湯沢中里スキーリゾート, Yuzawa Nakazato Ski Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

湯沢中里スキーリゾート, Yuzawa Nakazato Ski Resort is a ski area in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Its 11 mapped downhill runs add up to 6.4 km, which ranks it #133 of 516 ski areas in Japan and gives it 0.3% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 584 m long.

Slopes at 湯沢中里スキーリゾート, Yuzawa Nakazato Ski Resort

About 79% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 21% intermediate and 0% advanced or expert, which makes 湯沢中里スキーリゾート, Yuzawa Nakazato Ski Resort a good choice for beginners and families.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 10 lifts: 7 chairlifts, 3 magic carpets. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 464 m up to 697 m, a vertical drop of 233 m — typical of a local ski hill.

Getting to 湯沢中里スキーリゾート, Yuzawa Nakazato Ski Resort

The nearest airport is Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport (MMJ), about 117 km away in a straight line — roughly 2 h 32 min by car; Niigata Airport (KIJ) is 118 km away. Nearby ski areas include 中里スノーウッドスキー場, Nakazato Snow Wood Ski Area, Nakazato sunōuddosukī-ba (1.0 km), 湯沢パークスキー場, Yuzawa Park Ski Resort, Yuzawa pāku sukī- ba (5.2 km), 神立高原スキー場, Kandatsu Kogen Ski Resort, Kandatsu kōgen sukī-ba (11.2 km) and 岩原スキー場, Iwappara (10.2 km), which together add 32 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.