Tsugaike Mountain Resort Reviews
栂池高原スキー場Tsugaike Mountain Resort (Tsugaike Kogen) sits at the northern end of the Hakuba Valley in Otari, Nagano, and is one of the valley's largest ski areas — renowned for its enormous, gentle beginner terrain, including the 1,200-metre-wide Tsuga-no-mori slope. It spans 196 hectares and a 904-metre vertical drop across 14 courses served by a gondola and 19 lifts, with a 4,630-metre top-to-bottom run, night skiing, a terrain park, and serious lift-accessed backcountry (the famous Tsugaike DBD) above the treeline.
Resort Location
Location of the resort on the map of Japan.
What Riders Say
"Come with me for a little preview to the Sugit Parks on the side here. We're going to hit a switchboard. We're going to 50/50 from three. And then we're going to cruise on down here... they do have a few rails blocked off here right now. You got a down bar, down bar, and a donkey dink right here. And this cruises into the big jumps."
"On the right side of the Sugaki base area sits OA nohara, a long gentle course stretching approximately 1 kilometer served by a threeperson chairlift running from the base up to roughly mid-mount. It is wide, it is mellow, and it tends to feel quieter and more tucked away."
"a 15-minute ride from the Shiraakaba Midway station to Suganamorei station near the peak. At the top of the Eve Gondola, Suganamorei Kitchen is a charming lodge style restaurant, also the spot where you register for the Sugapow double black diamond tree run gates."
"The station at the top of the mountain. Toganomori slope. After getting off the gondola, it is connected to the red (intermediate) course. Beyond that is the green (beginner) course."
"This is ski slope 10.11 slope 10 is for beginners. This is ski slope 9, slope 19 The width is about 400 meters. It is definitely the best ski resort for beginners in the Hakuba area."