Tochio Family Ski Area
Official name とちおファミリースキー場
Niigata · 4 runs
- 2025-26 season: Dec 20 – Mar 8
- Weather: Today clear 4–8°C / Tomorrow clear 4–16°C
- Snow depth 0 cm | New snow, next 12h 0 cm · 24h 0 cm · 48h 0 cm · 7 days 0 cm · 14 days 1 cm
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Tochio Family Ski Area trail map
Tochio Family Ski Area is a small city-owned hill in the Tochio district of Nagaoka, 15 minutes by car from the town centre, with the slope just a one-minute walk from the car park. Built originally for school ski lessons, it has a single pair lift serving gentle beginner and intermediate runs, a small snow park with kickers, an ungroomed patch and a free sledding area for young children. Its compact size makes it easy for parents to keep an eye on kids, and it adds night skiing on Saturdays. It opens on winter weekends and holidays, and a day-use hot spring is a short drive away. Outside winter the site is a community field.
Tochio Family Ski Area weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:10, sunset 16:45
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| Precipitation | mm | 6 | 11 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 11 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 11 | 5 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New snow | cm | 0.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Snow depth | cm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Wind gusts | m/s | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
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Tochio Family Ski Area lift tickets and prices
2025-26 prices
- 1-day ticket
- Adult ¥2,000 · Child ¥1,500
- Half day
- ¥1,200
- Night
- ¥1,000
- Season pass
- ¥15,000
Discounts
- Single ride ¥100, 11-ride ticket ¥1,000 (same for adults and children)
- Season pass junior high ¥10,000, child ¥8,000
- Kids' plaza (sleds only) free entry
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- Junior high and above pay the adult rate (except season passes); young children also need a child ticket
Opening hours
- Lifts
- 9:00-17:00 (open Sat, Sun and holidays only)
- Night skiing
- 17:00-21:00 (lifts until 20:45) · Sat · Jan 10 - Feb 28 (2025-26)
Getting to Tochio Family Ski Area and parking
- Car
- Hokuriku Expressway, Nakanoshima-Mitsuke IC (Routes 8, 351 and 290), 35 min
Rental, lessons and facilities
- Ski school (Japanese)
- Kids area
- Restaurants
- Accommodation
- Hot spring (Oirakonoyu (Echigo Tochio Onsen, about 7 min by car))
- Activities: Sledding, Snow camping (after the ski season ends)