Japan · Tohoku
Ski Resorts in Iwate
Iwate has 11 ski areas on JAPANSNOWLINE, 6 of them with an official live camera. 7 currently report settled snow, the deepest being Appi Kogen at 11 cm. The highest terrain on file reaches about 1324 m. Snow depth, snowfall, temperature and wind are refreshed every day.
Ski area map
No snow marks yet. The dots are ski areas; once it starts snowing, places with 3cm+ in 48 hours get a mark.
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Snow in Iwate
The snow piles up along the Ou Mountains in the west, while the Kitakami River plain and the Sanriku coast see plenty of clear winter days. The ski areas line those western mountains. For Appi Kogen, Hachimantai and Shizukuishi, buses leave from Morioka Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen; for Geto Kogen in the south, from Kitakami Station. Sources: data.jma.go.jp、jma-net.go.jp、pref.iwate.jp、iwatetabi.jp、media.jreast.co.jp (sources read 13 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
All ski areas in Iwate
In order of today’s Powder Score. Press a column heading to re-sort.
| Ski area | Typical snowfall | Quality (Japan) | Top | Runs | Day ticket (official) | Powder Score | Base depth | Snow 48h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Appi Kogen top 1,269 m · 41 runs · ¥9,500 | 377 cm | #27 | 1,269 m | 41 | ¥9,500 | 24 | 11 cm | 2 cm |
| 2 | Amihari Onsen Ski Resort top 1,324 m · 11 runs | 358 cm | #31 | 1,324 m | 11 | — | 23 | 5 cm | 1 cm |
| 3 | Iwate Kogen Snow Park top 1,207 m · 12 runs | 332 cm | #42 | 1,207 m | 12 | — | 22 | 7 cm | 0 cm |
| 4 | Hachimantai Resort Shimokura Ski area top 1,123 m · 10 runs | 329 cm | #51 | 1,123 m | 10 | — | 22 | 7 cm | 0 cm |
| 5 | Okunakayamakogen Ski Area top 1,003 m · 10 runs | 185 cm | #210 | 1,003 m | 10 | — | 21 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 6 | Hachimantai Resort Panorama Ski Are top 975 m · 11 runs | 329 cm | #66 | 975 m | 11 | — | 15 | 7 cm | 0 cm |
| 7 | Shizukuishi Ski Resort top 1,133 m · 22 runs · ¥6,500 | 358 cm | #50 | 1,133 m | 22 | ¥6,500 | 14 | 5 cm | 0 cm |
| 8 | Tayama Ski Area (Hachimantai City) top 558 m · 3 runs | 265 cm | #209 | 558 m | 3 | — | 14 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 9 | Akabane Ski Resort top 622 m · 6 runs | 109 cm | #353 | 622 m | 6 | — | 14 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 10 | Geto Kogen top 1,063 m · 15 runs | 355 cm | #74 | 1,063 m | 15 | — | 13 | 6 cm | 0 cm |
| 11 | Choei Yuda Ski Area top 454 m · 1 runs | 332 cm | #234 | 454 m | 1 | — | 8 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
Compare the top three (Appi Kogen, Amihari Onsen Ski Resort, Iwate Kogen Snow Park) →
Ski area webcams in Iwate
9 ski areas, those with a camera on the slopes first. Each name opens the camera section of that ski area's page.
Onsen towns in Iwate
Designated national health-resort onsen in this prefecture, snowiest first.
Deep snow close to a city
Ski areas averaging 300 cm or more, by straight-line distance from the nearest large city.
Snowfall is the 12-winter average from the ERA5 reanalysis, and the model runs low on mountain snow, by different amounts in different regions (the regional map on the Japan page adds that difference back; the figures on this page do not). Read the ranks and the comparisons rather than the centimetres. The month-by-month pattern uses the last 12 winters; rain days, snow-day temperature and 5 cm days use the last three. How we measure