【イナワシロ箕輪スキー場】全然オープンしないので、行って確認して来た！最新情報公開！オープンはいつ？今どんな感じ？
By: 自由人704チャンネル · 15 Feb
No snow on the ground or falling right now. 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.
Typical snowfall
296cm
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 →
- Elevation
- 1,045–1,472 m
- Across
- 2.4 km
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 6 cm. The average for these dates is under 10 cm, so we do not give a percentage yet. The average is over twelve winters on the same weather model. Across Japan →
A new company funded by the town of Inawashiro has taken over, and the area is now called Inawashiro Minowa. The former third-sector operator had closed for a season after its parent company ran into trouble, and the town budgeted for a new company to buy the assets and carry on the business. One beginner detour run passes trees coated in rime ice. Sources: inawashiro-minowa.com, minpo.jp (sources read 12 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
How much snow it gets
Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Seasonal snowfall
296cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
151cm
The middle winter of the 12: 306 cm. The best: 383 cm.
World rank
496
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
152
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
90
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,152 m, 386 m above the national median.
Quality rank
54
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−6.0°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
11%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
20%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
21km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 57
Frequency 56
Freedom from rain 71
Calm when snowing (model grid) 93
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).
Compared with what is nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yokomuki Onsen Ski Area | 1.0 km | 296 cmsame grid cell | 496 |
| Numajiri Ski | 3.7 km | 283 cm | 554 |
| Adatara Kogen Ski Resort | 6.0 km | 283 cm | 554 |
| Nihonmatsu Shiozawa | 6.3 km | 170 cm | 1416 |
| Grandeco Snow Resort | 13.0 km | 379 cm | 206 |
Compare side by side with Yokomuki Onsen Ski Area and Numajiri Ski →
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
13
Run length
7.2km
Lifts
3
Vertical
427m
Top 1,472 m · base 1,045 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediate Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map1.1 km
Steepest pitch31°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs11.8°
Which way the slopes face
North 9%
East 1%
South 8%
West 82%
Only 10% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is west (82%).
By difficulty
Novice 7 · 4.1 km
Easy 4 · 2.2 km
Intermediate 2 · 0.9 km
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.
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in January. March brings 61% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 59 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
79cmDec
96cmJan
63cmFeb
59cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 296 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 151 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 383 cm (2.5 times as much).
234
151
343
355
283
306
295
341
308
306
383
243
14/1515/1616/1717/1818/1919/2020/2121/2222/2323/2424/2525/26
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Live cameras
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
Roads nearby国道49号 ↗From the resort: 17.5 kmOperated by: 東北地方整備局 郡山国道事務所Roads nearby国道13号 ↗From the resort: 19.7 kmOperated by: 東北地方整備局 福島河川国道事務所
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Adatara webcams & snow report — all 5 ski areas →
Videos
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Hot springs nearby, as analysed
6 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 74.8 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 横向ホテルマウント磐梯 | 0.8 km | 44.9℃ hot | 6.4 neutral | simple |
| 鷲倉鷲倉 | 1.9 km | 45.2℃ hot | 2.6 acidic | simple |
| 野地野地温泉ホテル | 2.1 km | 51.9℃ hot | 5.5 mildly acidic | simple |
| 赤湯赤湯好山荘 | 2.3 km | 55.4℃ hot | 6.3 neutral | simple |
| 幕川水戸屋 | 4.1 km | 74.8℃ hot | 6.6 neutral | 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
Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.
Show the list
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Adatara安達太良山 | Mountain | 2.8 km |
| Tsuchiyu Onsen土湯温泉 | Hot spring town | 6.9 km |
| Mount Azuma-kofuji吾妻小富士 | Mountain | 8.8 km |
| Nihonmatsu Castle二本松城 | Historic site | 15.8 km |
| Mount Bandai磐梯山 | Mountain | 17.5 km |
| Lake Hibara桧原湖 | Nature | 18.3 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.
Map
The weather map, and where it sits among nearby ski areas.
Going with children
- Kids’ area
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Childcare
- Not checked
- Parking
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Rental
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Checked on the official site (26 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Places to stay nearbyPR
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 横向温泉 森の旅亭 マウント磐梯 | ¥9,900 | 4.24／5 176 reviews | 0.8 km | JR猪苗代駅よりバスで20分 猪苗代ICより車で25分 沼尻駅前下車(プランにより送迎有り)※要予約※ |
| 野地温泉ホテル | ¥15,400 | 4.46／5 1270 reviews | 2.1 km | 福島駅よりお車にて約50分/東北自動車道福島ICより20km |
Pick dates and guests to check rooms on Rakuten Travel
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)
Places to stay on the map
1 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
Show the nearest places
Nearest first
- ホテルプルミエール箕輪 0.5 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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