【リフト券が安い】自然雪、縦長コース、老舗感道後山高原スキー場
By: Bruce Neeスキーチャンネル · 4 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
105cm
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
- 732–1,077 m
- Across
- 1.9 km
Skiing in Hiroshima Prefecture is said to have begun here, on Mount Dogo, known as the queen of the Chugoku Mountains. A long run follows the natural contours of the mountain, so it can be skied from top to bottom in one go. Sources: dogoyamakogen.com, shobara-info.com, hiroshima-kankou.com (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
105cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
46cm
The middle winter of the 12: 110 cm. The best: 145 cm.
World rank
2319
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
373
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
152
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 912 m, 146 m above the national median.
Quality rank
359
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−2.9°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
23%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
5%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
23km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 35
Frequency 14
Freedom from rain 40
Calm when snowing (model grid) 91
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Resort Nekoyama | 2.7 km | 105 cmsame grid cell | 2319 |
| Kenmin no Mori Ski Area | 13.0 km | 116 cm | 2148 |
| Ibukinosato Ski Area | 22.0 km | 115 cm | 2167 |
| Kotobiki Forest Park Ski Area | 40.0 km | 129 cm | 1976 |
| Hiruzen Bear Valley Ski Resort | 42.0 km | 161 cm | 1527 |
Compare side by side with Snow Resort Nekoyama and Kenmin no Mori 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
3
Run length
2.2km
Lifts
2
Vertical
345m
Top 1,077 m · base 732 m
Run map
IntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map1.4 km
Steepest pitch19°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs10.8°
Which way the slopes face
North 0%
East 0%
South 52%
West 48%
Only 0% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is south (52%).
By difficulty
Intermediate 1 · 1.4 km
Advanced 2 · 0.8 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 47% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 17 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
24cmDec
36cmJan
28cmFeb
17cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 105 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 46 cm; the biggest was 2016/17 with 145 cm (3.2 times as much).
95
46
145
118
87
65
100
120
115
113
145
107
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.
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Videos
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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 14 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| ひばごん郷温泉 | 2.1 km | 14℃ cold | radioactive (radon) |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hiba-Dōgo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park比婆道後帝釈国定公園 | Nature | 2.8 km |
| Okuizumo Orochi Loop奥出雲おろちループ | Landmark | 8.1 km |
| 広島県民の森 | Park | 11.9 km |
| 斐乃上温泉 | Hot spring town | 14.2 km |
| Mount Azuma吾妻山 (広島県・島根県) | Mountain | 15.8 km |
| Okuhino Prefectural Natural Park奥日野県立自然公園 | Nature | 18.7 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.
Going with children
- Kids’ area
- Not checked
- Childcare
- Not checked
- Parking
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Rental
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Checked on the official site (13 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
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