Japan · Gifu

Hida Funayama Snow Resort Arkopia

ひだ舟山スノーリゾートアルコピアスキー場くるみ
Off season
Snow and slopes at Hida Funayama Snow Resort Arkopia
Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

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
150cm

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
857–1,259 m
Across
2.0 km

Opened in 1963, the Takayama city-run ski area closed after 59 years, with the 2022-23 winter its last. It was taken over by a former snowboard competitor whose grandfather once ran a hut on the hill, and reopened with snow play as the focus. In summer the slope is covered by a sunflower garden. Sources: chunichi.co.jp, gifu-np.co.jp, hidatakayama.or.jp (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
150cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
101cm
The middle winter of the 12: 136 cm. The best: 262 cm.
World rank
1665
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
317
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
119
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,011 m, 245 m above the national median.
Quality rank
332
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−2.7°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
23%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
7%
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 34
Frequency 21
Freedom from rain 41
Calm when snowing (model grid) 97

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
Mont Deus Hida-kuraiyama Snow Park4.2 km150 cmsame grid cell1665
Hida Takayama Municipal Ski Resort20.0 km354 cm277
Meiho Ski Resort22.0 km193 cm1217
Mia Ski Resort26.0 km250 cm734
Honokidaira Ski Area26.0 km354 cm277

Compare side by side with Mont Deus Hida-kuraiyama Snow Park and Hida Takayama Municipal Ski Resort →

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
10
Run length
6.4km
Lifts
4
Vertical
402m
Top 1,259 m · base 857 m

Run map

EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
North is up. Runs are coloured by difficulty; black lines are lifts.
Run map

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Slope shape, difficulty and lift types

The shape of the mountain

Longest run on the map1.0 km
Steepest pitch28°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs11.8°

Which way the slopes face

North 31%
East 64%
South 4%
West 1%

95% 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 4 · 2.9 km
Intermediate 2 · 1.1 km
Advanced 4 · 2.4 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 55% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 27 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.

39cm
Dec
49cm
Jan
34cm
Feb
27cm
Mar
Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 150 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 101 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 262 cm (2.6 times as much).

262
101
156
135
114
102
127
175
137
189
178
125
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.

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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
Hida Ichinomiya Minashi Shrine飛騨一宮水無神社Shrine5.8 km
Garyū-zakura臥龍桜Nature6.3 km
Hida Folk Village飛騨民俗村Museum11.2 km
Takayama Jin'ya高山陣屋Historic site11.9 km
Hida Kokubun-ji Temple飛騨国分寺Temple12.3 km
Hikaru Museum光ミュージアムMuseum13.9 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.

We have not yet checked the family facilities (kids’ area, childcare, parking, rental) on the official site.

Places to stay nearbyPR

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

Property (links to Rakuten Travel)Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.)RatingDistanceGetting there
お宿 西本館 ¥4,550—2.5 kmJR 久々野駅より徒歩7分/高山駅より車で20分
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Places to stay on the map

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: 10.1 km

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Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

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