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Suidosan

Mitsuke City, Niigata Prefecture

水道山スキー場　新潟県見附市

Suidosan was a ski area located on the eastern side of the small mountain of the same name in Mitsuke City, Niigata Prefecture. Unfortunately, it is one of those ski areas for which very little information is available - even locals in the fields at the base were not aware that there used to be a ski area in their neighbourhood! It appears that Suidosan was open in the 1970s, and while there were some floodlights for night skiing, there were no ski lifts.

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Opened
開設		 Unconfirmed
Closed
 閉設		 Unconfirmed
Base elevation
標高最低		 About 30m
Top elevation
標高最高		 About 60m
Vertical
標高差		 About 30m
Steepest slope
最大斜度		 Unknown
Number of courses
コース本数		 Just one or two
Longest run
最長滑走距離		 100-150m
Skill level
初級・中級・上級		 Unknown but the slope appears too steep for beginners
Ski / board
スキー・ボード		 100% / 0%
Closed before snowboarding arrived
Ski lifts
リフト本数		 It seems there was no lift
Night skiing
ナイター設備		 There was night skiing at Suidosan

Photographs

Taken in June 2020
写真撮影：2020年6月

Suidosan Ski Area（水道山スキー場）
Suidosan Ski Area（水道山スキー場）
Suidosan Ski Area（水道山スキー場）
Suidosan Ski Area（水道山スキー場）
Suidosan Ski Area（水道山スキー場）
Suidosan Ski Area（水道山スキー場）
Suidosan Ski Area（水道山スキー場）
Suidosan Ski Area（水道山スキー場）
Suidosan Ski Area（水道山スキー場）
Suidosan Ski Area（水道山スキー場）
Suidosan Ski Area（水道山スキー場）
Suidosan Ski Area（水道山スキー場）
Suidosan Ski Area（水道山スキー場）
Suidosan Ski Area（水道山スキー場）
Suidosan Ski Area（水道山スキー場）

Further Information

  • It is thought that Suidosan Ski Area was open around the 1970s
    　
  • No record can be found of there ever being any ski lift in this location
    　
  • A small path connects the eastern side of the hill with the top ridge area
    　
  • A few poles remain by that path going up the hill
    　
  • Apparently, those poles were for the night skiing floodlights
    　
  • When asked, some locals in their 30s did not know there used to be a ski area in their neighbourhood...
    　
  • ...their grandmother did, though!
    　
  • Mitsuke City describes Suidosan as a small mountain about 60m above sea level  海抜60メートル程の小高い山
    　
  • There are two parks on the top ridge called Suidosan Koen  水道山公園  and Kannonyama Koen  観音山公園
    　
  • That top area is famous for beautiful yoshino cherry trees in spring and over 4,000 hydrangea in the rainy season
    　
  • The photographs above were taken in mid-June 2020 when the hydrangea were in full bloom

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Location
所在地

Located to the east of central Mitsuke City in Niigata Prefecture.
About 6.5km from the Nakanoshima Mitsuke IC exit of the Hokuriku Expressway.
About 3.5km from Mitsuke Station on the Shinetsu Honsen line.
北陸自動車道　中之島見附ICから的6.5km
信越本線　見附駅から的3.5km

Currently operating ski & snowboard resorts in the region
近隣の運営中のスキー場

All currently operating ski areas in Niigata Prefecture

This page was created in May 2020
Last updated on 7th May 2023
2020年5月 作成 　2023年5月7 更新