Zao Sky Cable Uwanodai Station — Local services in Yamagata

Very poorly designed ski piste map and very confusing opening hours.

There is zero information on the opening hours of the lift and you will keep seeing it opens until 5pm, from the signs.

But in fact, what you don't realise is that when you arrive at the cable car at 4:05pm it tells you for skiers it is already shut. Just so many stranded skiers ended up having to walk 30 minutes uphill in the Zao town centre back to where they were coming from. I am so surprised given that it is on Japanese standard and it is miles away from any of the sophisticated European slopes in the Alps if you can compare.

Specifically, when you try to catch No 17 at 4pm then there is actually no way back and there is zero sign (even in Japanese) telling you not to attempt going to the right handside if you want to travel back to left hand side area. Perhaps it is the difference between well-designed European ski resorts compared to local ones like this. They really should at least keep the chairlift no 20 and the connection piste open...

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