No snow yet. The 2026/27 season is planned to open on 19 Dec (the resort’s announcement; it moves with the snow). Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear once snow is on the ground or forecast.
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 →
The confectioner Chateraise runs this area, and its shop beside the noodle counter sells the company's sweets and its own wine drawn from the barrel. The upper part of the advanced Alpen course is left ungroomed, and its top looks out over the Yatsugatake range and the Southern Alps. Nobeyama Station on the JR Koumi Line is about five minutes away by taxi. Sources: nobeyama.chateraiseski.jp (sources read 12 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
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).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Meadows Kiyosato Ski Area | 8.5 km | 113 cmsame grid cell | 2196 |
| Chateraise Ski Valley Koumi | 16.0 km | 136 cm | 1860 |
| Fujimi Kougen Snow Resort | 17.0 km | 124 cm | 2044 |
| Yachiho Kōgen Ski Resort | 19.0 km | 136 cm | 1860 |
| Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort | 23.0 km | 143 cm | 1761 |
Compare side by side with Sun Meadows Kiyosato Ski Area and Chateraise Ski Valley Koumi →
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.
Only 29% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is west (71%).
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.
The most snow falls in March. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 44 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 113 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2025/26 with 55 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 154 cm (2.8 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
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2 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 12.8 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 黒森鉱泉 | 4.7 km | 10℃ cold | 6.2 neutral | chloride, sulphate | 1972 |
| 黒森鉱泉 | 4.7 km | 12.8℃ cold | 5.9 mildly acidic | chloride, bicarbonate | 1980 |
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
Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nobeyama radio observatory野辺山宇宙電波観測所 | Landmark | 3 km |
| Nobeyama Station野辺山駅 | Landmark | 3.7 km |
| Nobeyama Plateau野辺山高原 | Mountain | 4.9 km |
| Mount Mizugaki瑞牆山 | Mountain | 9.2 km |
| Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group八ヶ岳 | Nature | 12.6 km |
| Mount Kinpu金峰山 (山梨県・長野県) | Mountain | 13 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.
Checked on the official site (12 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
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4 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 4 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| シャトレーゼホテル野辺山 | ¥12,700 | 3.00／5 31 reviews | 0.7 km | 電車利用の場合、送迎がございませんのでタクシーをご利用ください ※要予約(川上観光タクシー0267-97-2231) |
| リゾートイン 黒岩荘 | ¥6,600 | 4.05／5 323 reviews | 3.5 km | JR野辺山駅から徒歩約5分、中央自動車道・長坂IC、又は須玉ICより車で約20分 |
| 高原旅館 野辺山荘 | ¥6,330 | 5.00／5 215 reviews | 3.6 km | 小海線野辺山駅下車徒歩3分。関越・上信越高速又は中央高速佐久IC又は長坂ICより野辺山へ(約20分) |
Prices are the lowest Rakuten Travel lists; a property name, or “Pick dates and guests” above, shows prices and rooms for your dates.
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14 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: 3.6 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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