Mitsunomata is a ski area located east of central Yuza Town in the northern region of Yamagata Prefecture.
This ski area has one rope tow-style lift which is free to use. The rope tow does not go to the top of the slope, which is an easy walk-up for a longer ride down.
It is mainly known as just Mitsunomata, but the full official name of this ski area is actually Mitsunomata Touki Recreation Shisetsu (三ノ俣冬季レクリエーション施設). That basically translates as 'Mitsunomata Winter Recreation Facility'.
The name of the ski area and also the town might be similar, but Mitsunomata is not to be confused with the famous and considerably larger Mitsumata (part of Kagura) in Yuzawa Town!
Mountain
statistics
Top/peak (m)
360
Vertical (m)
50
Bottom/base (m)
310
Beginner runs (%)
100
Intermediate runs (%)
0
Advanced runs (%)
0
Longest course (m)
400
Steepest slope (°)
12
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
Mitsunomata usually plans to be open from early January until early to mid-March. See below for the actual opening and closing dates in recent seasons.
Normal opening times
Mitsunomata is usually open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays. On Tuesdays and Thursdays it is open from 3:00pm until 7:30pm. On weekends and holidays it is open from 10:00am until 4:30pm. It is normally closed on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Lift ticket prices
The lift is free to use!
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: 5th January - 12th March
2021-2022 season: Actual dates unconfirmed
Deepest recorded snow depth
Data is not available for this ski area.
Resources
Weather & snowfall (Japan Meteorological Agency) [open in new window]
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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