Naeba Ski Resort

This article is about the ski resort. For the mountain named Naeba, see Mount Naeba.

Naeba Ski Resort
A view from top of Mt.Takenoko
Location	Yuzawa, Niigata, Japan
Vertical	900 m (2,953 ft)
Top elevation	1,789 m (5,869 ft)
Base elevation	889 m (2,917 ft)
Skiable area	1.96 km2 (484.3 acres)
Runs	16
Longest run	4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi)
Lift system	25 (3 gondola lifts, 7 quad chairlifts, and 15 pair chairlifts)
Web site	Mt.Naeba

Naeba Ski Resort (苗場スキー場, Naeba Sukī-jō^?) is a ski resort on Mount Takenoko (筍山^?) in Echigo Yuzawa (越後湯沢^?) on the Niigata side of the border. It is run by Kokudo, and the Naeba Prince Hotel, a 'breakwater' of at least six hotels (#2–#6 plus the World Cup Lodge, for 1782 rooms) all joined together, separating the resort from the parking lot. (#2 is a 30 storeys tower built in the 1980s)

The resort is 40 minutes from Echigo-Yuzawa Station on the Joetsu Shinkansen by non-stop express bus. This station is approximately 190 km from Tokyo.

Skiing

The maximum slope is 32° on three slalom 'burns' (from the German 'Bahn'); the maximum course length, 4000 m; the vertical drop, 889 m.^[1]

In addition to the extensive skiing at Naeba itself (two gondolas, 33 ski lifts), there is a third gondola 'Dragondola' connecting the resort to the Tashiro (田代^?) ski area, which in turn connects to the Mitsumata (三俣^?) and Kagura (かぐら^?) ski areas.

Other attractions

In the summer, the lower slopes turn into an 18-hole, par 72 golf course and 42 tennis courts.

In the summer, the Naeba ski resort is home to the Fuji Rock Festival.

In February, Matsutoya Yumi (松任谷由実^?) (a.k.a. 'Yuming') holds a series of late-night concerts in the hotel's Blizzardium ballroom / exhibition space.

References

1. ^ "Course". Naeba Ski Resort/Naeba Prince Hotel. http://www.princehotels.co.jp/ski/naeba-e/course.html. Retrieved 2008-12-21. 

External links

• Official Site
• Fuji Rock Festival
• FIS Ski World Cup Races, February 10–11, 2005
• Mt Naeba ski guide - Information

Coordinates: 36°47′34″N 138°46′41″E / 36.792801°N 138.778034°E / 36.792801; 138.778034