Zao Onsen
Ski resort in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan · 34 lifts · 21 slopes, 14.5 km
Out of season — all lifts closed. The planned season start is 12 Dec
Lifts
34 totalThe planned season start is 12 Dec
1 蔵王ロープウェイ山麓線
- Start – end
- 870 m – 1 328 m
12 中央第2ペアA,B
- Start – end
- 1 280 m – 1 381 m
14 中央第1ペア
- Start – end
- 1 284 m – 1 366 m
16 片貝トリプル
- Start – end
- 1 343 m – 1 396 m
17 パラダイスペアA,B
- Start – end
- 1 346 m – 1 527 m
2 蔵王ロープウェイ山頂線
- Start – end
- 1 332 m – 1 661 m
32 国体ペア
- Start – end
- 1 144 m – 1 342 m
33 見返りペア
- Start – end
- 1 251 m – 1 347 m
35 ダイヤモンド第2ペア
- Start – end
- 1 159 m – 1 265 m
37 温泉第4クワッド
- Start – end
- 990 m – 1 254 m
4 蔵王スカイケーブル (Zao Sky Cable)
- Start – end
- 920 m – 1 261 m
5 温泉第1ペア
- Start – end
- 925 m – 1 000 m
6 温泉第2クワッド
- Start – end
- 932 m – 1 161 m
アストリア第1ペア
- Start – end
- 950 m – 1 094 m
アストリア第2ペア
- Start – end
- 1 059 m – 1 211 m
アストリア第3ペア
- Start – end
- 1 210 m – 1 348 m
サンライズペア
- Start – end
- 955 m – 1 094 m
ダイヤモンド第1ペア
- Start – end
- 1 167 m – 1 257 m
パラダイス第3ペア
- Start – end
- 1 342 m – 1 433 m
ユートピア第1ペア
- Start – end
- 1 338 m – 1 405 m
ユートピア第2ペア
- Start – end
- 1 336 m – 1 426 m
中森第1トリプル
- Start – end
- 863 m – 996 m
中森第2ペア
- Start – end
- 955 m – 1 109 m
唐松ペアリフト
- Start – end
- 912 m – 994 m
大森クワトロ
- Start – end
- 801 m – 1 149 m
横倉第1ペア
- Start – end
- 864 m – 1 001 m
横倉第2ペア
- Start – end
- 999 m – 1 125 m
温泉第3
- Start – end
- 921 m – 1 021 m
竜山ペアリフト
- Start – end
- 924 m – 1 073 m
竜山ペアリフト
- Start – end
- 934 m – 1 072 m
菖蒲沼第1第2
- Start – end
- 1 288 m – 1 347 m
蔵王中央ケーブル
- Start – end
- 860 m – 1 377 m
黒姫第1クワトロ
- Start – end
- 987 m – 1 397 m
黒姫第2クワトロ
- Start – end
- 1 009 m – 1 266 m
Slopes 21 · 14.5 km
- Beginner12 · 8.9 km
- Easy3 · 2.2 km
- Intermediate3 · 1.7 km
- Advanced3 · 1.7 km
Season
Ski season12 Dec - 5 May
Weather
About Zao Onsen
Zao Onsen is one of more than 500 ski resorts in Japan. It is located in the Yamagata Prefecture in the Japanese Mountains at an altitude between 780 and 1,661 m with a difference of 881 m. It is the nearest ski resort to the city of Yamagata. The main feature of Zao Onsen ski resort is that it is the second-biggest in Japan after Shigakogen with more than 50 km of slopes and more than 35 ski lifts in total together with Happo-One—Hakuba, Niseko United, Myoko Suginohara, and Hakuba Iwatake — all of them have the same number of slopes (but not the lifts). The resort is best suitable for easy and intermediate skiing — most of its slopes are blue and red. For advanced skiers, it offers more than 10 km of black slopes. The most common type of ski lift is a chairlift. The Zao Onsen season is from early December to early May in general.