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 →
The name comes from Arosa in Switzerland, its sister resort. It is about 15 minutes by car from central Nanto, and a gondola takes about ten minutes to reach the summit, where beginner and intermediate runs split off. Night skiing runs mainly on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in midwinter. Sources: info-toyama.com, iox-arosa.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanazawa Municipal Ski Resort | 5.5 km | 314 cmsame grid cell | 430 |
| Tonami Yumenotaira Ski Ground | 20.0 km | 218 cm | 973 |
| Hakusan Senjo Onsen Seymour Ski Area | 22.0 km | 507 cm | 82 |
| SAM Hakusan Ichirino Ski Resort | 30.0 km | 526 cm | 78 |
| Ookuradake Kogen Ski Area | 36.0 km | 215 cm | 995 |
Compare side by side with Kanazawa Municipal Ski Resort and Tonami Yumenotaira Ski Ground →
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.
90% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
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 27% 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 32 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 314 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 156 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 463 cm (3.0 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.
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1 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 33.9 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 福光温泉 | 3.1 km | 33.9℃ lukewarm | 8.8 alkaline | chloride, sulphate | 1971 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Iōzen医王山 | Mountain | 1.2 km |
| Yuwaku Onsen湯涌温泉 | Hot spring town | 5.9 km |
| Kenroku-en兼六園 | Park | 14.4 km |
| Kanazawa Castle金沢城 | Historic site | 14.7 km |
| 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art金沢21世紀美術館 | Museum | 14.7 km |
| Gokayama五箇山 | Nature | 14.9 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.
Checked on the official site (13 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
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1 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 1 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| アローザ温泉 イオックスヴァルト | ¥21,580 | 4.78／5 30 reviews | 1.2 km | 福光インターから車で15分・小矢部インターから車で20分/福光駅から車で15分・金沢駅から車で40分 |
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)
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.
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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