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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.