【岩手・北上市】夏油高原スキー場！パウダーハンターが勝負を挑む！豪雪！夏油！さぁ！一狩されようぜ！
By: K channel 岩手 · 2026-01-15
Geto Kogen is a ski area in Iwate, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 664–1061 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 2.4 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 15 marked runs and 5 lifts, totalling about 13 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 404 cm of snowfall a season, 165th (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. The nearest city of any size is Morioka, about 57 km away. 1 official live camera is linked below. 37 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
Base depth
0cm
Snow 24h
0cm
Snow 48h
0cm
Next 24h
0cm
Next 72h
0cm
Temperature
13.3℃
Max wind
9km/h
Elevation (est.)
664–1061m
Area
2.4km²
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 0/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 0/20
Wind 10/10
Base 0/5
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☁️ 26 Sept | 0 | 11.1 / 15 | 8.5 |
| 🌦️ 27 Sept | 0 | 12.6 / 18 | 9 |
| 🌧️ 28 Sept | 0 | 14 / 19.1 | 8.6 |
| 🌦️ 29 Sept | 0 | 9.3 / 16.2 | 21.9 |
| ☀️ 30 Sept | 0 | 9.1 / 18 | 10.6 |
| 🌧️ 1 Oct | 0 | 9.2 / 19.7 | 18.7 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 7.2 / 10.8 | 21.7 |
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
15
Run length
13km
Lifts
5
Vertical
426m
Top 1,063 m · base 636 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvancedOther Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map3.0 km
Steepest pitch32°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs13.6°
Which way the slopes face
North 14%
East 79%
South 7%
West 0%
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
Easy 3
Intermediate 5
Advanced 6
Other 1
Lift types
- Chairlift3
- Gondola2
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
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Geto and Kitakami webcams & snow report — all 2 ski areas →
See the snow in motion
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Official YouTube channel
More than we show here.
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.
Seasonal snowfall
404 cm
per season
Range over three winters
76 cm
365–441 cm. Steadier from winter to winter than most.
World rank
165
of 3,112 worldwide
Rank in country
92
of 395 in Japan
Elevation rank
178
Highest to lowest, of 395 in Japan. The centre point sits at 811 m, 58 m above the national median.
Quality rank
71
of 395 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-5.0°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
18%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
26%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
24 km/h
Dryness 0.50
Frequency 0.73
Freedom from rain 0.54
Calm when snowing 0.89
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choei Yuda Ski Area | 15 km | 374 cm | 226 |
| Jeunesse Kurikoma Ski Area | 17 km | 444 cm | 125 |
| Tengamori Ski Area | 26 km | 423 cm | 140 |
| Inakawa Ski Area Suberotta | 32 km | 254 cm | 713 |
| Gosannen Ski Area | 33 km | 298 cm | 495 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 48% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 60 cm, more than the median of 45 cm.
104cmDec
124cmJan
85cmFeb
60cmMar
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
2 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 67.2 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鷲合森(鷲合森) | 2.7 km | 38.5℃ warm | 7.3 neutral | — | — |
| 夏油ラジウムの湯 | 2.9 km | 67.2℃ hot | 6.8 neutral | — | — |
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Geto Onsen夏油温泉 | Hot spring town | 3 km |
| Geto Onsen no Sekkaika夏油温泉の石灰華 | Hot spring town | 3.5 km |
| Yuda Dam湯田ダム | Nature | 7.1 km |
| 湯田温泉峡 | Hot spring town | 9.9 km |
| Hottoyuda Stationほっとゆだ駅 | Landmark | 13.4 km |
| Isawa Dam胆沢ダム | Nature | 19 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.
Official piste map ↗ Coordinates: 39.2384, 140.8966
Places to stay nearby
2 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 夏油高原スキー場 | — | 3.50 33 reviews | — | 北上江釣子ICより25km（お車40分）JR北上駅より25km（冬季は無料のシャトルバス運行） |
| 夏油温泉 夏油山荘 | — | — | — | 北上駅よりバスにて70分/秋田自動車道・北上西ICより車で約40分/東北自動車道・北上江釣子ICより車で約50分 |
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Stay nearby
3 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
2 Hotel 1 Guest house
Nearest: 4.9 km
Nearest first
- 入畑温泉 瀬目乃湯 Hotel 4.9 km
- Semi Onsen Guest house 5.2 km
- 水神温泉 東館 Hotel 7.4 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 00:03