Hyounosen Movie Vol1
By: kokusai hyounosen · 1 Feb
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
205cm
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
- 606–943 m
- Across
- 2.0 km
Romance Right is known as a proving ground for technique tests, and races are held next door on Romance Left. The area has what it calls Kansai's only race centre, and its school teaches everyone from small children to competitors. The terrain faces north on the flank of Mount Hyonosen. Sources: hyounosen.jp (sources read 13 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
Weather models read low in the mountains: a Japan Meteorological Agency station 9 km away measured 528 cm a winter over the last three seasons, against 247 cm from the model.
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
205cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
66cm
The middle winter of the 12: 215 cm. The best: 313 cm.
World rank
1105
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
255
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
177
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 817 m, 51 m above the national median.
Quality rank
313
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−2.0°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
25%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
14%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
20km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 29
Frequency 39
Freedom from rain 35
Calm when snowing (model grid) 94
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hachikogen Ski Resort | 2.8 km | 237 cm | 810 |
| Wakasa Hyonosen Ski Resort | 3.7 km | 205 cmsame grid cell | 1105 |
| Hyper Bowl Tohachi | 4.1 km | 200 cm | 1149 |
| Sky Valley Ski Area | 4.8 km | 197 cm | 1174 |
| Hachikita Kogen | 7.9 km | 235 cm | 823 |
Compare side by side with Hachikogen Ski Resort and Wakasa Hyonosen 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
3
Run length
2.3km
Lifts
4
Vertical
337m
Top 943 m · base 606 m
Run map
EasyIntermediate Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map0.9 km
Steepest pitch21°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs12.5°
Which way the slopes face
North 25%
East 68%
South 6%
West 0%
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
Easy 1 · 0.9 km
Intermediate 2 · 1.4 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 43% 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 30 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
53cmDec
70cmJan
52cmFeb
30cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 205 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 66 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 313 cm (4.7 times as much).
132
66
266
240
192
126
175
313
207
222
286
234
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
On the mountain氷ノ山国際スキー場 ↗Roads nearby国道482号 ↗From the resort: 3.9 kmOperated by: 中国地方整備局 倉吉河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道29号 ↗From the resort: 7.4 kmOperated by: 近畿地方整備局 姫路河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道9号 ↗From the resort: 8.4 kmOperated by: 近畿地方整備局 豊岡河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道29号 ↗From the resort: 8.5 kmOperated by: 中国地方整備局 鳥取河川国道事務所
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Hyonosen and Hachikita webcams & snow report — all 9 ski areas →
Videos
Videos remain the copyright of whoever filmed them. JAPANSNOWLINE stores no video and plays everything through the standard YouTube player.
Official YouTube channel
More than we show here.
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 兎和野高原 weather station — 9 km from this ski area, 284 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 528 cm |
| 2023/24 | 303 cm |
| 2024/25 | 699 cm |
| 2025/26 | 582 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 247 cm.
A weather station is not a ski slope. We picked one at a similar elevation, but it stands in a valley or a village. More snow falls on the mountain above it. We have not tried to guess how much more.
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency historical records
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Hyōno氷ノ山 | Mountain | 1.8 km |
| Hachibuse Highlands鉢伏高原 | Nature | 2.4 km |
| Ojiro小代区 | Old streets | 10.1 km |
| Fudō-in Iwaya-dō Temple不動院岩屋堂 | Temple | 11.4 km |
| Mount Myōken妙見山 (養父市・香美町) | Nature | 11.8 km |
| 長楽寺 (兵庫県香美町) | Temple | 15.8 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
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese.
24 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 12 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ハチ高原 かつみや | ¥6,500 | 4.00／5 172 reviews | 1.1 km | ★北近畿豊岡自動車道 八鹿氷ノ山IC下車30分 ★JR山陰本線 八鹿駅より全但バス(鉢伏行)にて約50分 |
| 西村屋 | ¥8,800 | 3.20／5 82 reviews | 1.1 km | 山陰本線 八鹿駅から車で40分 北近畿豊岡自動車八鹿・氷ノ山インター下車30分 |
| 民宿 京口屋 | ¥3,850 | 4.50／5 22 reviews | 1.7 km | JR八鹿駅~鉢伏行バスにて丹戸中央入口まで1時間/和田山IC~約1時間 |
| グリーンホテルやまなみ(旧:ヒュッテやまなみ) | ¥8,500 | 4.33／5 18 reviews | 2.2 km | 北近畿豊岡自動車道八鹿氷ノ山ICから約40分、JR八鹿駅からバスで35分 |
| ロッヂ みやま荘 | ¥9,900 | 4.67／5 81 reviews | 2.2 km | 舞鶴自動車道 春日IC~北近畿自動車道和田山IC~国道9号線、鳥取方面~関宮町関神社交差点左折~鉢高原 |
| リゾートロッヂ山水館 | ¥6,300 | 1.00／5 28 reviews | 2.7 km | 中国自動車道→播但自動車道(和田山)→R9 |
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.
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese. · Property data by Rakuten Travel (Supported by Rakuten Developers)
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: 1.2 km
Show the nearest places
Nearest first
- 氷ノ山国際山荘 1.2 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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