Myoko Suginohara Ski Resort Overview
杉ノ原スキー場Myoko Suginohara has Japan's largest vertical drop, 1,124 m, and an 8.5 km top-to-bottom run on the flanks of Mt. Myoko in Niigata. Prince Snow Resorts operates it; Sea of Japan storms bring heavy Japow, and advanced skiers favour it. The Sugi Park has 40+ rails, kickers and a mogul course.
Resort Location
Location of the resort on the map of Japan.
Resort highlights
- Access
- Gondola access Terrain park
- Snow
- Cold, dry snow
- Terrain
- Big vertical High alpine Beginner-friendly
- Onsen
- Open-air onsen Family onsen Ryokan stays Onsen nearby
Snow Report
Snow Report →Average peak depth and the month it arrives, over every recorded season.
Typical base at the deepest half-month.
MeasuredClear skies
The share of a typical winter that is clear here, and the months the clear days fall in.
They lean late: close to half of them arrive in March. Across the 39 resorts tracked here, a typical winter holds between 2 and 11 clear days.
Checked against sunshine measured at Sekiyama. The same station validates Akakura Kanko Resort, Akakura Onsen Ski Resort, Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick, Lotte Arai Resort and Seki Onsen Ski Resort.
How a winter day is classified
Winter runs from December 1 to March 31. A day counts as Clear when modelled cloud cover is 30% or less, Partly Cloudy from 31 to 79%, and Overcast from 80% up. A day with 5 cm or more of snowfall counts as Snow, whatever the cloud cover.
Cloud cover comes from the ERA5 reanalysis for the weather cell this resort sits in. It is checked against hours of sunshine measured at the nearest reporting station, lower down the valley.
The modelled cloud is compared with the station’s measured sunshine on the 2,517 winter days that have both. When the two agree poorly, the clear-day figure is given as a range instead of a single count.
The classification describes cloud over the resort’s weather cell, but nobody measures visibility on the hill. A cell that reads clear can still leave the upper mountain in cloud all day.
Mountain
Mountain →The spread from this mountain’s gentlest run to its steepest, ranked against the other mountains with pitch data.
Its runs range from 5.1° to 17.8°.
EstimatedLifts
Every active lift, ranked by the riders it carries uphill in an hour.
5 active lifts carrying skiers uphill.
EstimatedRiders per hour (estimated)
Lift Tickets
Lift Tickets →The cost of an hour on the hill, for every ticket length.
Cheapest cost per hour among the compared passes.
MeasuredGetting Here
Getting Here →One recommended public-transport route from each gateway city.
3 gateway cities with a confirmed public route.
Measured- Tokyo → Joetsu-Myoko Station (Shinkansen) + bus: board:Tokyo Station — Tokyo Station — (Hokuriku Shinkansen, 127 min) — Joetsu-Myoko Station — (Myoko Haneuma Line, 31 min) — Sekiyama Station — (Keinan Bus, 45 min) — Myoko Suginohara Ski Resort
- Shinkansen via Joetsu-Myoko + local bus (from Tokyo Haneda): Tokyo Haneda Airport — (東京モノレール, 15 min) — Hamamatsucho — (山手線, 10 min) — Tokyo Station — (Hokuriku Shinkansen, 127 min) — Joetsu-Myoko Station — (Myoko Haneuma Line, 31 min) — Sekiyama Station — (Keinan Bus, 45 min) — Myoko Suginohara Ski Resort
- Airport bus + Shinkansen via Joetsu-Myoko + local bus (from Toyama): Toyama Airport — (Toyama Airport Line, 25 min) — Toyama Station — (Hokuriku Shinkansen, 39 min) — Joetsu-Myoko Station — (Myoko Haneuma Line, 31 min) — Sekiyama Station — (Keinan Bus, 45 min) — Myoko Suginohara Ski Resort
Videos
Videos →Riders’ own words from their videos, each with its timestamp.
6 rider clips from confirmed videos.
Creator-sourced-
“We just slid along the left side of the map finished the non-groomed area then continued from D1 to B2 This entire green line is very gentle at the left bottom and very fun There are small walls on both sides”
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“今回滑走する8500mのロング コースは上から順にE1石投げコース続い てA2杉原連絡コースその後はAA1白樺 コースをずっと滑り最後B1ファミリーR コースにご流しますその後杉野原第1 ロマンスリフト麓の乗り場までが 8.5kgのロングコースとなっております”
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“the E2 course has the steepest slope in suoh hariski Resort on days with heavy snowfall you can experience the best snow surfing”
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“you see the name in english super mogul Super Mogul Snow Trail It has been emphasized with Super Maximum slope 32 degrees”
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“はいそれではスーパージャイアント コースえ結構鎖もされるコースなんで 行ける時に行ってみますけど今日は ちょっとがつってきちゃいました ね最大 38°なかなか しびれる壁のコスです”
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“怖くなった場合は尺投げ コースに 行くといいと思います。だがやはり大行き が降った時には途中から尺投げコースに 変更としても厳しい時もあります。”