toyama Kitokito Airport (TOY) is 125 km away. Nearby ski areas include シャトレーゼスキーバレー小海, Chateraise Ski Valley Koumi (5.4 km), ピラタス蓼科スノーリゾート, Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort (5.4 km), 蓼科東急スキー場, Tateshina Tokyu Ski Area (0.8 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 29 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.