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
No snow yet. Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear here once snow starts to fall. Until then, the long-run record comes first.
Typical snowfall
131cm
- Elevation
- 1,372–1,799 m
- Across
- 3.0 km
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)
Below are links to a road camera on the way up.
How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,069 ski areas by one identical method. 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
262
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−4.9°C
Japanese median: −3.5°C
Rain days
11%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
6%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
18km/h
Dryness 49
Frequency 17
Freedom from rain 71
Calm when snowing 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 area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurumayama Kogen SKYPARK | 3.7 km | 133 cm | 1909 |
| Family Gelände Kirigamine Ski Area | 5.5 km | 133 cm | 1909 |
| Shirakabako Royal Hill | 5.8 km | 133 cm | 1909 |
| Shirakaba 2 in 1 | 7.2 km | 133 cm | 1909 |
| Shirakaba Kogen Kokusai Ski | 7.4 km | 140 cm | 1801 |
Compare side by side with Kurumayama Kogen SKYPARK and Family Gelände Kirigamine 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
13
Run length
9km
Lifts
6
Vertical
427m
Top 1,799 m · base 1,372 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
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.
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
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.
23cmDec
32cmJan
31cmFeb
45cmMar
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). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan, the leanest winter was the same 2015/16.
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.
Model estimates: on Japanese mountains they run at about 60% of measured snowfall. Compare ranks, not resort-published totals. How we measure
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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Shirakaba and Kurumayama webcams & snow report — all 9 ski areas →
See the snow in motion
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Official YouTube channel
More than we show here.
Worth seeing nearby
Places within 20 km (straight line) 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. Some lie over a mountain pass that is closed in winter.
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| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kurumayama車山 | Mountain | 3.8 km |
| Mount Kirigamine霧ヶ峰 | Mountain | 5 km |
| Lake Megami女神湖 | Nature | 6.3 km |
| Mount Tateshina蓼科山 | Mountain | 9.4 km |
| Lake Suwa諏訪湖 | Nature | 14.1 km |
| Suwa taisha諏訪大社 | Shrine | 17 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.
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 (12 Oct 2026) · Source . “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. 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 | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| オーベルジュ・ド・バレブランシュ | ¥5,900 | 4.38／5 84 reviews | 2.1 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 km | JR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 | ¥8,000 | 3.33／5 56 reviews | 2.2 km | JR 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 | ¥9,500 | 4.60／5 19 reviews | 2.2 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 | ¥9,900 | 4.61／5 129 reviews | 2.2 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 | ¥11,900 | 5.00／5 378 reviews | 2.2 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 | ¥18,260 | 4.19／5 338 reviews | 2.3 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 | ¥5,700 | 4.75／5 27 reviews | 2.4 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 | ¥9,800 | 4.57／5 142 reviews | 2.4 km | JR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 | ¥10,000 | 4.00／5 12 reviews | 2.4 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 | ¥13,500 | 4.77／5 412 reviews | 2.4 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 | ¥13,800 | 4.63／5 34 reviews | 2.5 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
4 places within 12 km of the slopes, as mapped on OpenStreetMap, including small inns and pensions that are on no booking site. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the name for the website or the map.
Nearest: 1.5 km
Show the nearest places
Nearest first
- ペンションWino 1.5 km
- ペンションたかやま 1.5 km
- オーベルジュたかやま１６ 1.5 km
- Joy House 1.5 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
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