かぐらスキー場「みつまたエリアでパウダーを食う」ドローン男子空撮
By: ドローン男子 7sky creative · 23 Jan
Japan · Niigata
Mitsumata Area
みつまたエリア
An area within Kagura. Lift tickets, opening dates and the official site are shared across the whole resort.
10 / 100 Powder Score
No Snow Weather Cloudy Not open yet for 2026/27. We have not yet found an official opening date. The snowfall below is a model figure and does not mean the slopes are skiable.
Base depth
1cm
Snow 48h
0cm
Next 72h
0cm
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 →
- Snow 24h
- 0 cm
- Next 24h
- 0 cm
- Temperature
- 1°C
- Max wind
- 9 km/h
- Elevation
- 627–1,052 m
- Across
- 2.2 km
Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15
7-day outlook
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 1 to 3 | 9 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 0 to 5 | 9 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | 4 to 13 | 7 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 4 to 14 | 10 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 4 to 15 | 12 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 8 to 16 | 6 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Showers | 0 | 3 to 9 | 13 |
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 0/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 0/20
Wind 10/10
Base 0/5
The five add up to the 100-point Powder Score: more fresh snow, more on the way and colder air all push it up. How we measure
The Mitsumata Ropeway, leaving from Mitsumata Station, is the way into this area. The Descending Trail back to the base is narrow and meant for advanced skiers, so beginners and intermediates ride the ropeway down as well. The Competition Trail has a permanent slopestyle cross course. Sources: princehotels.co.jp, princehotels.com, niigata-kankou.or.jp (sources read 12 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
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
9
Run length
9.1km
Lifts
5
Vertical
425m
Top 1,052 m · base 627 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map3.4 km
Steepest pitch22°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs8.1°
Which way the slopes face
North 56%
East 29%
South 3%
West 12%
85% 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 5 · 5.7 km
Intermediate 3 · 1.4 km
Advanced 1 · 2 km
Lift types
- Chairlift4
- Cable car1
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 mountainみつまたエリア ↗Roads nearby国道17号 ↗From the resort: 3.7 kmOperated by: 北陸地方整備局 長岡国道事務所Roads nearby国道17号 ↗From the resort: 14.5 kmOperated by: 関東地方整備局 高崎河川国道事務所
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Echigo-Yuzawa webcams & snow report — all 17 ski areas →
Videos
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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
589cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
328cm
The middle winter of the 12: 595 cm. The best: 717 cm.
World rank
45
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
30
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
142
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 936 m, 170 m above the national median.
Quality rank
132
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−2.2°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
22%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
36%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
19km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 30
Frequency 100
Freedom from rain 42
Calm when snowing (model grid) 95
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kandatsu Kogen Ski Resort | 4.3 km | 618 cm | 36 |
| NASPA Ski Garden | 5.1 km | 618 cm | 36 |
| Yuzawa Kogen Ski Resort | 5.3 km | 618 cm | 36 |
| Kagura | 5.9 km | 565 cm | 55 |
| Ippon Sugi Ski Resort | 6.1 km | 695 cm | 12 |
Compare side by side with Kandatsu Kogen Ski Resort and NASPA Ski Garden →
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in January. March brings 50% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 97 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
165cmDec
194cmJan
134cmFeb
97cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 589 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 328 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 717 cm (2.2 times as much).
543
328
703
592
658
526
597
717
625
564
671
545
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.
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 43.1 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 三俣せきれいの湯 | 1.6 km | 32.8℃ lukewarm | 8.9 alkaline | alkaline simple |
| 貝掛貝掛 | 2.3 km | 37℃ warm | 6.8 neutral | — |
| 神立高原ゴールデンスパ | 4.4 km | 43.1℃ hot | 8 mildly alkaline | — |
| 猿倉猿倉の湯 | 4.9 km | 38.5℃ warm | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Yuzawa Kōgen Ropeway湯沢高原ロープウェイ | Nature | 6 km |
| Mount Naeba苗場山 | Mountain | 8.3 km |
| Kiyotsu Gorge清津峡 | Nature | 8.4 km |
| Mount Tanigawa谷川岳 | Mountain | 16 km |
| Tanigawadake Ropeway谷川岳ロープウェイ | Nature | 18.7 km |
| Doai Station土合駅 | Landmark | 19.3 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.
Going with children
- Kids’ area
- Not checked
- 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 (22 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Places to stay nearbyPR
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese.
17 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 12 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ペンション レ・シャモア | ¥13,400 | 4.78／5 77 reviews | 1.2 km | 越後湯沢駅よりバスで約20分・タクシー約10分/関越自動車道 湯沢ICより約10分 |
| 神楽ハウス | ¥3,500 | 5.00／5 26 reviews | 1.3 km | 越後湯沢駅よりお車 |
| 有馬屋 ^ | ¥25,520 | — | 1.9 km | 越後湯沢駅から車で約10分 |
| 貝掛温泉 | ¥21,800 | 4.68／5 311 reviews | 2.3 km | 越後湯沢駅よりバスにて25分。関越自動車道の湯沢ICよりお車にて15分。 |
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.
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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.
Show the nearest places
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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