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Ski Resorts in Yamagata
Yamagata has 16 ski areas on JAPANSNOWLINE, 3 of them with an official live camera. 2 currently report settled snow, the deepest being Mount Gassan Ski Resort at 11 cm. The highest terrain on file reaches about 1815 m. Snow depth, snowfall, temperature and wind are refreshed every day.
Where it’s snowing
Ski areas with 3cm+ of snow in the last 48 hours. Anything over 15cm gets a snow mark.
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Snow in Yamagata
Gassan opens in April, when other areas are closing, and skiing runs to about July. For Zao Onsen, take the local bus up from Yamagata Station to the hot-spring town, and the ropeway carries you out to the fields of rime-ice trees. Inland, the snow lies deepest in Mogami around Shinjo and in the Gassan, Asahi and Azuma mountains. On the Shonai coast the northwest monsoon blows hard in winter, sometimes into a blizzard. Sources: jma-net.go.jp、yamagatakanko.com、city.yamagata-yamagata.lg.jp、town.nishikawa.yamagata.jp、yamagata-np.jp (sources read 13 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
All ski areas in Yamagata
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 | Mount Gassan Ski Resort top 1,582 m | 655 cm | #22 | 1,582 m | — | — | 45 | 11 cm | 10 cm |
| 2 | Tengendai Kogen top 1,815 m · 10 runs · ¥6,000 | 379 cm | #19 | 1,815 m | 10 | ¥6,000 | 28 | 4 cm | 2 cm |
| 3 | Zao Onsen top 1,661 m · 91 runs · ¥9,000 | 258 cm | #82 | 1,661 m | 91 | ¥9,000 | 24 | 0 cm | 2 cm |
| 4 | Zao Liza World top 1,446 m · 6 runs | 254 cm | #73 | 1,446 m | 6 | — | 24 | 0 cm | 2 cm |
| 5 | Kurobushi Kogen Snow Park Jangle Jungle top 1,029 m · 7 runs | 302 cm | #90 | 1,029 m | 7 | — | 12 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 6 | Yokone top 258 m · 2 runs | 446 cm | #326 | 258 m | 2 | — | 10 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 7 | Asahi Shizenkan Snow Park top 642 m · 5 runs | 419 cm | #230 | 642 m | 5 | — | 10 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 8 | Green Valley Kamuro Ski Area top 470 m · 7 runs | 277 cm | #310 | 470 m | 7 | — | 10 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 9 | Hagurosan Ski Area top 380 m · 5 runs | 488 cm | #269 | 380 m | 5 | — | 8 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 10 | Hanagasa Kogen Ski Area top 451 m · 5 runs | 321 cm | #212 | 451 m | 5 | — | 8 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 11 | Onogawa Onsen top 456 m · 1 runs | 314 cm | #292 | 456 m | 1 | — | 8 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 12 | Tenoko Ski Area top 364 m · 1 runs | 312 cm | #320 | 364 m | 1 | — | 8 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 13 | Doshojidaira Ski Area top 399 m · 6 runs | 273 cm | #305 | 399 m | 6 | — | 8 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 14 | Yonezawa Snow World top 706 m · 8 runs | 253 cm | #214 | 706 m | 8 | — | 8 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 15 | Zao Sarukura top 803 m · 7 runs | 253 cm | #165 | 803 m | 7 | — | 8 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 16 | Hachimoriyama Ski Area top 213 m · 1 runs | 213 cm | #393 | 213 m | 1 | — | 8 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
Compare the top three (Mount Gassan Ski Resort, Tengendai Kogen, Zao Onsen) →
Ski area webcams in Yamagata
16 ski areas, those with a camera on the slopes first. Each name opens the camera section of that ski area's page.
- Zao Onsen
- Hanagasa Kogen Ski Area
- Zao Sarukura
- Green Valley Kamuro Ski Area
- Hagurosan Ski Area
- Mount Gassan Ski Resort
- Onogawa Onsen
- Hachimoriyama Ski Area
- Tengendai Kogen
- Kurobushi Kogen Snow Park Jangle Jungle
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Onsen towns in Yamagata
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