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 →
Around 60 percent of visitors are groups training at the neighbouring national youth centre, Norikura Seishonen Koryu no Ie. Takayama city, which runs the slope, has said it will keep the ski area open for as long as the centre remains. The hill is partway up Mount Norikura. Sources: city.takayama.lg.jp, hidatakayama.or.jp (sources read 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honokidaira Ski Area | 6.0 km | 354 cmsame grid cell | 277 |
| Hirayu Onsen Ski Area | 12.0 km | 384 cm | 201 |
| Blue Resort Norikura | 16.0 km | 317 cm | 421 |
| Hida Funayama Snow Resort Arkopia | 20.0 km | 150 cm | 1665 |
| Mont Deus Hida-kuraiyama Snow Park | 21.0 km | 150 cm | 1665 |
Compare side by side with Honokidaira Ski Area and Hirayu Onsen Ski Area →
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.
Only 24% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is west (71%).
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.
The most snow falls in January. March brings 60% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 65 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 354 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2025/26 with 246 cm; the biggest was 2016/17 with 458 cm (1.9 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.
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
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Norikura and Hida webcams & snow report — all 9 ski areas →
3 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 22.8 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 泉ヶ平鉱泉 | 1.1 km | 6℃ cold | 4.6 mildly acidic | carbon dioxide | 1953 |
| a spring in 丹生川村 | 4.1 km | 22℃ cold | 6.4 neutral | bicarbonate | 1957 |
| 銚子温泉 | 4.3 km | 22.8℃ cold | 6.5 neutral | — | 1967 |
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
Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ohashi Collection Kan Museum大橋コレクション館 | Museum | 4.8 km |
| Mount Norikura乗鞍岳 | Mountain | 11.3 km |
| Takayama Jin'ya高山陣屋 | Historic site | 15.7 km |
| Mount Yake焼岳 | Mountain | 16.6 km |
| Hida Ichinomiya Minashi Shrine飛騨一宮水無神社 | Shrine | 17.6 km |
| Hikaru Museum光ミュージアム | Museum | 18.1 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: hidatakayama.or.jp · checked 1 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.
We have not yet checked the family facilities (kids’ area, childcare, parking, rental) on the official site. See the official site ↗
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese.
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.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 岩滝荘 | ¥4,500 | 3.33／5 48 reviews | 7.7 km | JR 高山駅より車で20分 東海北陸高山インターより20分 |
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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