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Toyama-ken
Tateyama Sanroku Ski Areas
Often Toyama's best. Three areas use a common ticket (kyotsuken) and it's accessible by train. Full day: ￥4200; night and other tickets available
- Raicho Valley: 1 gondola; 7 lifts; expert trails; 0764 81-1633
- Gokuraku-zaka: 10 lifts; 6 courses; 0764 82-1311
- Awasuno not connected to the others; moguls and easy trails; snowboard school; 2 lifts; 0764 82-1844
Tateyama Ashikura-ji
Price: ￥2000. Schedule: 9am to 4pm; 8am to 5pm (weekends) Info: easy-advanced; free pole rental, 2 lifts Phone: 0764 82-1839
Inami Kanjoji:
Easiest around; super cheap. Call Inami Town Hall on 0763 82-1180.
Unazuki Onsen
Price: ￥3000. Schedule: 8:30am to 4:30pm
Info: 4 lifts; not difficult; snowboards limited. Phone: 0765 62-1757
Yamada-Ushidake
Price: ￥4200. Schedule: 8:30am to 9pm (closes at 5pm weekdays)
Info: wide area; long 2km run; 1 ropeway; 6 lifts (connected to Ushidake Utopia, snowboards limited) Phone: 0764 57-2044
Tonami Yume-no-Taira'
Price: ￥2500. Schedule: 8am to 9pm (closes at 5pm weekdays)
Info: easy course; snowboard weekdays only; 2 lifts. Phone: 0763 37-1575
Toga
Price: ￥3000. Schedule: 9am to 4pm
Info: good snow; all levels; great boarding; 2 lifts Phone: 0763 68-2257
Toga Snow Valley
Price: ￥4000. Schedule: 8:30am to 4:30pm; 8:30 to 9:00 pm (weekends)
Info: 4 lifts; steep and narrow; 8 courses, longest is 3km with 510 meter drop! Good restaurants.. Call CIR to check out snowboarding schedule. Phone: 0763 68-2800
Taira
Price: ￥3800. Schedule: 8:30 to sunset
Info: 2 km; 303 meter drop course; 3 lifts; off Rt. 304; near Gokayama Tunnel. Phone: 0763 66-2911
Kamitaira Takanbo
Price: ￥3000. Schedule: 8am to 4:30pm
Info: beginner level; near ALT’s house; 3 lifts. Phone: 0763 67-3766
Fukumitsu: IOX Arosa
Price: ￥4200. Schedule: 8am to 4:30pm
Info: 4 lifts; 1 gondola; mid-advanced level via gondola; hotel/hot springs; half pipe and jumps.