🇯🇵 Japan · Nagano

Blanche Takayama

ブランシュたかやまスキー場
8 / 100 Powder Score
No Snow 🌤️ Official site Lift tickets (official)

Blanche Takayama is a ski area in Nagano, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 1370–1778 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 3.0 km². Within 1.1 km of the centre, the map shows 12 marked runs and 6 lifts, totalling about 7 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 129 cm of snowfall a season, 1815th (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. 1 official live camera is linked below. 138 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
14.7℃
Max wind
12.6km/h
Elevation (est.)
1370–1778m
Area
3.0km²

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 8/10
Base 0/5

Powder Score v1.0.0

7-day outlook

Date Snow Temp Wind
🌦️ 27 Sept 0 11.8 / 17.5 11.4
🌧️ 28 Sept 0 11.6 / 15.7 12.6
🌧️ 29 Sept 0 10.9 / 13 8.9
🌤️ 30 Sept 0 9.6 / 20.2 6.5
🌤️ 1 Oct 0 10.2 / 19.3 16.2
🌤️ 2 Oct 0 4 / 14.5 9.1
🌤️ 3 Oct 0 3.7 / 14 8.5

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

Drag to move around, and use + and − to zoom. On a phone, swipe to move and pinch to zoom in further.

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
Intermediate 4
Advanced 3

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.

Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.

Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.

See the snow in motion

しろっくまんのコース紹介!キッズファンコース!

By: Takayama Blanche · 2019-02-12

しろっくまんのコース紹介!!フェアリーコース!

By: Takayama Blanche · 2019-02-12

Videos remain the copyright of whoever filmed them. JAPANSNOWLINE stores no video and plays everything through the standard YouTube player.

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
129 cm
per season
Range over three winters
58 cm
98–156 cm. The best winter was 1.6x the worst.
World rank
1815
of 3,112 worldwide
Rank in country
347
of 395 in Japan
Elevation rank
34
Highest to lowest, of 395 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,519 m, 766 m above the national median.
Quality rank
261
of 395 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
18 km/h
Dryness 0.49
Frequency 0.17
Freedom from rain 0.71
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 areaDistanceSeasonal snowfallWorld rank
Echo Valley2.1 km129 cm1815
Kurumayama Kogen SKYPARK3.7 km129 cm1815
Family Gelände Kirigamine Ski Area5.5 km129 cm1815
Shirakabako Royal Hill5.8 km129 cm1815
Shirakaba 2 in 17.2 km129 cm1815

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 45 cm.

21cm
Dec
30cm
Jan
34cm
Feb
45cm
Mar
Average snowfall by month, last 11 winters

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.

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

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

28 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.

Press it and Rakuten Travel shows what is free on those dates across the properties listed here. Picking a property below does the same for that one property.

PropertyFromRatingDistanceGetting there
Resort Garni CORU¥5,7004.75 27 reviews—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 
オーベルジュ・ド・バレブランシュ¥5,9004.38 84 reviews—中央高速諏訪ICより23KM
貸切ラジウム鉱石天然温泉宿 ペンションOwl(アウル)姫木¥7,1504.78 314 reviews—JR茅野駅からバスで西白樺湖下車タクシー10分/中央道・諏訪ICよりお車で40分/上信越道・佐久ICよりお車で50分
ペンション ハーモニー¥7,500——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
ワンちゃんと泊まれる宿 白樺倶楽部¥7,5003.82 50 reviews—JR中央本線 茅野駅よりバスにて白樺湖まで40分、下車後タクシーで10分
アルペン フローラ¥8,0003.33 56 reviews—JR 中央線茅野駅下車、白樺湖行バス40分
ペンション アンメモリー¥8,9004.60 99 reviews—中央道諏訪ICより50分で姫木平ペンション村 または、上信越道佐久ICより60分
バケーション イン¥9,2004.70 80 reviews—中央道諏訪IC、長野道佐久ICより白樺湖方面を目指し40分位。中央本線茅野・長野新幹線佐久平
遊びの宿 あーるいん¥9,5004.60 19 reviews—中央線茅野駅/中央高速諏訪より車で45分
スペイン料理の宿 ヴィラ・アビエルタ¥9,8004.57 142 reviews—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
リゾートハウス オックス¥9,9004.61 129 reviews—中央高速諏訪ICより白樺湖経由にて45分
ペンションおはようPAURO¥9,9004.00 15 reviews—中央道諏訪ICから30分 白樺湖から5分です 上信越道佐久ICからは45分です
Show the other 16
PropertyFromRatingDistanceGetting there
ペンションレンガ家¥10,0004.00 12 reviews—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。
貸切り露天の宿 リゾートイン ラリー¥11,9005.00 378 reviews—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
リゾートイン ステラ¥13,5004.77 412 reviews—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 34 reviews—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
ペンション 海岸物語¥14,3004.60 38 reviews—JR 茅野駅から車で50分/諏訪ICから車で50分
温泉山岳ホテル アンデルマット¥18,2604.19 338 reviews—諏訪ICから40分、中央線茅野駅からバスで50分白樺送迎
ペンション ウイング <長野県小県郡>———JR 芽野駅より30分(バス)→白樺湖→20分(タクシー、お車)
ペンション ジョイハウス———JR中央本線 茅野駅から車で50分
オーベルジュ たかやま———中央本線茅野駅より路線バス西白樺湖下車/長野新幹線佐久平駅より路線バス西白樺湖下車 タクシーにて15分
ペンション サルモニダエ———中央線 茅野駅/諏訪ICから約40分/岡谷ICからR124利用で40分/白樺湖から約10分
フォレスト イン モーグル———諏訪ICより車で約40分・岡谷ICより車で約40分・佐久ICより車で約50分
ペンション ラ・ヒュッテ———JR 上田駅または茅野駅よりお車にて約40~60分
ペンション スノーラクーン———JR中央本線 茅野駅下車後、白樺湖行きバスで西白樺湖下車、車で10分
ペンション キング・サーモン———茅野駅(バス)西白樺湖より車で15分
ペンション 風と旅のアトリエ———中央道諏訪IC(上り)・南諏訪IC(下り)、または長野道佐久ICより白樺湖方面へお車で約40分。
ノスタルジックペンション メルヒェンハイム———中央線 茅野駅よりバス40分/中央道 諏訪ICより40分/上信越道 佐久ICより60分

Contains advertising · Property data by Rakuten Travel (Supported by Rakuten Developers)

Stay nearby

4 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.

4 Guest house

Nearest: 1.5 km

Nearest first

Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

More places to look

Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28

← Back to home