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Mountain Park Tsunan

Tsunan Town, Niigata Prefecture

マウンテンパーク津南スキー場　新潟県津南町

Mountain Park Tsunan is a ski area located in Tsunan Town in Niigata Prefecture. At one time there were five pair lifts at Mountain Park Tsunan, one of which was located directly behind Tsunan Station on the Iiyama local train line. That lift and two other pair lifts were removed some years ago, leaving the ski area with two operating lifts. Mountain Park Tsunan is now closed to the general public - hence the inclusion here - but it is used by a private company holding English adventure camps.

Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Opened
開設		 1965
Closed
 閉設		 Last open to the general public in 2015
Base elevation
標高最低		 210m
Top elevation
標高最高		 720m
Vertical
標高差		 510m
Steepest slope
最大斜度		 26°
Number of courses
コース本数		 7
Longest run
最長滑走距離		 2,500m
Skill level
初級・中級・上級		 30% beginner
50% intermediate
20% advanced
Ski / board
スキー・ボード		 70% / 30% [2001]
Ski lifts
リフト本数		 5 lifts (at one time)
Pair 535m
Pair 847m
Pair 761m
Pair 332m
Pair 943m
The 847m and 761m lifts remain in place
Other lifts have been removed
Night skiing
ナイター設備		 There are floodlights by the main course but there was no night skiing at least in the later years

Photographs

Taken in April 2020
写真撮影：2020年4月

Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）
Mountain Park Tsunan Ski Area（マウンテンパーク津南スキー場）

Further Information

  • The steep 332m pair lift behind Tsunan Station was called the Number 10 lift
    　
  • The 535m pair lift above that was called the Number 1 lift
    　
  • The 943m pair lift coming down from the top of the ski area on the southern side was called the Number 7 lift
    　
  • Those three pair lifts have long been removed, probably in the early 2000's
    　
  • The Number 2 and Number 3 pair lifts remain in place
    　
  • There never were any lifts named Number 4, 5, 6, 8 or 9!
    　
  • In later years the two operating pair lifts were only open on weekends and holidays
    　
  • Mountain Park Tsunan was originally established by local volunteers
    　
  • Since 2005 it has been owned by Tsunan Town
    　
  • In July 2011 it was reported in the local Tokamachi Shimbun newspaper that the ski area would be abolished by March 2015 when the contract with operators was due to expire
    　
  • It has been closed to the general public since the 2015-2016 season
    　
  • At that time it was announced that it was to be used for extracurricular educational activities and competitions
    　
  • In recent years, the facilities been used privately be an English language adventure camp company
    　
  • There are beautiful views of Echigo Sanzan  越後三山, Mount Naeba  苗場山  and the Tanigawa mountain range  谷川連峰  from the top of the mountain
    　
  • Tsunan Station has an onsen hot springs facility within the building called Riverside Tsunan  リバーサイド津南
    　
  • Tsunan Town is known as having 'the best fluvial terrace in Japan'  日本一の河岸段丘
    　
  • This ski area was also known as Mount Park Tsunan  マウントパーク津南スキー場
    　
  • In a 1996 guide book it was known as.... Kagan Ski Party  カガンスキーパーティー

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Location
所在地

About 5km off Route 117, to the west of central Tsunan Town.
About 32km from the Shiozawa Ishiuchi IC exit of the Kanetsu Expressway.
About 4.5km from Echigo Tanaka Station on the Iiyama line.
(There once was a lift down to Tsunan Station but that is no longer there).
関越自動車道　塩沢石打町ICから的32km
飯山線　越後田中駅から的4.5km

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

Sakae Ski Club 　さかえ倶楽部　13.5km
New Greenpia Tsunan 　ニューグリーンピア津南　19km
All currently operating ski areas in Niigata Prefecture
All currently operating ski areas in Nagano Prefecture

This page was created in June 2020
Last updated on 11th August 2022
2020年6月 作成 　2022年8月11日 更新