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Chausuyama Kogen Ski Area

茶臼山高原スキー場
Off season
Official site

No snow yet. Not open yet for 2026/27. We have not yet found an official opening date. Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear once snow is on the ground or forecast.

Typical snowfall
63cm

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 →

Elevation
1,218–1,354 m
Across
0.8 km

This is the only ski area in Aichi Prefecture, and its slopes are gentle throughout. In spring the ground near the top of Mount Hagitaro turns into a hillside of moss phlox, and once the ski season ends the area closes for a while to get ready for the flowers. Sources: chausuyama.jp, vill.toyone.aichi.jp (sources read 13 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)

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
63cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
31cm
The middle winter of the 12: 59 cm. The best: 97 cm.
World rank
2725
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
389
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
70
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,262 m, 496 m above the national median.
Quality rank
391
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−3.7°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
23%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
1%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
25km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 40
Frequency 4
Freedom from rain 39
Calm when snowing (model grid) 89

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
Hiraya Kogen Ski Area10.0 km59 cm2754
Jibusaka Ski Area15.0 km88 cm2500

Compare side by side with Hiraya Kogen Ski Area and Jibusaka 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
4
Run length
1.7km
Lifts
2
Vertical
135m
Top 1,354 m · base 1,218 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 map0.9 km
Steepest pitch23°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs9.9°

Which way the slopes face

North 71%
East 17%
South 0%
West 12%

88% 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 1 · 0.9 km
Intermediate 2 · 0.5 km
Advanced 1 · 0.3 km

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.

When it falls, and how winters differ

Month by month

The most snow falls in January. March brings 74% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). For skiing, though, the amount matters more than the share: March brings 14 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.

11cm
Dec
19cm
Jan
19cm
Feb
14cm
Mar
Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 63 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2025/26 with 31 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 97 cm (3.1 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.

92
37
91
84
38
40
44
97
52
66
86
31
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

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

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By: 北十字 · 8 Feb

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Hot springs nearby, as analysed

1 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 13.8 °C).

Show the sources
SourceDistanceTemperatureTypeAnalysed
津具温泉5 km13.8℃ coldcarbon dioxide, iron1954

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

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
Mount Hagitaro萩太郎山 (愛知県)Mountain0.4 km
Chausuyama Plateau茶臼山高原Mountain0.9 km
Chausuyama茶臼山 (愛知県・長野県)Mountain1.1 km
Tsukize-no-Osugi月瀬の大スギNature9.3 km
Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park天竜奥三河国定公園Nature16.8 km
Sakuma Dam佐久間ダムNature18.1 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
Not checked
Parking
Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Rental
Not checked

Checked on the official site (13 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →

Places to stay nearbyPR

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2 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 2 with a listed price.

Property (links to Rakuten Travel)Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.)RatingDistanceGetting there
休暇村 茶臼山高原 ¥14,0004.36/5 103 reviews0.6 km東栄駅よりバスで約60分 (要予約)
御宿 清水館 ¥11,0004.59/5 53 reviews2.1 km名古屋方面:猿投グリーンロード力石ICよりR153経由で約90分/静岡方面:三遠南信道「鳳来峡」ICから約60分
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Places to stay on the map

67 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: 2.1 km

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Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

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