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Joyau cachéVues spectaculairesSki freerideJoyau cachéVues spectaculairesSki freerideJoyau cachéVues spectaculairesSki freerideJoyau cachéMitsumata is the gateway to Kagura, a mountain in Japan known for its deep, dry powder and a season that runs late into spring. It sits in Niigata, on Japan's snowy northwest coast, in a region so buried by storms off the Sea of Japan that the Japanese simply call it snow country. The bullet train from Tokyo reaches it by burrowing through a long mountain tunnel and out into a white, muffled world of deep drifts and steep-roofed villages. From the small village at the base, a big ropeway carries you up into a much larger mountain, with gentle, tree-lined runs low down, and high, open powder fields and well-known backcountry terrain up top.
The mountain is really three linked areas stacked up the hillside, and it's set up so there's something for every level. You start at the Mitsumata base, low among the trees, where gentle, wide runs make an easy place for beginners and families to get going. Head up, and the skiing grows with you, with long intermediate pistes across the middle of the mountain, then steeper, ungroomed runs and glades higher up on the Kagura slopes for strong skiers and boarders. All told, there are around thirty runs, climbing from the base at about 620m to a summit near 1,845m, so well over a kilometre of vertical. Up high, you’ll find the skiing the mountain is famous for, deep, light powder and some of the best lift-accessed backcountry in Japan, held in good condition by the altitude deep into spring.
Staying in Mitsumata is a peaceful, snowy affair. The village is a small, quiet base at the foot of the ropeway, with a handful of lodges, pensions, and restaurants, and some of the places to stay have their own hot-spring baths to soak in after a day on the snow. It's a restful spot, with snow play and snowshoeing on the doorstep and little to pull you away from the skiing. When you want a bit more, Echigo-Yuzawa is a short ride away, one of Japan's classic onsen (hot-spring) towns and the setting of the Nobel-winning novel Snow Country. There you can wander between bathhouses, eat wonderful Niigata food, and dive into the local sake culture, most memorably at the station's sake hall, where you can taste your way along a wall of local brews from vending machines, or even soak in a sake-infused bath.
Check out Mitsumata ski deals to start planning your trip.
Mitsumata is the gateway to Kagura, a mountain in Japan known for its deep, dry powder and a season that runs late into spring. It sits in Niigata, on Japan's snowy northwest coast, in a region so buried by storms off the Sea of Japan that the Japanese simply call it snow country. The bullet train from Tokyo reaches it by burrowing through a long mountain tunnel and out into a white, muffled world of deep drifts and steep-roofed villages. From the small village at the base, a big ropeway carries you up into a much larger mountain, with gentle, tree-lined runs low down, and high, open powder fields and well-known backcountry terrain up top.
The mountain is really three linked areas stacked up the hillside, and it's set up so there's something for every level. You start at the Mitsumata base, low among the trees, where gentle, wide runs make an easy place for beginners and families to get going. Head up, and the skiing grows with you, with long intermediate pistes across the middle of the mountain, then steeper, ungroomed runs and glades higher up on the Kagura slopes for strong skiers and boarders. All told, there are around thirty runs, climbing from the base at about 620m to a summit near 1,845m, so well over a kilometre of vertical. Up high, you’ll find the skiing the mountain is famous for, deep, light powder and some of the best lift-accessed backcountry in Japan, held in good condition by the altitude deep into spring.
Staying in Mitsumata is a peaceful, snowy affair. The village is a small, quiet base at the foot of the ropeway, with a handful of lodges, pensions, and restaurants, and some of the places to stay have their own hot-spring baths to soak in after a day on the snow. It's a restful spot, with snow play and snowshoeing on the doorstep and little to pull you away from the skiing. When you want a bit more, Echigo-Yuzawa is a short ride away, one of Japan's classic onsen (hot-spring) towns and the setting of the Nobel-winning novel Snow Country. There you can wander between bathhouses, eat wonderful Niigata food, and dive into the local sake culture, most memorably at the station's sake hall, where you can taste your way along a wall of local brews from vending machines, or even soak in a sake-infused bath.
Check out Mitsumata ski deals to start planning your trip.
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Nous avons réservé un séjour au ski de dernière minute à Morzine via WeSki. Nous avions envisagé de réserver le séjour nous-mêmes, mais nous n'avons pas pu trouver un prix aussi avantageux que celui proposé par WeSki. L'entreprise a été super et nous n'avons rencontré aucun problème du début à la fin. Je passerai certainement de nouveau par eux pour réserver un autre week-end au ski.
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