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Here is a list of the top 20 altitude gap ranking of ski areas in Japan in the 2023-24 winter. This ranking will be updated because the altitude gap will be changed depending on the new lift or course opening or closure.

1st Myoko Suginohara (Niigata) 1,124m
2nd Nozawa Onsen (Nagano) 1,085m
3rd Ryuoo (Nagano) 1,080m

4th Hakuba Happo-one (Nagano) 1,071m
5th Kagura (Niigata) 977m
6th Lotte Arai (Niigata) 951m
7th Niseko Gran Hirafu (Hokkaido) 940m
8th Hakuba Goryu & Hakuba47 (Nagano) 926m
9th GALA Yuzawa & Ishiuchi Maruyama (Niigata) 925m
10th Tengendai Kogen (Yamagata) 900m

11th Niseko Village 890m, 12th Naeba 889m, 13th Zao Onsen 881m, 14th Tsugaike Kogen, 15th Shizukuishi 850m, 16th Yuzawa Kogen 840m, 17th Furano 839m, 18th Joetsu Kokusai 817m, 19th Hakkaisan 815m, 20th The Qupid of Romance

*In Kagura , Gezan Course was closed in the 2023-24 winter, so the gap between the summit (Altitude 1,840m) and the bottom of Family Course (Altitude 863m) was adopted.
*GALA Yuzawa and Ishiuchi Maruyama are available with the same ticket, so the gap of the summit of GALA Yuzawa (Altitude 1,181m) and the bottom of Ishiuchi Maruyama (Altitude 256m) was adopted.
*In Tengendai, Yunotaira Course was open from 1/19 (Fri) to 2/14 (Wed), so the gap between the summit (Altitude 1,820m) and the bottom (Altitude 920m) was adopted.
*Ontake is out of this ranking because Champion Course was closed in the 2023-24 winter. If it was open, the altitude gap would be 820m between the summit (Altitude 1,820m) and bottom (Altitude 1,420m).
*Check the top 20 ranking of the visitors (*6/28 Updated).