ひるぜんベアバレー
By: Liz Kate · 2 Jan
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
161cm
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
- 590–726 m
- Across
- 0.8 km
Leave the Yonago Expressway at the Hiruzen exit and the base is about five minutes away. Night skiing runs every evening of the season, so it is possible to come and ski after work or after arriving late in the afternoon. Sources: bear-ski.amebaownd.com, okayama-kanko.jp, maniwa.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
161cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
78cm
The middle winter of the 12: 170 cm. The best: 238 cm.
World rank
1527
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
303
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
238
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 623 m, 143 m below the national median.
Quality rank
341
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−2.1°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
29%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
10%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
21km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 29
Frequency 28
Freedom from rain 35
Calm when snowing (model grid) 93
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kagamiganaru Ski Area | 9.6 km | 185 cm | 1281 |
| Daisen Masumizu Kogen Snow Park | 14.0 km | 160 cm | 1541 |
| Daisen White Resort | 16.0 km | 158 cm | 1564 |
| Ibukinosato Ski Area | 20.0 km | 115 cm | 2167 |
| Dogoyama-Kougen Ski Resort | 42.0 km | 105 cm | 2319 |
Compare side by side with Kagamiganaru Ski Area and Daisen Masumizu Kogen 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
7
Run length
2.1km
Lifts
3
Vertical
137m
Top 726 m · base 590 m
Run map
NoviceOther Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map0.6 km
Steepest pitch22°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs10.8°
Which way the slopes face
North 89%
East 4%
South 0%
West 8%
93% 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
Novice 2 · 0.1 km
Other 5 · 2 km
Lift types
- Chairlift2
- Magic carpet1
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 42% 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 24 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
37cmDec
57cmJan
43cmFeb
24cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 161 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 78 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 238 cm (3.1 times as much).
131
78
213
175
146
95
133
194
190
169
238
170
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.
Live cameras
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Daisen webcams & snow report — all 4 ski areas →
Videos
Videos remain the copyright of whoever filmed them. JAPANSNOWLINE stores no video and plays everything through the standard YouTube player.
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
1 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 27.6 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 蒜山高原温泉 | 2.6 km | 27.6℃ lukewarm | alkaline simple | 1991 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hiruzen Kōgen Centerヒルゼン高原センター | Leisure | 4.9 km |
| Hiruzen Plateau蒜山高原 | Mountain | 7.7 km |
| Daisen大山 (鳥取県) | Mountain | 13.5 km |
| Kamochi Shrine金持神社 | Shrine | 13.5 km |
| Daisen-ji Temple大山寺 (鳥取県大山町) | Temple | 15.7 km |
| Mount Senjō (Tottori)船上山 | Mountain | 18.8 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.
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 nearbyPR
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6 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 6 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 蒜山 コテージ 森の散歩 | ¥7,270 | — | 0.4 km | 米子自動車道【蒜山IC】より車で5分。大自然の中の貸コテージ♪ |
| コテージ蒜山の森 | ¥7,270 | — | 0.4 km | 中国勝山駅よりコミュニティバスにて60分。蒜山インターよりお車にて5分 |
| 森の中の喫茶とお宿もりくらす | ¥12,300 | 5.00／5 8 reviews | 0.6 km | JR伯備線 「江尾駅」車約20分。米子自動車道、蒜山ICから車で約5分。 |
| 蒜山インターホテル | ¥5,280 | 3.75／5 70 reviews | 2.2 km | 米子自動車道 蒜山ICを出て左へ約1分(約800m) |
| フェアフィールド・バイ・マリオット・岡山蒜山高原 | ¥5,899 | 4.42／5 145 reviews | 3.0 km | 国道482号沿い。米子自動車道、蒜山ICから車で約2分。JR「江尾駅」車約20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
6 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: 0.7 km
Show the nearest places
Nearest first
- グランピングログコテージ ヴィラ 0.7 km
- フェアフィールド・バイ・マリオット 岡山蒜山高原 3.0 km
- ひるぜん塩釜キャンピングヴィレッジ 8.7 km
- ひるぜん塩釜キャンピングヴィレッジ 8.7 km
- 癒しの宿 やまなみ 9.2 km
- 旅館かど屋 11.7 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
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