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 →
Jiigatake is the southernmost resort in Hakuba Valley, and its wide terrain is mostly gentle. The shuttle bus from Shinano-Omachi Station calls at Omachi Onsen on its way to Jiigatake and then continues to Kashimayari. By car, the hot-spring village is about ten minutes away. Sources: jiigatake.com, kanko-omachi.gr.jp (sources read 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kashimayari Snow Resort | 5.3 km | 449 cmsame grid cell | 110 |
| Hakuba Sanosaka Snow Resort | 7.8 km | 415 cm | 153 |
| Hakuba Goryu | 13.0 km | 414 cm | 155 |
| Hakuba 47 | 13.0 km | 668 cm | 21 |
| Hakuba Happo-One | 16.0 km | 414 cm | 155 |
Compare side by side with Kashimayari Snow Resort and Hakuba Sanosaka Snow Resort →
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.
80% 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.
Official figures: 7 runs, longest 1,500 m, 4 chairlifts, 260 m vertical, 70% beginner, 30% intermediate, 0% advanced. Source (checked 2 Oct)
The most snow falls in January. March brings 49% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 71 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 449 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 353 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 589 cm (1.7 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.
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
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Hakuba Valley webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 大町 weather station — 5.1 km from this ski area, 280 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 240 cm |
| 2023/24 | 262 cm |
| 2024/25 | 333 cm |
| 2025/26 | 126 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 465 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
7 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 63.5 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 大町温泉大町温泉第1源泉 | 3.7 km | — | 7.18 neutral | — | 1972 |
| 大町温泉大町温泉第2源泉 | 3.7 km | — | 7.45 neutral | — | 1972 |
| 大町温泉大町市温泉開発(株) | 3.7 km | 63.2℃ hot | 7.65 mildly alkaline | simple | 1973 |
| 大町温泉長野県公営企業管理者 | 3.7 km | 61.8℃ hot | 7.7 mildly alkaline | sulphur | 1965 |
| 葛温泉温泉組合分湯槽 | 3.7 km | 63.5℃ hot | 7.4 neutral | simple | 1976 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Kizaki木崎湖 | Nature | 3.5 km |
| Lake Nakatsuna中綱湖 | Nature | 5.8 km |
| Kurobe Dam黒部ダム | Landmark | 12.2 km |
| Kurobe Gorge黒部峡谷 | Nature | 13.9 km |
| Mount Tate立山 | Mountain | 16 km |
| Mount Tsurugi剱岳 | Mountain | 17.6 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.
Getting there
Source: jiigatake.com · checked 1 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.
Checked on the official site (12 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
12 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: 3.3 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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Where the snow falls · 2 Oct 2026
Hakuba's Ten Ski Areas, Side by Side: 1,071 m of Vertical at One End, 70% Beginner Runs at the OtherHakuba Valley is sold as one place and is ten separate ski areas. We put the terrain each one publishes next to the snow we measured over twelve winters. Happo-One has 23.3 km of piste and, with Goryu, the least snow; Cortina and Norikura share a ¥6,500 ticket and sit in the second-snowiest band; Jiigatake is 70% beginner runs with 260 m of vertical.
2026年10月15日より、爺ガ岳スキー場「2026-27シーズン」の早割シーズン券および大町市・松川村・池田町民限定シーズン券の販売を開始いたします。お住まいの地域や区分に応じて、お得な価格でお買い求めいただけます。ぜ […]