島根県、瑞穂ハイランドスキー場。全国スキー場巡り第37話。
By: いらっしゃいませ、おじゃまします。 · 2026-04-12
Mizuho Highland is a ski area in Shimane, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 491–1040 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 4.3 km². Within 1.5 km of the centre, the map shows 11 marked runs and 4 lifts, totalling about 13 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 112 cm of snowfall a season, 2024th (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. 13 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
Base depth
0cm
Snow 24h
0cm
Snow 48h
0cm
Next 24h
0cm
Next 72h
0cm
Temperature
16.6℃
Max wind
7.1km/h
Elevation (est.)
491–1040m
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 | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌦️ 27 Sept | 0 | 14.4 / 17.7 | 7 |
| 🌧️ 28 Sept | 0 | 12.6 / 17.8 | 7.1 |
| 🌧️ 29 Sept | 0 | 12.4 / 16.9 | 7.2 |
| 🌤️ 30 Sept | 0 | 10.3 / 18.6 | 9.8 |
| 🌦️ 1 Oct | 0 | 8.2 / 17.2 | 16.7 |
| ☁️ 2 Oct | 0 | 5.9 / 14.3 | 18.7 |
| ☁️ 3 Oct | 0 | 5.7 / 14.6 | 6.7 |
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
13
Run length
15km
Lifts
5
Vertical
721m
Top 1,213 m · base 491 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map2.3 km
Steepest pitch36°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs14.5°
Which way the slopes face
North 35%
East 46%
South 18%
West 2%
81% 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 4
Intermediate 4
Advanced 5
Lift types
- Chairlift4
- 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
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See the snow in motion
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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
112 cm
per season
Range over three winters
79 cm
82–161 cm. The best winter was 2.0x the worst.
World rank
2024
of 3,112 worldwide
Rank in country
368
of 395 in Japan
Elevation rank
103
Highest to lowest, of 395 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,080 m, 327 m above the national median.
Quality rank
377
of 395 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-2.0°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
28%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
5%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
25 km/h
Dryness 0.29
Frequency 0.13
Freedom from rain 0.35
Calm when snowing 0.88
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ski Park Kanbiki | 6.2 km | 111 cm | 2031 |
| Utopia Saioto | 6.4 km | 137 cm | 1730 |
| Osa Ski Resort | 17 km | 139 cm | 1712 |
| Geihoku Kokusai | 18 km | 139 cm | 1712 |
| Yawata Highland 191 Resort | 24 km | 139 cm | 1712 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 37% 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. In amount, March brings 14 cm, less than the median of 45 cm.
24cmDec
38cmJan
31cmFeb
14cmMar
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 大朝 weather station — 7.4 km from this ski area, 366 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 238 cm |
| 2023/24 | 155 cm |
| 2024/25 | 375 cm |
| 2025/26 | 185 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 112 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 千丈渓 | Nature | 13.7 km |
| 断魚渓 | Nature | 16.5 km |
| 美又温泉 | Hot spring town | 17.6 km |
| Nukui Dam温井ダム | Nature | 20 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 ↗ Coordinates: 34.7978, 132.3912
Places to stay nearby
2 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 瑞穂ゲストハウス | ¥25,000 | — | — | 浜田自動車道 瑞穂ＩＣより車で約８分 |
| やませみ | — | — | — | 浜田駅よりお車で高速経由約30分、浜田自動車道瑞穂ICより約５分 |
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Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28