Japan · Gifu

Hida Kawai Ski Resort

飛騨かわいスキー場

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

345cm

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: 852–1,213 m
Across: 1.5 km

This small community ski area runs on natural snow alone, with no snowmaking. The Snow Debut slope for beginners is kept apart from the main runs, and on weekends part of the second slope is left ungroomed. Once the snow melts, the hillside opens for bracken picking. Sources: hidakawai.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

345cm

per season

Worst of 12 winters

233cm

The middle winter of the 12: 311 cm. The best: 601 cm.

World rank

292

of 3,069 worldwide

Rank in country

109

of 397 in Japan

Elevation rank

142

Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 936 m, 170 m above the national median.

Quality rank

152

of 397 in Japan

Temp when snowing

−3.6°C

Japanese median: −3.6°C

Rain days

22%

Japanese median: 16%

Days over 5 cm

22%

Japanese median: 15%

Wind when snowing

14km/h

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

Dryness 40

Frequency 63

Freedom from rain 43

Calm when snowing (model grid) 100

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
Hida Nagareha Resort	17.0 km	258 cm	673
Mont Deus Hida-kuraiyama Snow Park	23.0 km	150 cm	1665
Hida Funayama Snow Resort Arkopia	28.0 km	150 cm	1665
Hirugano Kogen Ski Resort	29.0 km	220 cm	953
Gujo Vacances Mura Ski Area	31.0 km	220 cm	953

Compare side by side with Hida Nagareha Resort and Mont Deus Hida-kuraiyama Snow Park →

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

3.3km

Lifts

Vertical

361m

Top 1,213 m · base 852 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 map0.9 km

Steepest pitch31°measured over at least 30 m

Average gradient of the runs11.6°

Which way the slopes face

North 72%

East 14%

South 0%

West 14%

86% 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 1 · 0.8 km

Intermediate 2 · 1.7 km

Advanced 1 · 0.9 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 41% 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. In amount, March brings 47 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.

100cm

Dec

116cm

Jan

82cm

Feb

47cm

Mar

Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 345 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 233 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 601 cm (2.6 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.

601

291

412

331

253

233

290

397

282

357

423

267

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41号 ↗From the resort: 6.4 kmOperated by: 中部地方整備局高山国道事務所

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Okumino webcams & snow report — all 14 ski areas →

Videos

2022年3月6日 20cm！春のドカ新雪

By: kawaii飛騨かわいスキー場 · 5 Mar

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Official YouTube channel

More than we show here.

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
Amō Pass天生峠	Mountain	10.6 km
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama白川郷・五箇山の合掌造り集落	Old streets	15.6 km
Shirakawa-gō白川郷	Old streets	15.7 km
Hikaru Museum光ミュージアム	Museum	16.5 km
Miboro Dam御母衣ダム	Landmark	18.4 km
Takayama Jin'ya高山陣屋	Historic site	19.5 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

Get directions ↗ Open in Google Maps ↗

Going with children

Kids’ area: Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Childcare: Not checked
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. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →

Places to stay on the map

2 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: 5.9 km

Show the nearest places

Nearest first

Hida Furukawa youth hostel 5.9 km

Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗

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