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Banshogahara (Ueda City, Nagano)

Banshogahara
Ueda City, Nagano
番所ヶ原
(長野県 上田市)
Planned season: Closed for the 2019-2020 season - see below
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Banshogahara is a small ski hill located in the south-west region of Ueda city in Nagano Prefecture.

Unfortunately, the strong typhoon on 12th-13th October 2019 caused considerable damage and Banshogahara will not be opening for the 2019-2020 winter season. Let's hope they sort things out in time for 2020-2021.

Nagano Prefecture is located in the Chubu region of the main island of Honshu. Most of the Northern Alps, Central Alps and Southern Alps are located within Nagano (along with neighbouring prefectures). Nagano has the second highest number of ski and snowboard resorts in all of Japan and they are spread around the whole prefecture. Nagano city and many of the major ski resorts are located in the northern region.

Regional information Learn more about the Nagano region

The Mountain
1400m
200m
1200m
25"
5
1000m
2
25%
50%
25%
Skiers
70%		 ropeways Ropeways gondolas Gondolas quad lifts Quad lifts triple lifts Triple lifts pair lifts Pair lifts single lifts Single lifts other lifts Other
Boarders
30%
0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Banshogahara Snow Depth Statistics

Official snow depth numbers from the current season and previous season
December January February March
19/20
season		 18/19
season		 19/20
season		 18/19
season		 19/20
season		 18/19
season		 19/20
season		 18/19
season
1st - - 1st - 20cm 1st - 50cm 1st - 50cm
2nd - - 2nd - 25cm 2nd - 50cm 2nd - 50cm
3rd - - 3rd - 25cm 3rd - 50cm 3rd - 50cm
4th - - 4th - 25cm 4th - 50cm 4th - 60cm
5th - - 5th - 25cm 5th - 50cm 5th - 50cm
6th - - 6th - 25cm 6th - 50cm 6th - 50cm
7th - - 7th - 25cm 7th - 50cm 7th - 50cm
8th - - 8th - 25cm 8th - 50cm 8th - 50cm
9th - - 9th - 30cm 9th - 50cm 9th - 50cm
10th - - 10th - 30cm 10th - 50cm 10th - 50cm
11th - - 11th - 30cm 11th - 50cm 11th - 65cm
12th - - 12th - 30cm 12th - 50cm 12th - 65cm
13th - - 13th - 30cm 13th - 50cm 13th - 65cm
14th - - 14th - 30cm 14th - 50cm 14th - 65cm
15th - - 15th - 30cm 15th - 50cm 15th - 65cm
16th - - 16th - 30cm 16th - 50cm 16th - 65cm
17th - - 17th - 30cm 17th - 50cm 17th - 65cm
18th - - 18th - 30cm 18th - 50cm 18th - 65cm
19th - - 19th - 30cm 19th - 50cm 19th - 65cm
20th - - 20th - 30cm 20th - 50cm 20th - 65cm
21st - - 21st - 30cm 21st - 50cm 21st - 65cm
22nd - - 22nd - 30cm 22nd - 50cm 22nd - 50cm
23rd - - 23rd - 40cm 23rd - 50cm 23rd - 50cm
24th - - 24th - 40cm 24th - 50cm 24th - 50cm
25th - - 25th - 45cm 25th - 50cm 25th - 50cm
26th - 20cm 26th - 45cm 26th - 50cm 26th - 50cm
27th - - 27th - 45cm 27th - 50cm 27th - 50cm
28th - 20cm 28th - 45cm 28th - 50cm 28th - 50cm
29th - 20cm 29th - 45cm 29th - - 29th - 50cm
30th - 20cm 30th - 45cm 30th 30th - 50cm
31st - 20cm 31st - 45cm 31st 31st - 50cm

Banshogahara Facilities
School
School
Ski School: Available Snowboard School: Not available
Ski lessons are available at Banshogahara. 
Rental
Equipment Rental
Ski Rental: Available Snowboard Rental: Available
Ski and snowboard equipment rental is available. 
Children Facilities
Children's facilities
There is a special 'Kids Area' at the base area of the ski hill. 
Park Information
Park information
 

Banshogahara Season & Opening Times

Typical season is from Late December until Late March
October November December January February March April May June July
                                                           
Daytime
Daytime
Weekends and holidays
Weekdays
Nighta
'Nighta' (night skiing)
Weekends and holidays No
Weekdays No
Opening information
Opening information

Getting to Banshogahara

By public transport
Train
Train
30.2km from Ueda Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen line
24.9km from Oya Station on the Shinano Tetsudo Line
Transport Information
Information
Oya Station on the Shinano Tetsudo line is about 25km from Banshogahara.

Ueda Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen is just over 30km away.

>> More information on the Hokuriku Shinkansen train line
bus
Bus
By Car
Car
29.9km from the Tobu Yunomaru IC on the Joshinetsu Expressway
31.4km from the Ueda Sugadaira IC on the Joshinetsu Expressway
Nearest national route: Route 152 (15.6km away)
Nearest prefecture road: Prefecture Road 62
Direction
Direction
Banshogahara is about 30km from the Tobu Yunomaru IC exit on the Joetsu Expressway and over 31km from the Ueda Sugadaira IC exit.

From close by Oya Station, take Route 152 south for just over 9m until reaching the turn off for Prefecture Road 62 on the right hand side. Turn right here and continue on this road for about 15.5km. The ski hill is a few hundred metres off this road on the left hand side.

>> More information on the Joshinetsu Expressway
Parking
Parking

More Information
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Address
Address
Takeshikamihoniri
Ueda-shi
Nagano-ken
386-0507
Telephone
Telephone
0268-85-282
2020-2021 UPDATES
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(Updated 24th September)

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