Japan · Shizuoka

Fujiyama Snow Resort Yeti

スノーパーク イエティ
Off season
Official site
Snow and slopes at Fujiyama Snow Resort Yeti
Photo: Ski Mania / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Open Running since 23 Oct. reopened at 9 a.m. on 31 October; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for now, with no night skiing. Confirmed on the resort’s own channels on 31 Oct.

No snow yet. Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear once snow is on the ground or forecast.

Typical snowfall
97cm

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
1,346–1,441 m
Across
0.8 km

Every season Yeti sets out to be the first ski area in Japan to open. It is at the second station of Mount Fuji, about 30 minutes by car from Gotemba IC on the Tomei Expressway, and direct liner buses also run to the slopes. Sources: yeti-resort.com (sources read 13 Oct 2026; reviewed by the editor)

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
97cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
37cm
The middle winter of the 12: 102 cm. The best: 152 cm.
World rank
2406
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
379
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
43
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,429 m, 663 m above the national median.
Quality rank
364
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−2.3°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
23%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
5%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
9km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 31
Frequency 13
Freedom from rain 41
Calm when snowing (model grid) 100

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
Fujiten Snow Resort17.0 km125 cm2029
Kamui Misaka Ski31.0 km99 cm2386

Compare side by side with Fujiten Snow Resort and Kamui Misaka Ski →

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
5
Run length
2km
Lifts
6
Vertical
94m
Top 1,441 m · base 1,346 m

Run map

EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
North is up. Runs are coloured by difficulty; black lines are lifts.Lifts that run far beyond the ski area are cut at the edge of the map.
Run map

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Slope shape, difficulty and lift types

The shape of the mountain

Longest run on the map0.6 km
Steepest pitch20°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs8.9°

Which way the slopes face

North 1%
East 54%
South 45%
West 0%

55% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east; plenty of the terrain faces the sun as well, so the lean is modest.

By difficulty

Easy 3 · 1.4 km
Intermediate 1 · 0.3 km
Advanced 1 · 0.3 km

Lift types

  • Chairlift3
  • Magic carpet3

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 March. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 38 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.

6cm
Dec
24cm
Jan
29cm
Feb
38cm
Mar
Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 97 cm, and 4 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2014/15 with 37 cm; the biggest was 2016/17 with 152 cm (4.1 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.

37
67
152
103
101
143
53
107
102
139
98
60
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

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Videos

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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 Hōei宝永山Nature5.1 km
Mount Fuji富士山Mountain7.8 km
Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration富士山-信仰の対象と芸術の源泉Nature7.8 km
Mount Ashitaka愛鷹山Mountain9.7 km
Fuji Five Lakes富士五湖Nature15.6 km
Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha富士山本宮浅間大社Shrine16.9 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 ↗

Getting there

By train
Mishima Station (JR, Tokaido Shinkansen) or Susono Station (JR Gotemba Line): local bus from the South Exit of Mishima Station or from Susono Station; there is also a direct liner bus that must be booked in advance. Check operating days and times on the official site
By car
about 20 minutes from Susono IC (Tomei Expressway) via the Fujisan Skyline, or about 30 minutes from Gotemba IC (Tomei Expressway)
Winter roads
when traffic backs up near Susono IC the resort suggests a detour via Route 246 and the Fujisan Skyline; the Skyline's road conditions (whether normal tyres are OK) are posted on the resort's home page

Source: yeti-resort.com · checked 7 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.

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
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 →

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
PICA富士ぐりんぱ ¥7,3004.50/5 24 reviews1.1 km東名高速 御殿場インターよりお車にて約30分
MOSS十里木キャンプリゾート ¥13,1004.38/5 37 reviews2.9 km御殿場駅よりお車にて約40分
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Places to stay on the map

18 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: 4.9 km

Show the nearest places

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Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

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