Myoko Suginohara Ski Resort Overview
杉ノ原スキー場Myoko Suginohara boasts Japan's largest vertical drop at 1,124 m, with an 8.5 km top-to-bottom run on the flanks of Mt. Myoko in Niigata. Operated by Prince Snow Resorts, it receives heavy Japow from Sea of Japan storms and is a favourite among advanced skiers. The Sugi Park features 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
- Terrain
- Big vertical High alpine Beginner-friendly
- Onsen
- Open-air onsen Family onsen Ryokan stays Onsen nearby
Snow Report
Snow Report →How deep the snow gets, and when — averaged across recorded seasons.
Typical base at the deepest half-month.
MeasuredClear skies
How much of a typical winter here is actually clear, and when those days fall.
They lean late: close to half of them arrive in March. Across the 41 resorts tracked here, a typical winter holds between 2 and 11 clear days.
Checked against sunshine measured at Sekiyama. The same station validates Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick.
How a winter day is classified
A winter here means December 1 to March 31. A day is Clear at or below 30% modelled cloud cover, Partly Cloudy from 31 to 79%, and Overcast at 80% and above. A day carrying 5 cm or more of falling snow is Snow before any cloud value is read.
Cloud cover comes from the ERA5 reanalysis archive for this resort’s weather cell. The check comes from hours of sunshine measured at the nearest reporting station, which sits lower down the valley.
How closely the modelled cloud tracks the station’s measured sunshine, over the 2,517 winter days both sources hold a value for. Below the cut, the figure is stated as a range instead of a count.
The classification describes sky cover over the resort’s weather cell, not visibility measured on the hill. A resort can sit in cloud at altitude on a day its cell reads clear.
Mountain
Mountain →How much the pitch varies across this mountain — the gap between its gentlest run and its steepest, ranked against the other mountains here that carry pitch data.
Its runs range from 5.1° to 17.8°.
EstimatedLifts
Every active lift, ranked by how many riders it moves uphill each hour.
5 active lifts carrying skiers uphill.
EstimatedRiders per hour (estimated)
Lift Tickets
Lift Tickets →What an hour of skiing actually costs, across every ticket length.
Cheapest cost per hour among the compared passes.
MeasuredGetting Here
Getting Here →One recommended public route from each gateway, all leading here.
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 →What riders actually said on camera, timestamped to the moment.
6 rider clips from confirmed videos.
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“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。”