Naeba Ski Resort Overview
苗場スキー場Naeba Ski Resort is a large Prince Hotels resort on the eastern slopes of Mt. Naeba in Yuzawa, Niigata, spanning roughly 134 hectares of terrain from a 900 m base to a 1,789 m summit. Gondolas and chairlifts serve its 24 courses, and it has night skiing and a terrain park. The season runs from December to early April, and the Dragondola connects it to neighbouring Kagura.
Resort Location
Location of the resort on the map of Japan.
Resort highlights
- Access
- Night skiing Gondola access Terrain park
- Snow
- Cold, dry snow
- 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 are spread through the season, with March the strongest single stretch. Across the 34 resorts tracked here, a typical winter holds between 2 and 11 clear days.
Checked against sunshine measured at Yuzawa. The same station validates GALA Yuzawa, Kandatsu Snow Resort and Maiko Snow 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 3,243 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 5.2° to 23.8°.
EstimatedLifts
Every active lift, ranked by the riders it carries uphill in an hour.
13 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.
MeasuredNight skiing
The resort keeps some lifts running after dark and lights the runs they reach.
Night season Dec 18 to Mar 21. published by the resort source
Night session
The resort publishes no split by day type.
Hours 17:00 to 20:30 our inference source published by the resort source
Lifts closed at night The resort publishes no list of lifts closed at night. source
Buying a ticket The resort publishes no night ticket sale time or place.
Proof to bring The resort publishes no proof requirement.
Night ticket Lift Tickets →
The resort publishes no night page. These pages were read instead: source 1source 2source 3
Getting Here
Getting Here →One recommended public-transport route from each gateway city.
2 gateway cities with a confirmed public route.
Measured- Shinkansen + bus (via Tokyo): board:Tokyo Station — Tokyo Station — (Jōetsu Shinkansen, 78 min) — Echigo-Yuzawa Station — (Express bus (Naeba/Asakai), 50 min) — Naeba Prince Hotel
- Shinkansen + bus (via Haneda / Tokyo): Tokyo Haneda Airport — (Tokyo Monorail, 15 min) — Hamamatsucho — (Yamanote Line, 10 min) — Tokyo Station — (Jōetsu Shinkansen, 78 min) — Echigo-Yuzawa Station — (Express bus (Naeba/Asakai), 50 min) — Naeba Prince Hotel
Videos
Videos →Riders’ own words from their videos, each with its timestamp.
6 rider clips from confirmed videos.
Creator-sourced-
“The result is a fog. Sliding down this part is really A bit tiring But it was quite fun Here is WakuWaku's route WakuWaku Snow Train there For children to play with There are also some sleds and Snow tires This No. 2 cable car is suitable for those with two days of skiing experience. How is it for beginners? Difficulty Not bad "If you use it to float down" "That one has a cliff." Snow is softer, making it easier to float. You are less afraid. But it still hurts. Falling many times still hurts a lot. **"In the afternoon, we are now here again"** Cable Car No. 2 Uppermost Slope”
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![[廣東話] 😱四千蚊 vs 五百蚊！揭露🏂苗場滑雪場 王子酒店差別待遇🤯 粉雪冰面兩極天地❄️🧊 — B3](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W8P7tRka48c/hqdefault.jpg)
“I don't know How they designed this I need to get to B3 B3 is also 30 degrees Wow look at this view So beautiful Okay over here It's not like the top Powder I still have some float Good Oh there's grass ahead Let me see how to get around it This becomes all ice Not much going on”
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“ますコースの方はえ一般コースじゃなくて チャレンジコースていうのを え滑っていこうかなドラゴンドラの方に 向かって滑っていきたいんですけれども ドラゴンドラまで行っちゃうと多分入って これないんですよねなのでその手前の ところで曲がってえナバプリンクホテルの 方に入っていくようなルートをえ取って いく予定です はいということでえっとまずはここは竹 のこスランだったかな名前というところを え下にっていき”
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“コースに入っていくんですけもリーデンス ロームバンクローズえ女子リーデスラ ロンバクローズということで行けないん ですよね よいしょなんかねぐってやっぱり滑っ ちゃってる跡がいっぱいあるんですけれど もえ行きません滑りたいなちょっとあれ ですねやっぱ雪が少ないからなんでしょう けれども滑れるコースはかなりえ1番上 から下まで繋いでくれてるだけありがたい”
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“攻略し、次の戦場へとまります。 ナバスキー場癒しの女子リーゼンモパウ ファーストトラックで優勝。 こちらもまだまだノートラックでした。 みんな男子リーゼンにただ込んだようです 。 女子リーゼンもまだ適切量不足のため至る ところにポールが刺さっておりました。 クイが出てないだけまだマシなんですが ストレートで行くと危ないので要注意。”
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“なんなくゲームクリアできました。 続いて女子リーゼンになれ込んでこちらも ファーストトラックいただきます。 男子スラームもオープンしてました。 みんなの好きな方滑ればいいと思います。 スラロームもかなり地形が隠れたので ドパウの時に是非行ってみてください。 女子リーゼンも途中の段差が埋まってその まま突っ込める感じで滑れました。”