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

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Lifts

34 total
3022
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The planned season start is 12 Dec

  • Closed 1 蔵王ロープウェイ山麓線
    Start – end
    870 m – 1 328 m
  • Closed 12 中央第2ペアA,B
    Start – end
    1 280 m – 1 381 m
  • Closed 14 中央第1ペア
    Start – end
    1 284 m – 1 366 m
  • Closed 16 片貝トリプル
    Start – end
    1 343 m – 1 396 m
  • Closed 17 パラダイスペアA,B
    Start – end
    1 346 m – 1 527 m
  • Closed 2 蔵王ロープウェイ山頂線
    Start – end
    1 332 m – 1 661 m
  • Closed 32 国体ペア
    Start – end
    1 144 m – 1 342 m
  • Closed 33 見返りペア
    Start – end
    1 251 m – 1 347 m
  • Closed 35 ダイヤモンド第2ペア
    Start – end
    1 159 m – 1 265 m
  • Closed 37 温泉第4クワッド
    Start – end
    990 m – 1 254 m
  • Closed 4 蔵王スカイケーブル (Zao Sky Cable)
    Start – end
    920 m – 1 261 m
  • Closed 5 温泉第1ペア
    Start – end
    925 m – 1 000 m
  • Closed 6 温泉第2クワッド
    Start – end
    932 m – 1 161 m
  • Closed アストリア第1ペア
    Start – end
    950 m – 1 094 m
  • Closed アストリア第2ペア
    Start – end
    1 059 m – 1 211 m
  • Closed アストリア第3ペア
    Start – end
    1 210 m – 1 348 m
  • Closed サンライズペア
    Start – end
    955 m – 1 094 m
  • Closed ダイヤモンド第1ペア
    Start – end
    1 167 m – 1 257 m
  • Closed パラダイス第3ペア
    Start – end
    1 342 m – 1 433 m
  • Closed ユートピア第1ペア
    Start – end
    1 338 m – 1 405 m
  • Closed ユートピア第2ペア
    Start – end
    1 336 m – 1 426 m
  • Closed 中森第1トリプル
    Start – end
    863 m – 996 m
  • Closed 中森第2ペア
    Start – end
    955 m – 1 109 m
  • Closed 唐松ペアリフト
    Start – end
    912 m – 994 m
  • Closed 大森クワトロ
    Start – end
    801 m – 1 149 m
  • Closed 横倉第1ペア
    Start – end
    864 m – 1 001 m
  • Closed 横倉第2ペア
    Start – end
    999 m – 1 125 m
  • Closed 温泉第3
    Start – end
    921 m – 1 021 m
  • Closed 竜山ペアリフト
    Start – end
    924 m – 1 073 m
  • Closed 竜山ペアリフト
    Start – end
    934 m – 1 072 m
  • Closed 菖蒲沼第1第2
    Start – end
    1 288 m – 1 347 m
  • Closed 蔵王中央ケーブル
    Start – end
    860 m – 1 377 m
  • Closed 黒姫第1クワトロ
    Start – end
    987 m – 1 397 m
  • Closed 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

Today11 Nov
Clouds
Thursday12 Nov
Clear
Friday13 Nov
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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.

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