NEWS & TOPICS

Here is a list of the top 20 altitude gap ranking of ski areas in Japan in the 2025-26 winter. This ranking will be updated because the altitude gap will be changed depending on the new lift or course opening or closure.

1st Kagura (Niigata) 1,225m
2nd Myoko Suginohara (Niigata) 1,124m
3rd Nozawa Onsen (Nagano) 1,085m
4th Ryuoo (Nagano) 1,080m
5th Hakuba Happo-one (Nagano) 1,071m

6th Arai (Niigata) 951m
7th Niseko Gran Hirafu (Hokkaido) 940m
8th Hakuba Goryu＆Hakuba47 (Nagano) 926m
9th GALA Yuzawa＆Ishiuchi Maruyama (Niigata) 925m
10th Tengendai Kogen (Yamagata) 900m
　
11th Niseko Village 890m, 12th Naeba 889m, 13th Zao Onsen 881m, 14th Tsugaike 880m, 15th Shizukuishi 850m, 16th Yuzawa Kogen 840m, 17th Furano 839m, 18th Ontake 820m, 19th Joetsu Kokusai 817m, 20th Hakkaisan 815m

*In Kagura, Gezan Course was open in the 2025-26 winter, so the gap between the summit (Altitude 1,845m) and Mitsumata station (Altitude 620m) was adopted.
*GALA Yuzawa and Ishiuchi Maruyama are available with the same ticket, so the gap of the summit of GALA Yuzawa (Altitude 1,181m) and the bottom of Ishiuchi Maruyama (Altitude 256m) was adopted.
*In Tengendai, Yunotaira Course was open from December to February, so the gap between the summit (Altitude 1,820m) and the bottom (Altitude 920m) was adopted.
*Check the Ski Area Longest Slope Ranking Top 20 (8/25), Top 20 ranking of the visitors (*7/28 Updated).