Niseko Village, Japan - Hokkaido
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Niseko Village summary
Formerly known as Higashiyama, this ski area offers the steepest inbounds terrain in the Niseko United area however, it maintains a strict off-piste skiing policy limiting the amount of skiable terrain available. The terrain directly underneath of the Niseko Village gondola (Misuno no sawa) and the bowl to skiers right of the inbounds area (Yu no sawa) are both strictly off limits due to avalanche hazards. The resort is working to find a safe way to control and open these areas meaning that if/when this happens, the inbounds terrain here will be tough beat. Currently though, Niseko Village offers some great fall line skiing with Superstition ranking as one of the better inbounds destinations in the Niseko United area. You will also find some nice open glades and fun gullies on the lower mountain. An added bonus here is that you will rarely see crowds on this part of the mountain so morning uploading is usually quick and fresh lines stick around much longer. Niseko Village is connected to the other resorts of the Niseko United area (Annupurri, Hirafu and Hanazono) at the top of the mountain and by a shuttle bus system (transport is free with an All Mountain lift ticket). Tickets can be purchased for either the entire United area or just Niseko Village.
Resorts close to Niseko Village include:
Niseko Annupuri (2 km),
Niseko Hirafu (3 km),
Niseko Weiss (7 km),
Chisenupurri (8 km),
Rusutsu Resort (21 km),
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Trails (Pistes): 14 |
Halfpipes: No |
| Summit: 1170 m |
Toplift: m |
| Beg: 30% Int: 40% Adv: 30% |
Terrain Parks: 1 |
| Vertical Drop: 890 m |
X-Country: - |
| Lifts: 8 (8 chair lifts) |
Snowmaking: - |
| Gondolas / Cable Cars: 2 |
Slopeside accom.: - |
| Restaurants: 1 |
Acres of ski: - |
| Bars: - |
Nearest Airport: Chitose |
| Nearest Train: Niseko |
Info phone: 0136-44-1111,
Niseko Village Resort Info Website |
Visitor Reviews of Niseko Village
Stu from KOREA, REPUBLIC OF writes:
This mountain rocks, everyday is a powder day and it didn't seem like it was snowing that hard when I was there (12-16th Jan) but the flakes just keep floating down all through the night.
Higashiyama is only good at the top slopes by the Ace Pair lift or if you ski down from the Prince gondola and take a short hike up to Panorama gate and then continue through the trees. But head over to An'nupuri an there is just great powder everywhere and nice easy tree runs with nothing too steep. Good if you are skiing/boarding pow for the first time!
Spent an entire day on this side and was planning on exploring the Hirafu side but the wind picked up and the lifts got shut down...this seems to be a not uncommon occurrence!
Downside to Higashiyama is night life is non-existent. You need to take a 20 min bus over to the main village in Hirafu and even this is pretty quiet when compared to something like Whistler or Val d'Isere
2007-01-31 |
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