スキーリゾート運営の難しさ浮き彫り…だいせんホワイトリゾート指定管理者「白紙」に戻し再公募（鳥取）
By: TSK news イット! · 25 Feb
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
158cm
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 (est.)
- 608–1,046 m
- Across
- 2.2 km
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
Four once-separate slopes, Goenzan, Nakanohara, Kaminohara and Daisen Kokusai, are now run as one. Mount Daisen rises behind them, and the Sea of Japan spreads out below. It is about 15 minutes from the Yonago interchange, and in season shuttle buses run up from the Makihara car park and other lots. Sources: tottori-guide.jp, daisen.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
158cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
78cm
The middle winter of the 12: 155 cm. The best: 229 cm.
World rank
1564
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
308
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
188
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 793 m, 27 m above the national median.
Quality rank
330
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−2.8°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
38%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
9%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
20km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 34
Frequency 26
Freedom from rain 35
Calm when snowing (model grid) 95
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daisen Masumizu Kogen Snow Park | 3.7 km | 160 cm | 1541 |
| Kagamiganaru Ski Area | 7.6 km | 185 cm | 1281 |
| Hiruzen Bear Valley Ski Resort | 16.0 km | 161 cm | 1527 |
| Ibukinosato Ski Area | 29.0 km | 115 cm | 2167 |
| Azo Koen Ski Area | 48.0 km | 108 cm | 2268 |
Compare side by side with Daisen Masumizu Kogen Snow Park and Kagamiganaru 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
1
Run length
0.4km
Lifts
13
Vertical
73m
Top 815 m · base 742 m
Run map
Other Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map0.4 km
Steepest pitch12°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs9.7°
Which way the slopes face
North 93%
East 0%
South 0%
West 7%
93% 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
Other 1 · 0.4 km
Lift types
- Chairlift13
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 29% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 17 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
35cmDec
59cmJan
47cmFeb
17cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 158 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 78 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 229 cm (2.9 times as much).
131
78
202
182
148
79
129
211
157
153
229
193
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.
Live cameras
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
Roads nearby国道9号 ↗From the resort: 11.2 kmOperated by: 中国地方整備局 倉吉河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道482号 ↗From the resort: 12.3 kmOperated by: 中国地方整備局 倉吉河川国道事務所
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Daisen webcams & snow report — all 4 ski areas →
Videos
Videos remain the copyright of whoever filmed them. JAPANSNOWLINE stores no video and plays everything through the standard YouTube player.
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 大山 weather station — 0.5 km from this ski area, 48 m above its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 677 cm |
| 2023/24 | 567 cm |
| 2024/25 | 773 cm |
| 2025/26 | 691 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 192 cm.
A weather station is not a ski slope. We picked one at a similar elevation, but it stands in a valley or a village. More snow falls on the mountain above it. We have not tried to guess how much more.
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency historical records
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
1 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first.
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Analysed |
|---|---|---|
| a spring in 大山町大山レークホテル | 2.8 km | 1996 |
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
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Daisen-ji Temple大山寺 (鳥取県大山町) | Temple | 0.8 km |
| Daisen大山 (鳥取県) | Mountain | 2.9 km |
| Mount Senjō (Tottori)船上山 | Mountain | 5.8 km |
| Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography植田正治写真美術館 | Museum | 9.4 km |
| Mukibanda Site妻木晩田遺跡 | Historic site | 11.3 km |
| Yonago Castle米子城 | Historic site | 19.7 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.
We have not yet checked the family facilities (kids’ area, childcare, parking, rental) on the official site.
Places to stay nearbyPR
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese.
19 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 12 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ロッヂ・サノ | ¥5,550 | 4.40／5 40 reviews | 0.2 km | 米子道溝口ICより車で20分/米子空港より1時間/JR米子駅より40分 |
| 大山ビューハイツ 大山北壁目前の宿 | ¥5,500 | 4.50／5 113 reviews | 0.3 km | JR米子駅よりバスで50分 大山バス停下車 |
| 山の家シーハイル | ¥7,700 | 3.82／5 55 reviews | 0.5 km | 米子駅よりお車にて約30分/米子道溝口ICより車で20分/JR米子駅よりバスで50分/米子空港より車で1時間 |
| 山の宿・中の原ぎんれい | ¥7,700 | 4.20／5 24 reviews | 0.5 km | JR 米子駅からバスで50分 |
| ホテル大山 しろがね | ¥8,690 | 4.60／5 345 reviews | 0.8 km | JR米子駅/米子自動車道溝口IC又は米子ICより車で20分 |
| 大山ユートピア | ¥9,350 | 4.43／5 26 reviews | 0.8 km | JR山陰本線米子駅下車/米子自動車道米子IC下車 |
| 山楽荘 <鳥取県> | ¥18,600 | 4.67／5 24 reviews | 0.8 km | 米子駅よりバスにて50分 |
| 地元食材が味わえる宿 川床屋 | ¥5,500 | 4.00／5 35 reviews | 0.9 km | JR 米子駅/「大山寺」行きバス下車にて徒歩5分 |
| Tabist 雪花荘 | ¥5,800 | 4.43／5 53 reviews | 0.9 km | 山陰本線 米子駅よりバスで50分・終点バス停より徒歩2分 |
| 緑荘 | ¥6,000 | 3.80／5 87 reviews | 0.9 km | JR 米子駅よりバスで50分 |
| scene ^ | ¥13,534 | — | 0.9 km | 伯耆溝口駅から車で19分 |
| 弥山荘(みせん荘) | ¥11,000 | 4.07／5 128 reviews | 1.0 km | 米子IC、溝口ICより20分/米子駅からバスで50分 |
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Places to stay on the map
2 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: 0.5 km
Show the nearest places
Nearest first
- 山の宿 中の原ぎんれい 0.5 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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