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Zao Onsen
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Zao Onsen

Home of the snow monsters

The Mountain

Terrain & snow at Zao Onsen

Terrain by ability

Beginner40%Intermediate45%Advanced15%

Snow monsters & night skiing

Zao's vast, interconnected network of runs is mostly gentle and intermediate — a joy to cruise, especially winding through the frosted juhyo. The night skiing among floodlit snow monsters is a bucket-list experience found nowhere else.