St.MARY Ski Area

セントメリースキー場
St.MARY Ski Area map

Kawasaki Town, Miyagi

宮城県川崎町

* Information on this page is from the 2023-2024 ski season. Updates for next season will be made by late 2024.

Planned season dates & previous ski seasons [?]
2024-2025 (planned): Closed
2023-2024 (actual): 19th January 2024 - 3rd March 2024 [*]
2022-2023 (actual): 22nd December 2022 - 12th March 2023
2021-2022 (actual): 29th December 2021 - 21st March 2022

Introduction

St.MARY is a ski area located in Kawasaki Town in the southwestern region of Miyagi Prefecture.

The full official name is Miyagi Zao St.MARY.

The courses of St.MARY are on the eastern foothills of Mt Gando. The ski area's base is on one side of the Yamagata Expressway road, but most ski courses are on the other. The ski lifts and courses go over and under the expressway at two points near the base.

There is one quad lift and four pair lifts at this ski area, and the longest run is 2,200m.

St.MARY enjoys easy access from the Miyagi and Yamagata regions via the Yamagata Expressway (Sasaya IC exit) and Route 286.

Since 2018, the 557m Starlight pair lift and Starlight course have been open for summer skiing on plastic mats. (Usually open weekends and holidays from summer through November).

In January 2024, it was announced that this ski area will be closing at the end of the 2023-2024 winter season. Reasons given were the decline in the number of skiers and the effects of warmer winters.

The Mountain

Max Elevation

950m

Top elevation

Vertical Difference

500m

Vertical

Min Elevation

450m

Base elevation

Total Ski Courses

5

Number of courses

Longest Course

2200m

Longest course

Steepest Slope

30°

Steepest course

30%

Beginner

50%

Intermediate

20%

Advanced

5

Total ski lifts

ropeways 0

0

Ropeways

gondolas 0

0

Gondolas

quad lifts

1

Quad lift

triple lifts 0

0

Triple lifts

pair lifts

4

Pair lifts

single lifts 0

0

Single lifts

other lifts 0

0

Other lifts

Skiers

40%

Snowboarders

60%

Skiing and snowboarding are both allowed at St.MARY Ski Area
St.MARY Ski Area course map small
The above image has been created by SnowJapan to show the position of ski lifts at St.MARY Ski Area.

St.MARY Ski Area facilities

park facilities

Park, off-piste & other activities

There is a Snow Park area near the base in the central area of St.MARY.

children facilities

Families & children

Kids Land is at the base of the ski area and features sledging and tubing and other playing in the snow activities. There is a 500 yen entry charge. People with a valid ski lift ticket and children under 3 years enter for free.

Lessons

Lessons

Ski and snowboard lessons are available at St.MARY.

Rental

Rental & other facilities

Ski and snowboard equipment & wear rental is available.

St.MARY Ski Area opening information

Opening time

Typical season

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St.MARY is normally open from 9:00am until 4:00pm or 5:00pm (from early January) during the daytime.

Night skiing is from 5:30pm until 9:00pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays (Moonlight and Starlight courses), and until 10:00pm on Fridays and Saturdays in January and February into the first week of March (Moonlight, Starlight and Milky Way courses).

St.MARY Ski Area address & further information

address

Inosawa-3-10 Imashuku
Kawasaki-machi
Shibata-gun
Miyagi-ken
989-1502

Telephone: 0224-84-5880