US Freeski Halfpipe Girls Training at Aomori Spring
By: Aomori Spring Ski Resort 青森スプリング・スキーリゾート · 2018-02-13
Aomori Spring Resort is a ski area in Aomori, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 337–1069 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 3.9 km². Within 2.8 km of the centre, the map shows 26 marked runs and 4 lifts, totalling about 19 km of piste. There is no settled snow at the moment — the season has not started here yet. Over the last three winters the ERA5 reanalysis gives it 344 cm of snowfall a season, 312th (tied) of the 3,112 ski areas we measure worldwide. The model runs well below what resorts report, so the ranking is the meaningful part rather than the centimetre figure. The nearest city of any size is Aomori, about 39 km away. 2 official live cameras are linked below. 28 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
Base depth
0cm
Snow 24h
0cm
Snow 48h
0cm
Next 24h
0cm
Next 72h
0cm
Temperature
16.3℃
Max wind
9.8km/h
Elevation (est.)
337–1069m
Area
3.9km²
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 0/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 0/20
Wind 10/10
Base 0/5
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌤️ 27 Sept | 0 | 12.4 / 19 | 10.4 |
| 🌦️ 28 Sept | 0 | 12.9 / 21.4 | 16 |
| 🌦️ 29 Sept | 0 | 12 / 15.9 | 16.4 |
| 🌤️ 30 Sept | 0 | 8.2 / 18.7 | 10 |
| 🌧️ 1 Oct | 0 | 7.2 / 14.7 | 17.5 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 6.1 / 10 | 19.7 |
| 🌦️ 3 Oct | 0 | 5 / 11.4 | 14 |
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
26
Run length
19km
Lifts
4
Vertical
520m
Top 916 m · base 396 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map2.1 km
Steepest pitch29°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs10.4°
Which way the slopes face
North 88%
East 3%
South 0%
West 9%
91% 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
Easy 15
Intermediate 9
Advanced 2
Lift types
- Chairlift3
- Gondola1
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.
Live Cameras
On the mountainWatch live ↗Operated by: 青森スプリング・スキーリゾートRoads nearby国道 7号 ↗From the resort: 18 kmOperated by: 東北地方整備局 青森河川国道事務所
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
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See the snow in motion
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Official YouTube channel
More than we show here.
How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,112 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Seasonal snowfall
344 cm
per season
Range over three winters
115 cm
299–414 cm. The best winter was 1.4x the worst.
World rank
312
of 3,112 worldwide
Rank in country
126
of 395 in Japan
Elevation rank
230
Highest to lowest, of 395 in Japan. The centre point sits at 636 m, 117 m below the national median.
Quality rank
124
of 395 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-4.9°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
18%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
17%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
19 km/h
Dryness 0.49
Frequency 0.49
Freedom from rain 0.54
Calm when snowing 0.96
The tick marks the median across the 395 Japanese ski areas. All four bars run the same way — longer is better.
The quality score deliberately excludes how much snow falls — it uses temperature, frequency, rain and wind. Snowing a lot and snowing well are different things.
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km straight line. Measured the same way, so the ranks compare directly. Ski areas a few kilometres apart share a weather grid cell and can return the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iwakisan Hyakuzawa Ski Resort | 6.3 km | 344 cm | 312 |
| Kase Ski Area | 28 km | 319 cm | 398 |
| Owani Onsen Ski Resort International Area | 31 km | 267 cm | 635 |
| Fujisato Choei Ski Area | 40 km | 227 cm | 891 |
| Moya Hills | 43 km | 418 cm | 150 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 48% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 48 cm, about the same as the median of 45 cm.
96cmDec
101cmJan
82cmFeb
48cmMar
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
2 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 61 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 嶽嶽 | 4.6 km | 46℃ hot | 2 acidic | iron, acidic | — |
| 黒森常盤野 | 4.9 km | 61℃ hot | 6.6 neutral | — | — |
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
Places within 20 km of this ski area, for a day off the slopes or an evening. Chosen from those most read about on Wikipedia, favouring places with an English Wikipedia article, and listed nearest first.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Iwaki岩木山 | Mountain | 3.3 km |
| Ōmori Katsuyama Site大森勝山遺跡 | Historic site | 6.4 km |
| Iwakiyama Shrine岩木山神社 | Shrine | 8.1 km |
| Tsugaru Fujimi Lake津軽富士見湖 | Nature | 11.7 km |
| Kizukuri Station木造駅 | Landmark | 15.9 km |
| Hirosaki Castle弘前城 | Historic site | 17.1 km |
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
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Official piste map ↗ Coordinates: 40.6821, 140.2858
Places to stay nearby
2 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ロックウッド・ホテル＆スパ | ¥10,450 | 3.76 484 reviews | — | ＪＲ鯵ヶ沢駅より車でおよそ20分 |
| 鯵ヶ沢キャンピングパーク | — | — | — | 鯵ヶ沢駅よりお車で２０分 |
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Stay nearby
3 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28