GALA Yuzawa Mountain

The lifts stop at 1,181 m. The ridge behind carries on another 259 m, to 1,440 m.

That ground is outside the ski area. It is not patrolled.

A pixel relief map of the ground around GALA Yuzawa, drawn from elevation data for the surveyed area — its ridges and valleys in eight tones of ink.

01Which way it faces

N E S W

Faces north-east.

Most of the mapped runs fall away toward the north-east.

02How steep it gets

15.8° the steepest tenth of runs

The steepest quarter of the runs faces east, a different way from the mountain overall.

Its steepest pitch measures 40.1°.

03How it compares

823 m of vertical — more than 19 of the 29 mountains on JapowDB.

Its steepest tenth is steeper than 4 of the 28 mountains here that carry pitch data.