2026年2月22日 ひるぜんベアバレースキー場
By: ナギチューブ · 2026-02-22
Hiruzen Bear Valley Ski Resort is a ski area in Okayama, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 580–738 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 0.8 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 8 marked runs and 3 lifts, totalling about 2.1 km of piste. There is no settled snow at the moment — the season has not started here yet. Over the last three winters the ERA5 reanalysis gives it 192 cm of snowfall a season, 1148th (tied) of the 3,112 ski areas we measure worldwide. The model runs well below what resorts report, so the ranking is the meaningful part rather than the centimetre figure. 1 official live camera is linked below. 23 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
Base depth
0cm
Snow 24h
0cm
Snow 48h
0cm
Next 24h
0cm
Next 72h
0cm
Temperature
18.8℃
Max wind
7km/h
Elevation (est.)
580–738m
Area
0.8km²
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 0/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 0/20
Wind 10/10
Base 0/5
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌦️ 27 Sept | 0 | 16.5 / 19.1 | 7 |
| 🌧️ 28 Sept | 0 | 17.2 / 20.6 | 6.5 |
| 🌦️ 29 Sept | 0 | 14 / 18.6 | 7.7 |
| 🌤️ 30 Sept | 0 | 10.8 / 20.6 | 7.3 |
| 🌦️ 1 Oct | 0 | 9.9 / 19.3 | 14.7 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 7.4 / 15.5 | 16.9 |
| ☁️ 3 Oct | 0 | 7.4 / 16.7 | 6.4 |
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
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
Other 5
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.
Live Cameras
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Daisen webcams & snow report — all 5 ski areas →
See the snow in motion
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How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,112 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Seasonal snowfall
192 cm
per season
Range over three winters
69 cm
169–238 cm. The best winter was 1.4x the worst.
World rank
1148
of 3,112 worldwide
Rank in country
285
of 395 in Japan
Elevation rank
236
Highest to lowest, of 395 in Japan. The centre point sits at 623 m, 130 m below the national median.
Quality rank
339
of 395 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-2.1°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
29%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
10%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
21 km/h
Dryness 0.29
Frequency 0.28
Freedom from rain 0.35
Calm when snowing 0.93
The tick marks the median across the 395 Japanese ski areas. All four bars run the same way — longer is better.
The quality score deliberately excludes how much snow falls — it uses temperature, frequency, rain and wind. Snowing a lot and snowing well are different things.
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km straight line. Measured the same way, so the ranks compare directly. Ski areas a few kilometres apart share a weather grid cell and can return the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kagamiganaru Ski Area | 9.6 km | 221 cm | 921 |
| OkuDaisen Ski resort | 10 km | 221 cm | 921 |
| Daisen Masumizu Kogen Snow Park | 14 km | 193 cm | 1139 |
| Daisen White Resort | 16 km | 192 cm | 1148 |
| Ski & Board Resort Tsuguro Kogen | 18 km | 134 cm | 1759 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 44% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 25 cm, less than the median of 45 cm.
38cmDec
57cmJan
44cmFeb
25cmMar
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).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | 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
Places within 20 km of this ski area, for a day off the slopes or an evening. Chosen from those most read about on Wikipedia, favouring places with an English Wikipedia article, and listed nearest first.
| 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 |
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
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Official piste map ↗ Coordinates: 35.2595, 133.5978
Places to stay nearby
6 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 蒜山インターホテル | ¥5,280 | 3.75 70 reviews | — | 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 | 4.42 145 reviews | — | 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。 |
| 蒜山 コテージ 森の散歩 | ¥7,270 | — | — | 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 | — | — | 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 8 reviews | — | 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。 |
| 森のオ－ベルジュ | — | — | — | 中国勝山駅よりコミュニティバスにて約６０分。蒜山インタ－より車で約５分。 |
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Stay nearby
8 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
6 Hotel 1 Guest house 1 Hostel
Nearest: 0.7 km
Nearest first
- コテージ蒜山の森 白壁のログコテージ Guest house 0.7 km
- グランピングログコテージ ヴィラ Hotel 0.7 km
- 蒜山インターホテル Hotel 2.2 km
- フェアフィールド・バイ・マリオット 岡山蒜山高原 Hotel 3 km
- ひるぜん塩釜キャンピングヴィレッジ Hotel 8.7 km
- ひるぜん塩釜キャンピングヴィレッジ Hotel 8.7 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
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Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28