Prefecture of Niigata opened the first alpine skiing track of a season

V Prefecture of Niigata on the coast of the Sea of Japan there began work the alpine skiing track, attracting fans of skis and a snowboard both from prefecture, and from all country.

Kagur's Ski resort in the city Yuzawa opened one of the 23 routes in which some parts more than 50 centimeters of snow cover after the snowfall which has passed a day earlier already accumulated on Friday.

About two hundred mountain skiers and snowboarders took pleasure in descent on a slope which in this season opened very first in prefecture.