湯沢パークスキー場, Yuzawa Park Ski Resort, Yuzawa pāku sukī- ba ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

湯沢パークスキー場, Yuzawa Park Ski Resort, Yuzawa pāku sukī- ba is a ski area in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Its 11 mapped downhill runs add up to 5.2 km, which ranks it #171 of 516 ski areas in Japan and gives it 0.2% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 475 m long.

Slopes at 湯沢パークスキー場, Yuzawa Park Ski Resort, Yuzawa pāku sukī- ba

About 65% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 35% intermediate and 0% advanced or expert, which makes 湯沢パークスキー場, Yuzawa Park Ski Resort, Yuzawa pāku sukī- ba a good choice for beginners and families.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 6 lifts: 6 chairlifts. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 448 m up to 640 m, a vertical drop of 192 m — typical of a local ski hill.

Getting to 湯沢パークスキー場, Yuzawa Park Ski Resort, Yuzawa pāku sukī- ba

The nearest airport is Niigata Airport (KIJ), about 117 km away in a straight line — roughly 2 h 32 min by car; Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport (MMJ) is 119 km away. Nearby ski areas include 湯沢中里スキーリゾート, Yuzawa Nakazato Ski Resort (6.4 km), 中里スノーウッドスキー場, Nakazato Snow Wood Ski Area, Nakazato sunōuddosukī-ba (1.0 km), 岩原スキー場, Iwappara (10.2 km) and ナスパスキーガーデン, NASPA Ski Garden, Nasupa sukī gāden (4.3 km), which together add 33 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.