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 →
From Koide Station on the JR Joetsu Line, the ski area is within walking distance. When the city decided to close its municipal ski area, a group was formed to support it, and the non-profit that grew out of that group has run the hill since December 2013. The day-use hot spring Miharashi no Yu Komami is a one-minute walk from the No. 2 lift. Sources: sp-koide.org, niigata-kankou.or.jp, city.uonuma.lg.jp (sources read 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yakushi Ski Area | 3.9 km | 532 cm | 72 |
| Hakkai Sanroku Ski Area | 8.0 km | 451 cm | 107 |
| Koshi Kogen Ski Area | 12.0 km | 433 cm | 127 |
| Suhara Ski Area | 13.0 km | 538 cm | 71 |
| Muikamachi Hakkaisan | 13.0 km | 728 cm | 5 |
Compare side by side with Yakushi Ski Area and Hakkai Sanroku Ski Area →
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.
74% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east; plenty of the terrain faces the sun as well, so the lean is modest.
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 23% 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 33 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 370 cm, and 8 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 121 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 676 cm (5.6 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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Minami-Uonuma webcams & snow report — all 5 ski areas →
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 小出 weather station — 1.1 km from this ski area, 55 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 596 cm |
| 2023/24 | 412 cm |
| 2024/25 | 699 cm |
| 2025/26 | 676 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 438 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
1 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 18.2 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH |
|---|---|---|---|
| 五箇鉱泉五箇温泉 | 4.7 km | 18.2℃ cold | 7.2 neutral |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Niigata Prefectural Road Route 50新潟県道50号小出奥只見線 | Landmark | 1 km |
| 湯之谷温泉郷 | Hot spring town | 10.1 km |
| Hakkaisan Ropeway八海山ロープウェー | Nature | 12.6 km |
| Echigo Sanzan-Tadami Quasi-National Park越後三山只見国定公園 | Nature | 13.8 km |
| Mount Hakkai八海山 | Mountain | 15.2 km |
| Mount Echigo-Komagatake越後駒ヶ岳 | Mountain | 15.9 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.
Getting there
Source: sp-koide.org · checked 1 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.
Checked on the official site (21 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
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2 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 2 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 小出ホテルオカベ | ¥6,010 | 3.94／5 461 reviews | 0.7 km | JR上越線 小出駅より徒歩1分/関越自動車道 魚沼ICよりお車で5分 |
| 須田屋旅館 | ¥6,000 | 4.39／5 61 reviews | 0.9 km | 【上越線・只見線】小出駅から徒歩で約7分。【関越道】小出IC・堀之内ICから車で約5分。第四銀行小出中央支店様斜め前。 |
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)
3 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: 0.7 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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