静岡市唯一のスキー場「リバウェル井川スキー場」がようやくオープン 暖冬の影響で当初の予定よりおよそ１カ月遅れ
By: 静岡朝日テレビニュース · 2026-01-17
Ikawa Ski Resort is a ski area in Tokushima, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 1050–1164 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 0.6 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 4 marked runs and 2 lifts, totalling about 1.8 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 108 cm of snowfall a season, 2071st (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. 3 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℃
Max wind
11.8km/h
Elevation (est.)
1050–1164m
Area
0.6km²
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 8/10
Base 0/5
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌧️ 27 Sept | 0 | 15.7 / 18.2 | 10.2 |
| 🌧️ 28 Sept | 0 | 15.3 / 20.1 | 11.8 |
| 🌧️ 29 Sept | 0 | 14.3 / 15.9 | 7 |
| 🌦️ 30 Sept | 0 | 9.8 / 19.7 | 8.6 |
| 🌦️ 1 Oct | 0 | 12.3 / 20.1 | 9.5 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 6.1 / 15.6 | 14.1 |
| ☁️ 3 Oct | 0 | 4 / 14.9 | 10.7 |
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
4
Run length
1.8km
Lifts
2
Vertical
91m
Top 1,172 m · base 1,081 m
Run map
NoviceIntermediateAdvanced Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map0.8 km
Steepest pitch22°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs9.3°
Which way the slopes face
North 46%
East 8%
South 0%
West 46%
54% 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
Intermediate 1
Advanced 1
Lift types
- Chairlift2
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.
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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
108 cm
per season
Range over three winters
61 cm
83–144 cm. The best winter was 1.7x the worst.
World rank
2071
of 3,112 worldwide
Rank in country
370
of 395 in Japan
Elevation rank
96
Highest to lowest, of 395 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,113 m, 360 m above the national median.
Quality rank
365
of 395 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-3.3°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
27%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
5%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
20 km/h
Dryness 0.38
Frequency 0.14
Freedom from rain 0.35
Calm when snowing 0.94
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.
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
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 (51%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 14 cm, less than the median of 45 cm.
27cmDec
34cmJan
27cmFeb
14cmMar
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ikawa Ski Resort Kainayama井川スキー場腕山 | Nature | 0.1 km |
| Iya Onsen祖谷温泉 | Hot spring town | 7.8 km |
| Iya Valley祖谷渓 | Nature | 8.7 km |
| Hashikurasan Ropeway箸蔵山ロープウェイ | Landmark | 9.6 km |
| Kazura bridge at the Iya Valleyかずら橋 | Landmark | 10.7 km |
| Unpen-ji Temple雲辺寺 | Temple | 17 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: 33.9623, 133.8856
Places to stay nearby
1 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 勇楼 旅館 | ¥6,500 | 4.29 24 reviews | 7.4 km | ＪＲ 辻駅より徒歩にて５分 |
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Stay nearby
60 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
26 Hotel 20 Guest house 9 Chalet 3 Motel 2 Hostel
Nearest: 0.3 km
Nearest first
- ハレとケ珈琲 Guest house 4.7 km
- 勇楼旅館 Hotel 7.4 km
- 阿波池田駅前ホテル イレブン Hotel 10.4 km
- 4S STAY Hostel 10.4 km
- Hotel Hikyou-no-Yu Hotel 10.4 km
- Oku-Iya Hotel Hotel 10.7 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28