Ryuoo Ski Park, often known as just Ryuoo is a ski area located in Yamanouchi Town in the northeastern region of Nagano Prefecture.
This ski area features a 166-person Ropeway, which connects the lower Valley Area with the top Skyland Area. The Skyland area features gentle slopes through scenic tree-lined courses suitable for beginners and intermediates.
The challenging Kiotoshi Courses courses (coming down from the top Ropeway station) were renamed Kiotoshi Bowl for the 2025-2026 season, with three new official tree run areas opening up. Helmets and good skills are required.
One Ropeway, two quad lifts and five pair lifts are operating for the 2025-2026 season.
The name might be Ryuoo Ski Park, but this resort seems particularly popular with snowboarders and is often busy on weekdays with university student trips. Officially it's 70% snowboarders but it can feel more than that!
Mountain
statistics
Top/peak (m)
1930
Vertical (m)
1080
Bottom/base (m)
850
Beginner runs (%)
35
Intermediate runs (%)
40
Advanced runs (%)
25
Longest course (m)
6000
Steepest slope (°)
39
Number of courses
12
Ski lifts
8
Ropeway cable car
1
Gondola
0
Quad lift (4-person)
2
Triple lift (3-person)
0
Pair lift (2-person)
5
Single lift (1-person)
0
Surface lift
0
Information
Normal season dates
Ryuoo Ski Park usually plans to be open from early December until early April. See below for the actual opening and closing dates in recent seasons.
Normal opening times
Ryuoo Ski Park is normally open from 8:15am until 5:00pm in the daytime on weekends and from 8:15am on weekdays. The top section opens from 9:00am.
Night skiing
Night skiing is normally from 5:00pm until 8:00pm, on Tuesdays through Saturday (and every day between 23rd December 2025 and 3rd January 2026). There is no night skiing on Sundays and Mondays. The Base lift and Mid Chair (Saturdays only) operate during night skiing.
Parks
There are two parks - Snow Park, Green Park near the Ropeway base and Blue Park / Wavy Lines in the top area.
Families & children
There is an area with a moving walkway near base as well as a snowboarding debut area.
Lessons
Ski and snowboard lessons are available at Ryuoo Ski Park.
Rental
Ski and snowboard equipment & wear rental is available as well as other facilities in the Bus Information Center and The Base buildings.
Lift ticket prices
2025-2026 season
Information for the upcoming 2026-2027 season will be added by December 2026
1 day
Adult: 5,800 yen
Child: 2,800 yen
Half day
Adult: 4,600 yen
Child: 2,000 yen
Night (from 5pm)
Adult: 2,400 yen
Child: 1,400 yen
Season ticket
Adult: 58,000 yen
A 500 yen returnable deposit is required.
The morning ticket is valid from opening until 1:00pm.
The afternoon ticket is valid from 12:00pm until 5:00pm.
Cheaper tickets are available from opening until 19th December 2025 and also from 23rd March 2026 until the end of the season.
Historical snow depth data
The following ski season and official snow depth data have been independently compiled by SnowJapan for publication on this website. Where available, the data is updated annually after each ski season.
First and last dates of recent seasons
2025-2026 season: 29th November - 5th April (128 days)
2024-2025 season: 6th December - 6th April (122 days)
2023-2024 season: 2nd December - 31st March (121 days)
2022-2023 season: 9th December - 2nd April (115 days)
2021-2022 season: 4th December - 3rd April (121 days)
Deepest recorded snow depth
2025-2026 season: 260cm on 26th-28th January and 9th-14th February
2024-2025 season: 410cm on 24th-28th February
2023-2024 season: 265cm on 13th March
2022-2023 season: 280cm on 22nd-23rd and 26th February
2021-2022 season: 380cm on 6th-8th, 11th-12th, 21st-23rd February
2020-2021 season: 305cm on 11th January
2019-2020 season: 215cm on 11th February
2018-2019 season: 275cm on 29th January
2017-2018 season: 250cm on 26th-27th January
2016-2017 season: 350cm on 12th-13th and 22nd February
2015-2016 season: 160cm on 10th-12th February
2014-2015 season: 350cm on 15th February
Resources
Weather & snowfall (Japan Meteorological Agency) [open in new window]
Introduction to the region
Nagano Prefecture is located in the Chubu region of the main island of Honshu. It is one of only eight landlocked prefectures in Japan, bordered by Niigata, Gunma, Saitama, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, and Toyama.
Nagano Prefecture is sometimes referred to as 'the roof of Japan' because of the steep, rugged terrain of the many 2,000-3,000m mountains that comprise the Japan Alps. The Northern Alps are located along the northwestern region bordering Gifu and Toyama. The Central Alps are in the southwestern region, and the Southern Alps are along the southeastern border.
After Hokkaido, Nagano Prefecture is home to the second-largest number of ski areas in Japan. It has multiple world-class winter sports resorts within its boundaries, and some were venues for the main events of the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. There are ski areas throughout the mountains of Nagano Prefecture, but the majority are in the northern and central regions.
Ryooo Ski Park is located in the northern region of Yamanouchi Town, traditionally known as Kita Shiga. The smaller Kita Shiga Komaruyama is next to Ryuoo and there are connecting courses between the two at base (though no shared lift ticket). X-JAM Takaifuji and Yomase Onsen are also nearby.
The popular ski areas of Shiga Kogen are to the southwest.
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