Niigata Prefecture · Japan · ski area
薬師スキー場, Yakushi Ski Area ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
薬師スキー場, Yakushi Ski Area is a ski area in Niigata Prefecture, Japan with 1.4 km of mapped downhill runs and 1 lift, between 136 m and 257 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 1.4 km
- Lifts
- 1
- Top elevation
- 257 m
- Vertical drop
- 121 m
- Nearest airport
- KIJ · 81 km
Slopes by difficulty
5 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the Japanese piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 1 Chairlifts
薬師スキー場, Yakushi Ski Area is a ski area in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Its 5 mapped downhill runs add up to 1.4 km, which ranks it #315 of 516 ski areas in Japan and gives it 0.1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 284 m long.
Slopes at 薬師スキー場, Yakushi Ski Area
About 16% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 34% intermediate and 50% advanced or expert, which makes 薬師スキー場, Yakushi Ski Area best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 1 lift: 1 chairlift. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 136 m up to 257 m, a vertical drop of 121 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to 薬師スキー場, Yakushi Ski Area
The nearest airport is Niigata Airport (KIJ), about 81 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 45 min by car; Sado Airport (SDS) is 105 km away. Nearby ski areas include 小出スキー場, Koide Ski Area (2.3 km), 八海山山麓スキー場, Hakkai Sanroku Ski Area (3.3 km), 須原スキー場, Suhara Ski Area (5.6 km) and 八海山スキー場, Muikamachi Hakkaisan (10.9 km), which together add 27 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to 薬師スキー場, Yakushi Ski Area
- 1 KIJ81 kmstraight line
- 2 SDS105 kmstraight line
- 3 FKS127 kmstraight line
- 4 MMJ152 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near 薬師スキー場, Yakushi Ski Area
- 4 km小出スキー場, Koide Ski Area2.3 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 257 m
- 9 km八海山山麓スキー場, Hakkai Sanroku Ski Area3.3 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 414 m
- 11 km須原スキー場, Suhara Ski Area5.6 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 548 m
- 13 km八海山スキー場, Muikamachi Hakkaisan11 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 1,167 m
- 13 km古志高原スキー場, Koshi Kogen Ski Area1.7 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 436 m
- 15 km五日町スキー場, Itsukamachi Ski Area3.6 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 478 m
- 18 kmUonuma City Ohara (魚沼大原スキー場)1.8 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 644 m
- 20 kmKakenoue House cross-country (欠ノ上クロスカントリーハウス)Small ski area
- 22 km長岡市営スキー場, Nagaoka City Ski Area1.9 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 320 m
- 22 kmムイカスノーリゾート, Muica Snow Resort5.8 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 674 m
- 23 km奥只見丸山スキー場, Okutadami Maruyama Ski Resort6.7 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 1,236 m
- 23 kmとちおファミリースキー場, Tochio Family Ski Area0.6 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 217 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.