Gosannen Ski Area is a ski area in Akita, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 49–74 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 0.3 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 5 marked runs and 3 lifts, totalling about 0.5 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 298 cm of snowfall a season, 495th (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. 38 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 | 17 / 24.3 | 7.6 |
| 🌦️ 28 Sept | 0 | 17.5 / 25.9 | 11.2 |
| 🌤️ 29 Sept | 0 | 14.7 / 21.8 | 14.7 |
| 🌤️ 30 Sept | 0 | 11.6 / 21.9 | 5.8 |
| 🌦️ 1 Oct | 0 | 11.9 / 23.6 | 14.7 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 10.6 / 17.7 | 27.3 |
| 🌦️ 3 Oct | 0 | 9.3 / 17.3 | 16.2 |
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
Only 7% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Rope tow3
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omagari Family Ski Area | 14 km | 265 cm | 643 |
| Choei Yuda Ski Area | 21 km | 374 cm | 226 |
| Inakawa Ski Area Suberotta | 22 km | 254 cm | 713 |
| Tengamori Ski Area | 23 km | 423 cm | 140 |
| Jeunesse Kurikoma Ski Area | 28 km | 444 cm | 125 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 25% 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 21 cm, less than the median of 45 cm.
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 横手 weather station — 4.6 km from this ski area, 2 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 490 cm |
| 2023/24 | 329 cm |
| 2024/25 | 615 cm |
| 2025/26 | 526 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 298 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
4 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 41 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 雁の湯 | 0.4 km | 41℃ warm | 8.2 mildly alkaline | — | — |
| 睦成追回 | 3.6 km | 36.8℃ warm | 8 mildly alkaline | sulphur | — |
| 睦成簡易保険保養センター | 4.2 km | 36℃ warm | 8.2 mildly alkaline | — | — |
| 塩湯彦 | 4.7 km | 40.8℃ warm | 7.6 mildly alkaline | sulphur | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Yokote Castle横手城 | Historic site | 4.8 km |
| Yokote Park横手公園 | Park | 4.8 km |
| Akita Furusato-mura秋田ふるさと村 | Leisure | 7.5 km |
| Akita Museum of Modern Art秋田県立近代美術館 | Museum | 7.6 km |
| Former Ikeda Family Gardens旧池田氏庭園 | Park | 11.1 km |
| Hotta-no-saku払田柵跡 | Historic site | 12 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 ↗Places to stay nearby
16 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| クォードインｙｏｋｏｔｅ | ¥3,100 | 4.20 1391 reviews | 5.9 km | ■ＪＲ横手駅西口より徒歩約5分■秋田自動車道横手ICより車4分■秋田空港・花巻空港より車60分☆無料駐車場139台完備☆ |
| プラザイーストキャビン（横手プラザホテル） | ¥3,500 | 4.25 119 reviews | 5.8 km | JR横手駅目の前徒歩30秒 横手ICより5分 秋田空港・花巻空港より車60分 横手バスターミナル徒歩2分 |
| 横手プラザホテル | ¥3,600 | 4.15 2222 reviews | 5.8 km | JR横手駅東口目の前徒歩30秒 横手ICより5分 秋田空港・花巻空港より車60分 横手バスターミナル徒歩2分 |
| ホテルレディースプラザ横手 | ¥3,700 | 4.30 42 reviews | 5.8 km | JR横手駅西口目の前徒歩30秒 横手ICより5分 秋田空港・花巻空港より車60分 横手バスターミナル徒歩3分 |
| 横手セントラルホテル | ¥3,700 | 4.28 1886 reviews | 6.2 km | JR奥羽本線「横手駅」下車徒歩15分、タクシーで3分。 秋田自動車道横手ICより国道107号線経由で約8分 |
| Ｒｅｇｉｏｎｓ Ｈｏｓｔｅｌ | ¥4,100 | 4.23 27 reviews | 7.2 km | 横手駅西口よりお車で約５分、秋田自動車道横手ＩＣより約２分。横手駅からバス（羽後交通ふるさと村線）もございます。 |
| 尾張屋旅館 | ¥4,900 | 4.13 56 reviews | 5.7 km | 横手駅より徒歩１０分 |
| 美郷町宿泊交流館ワクアス | ¥5,800 | 4.16 100 reviews | 4 km | [車]秋田自動車道・大曲ICより約15分または横手ＩＣより約20分[電車]JR飯詰駅よりタクシー約5分 |
| ホテル ルートイン 横手インター | ¥5,875 | 4.10 562 reviews | 7.8 km | ＪＲ 奥羽本線 横手駅／秋田自動車道 横手インターチェンジ降りてすぐ、交通アクセスは抜群！！ |
| ホテルプラザアネックス横手 | ¥6,160 | 4.33 3439 reviews | 5.8 km | JR横手駅徒歩2分！ 横手ICより5分、秋田空港・花巻空港より車60分、横手バスターミナル徒歩3分 |
| 横手の街宿 かまだや | ¥6,300 | 3.78 10 reviews | 5.6 km | 横手駅から徒歩で５分 |
| ＨＯＴＥＬ ＮＯＳＴＡＬ ＹＯＫＯＴＥ | ¥7,010 | 4.41 328 reviews | 5.8 km | ◆JR横手駅徒歩約２分◆駐車場からホテルまで屋根付き◆秋田自動車道横手ICより車5分◆秋田空港・花巻空港より車６０分◆ |
Show the other 4
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 民泊よこてこよ／民泊 | ¥7,018 | — | 4.3 km | 横手駅より徒歩で4分 |
| 横手温泉 ホテルプラザ迎賓 | ¥14,300 | 4.55 705 reviews | 5.9 km | JR横手駅東口徒歩2分 秋田自動車道横手IC5分 秋田空港・花巻空港から車60分 横手バスターミナル徒歩3分 |
| ファミリーロッジ旅籠屋・秋田六郷店 | — | — | 5.9 km | ＪＲ奥羽本線「飯詰駅」「大曲駅」「横手駅」／秋田自動車道「横手ＩＣ」下車、国道13号線を大曲方面直進約15km |
| 阿部旅館＜秋田県＞ | — | — | 5.6 km | 奥羽本線 横手駅より徒歩６〜７分、車で３分 |
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Stay nearby
24 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 4 km
Nearest first
- ホテルテトラリゾート秋田横手温泉 Hotel 4.3 km
- PLAZA EAST CABIN Hostel 5.8 km
- HOTEL NOSTAL YOKOTE Hotel 5.8 km
- Yokote Plaza Hotel Hotel 5.8 km
- Family Lodge Hatagoya Akita Rokugo Hotel 6.3 km
- Regions Hostel Hotel 7.2 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
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Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28