地形遊び＆ツリーランW3コース 岩手高原スノーパーク
By: 岩手高原スノーパーク · 20 Jan
Not open yet for 2026/27. We have not yet found an official opening date. The snowfall below is a model figure and does not mean the slopes are skiable.
Base depth
7cm
Snow 48h
0cm
Next 72h
0cm
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 →
- Snow 24h
- 0 cm
- Next 24h
- 0 cm
- Temperature
- −2°C
- Max wind
- 9 km/h
- Elevation
- 646–1,207 m
- Across
- 2.3 km
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 13 cm. The average for these dates is under 10 cm, so we do not give a percentage yet. The average is over twelve winters on the same weather model. Across Japan →
Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15
7-day outlook
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | −5 to 1 | 9 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | −4 to 2 | 9 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 0 to 8 | 7 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 3 to 11 | 15 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Fog | 0 | 4 to 12 | 10 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 5 to 10 | 6 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | −4 to 7 | 14 |
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 1/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 11/20
Wind 10/10
Base 0/5
The five add up to the 100-point Powder Score: more fresh snow, more on the way and colder air all push it up. How we measure
A shuttle bus from Morioka Station gets you there in about 45 minutes. The big car park next to the Center Plaza stays open around the clock, so you can drive up overnight and wait for the lifts. The Chamonix No. 2 slope has a mogul course, and the ski school runs lessons devoted to bumps. Sources: iwatekogen.jp (sources read 13 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
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
12
Run length
9.3km
Lifts
6
Vertical
562m
Top 1,207 m · base 646 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map1.5 km
Steepest pitch33°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs14.1°
Which way the slopes face
North 0%
East 2%
South 91%
West 6%
Only 2% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is south (91%).
By difficulty
Novice 1 · 0.2 km
Easy 7 · 6.3 km
Intermediate 2 · 2 km
Advanced 2 · 0.7 km
Lift types
- Chairlift5
- Gondola1
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.
Roads nearbyWatch live ↗Operated by: 岩手高原スノーパークRoads nearby国道46号 ↗From the resort: 15.1 kmOperated by: 東北地方整備局 岩手河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道46号 ↗From the resort: 17 kmOperated by: 東北地方整備局 湯沢河川国道事務所
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Appi and Hachimantai webcams & snow report — all 11 ski areas →
Videos
Videos remain the copyright of whoever filmed them. JAPANSNOWLINE stores no video and plays everything through the standard YouTube player.
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
332cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
169cm
The middle winter of the 12: 334 cm. The best: 429 cm.
World rank
345
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
124
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
162
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 866 m, 100 m above the national median.
Quality rank
42
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−5.8°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
10%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
20%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
16km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 56
Frequency 56
Freedom from rain 74
Calm when snowing (model grid) 99
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amihari Onsen Ski Resort | 2.6 km | 358 cm | 262 |
| Shizukuishi Ski Resort | 5.9 km | 358 cm | 262 |
| Hachimantai Resort Panorama Ski Are | 6.9 km | 329 cm | 360 |
| Hachimantai Resort Shimokura Ski area | 8.5 km | 329 cm | 360 |
| Appi Kogen | 17.0 km | 377 cm | 211 |
Compare side by side with Amihari Onsen Ski Resort and Shizukuishi Ski Resort →
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in December. March brings 70% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 67 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
97cmDec
96cmJan
73cmFeb
67cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 332 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 169 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 429 cm (2.5 times as much).
259
169
299
429
329
385
338
377
328
371
321
379
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.
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
6 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 92.5 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ぬくもりぬくもりの湯 | 2.5 km | 39.2℃ warm | 8.1 mildly alkaline | simple |
| 網張元湯元湯 | 2.6 km | 92.5℃ hot | 5.9 mildly acidic | simple |
| 七滝一号泉 | 3.1 km | 65℃ hot | 4.1 mildly acidic | iron |
| 玄武若返りの湯 | 3.9 km | 28.2℃ lukewarm | 7.4 neutral | — |
| 大松倉沢 | 4.6 km | 44℃ hot | 5.5 mildly acidic | simple |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Iwate岩手山 | Mountain | 4.5 km |
| Matsukawa Geothermal Power Plant松川地熱発電所 | Landmark | 6.7 km |
| Koiwai Farm小岩井農場 | Nature | 9.2 km |
| Gosho Dam御所ダム | Nature | 15.4 km |
| Akita-Komagatake秋田駒ヶ岳 | Mountain | 15.4 km |
| Hachimantai八幡平 | Mountain | 17.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ペンション 山賊 | ¥6,000 | 2.50／5 18 reviews | 1.6 km | 盛岡駅よりバスで60分 |
| HAIJI | ¥7,700 | — | 1.7 km | バス:雫石駅よりあねっこバス(予約制)にて約30分。お車:東北道盛岡IC下車し網張方面へ約40分。 |
| ペットと泊まれる宿・ペンション ベルクレール & ステンドグラス工房 | ¥11,500 | 4.67／5 59 reviews | 1.7 km | 小岩井まきば園から信号なしで15km。東北自動車道盛岡ICから小岩井経由約40分 |
| 休暇村 岩手網張温泉 | ¥13,000 | 4.38／5 489 reviews | 2.4 km | JR 盛岡駅⇔網張温泉 宿泊者専用無料シャトルバス ※要予約 |
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