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 →
Duffy, the advanced course, is a hard run of moguls, and in February 2007 it hosted the moguls and dual moguls events at the FIS Freestyle World Cup in Inawashiro. The slopes begin right in front of the Hotel Listel Inawashiro. Sources: listel-inawashiro.jp, env.go.jp (sources read 12 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
Weather models read low in the mountains: a Japan Meteorological Agency station 4 km away measured 316 cm a winter over the last three seasons, against 268 cm from the model.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inawashiro Snow Paradise | 6.8 km | 258 cm | 673 |
| Numajiri Ski | 11.0 km | 283 cm | 554 |
| Urabandai Ski Resort | 12.0 km | 347 cm | 289 |
| Nekoma Mountain | 14.0 km | 347 cm | 289 |
| Minowa Ski Resort | 15.0 km | 296 cm | 496 |
Compare side by side with Inawashiro Snow Paradise and Numajiri Ski →
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.
Only 7% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is south (68%).
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 54% of January’s snowfall.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 246 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 98 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 343 cm (3.5 times as much).
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. What follows are nearby cameras, not the pistes themselves.
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Some cameras here are provided by Windy.com. Footage plays in Windy’s own player; we do not store it. Windy.com
Bandai and Inawashiro webcams & snow report — all 7 ski areas →
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 猪苗代 weather station — 4 km from this ski area, 205 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 316 cm |
| 2023/24 | 188 cm |
| 2024/25 | 503 cm |
| 2025/26 | 258 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 268 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 25 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 猪苗代ホテルリステル猪苗代 | 0.5 km | 25℃ lukewarm | 8.8 alkaline | alkaline 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
Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Inawashiro猪苗代湖 | Nature | 8.4 km |
| Mount Bandai磐梯山 | Mountain | 9.4 km |
| Tenkyōkaku天鏡閣 | Landmark | 10 km |
| Mount Adatara安達太良山 | Mountain | 15 km |
| Lake Hibara桧原湖 | Nature | 16.7 km |
| Mount Iimori飯盛山 (福島県) | Mountain | 18 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.
Checked on the official site (26 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese.
3 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 3 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ホテルリステル猪苗代ウイングタワー | ¥5,800 | 4.12／5 3532 reviews | 0.5 km | 磐越西線猪苗代駅より送迎バス有※前日17:00までに要予約 磐越自動車道猪苗代ICより10分 |
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)
13 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: 0.5 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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Planning a trip · 28 Sep 2026
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