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.
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 →
The car parks sit on the national highway, and the Castor Plaza base centre is just across the JR Oito Line tracks. The advanced New Paradise run looks down over Lake Aoki. A mogul line follows the No. 5 pair lift on the same run. Sources: sanosaka.jp, go-nagano.net, hakubavalley.com (sources read 12 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
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).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kashimayari Snow Resort | 2.5 km | 449 cm | 110 |
| Hakuba Goryu | 4.8 km | 414 cm | 155 |
| Hakuba 47 | 5.6 km | 668 cm | 21 |
| Jiigatake Snow Resort | 7.8 km | 449 cm | 110 |
| Hakuba Happo-One | 8.4 km | 414 cm | 155 |
Compare side by side with Kashimayari Snow Resort and Hakuba Goryu →
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.
93% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
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.
Official figures: 10 runs, longest 2,600 m, 4 chairlifts, 460 m vertical, 40% beginner, 40% intermediate, 20% advanced. Source (checked 2 Oct)
The most snow falls in January. March brings 45% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 62 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 415 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 301 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 609 cm (2.0 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
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Hakuba Valley webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
More than we show here.
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 白馬 weather station — 8.7 km from this ski area, 281 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 447 cm |
| 2023/24 | 444 cm |
| 2024/25 | 648 cm |
| 2025/26 | 248 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 453 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
Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Aoki青木湖 | Nature | 1.9 km |
| Lake Nakatsuna中綱湖 | Nature | 2.8 km |
| Lake Kizaki木崎湖 | Nature | 7.2 km |
| Kurobe Gorge黒部峡谷 | Nature | 13.9 km |
| Kurobe Dam黒部ダム | Landmark | 16.8 km |
| Mount Tsurugi剱岳 | Mountain | 19.6 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.
Getting there
Source: sanosaka.jp · checked 1 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.
Checked on the official site (12 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese.
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE HOTEL GRAND HAKUBA | ¥5,500 | 4.33／5 10 reviews | 0.7 km | JR大糸線簗場(やなば)駅より送迎10分/長野自動車道|安曇野IC・上信越自動車道|長野ICより約60分 |
| プチペンション アルファ | ¥9,790 | 4.25／5 95 reviews | 0.9 km | 長野道安曇野I.Cから50分 青木湖畔 |
| 雪ノ音 ^ | ¥17,400 | — | 1.2 km | 南神城駅から徒歩で約3分 |
| Lakeside villa SUI HAKUBA | ¥30,000 | — | 2.5 km | 簗場駅より徒歩11分、安曇野ICより車で約50分 |
| 鹿島槍スポーツヴィレッジ | ¥3,000 | 3.86／5 51 reviews | 3.0 km | 長野自動車道安曇野ICよりお車にて60分。 |
Prices are the lowest Rakuten Travel lists; a property name, or “Pick dates and guests” above, shows prices and rooms for your dates.
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese. · Property data by Rakuten Travel (Supported by Rakuten Developers)
1 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: 11.2 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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