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Blanche Takayama

ブランシュたかやまスキー場
17 / 100 Powder Score
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The 2026/27 season is planned to open on 12 Dec (the resort’s announcement; it moves with the snow). The snowfall below is a model figure and does not mean the slopes are skiable.

Base depth
0cm
Snow 48h
1cm
Next 72h
0cm

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 →

Snow 24h
1 cm
Next 24h
0 cm
Temperature
−2°C
Max wind
10 km/h
Elevation
1,372–1,799 m
Across
3.0 km

Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15

7-day outlook

Date Weather Snow (cm) Low / high (°C) Wind (km/h)
Tue 10 Nov Snow 1 −3 to 1 10
Wed 11 Nov Cloudy 0 −4 to 5 7
Thu 12 Nov Clear 0 0 to 10 10
Fri 13 Nov Cloudy 0 2 to 11 13
Sat 14 Nov Cloudy 0 4 to 13 14
Sun 15 Nov Cloudy 0 6 to 13 13
Mon 16 Nov Fog 0 2 to 9 8

Score breakdown

Fresh (48h) 3/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 4/20
Wind 10/10
Base 0/5

The five add up to the 100-point Powder Score: more fresh snow, more on the way and colder air all push it up. How we measure

Long a skiers-only family area, it opened to snowboarders in December 2025. The beginner Momi-no-ki Juhyo run winds down between rime-coated trees. Parking is split in two: beginners and families do best at the first car park, intermediate and advanced skiers at the second. Sources: town.nagawa.nagano.jp, blanche-ski.com (sources read 12 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)

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
13
Run length
9km
Lifts
6
Vertical
427m
Top 1,799 m · base 1,372 m

Run map

EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
North is up. Runs are coloured by difficulty; black lines are lifts.
Run map

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Slope shape, difficulty and lift types

The shape of the mountain

Longest run on the map2.0 km
Steepest pitch26°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs10.8°

Which way the slopes face

North 84%
East 7%
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 6 · 4.7 km
Intermediate 4 · 2.3 km
Advanced 3 · 2 km

Lift types

  • Chairlift6

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.

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Videos

しろっくまんのコース紹介!キッズファンコース!

By: Takayama Blanche · 12 Feb

しろっくまんのコース紹介!!フェアリーコース!

By: Takayama Blanche · 12 Feb

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Official YouTube channel

More than we show here.

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
131cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
95cm
The middle winter of the 12: 134 cm. The best: 156 cm.
World rank
1942
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
348
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
34
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,519 m, 753 m above the national median.
Quality rank
267
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−4.9°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
11%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
6%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
18km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 49
Frequency 17
Freedom from rain 71
Calm when snowing (model grid) 96

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 areaDistanceSeasonal snowfallWorld rank
Kurumayama Kogen SKYPARK3.7 km133 cm1909
Family Gelände Kirigamine Ski Area5.5 km133 cm1909
Shirakabako Royal Hill5.8 km133 cm1909
Shirakaba 2 in 17.2 km133 cm1909
Shirakaba Kogen Kokusai Ski7.4 km140 cm1801

Compare side by side with Kurumayama Kogen SKYPARK and Family Gelände Kirigamine Ski Area →

When it falls, and how winters differ

Month by month

The most snow falls in March. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 45 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.

23cm
Dec
32cm
Jan
31cm
Feb
45cm
Mar
Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 131 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 95 cm; the biggest was 2023/24 with 156 cm (1.6 times as much).

151
95
139
124
128
134
123
149
137
156
133
98
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

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
PlaceTypeDistance
Kurumayama車山Mountain3.8 km
Mount Kirigamine霧ヶ峰Mountain5 km
Lake Megami女神湖Nature6.3 km
Mount Tateshina蓼科山Mountain9.4 km
Lake Suwa諏訪湖Nature14.1 km
Suwa taisha諏訪大社Shrine17 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 ↗

Going with children

Kids’ area
Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Childcare
Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Parking
Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Rental
Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)

Checked on the official site (19 Oct 2026) · Source. Compare with other ski areas →

Places to stay nearbyPR

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28 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 12 with a listed price.

Property (links to Rakuten Travel)Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.)RatingDistanceGetting there
オーベルジュ・ド・バレブランシュ ¥5,9004.38/5 84 reviews2.1 km中央高速諏訪ICより23KM
ペンション ハーモニー ¥7,500—2.2 kmJR中央線 茅野駅より白樺湖行きバスにて50分、タクシーor送迎
アルペン フローラ ¥8,0003.33/5 56 reviews2.2 kmJR 中央線茅野駅下車、白樺湖行バス40分
遊びの宿 あーるいん ¥9,5004.60/5 19 reviews2.2 km中央線茅野駅/中央高速諏訪より車で45分
リゾートハウス オックス ¥9,9004.61/5 129 reviews2.2 km中央高速諏訪ICより白樺湖経由にて45分
貸切り露天の宿 リゾートイン ラリー ¥11,9005.00/5 378 reviews2.2 km茅野駅より白樺湖へバスで45分/佐久平駅より白樺湖へバスで50分/諏訪IC-R152-姫木平/佐久ICより大門街道経由
温泉山岳ホテル アンデルマット ¥18,2604.19/5 338 reviews2.3 km諏訪ICから40分、中央線茅野駅からバスで50分白樺送迎
Resort Garni CORU ¥5,7004.75/5 27 reviews2.4 km中央自動車道・諏訪ICより車で40分/上越自動車道佐久ICより車で50分
スペイン料理の宿 ヴィラ・アビエルタ ¥9,8004.57/5 142 reviews2.4 kmJR中央本線『茅野』駅、バスで『西白樺湖』に、送迎可 / 中央自動車道『諏訪』IC R=152
ペンションレンガ家 ¥10,0004.00/5 12 reviews2.4 km茅野駅から白樺湖行きバスにて約50分。西白樺湖バス停下車。
リゾートイン ステラ ¥13,5004.77/5 412 reviews2.4 km中央自動車道 諏訪湖IC・諏訪南ICより約40分
和みのペンション ここっと ¥13,8004.63/5 34 reviews2.5 kmビーナスライン白樺湖より車で5分で、エコーバレースキー場の手前400m。ブランシュたかやまから車で5分。標高は1450m
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Places to stay on the map

2 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: 1.5 km

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Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

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