高鷲スノーパーク, Takasu Snow Park
Gifu's big, groomed Chubu day-resort
Takasu Snow Park is one of central Japan's largest resorts, high in the Gifu mountains and popular with skiers from Nagoya and the Kansai region for its wide, well-groomed slopes and long season. It links with neighbouring areas to form an extensive day-trip playground.
- 966 m Base
- 1,520 m Top lift
- 554 m Vertical
- 30 Pistes mapped
- 9 Lifts
Best known for
Après & vibe
The resort offers day-lodge dining and snow-park facilities aimed at day-trippers, with fuller accommodation and onsen options in the surrounding Gujo and Okuhida areas.
The resort
Takasu Snow Park sits high in the Gujo highlands of Gifu Prefecture, one of the largest and most popular ski areas in central Japan's Chubu region. A gondola lifts skiers to broad, well-groomed slopes that flatter beginners and intermediates, and the resort is known for its wide-open pistes, extensive snowmaking and an unusually long season that stretches into spring. Sitting close to the neighbouring Dynaland area, it forms part of a large linked playground much loved by skiers and snowboarders making day and weekend trips out of Nagoya and the wider Kansai region. The atmosphere is busy and family-friendly at weekends, with a strong snowboarding and park culture, and the mountain is efficiently run and easy to navigate. It is a convenient, high-capacity resort geared to reliable groomed fun rather than backcountry adventure. Its accessibility and long operating dates make it a dependable choice through the Japanese winter.
Snow & weather
Live conditions from the mountain, plus the average snow you can expect month by month.
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- Fresh snow (3-day)
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Live data © Open-Meteo.com
Reliability is good, helped by its elevation, cold Chubu winters and heavy snowmaking that support an unusually long season into spring.
Average monthly snowfall
Snowfall climatology unavailable.
Terrain & aspect
- Novice
- Easy
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- Flat / ungraded
Slopes mostly face E — 42% on snow-holding, poleward-facing slopes.
Aspect derived from run bearings · OpenSkiStats / © OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Skiing & terrain
Wide, gentle groomed slopes make it a very good beginner and family mountain.
Broad blues and reds give intermediates comfortable, confidence-building cruising.
A few steeper pitches and terrain-park features add challenge for advanced riders.
The focus is groomed pistes and freestyle rather than steep off-piste, so committed experts have limited scope.
Big groomed runs and a long season
Takasu is prized for its wide, immaculately groomed slopes and one of the longest operating seasons in central Japan, running well into spring. Combined with its neighbour Dynaland, it makes an expansive day-trip playground for skiers and boarders from Nagoya.
On the map
Legend
Run difficulty
- Novice
- Easy
- Intermediate
- Advanced / Expert
- Freeride / Extreme
- Unknown
Run types
- Downhill — groomed
- Downhill — ungroomed
- Downhill — gladed
- Nordic (groomed)
- Ski tour
- ☾Lit (night)
- △Not patrolled
- →One-way
- ❄Snowmaking
Lifts
- Operating
- Operating (private)
- Non-operating
- Lift station
Slope-gradient grading
Downhill / ski tour
- Flat<3°
- Easy3–14°
- Intermediate14–22°
- Advanced / Expert22–45°
- Freeride / Extreme>45°
Nordic
- Easy<6°
- Intermediate6–9°
- Advanced>9°
Aspect (sun exposure)
- N — least sun
- E — morning
- S — most sun
- W — afternoon
Legend after OpenSkiMap
Stay in 高鷲スノーパーク, Takasu Snow Park
Most visitors come on day or weekend trips, with hotels, pensions and onsen inns in the surrounding Gujo district and towards Nagoya.
Lifts and pistes from the door — the point of a high, purpose-built resort.
Self-catering residences, the bulk of the beds and the flexible-budget option.
Catered and self-catered chalets for groups wanting the whole place.
From simple to high-end, with pools and spas to thaw out in.
How to get there
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair, NGO) is the main gateway, reached in around two hours by the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway; Komatsu is an alternative regional airport.
Access is easiest by car or ski bus from Nagoya on the expressway, a straightforward drive into the Gifu mountains.
Best time: January and February bring the best snow, while the long season keeps spring skiing viable well beyond most Japanese resorts.
Nearby resorts
Other resorts within reach.
Faces south-east © Σ64 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) 栂池高原, Tsugaike Kogen
- Vertical
- 904 m
- Pistes (mapped)
- 12
- Lifts
- 15
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- Vertical
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- Lifts
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Getting to 高鷲スノーパーク, Takasu Snow Park
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Ski data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap & Skimap.org. Basemap © OpenFreeMap / OpenMapTiles. Editorial: mynext.holiday. Accommodation via Stay22; transfers via Kiwitaxi; car hire via Travelpayouts.