Kurobushi Kogen Snow Park Jangle Jungle is a ski area in Yamagata, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 800–850 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 2.3 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 7 marked runs and 3 lifts, totalling about 7.7 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 357 cm of snowfall a season, 268th (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. The nearest city of any size is Yamagata, about 27 km away. 2 official live cameras are linked below. 53 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
Score breakdown
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☁️ 27 Sept | 0 | 13.1 / 18.9 | 7.9 |
| 🌦️ 28 Sept | 0 | 14.9 / 21.1 | 8.9 |
| 🌦️ 29 Sept | 0 | 11.5 / 17.7 | 10.8 |
| 🌤️ 30 Sept | 0 | 8.7 / 18.7 | 8.2 |
| 🌦️ 1 Oct | 0 | 9.7 / 18.3 | 16.5 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 6.8 / 12 | 27.9 |
| 🌦️ 3 Oct | 0 | 6.6 / 11.1 | 11.5 |
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.
Run map
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
60% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
By difficulty
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
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanagasa Kogen Ski Area | 11 km | 388 cm | 189 |
| Spring Valley Izumi Kogen | 15 km | 163 cm | 1411 |
| Izumigatake Ski Resort | 16 km | 163 cm | 1411 |
| Yakurai Garden Ski Area | 21 km | 150 cm | 1574 |
| St. Mary | 25 km | 243 cm | 802 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 45% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 49 cm, about the same as the median of 45 cm.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sakunami Onsen作並温泉 | Hot spring town | 13.1 km |
| Saihō-ji Temple西方寺 (仙台市) | Temple | 13.3 km |
| Ginzan Onsen銀山温泉 | Hot spring town | 14.9 km |
| Yama-dera Temple立石寺 | Temple | 16.6 km |
| Miyagikyo distillery宮城峡蒸溜所 | Landmark | 17 km |
| Akiu Great Falls秋保大滝 | Nature | 18.6 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 ↗More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28