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OfficialBy: 琴引フォレストパークスキー場 · 2024-12-06
Kotobiki Forest Park Ski Area is a ski area in Shimane, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 539–754 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 1.0 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 7 marked runs and 3 lifts, totalling about 3.7 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 155 cm of snowfall a season, 1512th (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 official live cameras are linked below. 19 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
19.2℃
Max wind
6.5km/h
Elevation (est.)
539–754m
Area
1.0km²
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 10/10
Base 0/5
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌦️ 27 Sept | 0 | 16.6 / 19.9 | 6.5 |
| 🌧️ 28 Sept | 0 | 16.4 / 20.3 | 6 |
| 🌦️ 29 Sept | 0 | 15.5 / 20.2 | 5.3 |
| 🌤️ 30 Sept | 0 | 11 / 20.9 | 7.8 |
| 🌦️ 1 Oct | 0 | 10.6 / 20 | 15.5 |
| ☁️ 2 Oct | 0 | 9 / 16.7 | 18 |
| ☁️ 3 Oct | 0 | 8.6 / 17 | 9.9 |
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
7
Run length
3.7km
Lifts
3
Vertical
155m
Top 703 m · base 548 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediate Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map0.8 km
Steepest pitch24°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs11.1°
Which way the slopes face
North 37%
East 0%
South 0%
West 62%
Only 37% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Novice 1
Easy 5
Intermediate 1
Lift types
- Chairlift3
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
Roads nearby国道54号 ↗From the resort: 8.6 kmOperated by: 中国地方整備局 松江国道事務所Roads nearby国道54号 ↗From the resort: 12.9 kmOperated by: 中国地方整備局 三次河川国道事務所
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
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See the snow in motion
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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
155 cm
per season
Range over three winters
75 cm
126–201 cm. The best winter was 1.6x the worst.
World rank
1512
of 3,112 worldwide
Rank in country
323
of 395 in Japan
Elevation rank
239
Highest to lowest, of 395 in Japan. The centre point sits at 605 m, 148 m below the national median.
Quality rank
352
of 395 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-1.6°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
29%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
8%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
23 km/h
Dryness 0.26
Frequency 0.23
Freedom from rain 0.35
Calm when snowing 0.91
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.
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km straight line. Measured the same way, so the ranks compare directly. Ski areas a few kilometres apart share a weather grid cell and can return the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenmin no Mori Ski Area | 27 km | 134 cm | 1759 |
| Snow Resort Nekoyama | 39 km | 122 cm | 1902 |
| Dogoyama-Kougen Ski Resort | 40 km | 122 cm | 1902 |
| Ski Park Kanbiki | 40 km | 111 cm | 2031 |
| Mizuho Highland | 45 km | 112 cm | 2024 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 33% 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 16 cm, less than the median of 45 cm.
31cmDec
49cmJan
36cmFeb
16cmMar
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 赤名 weather station — 7.8 km from this ski area, 202 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 282 cm |
| 2023/24 | 173 cm |
| 2024/25 | 432 cm |
| 2025/26 | 242 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 155 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
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
2 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 15 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 加田温泉来島温泉 | 3.3 km | 14.5℃ cold | — | chloride, bicarbonate | 1969 |
| 頓原温泉 | 3.8 km | 15℃ cold | 6.22 neutral | chloride, bicarbonate, radioactive (radon) | 1965 |
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kan'nosekyō Prefectural Natural Park神之瀬峡県立自然公園 | Nature | 6.3 km |
| Sanbe Onsen三瓶温泉 | Hot spring town | 15 km |
| Ryuzu Yaedaki Waterfalls龍頭八重滝 | Nature | 16 km |
| Mount Sanbe三瓶山 | Nature | 16.8 km |
| Shimane Nature Museum of Mt. Sanbe島根県立三瓶自然館 | Museum | 17.7 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: 35.0519, 132.7716
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 古屋敷ガーデン中西 ＾ | ¥11,009 | — | — | 三次駅から車で48分 |
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Stay nearby
1 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28