Yamagata-shi Shonen Shizen-no-ie is a small ski area located in Yamanobe Town in Yamagata Prefecture.
While this ski area is not within the boundaries of Yamagata City, as the name implies, it is within easy reach of the principal city of the prefecture.
In English, the facility calls itself Yamagata City Nature Center, offering various outdoor and leisure facilities throughout the year.
The short ski slope is popular for snow tubing and other playing-in-the-snow activities. One short rope tow surface lift off to the side of the slope is available for skiers to use.
Snowboarding is not allowed at Yamagata-shi Shonen Shizen-no-ie.
Mountain
statistics
Top/peak (m)
620
Vertical (m)
20
Bottom/base (m)
600
Beginner runs (%)
100
Intermediate runs (%)
0
Advanced runs (%)
0
Longest course (m)
150
Steepest slope (°)
14
Number of courses
1
Ski lifts
1
Ropeway cable car
0
Gondola
0
Quad lift (4-person)
0
Triple lift (3-person)
0
Pair lift (2-person)
0
Single lift (1-person)
0
Surface lift
1
Information
Normal season dates
This ski area usually plans to be open from early January until late February. See below for the actual opening and closing dates in recent seasons.
Normal opening times
Yamagata-shi Shonen Shizen-no-ie is normally open from 9:00am until 4:30pm, but not always open every day. The ski area is usually open from early January through until the end of February. Please check before going.
Lift ticket prices
Weather & snowfall (Japan Meteorological Agency) [open in new window]
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
2024-2025 season: Actual dates unconfirmed
2023-2024 season: Actual dates unconfirmed
2022-2023 season: 6th January - 28th February
2021-2022 season: Actual dates unconfirmed
Deepest recorded snow depth
Date is not available for this ski area.
Resources
The lift is free to use!
Introduction to the region
Yamagata Prefecture is located in the southwestern corner of Tohoku, facing the Sea of Japan. Yamagata is bordered by Akita Prefecture to the north, Miyagi Prefecture to the east, Fukushima Prefecture to the south, and Niigata Prefecture to the southwest.
There are quite a lot of ski areas across the mountains of Yamagata Prefecture. In fact, after Hokkaido, Nagano Prefecture, and Niigata Prefecture, Yamagata is home to the fourth-most ski areas in the country. However, many are small and have only one or two ski lifts (some of which are surface rope-tow type lifts).
The larger ski areas in Yamagata Prefecture are located in the mountainous eastern and southern regions, close to the borders with Miyagi Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture.
The largest ski area in Yamagata Prefecture, by far (and one of the largest individual ski areas in Japan), is Zao Onsen in Yamagata City.
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