Miyagi Zao Shichikashuku is a ski area in Miyagi, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 507–921 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 1.8 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 10 marked runs and 4 lifts, totalling about 4.2 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 274 cm of snowfall a season, 603rd (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. 1 official live camera is linked below. 55 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 | 14.3 / 20.1 | 6 |
| 🌦️ 28 Sept | 0 | 15.4 / 20.8 | 9.3 |
| 🌦️ 29 Sept | 0 | 12.8 / 19.8 | 11.4 |
| 🌤️ 30 Sept | 0 | 10 / 19.9 | 7.9 |
| 🌦️ 1 Oct | 0 | 11.3 / 19.7 | 21.2 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 8.7 / 13.7 | 28.9 |
| 🌦️ 3 Oct | 0 | 7.9 / 13.7 | 15.1 |
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
Only 27% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift4
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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Zao webcams & snow report — all 9 ski areas →
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miyagi Zao Shiroishi Ski Resort | 14 km | 206 cm | 1025 |
| Zao Sarukura | 15 km | 294 cm | 516 |
| Zao Liza World | 15 km | 297 cm | 503 |
| Miyagi Zao Sumikawasu Snow Park | 18 km | 297 cm | 503 |
| Zao Onsen | 19 km | 297 cm | 503 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 44% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 40 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Miyagi Zao Fox Village宮城蔵王キツネ村 | Museum | 14.6 km |
| Okama御釜 (蔵王連峰) | Nature | 16.9 km |
| Mount Zaō蔵王連峰 | Mountain | 17.2 km |
| Zaō Ropeway蔵王ロープウェイ | Landmark | 17.5 km |
| Iizaka Onsen飯坂温泉 | Hot spring town | 19.6 km |
| Kaminoyama Castle上山城 | Historic site | 19.9 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.
Stay nearby
3 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 5.1 km
Nearest first
- Kaido Hostel Otate Hostel 5.1 km
- 七ヶ宿館 Hotel 6.1 km
- Minshuku Ōkawaya Guest house 6.5 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28