🇯🇵 Japan · Niigata

Maiko Snow Resort

舞子スノーリゾート

10 / 100 Powder Score

No Snow 🌤️ Official site Lift tickets (official) Last season (2025/26) adult day ticket ¥7,000 at the window · this season's price not yet published (as of 15 Sept)

Maiko Snow Resort is a ski area in Niigata, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 248–687 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 4.3 km². Within 1.7 km of the centre, the map shows 36 marked runs and 10 lifts, totalling about 24 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 686 cm of snowfall a season, 19th (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 Maebashi, about 68 km away. 2 official live cameras are linked below. 130 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.

Base depth

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Snow 24h

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Snow 48h

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Next 24h

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Next 72h

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Temperature

19.6℃

Max wind

7.6km/h

Elevation (est.)

248–687m

Area

4.3km²

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	Temp	Wind
🌦️ 27 Sept	16.9 / 22.8	8
🌧️ 28 Sept	17.8 / 21.3	7.6
🌧️ 29 Sept	14.2 / 18.5	7.4
☁️ 30 Sept	12.3 / 22	8.2
🌦️ 1 Oct	10.6 / 21.3	7.3
🌧️ 2 Oct	10.9 / 14.6	11.2
☁️ 3 Oct	8.9 / 17.1	8.7

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

Run length

18km

Lifts

Vertical

653m

Top 911 m · base 258 m

Run map

EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift

North is up. Runs are coloured by difficulty; black lines are lifts.

The shape of the mountain

Longest run on the map2.6 km

Steepest pitch28°measured over at least 30 m

Average gradient of the runs9.1°

Which way the slopes face

North 52%

East 21%

South 12%

West 15%

73% 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

Easy 13

Intermediate 9

Advanced 4

Lift types

Chairlift9
Gondola1

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

On the mountainSlope camera on the official winter page ↗Operated by: 舞子スノーリゾート Roads nearby国道17号 ↗From the resort: 3.6 kmOperated by: 北陸地方整備局長岡国道事務所

Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.

Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.

Echigo-Yuzawa webcams & snow report — all 18 ski areas →

See the snow in motion

Videos remain the copyright of whoever filmed them. JAPANSNOWLINE stores no video and plays everything through the standard YouTube player.

Official YouTube channel

More than we show here.

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

686 cm

per season

Range over three winters

231 cm

604–835 cm. The best winter was 1.4x the worst.

World rank

of 3,112 worldwide

Rank in country

of 395 in Japan

Elevation rank

260

Highest to lowest, of 395 in Japan. The centre point sits at 503 m, 250 m below the national median.

Quality rank

227

of 395 in Japan

Temp when snowing

-0.9°C

Japanese median: -3.5°C

Rain days

41%

Japanese median: 16%

Days over 5 cm

36%

Japanese median: 15%

Wind when snowing

13 km/h

Dryness 0.21

Frequency 1.00

Freedom from rain 0.35

Calm when snowing 1.00

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
Iwappara	3.5 km	755 cm	5
Ishiuchi Maruyama Ski Resort	3.9 km	686 cm	19
Ishiuchi Hanaoka Ski Area	4.0 km	686 cm	19
Ippon Sugi Ski Resort	5.1 km	686 cm	19
Gala Yuzawa Snow Resort	5.3 km	610 cm	31

When it falls, and how winters differ

Month by month

Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 29% 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. For skiing, though, the amount matters more than the share: March brings 76 cm, more than the median of 45 cm.

188cm

Dec

266cm

Jan

180cm

Feb

76cm

Mar

Average snowfall by month, last 11 winters

What was actually measured nearby

Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 湯沢 weather station — 4.3 km from this ski area, 127 m below its mid-slope.

Three-season average	810 cm
2023/24	619 cm
2024/25	1080 cm
2025/26	732 cm

The figure calculated on this page is 686 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

4 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 61.5 °C).

Source	Distance	Temperature	pH	Type	Analysed
上越後楽園上越後楽園	2 km	31.1℃ lukewarm	8.2 mildly alkaline	—	—
石打丸山丸山3号	3.2 km	25.8℃ lukewarm	8.1 mildly alkaline	—	—
上野鉱泉新泉1号	4 km	24.3℃ cold	8.1 mildly alkaline	simple	—
湯沢第3配湯所混湯	4.6 km	61.5℃ hot	8.3 mildly 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

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
Yuzawa Kōgen Ropeway湯沢高原ロープウェイ	Nature	5.2 km
Kiyotsu Gorge清津峡	Nature	7.5 km
Mount Makihata巻機山	Mountain	11.4 km
Mount Tanigawa谷川岳	Mountain	17.4 km
Tanigawadake Ropeway谷川岳ロープウェイ	Nature	19 km
Doai Station土合駅	Landmark	19.7 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 ↗

Nearby resorts

Get directions ↗ Open in Google Maps ↗

Places to stay nearby

38 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.

Property	From	Rating	Distance	Getting there
ＢＩＲＤ　ＬＡＮＤ	¥5,000	—	—	JR石打駅：車で約3分、徒歩約15分、上越新幹線・越後湯沢駅より石打丸山スキー場行の無料シャトルバス有、下車後徒歩約3分
田中屋旅館＜新潟県＞	¥5,000	4.33 177 reviews	—	上越新幹線の越後湯沢駅で上越線に乗り換え、次の石打駅で下車、徒歩２分。／関越自動車道の塩沢石打ICより車で５分。
ロッヂ　ヤングメイト	¥5,200	4.92 144 reviews	—	お車：関越自動車道・塩沢石打ＩＣから２分／電車：タクシー（繁忙期困難）で越後湯沢駅から約１５分、石打駅から約５分
ミストラル	¥5,300	3.00 64 reviews	—	関越道塩沢石打ICより5分,　越後湯沢駅よりバス10分,　最寄り駅石打駅
ベルビューニシウラ	¥6,000	5.00 27 reviews	—	越後湯沢駅・ＧＡＬＡ湯沢駅・上越線石打駅／関越高速道・塩沢石打ＩＣより５分
五右衛門旅館	¥7,000	—	—	関越自動車道塩沢石打ＩＣより３０秒、越後湯沢駅よりお車で約１５分
ロッヂＢ＆Ｗ	¥7,500	4.57 28 reviews	—	越後湯沢駅東口より車で約10分　※送迎車あり（冬：スキー場のバス運行/グリーン期：応相談）
加賀屋旅館	¥7,500	—	—	関越自動車道塩沢石打ＩＣより約２分
舞子温泉　飯士の湯　舞子高原ホテル	¥8,800	4.41 1479 reviews	—	関越自動車道「塩沢石打IC」より直進1km、約2分！越後湯沢駅からは無料シャトルバスで約20分(春～秋は予約制)
和風いん越路	¥9,500	4.67 28 reviews	—	上越新幹線越後湯沢駅／関越自動車道塩沢石打ＩＣより１分
舞子グランピング	¥11,000	4.72 140 reviews	—	車の場合→関越自動車道「塩沢石打IC」より約5分■新幹線の場合→上越新幹線越後湯沢駅より無料送迎バスで約20分（要予約）
ホテルｎｏｚｏｍｉ　＾	¥17,400	—	—	石打駅から徒歩で約５分

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Property	From	Rating	Distance	Getting there
舞子高原ロッジ	—	—	—	JR上越新幹線越後湯沢駅から車で約20分（無料シャトルバス有り）
ロッヂ　とんや	—	—	—	上越線石打駅より車で5分／上越新幹線越後湯沢駅より車で15分／関越道塩沢・石打ICより2分
ロッヂ　コマツ	—	—	—	越後湯沢駅よりバスで１５分・車で１５分
舞子・ロッヂどん	—	4.00 53 reviews	—	上越新幹線　越後湯沢駅よりシャトルバス３０分／関越道　塩沢石打ＩＣより車で３分
ロッヂ　たかとし	—	—	—	関越自動車道塩沢石打ＩＣより1分。舞子スノーリゾートまで0分（ゲレンデ目の前）越後湯沢駅よりお車にて１０分。
ペンション　くまのひるね	—	4.71 16 reviews	—	越後湯沢駅よりシャルバスで１５分
ペンションあぷりこっと	—	5.00 18 reviews	—	上越新幹線　越後湯沢駅／関越自動車道　石打塩沢インターより２分
ジョイハウス　ゆたか	—	—	—	越後湯沢駅より直通シャトルバス利用。スキー場入口のバス停下車し、徒歩２分
外谷旅館	—	—	—	関越自動車道を塩沢石打ＩＣよりお車にて約１分／越後湯沢駅より送迎有り
スキー亭フォレスト	—	—	—	上越新幹線　越後湯沢駅から舞子スノーリゾートシャトルバス20分　関越道塩沢石打ICより300M
舞子・ロッヂウィンターポイント	—	4.63 68 reviews	—	上越新幹線　越後湯沢駅より車（無料送迎バス）で１５分／関越自動車道　塩沢ＩＣより１分
ロッヂ　はやし	—	—	—	ＪＲ　越後湯沢駅よりお車にて約２０分（シャトルバス有り）
ＭＡＩＫＯ　ロッヂ　やすえもん	—	—	—	関越自動車道　塩沢・石打ICより信号直進50ｍ左側。ゲレンデ徒歩1分。
幸七旅館	—	—	—	越後湯沢駅よりお車にて２０分（送迎可・要予約）
ほりでーいん・こばやし	—	—	—	ＪＲ越後湯沢駅よりバス１５分　バス停から徒歩で1分　／関越自動車道・塩沢石打ＩＣ下車１分
旅館　関越	—	—	—	上越新幹線　越後湯沢駅東口より直通バスにて１５分
リゾートハウス飯士館	—	—	—	石打駅よりお車にて１０分
舞子・サンロード　イン　うばしま	—	4.64 67 reviews	—	関越高速塩沢石打ICより０分/新幹線越後湯沢駅より舞子スノーリゾート無料シャトルで２０分（宿の前停留所ＩＣ入り口）
ロッヂ中金	—	—	—	ＪＲ　越後湯沢駅より丸山スキー場行きバスにて７分
中新旅館	—	4.67 33 reviews	—	関越道　塩沢石打ICより車で約5分。上越新幹線　越後湯沢駅より車で１０分／ガーラ湯沢駅より車で７分。
石打ワンダースリー	—	4.75 30 reviews	—	越後湯沢駅よりシャトルバス又はタクシーで１2分／石打駅より徒歩１５分／塩沢石打ＩＣより車で５分.湯沢ICより10分。
ホワイトハウス　マスエン	—	3.75 13 reviews	—	新幹線：越後湯沢駅　在来線：石打駅（送迎有、路線バス・タクシー有）／関越自動車道塩沢・石打ＩＣよりお車で約６分
たぬきのこづつみ　＾	—	—	—	石打駅から徒歩で約６分
林徳旅館	—	—	—	石打駅より徒歩にて約１６分
ホテルニュー福田屋＜新潟県＞	—	3.67 118 reviews	—	越後湯沢駅・石打駅から午前8時～午後7まで送迎有り・電話予約要
ラ・ファミーユ中角	—	—	—	上越線　越後湯沢駅より車で１０分／関越自動車道　塩沢石打ICより２Ｋｍ