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Hakusan Senjo Onsen Seymour Ski Area

白山セイモアスキー場

Off season

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

507cm

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: 305–1,020 m
Across: 2.0 km

The four expert runs carry musical names: Symphony, Rhapsody, Bolero and Prelude. The terrain is steep, and on days with avalanche risk those runs are closed. Off the marked courses the ground is steep as well, and the resort warns that skiing there can set off avalanches. Sources: sam-hakusan.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

507cm

per season

Worst of 12 winters

246cm

The middle winter of the 12: 494 cm. The best: 719 cm.

World rank

of 3,069 worldwide

Rank in country

of 397 in Japan

Elevation rank

233

Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 633 m, 133 m below the national median.

Quality rank

238

of 397 in Japan

Temp when snowing

−1.4°C

Japanese median: −3.6°C

Rain days

39%

Japanese median: 16%

Days over 5 cm

30%

Japanese median: 15%

Wind when snowing

18km/h

Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops

Dryness 24

Frequency 85

Freedom from rain 35

Calm when snowing (model grid) 96

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
SAM Hakusan Ichirino Ski Resort	9.1 km	526 cm	78
Ookuradake Kogen Ski Area	15.0 km	215 cm	995
Kanazawa Municipal Ski Resort	21.0 km	314 cm	430
IOX-AROSA	22.0 km	314 cm	430
Hida Kawai Ski Resort	37.0 km	345 cm	292

Compare side by side with SAM Hakusan Ichirino Ski Resort and Ookuradake Kogen 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

Run length

8.9km

Lifts

Vertical

716m

Top 1,020 m · base 305 m

Run map

EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift

North is up. Runs are coloured by difficulty; black lines are lifts.

Slope shape, difficulty and lift types

The shape of the mountain

Longest run on the map2.7 km

Steepest pitch36°measured over at least 30 m

Average gradient of the runs14.6°

Which way the slopes face

North 42%

East 7%

South 2%

West 49%

Only 49% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is west (49%).

By difficulty

Easy 3 · 4.1 km

Intermediate 4 · 2.9 km

Advanced 4 · 1.9 km

Lift types

Chairlift4

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 36% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. For skiing, though, the amount matters more than the share: March brings 65 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.

136cm

Dec

179cm

Jan

127cm

Feb

65cm

Mar

Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 507 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 246 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 719 cm (2.9 times as much).

485

246

680

719

430

358

577

636

503

458

574

414

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

This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.

Roads nearby国道157号 ↗From the resort: 12.1 kmOperated by: 北陸地方整備局金沢河川国道事務所

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Hakusan webcams & snow report — all 3 ski areas →

Videos

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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 35.9 °C).

Show the sources

Source	Distance	Temperature	pH	Type	Analysed
a spring in 河内村千丈1号	0.9 km	35.9℃ warm	—	simple	1975
瀬波川温泉瀬波川温泉1号源泉	3.5 km	28℃ lukewarm	8.9 alkaline	bicarbonate	1974

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
Shirayama Hime Shrine白山比咩神社	Shrine	11.3 km
Chūgū Onsen中宮温泉	Hot spring town	11.5 km
Kinken-gū金剱宮	Shrine	13.1 km
Ishikawa Zooいしかわ動物園	Museum	16.3 km
Iwase-ke岩瀬家住宅	Landmark	17.1 km
Yuwaku Onsen湯涌温泉	Hot spring town	17.3 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 car: about 45 minutes from Hakusan IC (Hokuriku Expressway) via Route 157; about 40 minutes from Komatsu IC via Route 360
Winter roads: Hard to reach by public transport. Direct bus from Kanazawa Station on specified days (adult 1,100 yen one way)

Source: sam-hakusan.com · checked 1 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.

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Going with children

Kids’ area: Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Childcare: Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
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. Compare with other ski areas →

Places to stay nearbyPR

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4 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 4 with a listed price.

Property (links to Rakuten Travel)	Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.)	Rating	Distance	Getting there
千丈温泉清流	¥10,500	5.00／5 13 reviews	1.0 km	JR金沢駅から車で約1時間/北陸鉄道石川線【鶴来駅】より車で約30分

Pick dates and guests to check rooms on Rakuten Travel

Prices are the lowest Rakuten Travel lists; a property name, or “Pick dates and guests” above, shows prices and rooms for your dates.

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Places to stay on the map

3 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: 4.8 km

Show the nearest places

Nearest first

中山旅館 4.8 km
やまもと旅館 7.2 km
民宿獅子吼荘 11.7 km

Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

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