Aizu Kogen Daikura Ski Resort

会津高原だいくらスキー場

Off season

No snow on the ground or falling right now. Not open yet for 2026/27. We have not yet found an official opening date. Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear once snow is on the ground or forecast.

Typical snowfall

340cm

A weather-model figure, worked out the same way for every ski area, and lower than what actually falls. Use it to compare ski areas, not against the resort’s own totals. How we measure →

Elevation: 836–1,219 m
Across: 1.8 km

This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 5 cm. The average for these dates is under 10 cm, so we do not give a percentage yet. The average is over twelve winters on the same weather model. Across Japan →

The canteen in the First Lodge serves two Aizu staples, sauce katsudon and shoyu ramen. The ground around the snow escalator is gently pitched, and first-timers on skis or a board practise there. The area is run by Minami Aizu Co., whose main shareholder is the town of Minamiaizu. Sources: daikura.net, tif.ne.jp (sources read 13 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)

How much snow it gets

Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.

Seasonal snowfall

340cm

per season

Worst of 12 winters

197cm

The middle winter of the 12: 335 cm. The best: 437 cm.

World rank

307

of 3,069 worldwide

Rank in country

111

of 397 in Japan

Elevation rank

140

Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 940 m, 174 m above the national median.

Quality rank

of 397 in Japan

Temp when snowing

−4.1°C

Japanese median: −3.6°C

Rain days

14%

Japanese median: 16%

Days over 5 cm

22%

Japanese median: 15%

Wind when snowing

22km/h

Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops

Dryness 44

Frequency 64

Freedom from rain 64

Calm when snowing (model grid) 92

The tick marks the median across every Japanese ski area we measure. All four bars run the same way — longer is better.

The quality score leaves out how much snow falls (it uses temperature, frequency, rain and wind).

Compared with what is nearby

Within 50 km in a straight line. Ski areas in the same weather-model cell (about 30 km across) get the same figure.

Ski area	Distance	Seasonal snowfall	World rank
Aizu Kogen Takatsue Ski Resort	7.0 km	322 cm	393
Aizukogen Nango Ski Area	11.0 km	394 cm	184
Aizu Kogen Takahata	18.0 km	439 cm	120
Oze Hinoemata Onsen Ski Resort	26.0 km	439 cm	120
Hunter Mountain Shiobara Ski Area	30.0 km	193 cm	1217

Compare side by side with Aizu Kogen Takatsue Ski Resort and Aizukogen Nango Ski Area →

Runs and lifts

Counted from the runs and lifts drawn on OpenStreetMap, within the boundary of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.

Marked runs

Run length

9km

Lifts

Vertical

383m

Top 1,219 m · base 836 m

Run map

NoviceIntermediateAdvancedOther Lift

North is up. Runs are coloured by difficulty; black lines are lifts.

Slope shape, difficulty and lift types

The shape of the mountain

Longest run on the map1.2 km

Steepest pitch31°measured over at least 30 m

Average gradient of the runs10.4°

Which way the slopes face

North 26%

East 73%

South 1%

West 0%

99% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.

By difficulty

Novice 7 · 3.8 km

Intermediate 5 · 4 km

Advanced 3 · 1 km

Other 3 · 0.2 km

Lift types

Chairlift5
Magic carpet1

See past trail maps on Skimap.org ↗

Source: OpenSkiMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Vertical is the difference between the highest and lowest points of the mapped runs and lifts.

When it falls, and how winters differ

Month by month

The most snow falls in January. March brings 46% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 53 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.

94cm

Dec

116cm

Jan

77cm

Feb

53cm

Mar

Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 340 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 197 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 437 cm (2.2 times as much).

307

197

401

357

341

302

367

437

300

329

426

312

14/1515/1616/1717/1818/1919/2020/2121/2222/2323/2424/2525/26

Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.

How these figures are made

Live cameras

On the mountain会津高原だいくらスキー場 ↗The live stream is paused (checked 9 Nov). Check the official page for when it returns.

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Aizu webcams & snow report — all 7 ski areas →

Videos

23 24 DAIKURA NOW 0315 Ranking of popular ski resorts in Tohoku

By: だいくらスキー場 · 15 Mar

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Official YouTube channel

More than we show here.

Hot springs nearby, as analysed

1 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 24 °C).

Show the sources

Source	Distance	Temperature
会津田島鉱泉望月四郎	4.1 km	24℃ cold

These are analyses of hot spring sources, not a list of baths you can visit. They date from 1910 to 2005, many from decades ago, so today’s temperature and chemistry may differ. Names are as recorded in Japanese. Temperature and pH bands follow Japan’s standard for analysing hot springs.

Source: processed from the hot spring analysis data in the Geothermal Information Database (GRES-DB), Geological Survey of Japan, AIST

Worth seeing nearby

Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.

Show the list

Place	Type	Distance
駒止湿原	Mountain	5 km
南会津町前沢	Old streets	13 km
Tokusa Onsen木賊温泉	Hot spring town	18.1 km

Chosen from the places most read about on Wikipedia, favouring those with an English article. Based on the Japanese Wikipedia lists of sights in each prefecture, as compiled in travel-log-data (CC BY-SA 4.0). English names from Wikidata (CC0). The content of this section is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Map

The weather map, and where it sits among nearby ski areas.

Official piste map ↗

Getting there

Get directions ↗ Open in Google Maps ↗

Going with children

Kids’ area: Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Childcare: Not checked
Parking: Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Rental: Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)

Checked on the official site (13 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →

Places to stay on the map

6 places within 12 km of the slopes, as mapped on OpenStreetMap, many of them small inns and pensions. Many are not on booking sites — open the name for the website or the map.

Nearest: 0.5 km

Show the nearest places

Nearest first

第2ロッジ 0.5 km
第1ロッジ 0.5 km
だいちゃんロッジ 0.6 km
リゾートイン台鞍 0.7 km
旅館住吉屋 9.0 km
亀屋旅館 9.1 km

Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗

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