Asahi Prime Ski Area is a ski area in Nagano, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 919–1168 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 0.8 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 4 marked runs and 2 lifts, totalling about 1 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 119 cm of snowfall a season, 1949th (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. 2 official live cameras are linked below. 114 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
Score breakdown
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌦️ 27 Sept | 0 | 14 / 20.8 | 6.5 |
| 🌧️ 28 Sept | 0 | 14.3 / 19.6 | 8 |
| 🌧️ 29 Sept | 0 | 12.4 / 15.5 | 6.4 |
| ☁️ 30 Sept | 0 | 11.3 / 23.1 | 5.8 |
| ☀️ 1 Oct | 0 | 8.6 / 24.6 | 9.9 |
| 🌤️ 2 Oct | 0 | 7.2 / 19.2 | 9.8 |
| 🌦️ 3 Oct | 0 | 5.9 / 17.5 | 3.8 |
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.
Run map
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
98% 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
Lift types
- Chairlift2
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
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
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Norikura and Hida webcams & snow report — all 9 ski areas →
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shinshu-Matsumoto Nomugitoge Ski Resort | 12 km | 303 cm | 470 |
| Yabuhara Kogen | 20 km | 166 cm | 1385 |
| Blue Resort Norikura | 20 km | 303 cm | 470 |
| Kisofukushima Ski Resort | 23 km | 209 cm | 996 |
| Hirayu Onsen Ski Area | 26 km | 362 cm | 260 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in February. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 35 cm, less than the median of 45 cm.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Niekawa-juku贄川宿 | Old streets | 12.2 km |
| Shiojiri-juku塩尻宿 | Old streets | 13.1 km |
| Narai-juku奈良井宿 | Old streets | 17 km |
| Kōbōyama Kofun弘法山古墳 | Historic site | 17.3 km |
| Matsumoto Station松本駅 | Landmark | 17.4 km |
| Matsumoto Castle松本城 | Historic site | 18.4 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 ↗Places to stay nearby
1 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| あさひプライムリゾートコテージ | — | — | — | JR塩尻駅よりお車で約20分 |
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Stay nearby
9 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 3.7 km
Nearest first
- スカイランドきよみず Guest house 3.7 km
- 大野田公民館 Guest house 7.9 km
- BizHotel塩尻駅前 Hotel 10.7 km
- Hotel Nakamuraya Hotel 10.8 km
- あさひ館 Hotel 10.8 km
- 旅館藤金 Hotel 10.9 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28