Chikusa Highland Ski resort is a ski area in Hyogo, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 902–1123 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 1.1 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 12 marked runs and 5 lifts, totalling about 4.2 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 155 cm of snowfall a season, 1512th (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. 2 official live cameras are linked below. 20 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
Score breakdown
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌦️ 27 Sept | 0 | 14.5 / 17.6 | 7 |
| 🌧️ 28 Sept | 0 | 13.9 / 18.2 | 8.7 |
| 🌧️ 29 Sept | 0 | 13.1 / 15.8 | 5.8 |
| ☁️ 30 Sept | 0 | 8 / 18.9 | 9.9 |
| 🌦️ 1 Oct | 0 | 9.7 / 18.9 | 15.2 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 5.9 / 13.2 | 18.4 |
| ☁️ 3 Oct | 0 | 5.5 / 15.3 | 10.6 |
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.
Run map
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
97% 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
Lift types
- Chairlift3
- Drag lift1
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.
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Hyonosen and Hachikita webcams & snow report — all 9 ski areas →
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.
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 area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banshu Tokura Snow Park | 16 km | 247 cm | 776 |
| Wakasa Hyonosen Ski Resort | 17 km | 247 cm | 776 |
| Hyounosen Kokusai Ski Resort | 21 km | 247 cm | 776 |
| Hachikogen Ski Resort | 23 km | 312 cm | 425 |
| Mikata Snow Park | 25 km | 308 cm | 449 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 41% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (51%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 20 cm, less than the median of 45 cm.
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.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| あわくら温泉 | Hot spring town | 6 km |
| Fudō-in Iwaya-dō Temple不動院岩屋堂 | Temple | 10.1 km |
| Ishitani Residence石谷家住宅 | Landmark | 15.4 km |
| Rikan Castle利神城 | Historic site | 19 km |
| Mount Hyōno氷ノ山 | Mountain | 19.1 km |
| Mount Nagi那岐山 | Mountain | 19.7 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.
Places to stay nearby
3 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 森の古民家 かろり | ¥7,642 | — | 7.4 km | 鳥取空港よりお車にて約５０分。智頭駅よりお車にて約２０分。智頭福原高速バス乗場より徒歩約１０分 |
| ＦＡＲＭ ＲＥＳＯＲＴ あわのわ 一棟貸しの宿 福屋 | ¥8,300 | — | 6.1 km | 鳥取道大原ICより 車で15分 / 大原ICまで大阪・神戸から90分 |
| 愛の村パーク コテージ | — | — | 5.5 km | 智頭急行線 大原駅からお車にて約１５分 |
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Stay nearby
5 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 4.3 km
Nearest first
- 駒ノ旺山荘 Hotel 4.3 km
- 木のおもちゃ ファミリーペンション きつつき工房 Hotel 5.3 km
- 国民宿舎あわくら荘 Hotel 6 km
- 天徳寺 Guest house 7.7 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
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Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28