7月まで滑れるスキー場に行ってきたよ【月山スキー場】
By: あすかだよ · 13 Jun
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
11cm
Snow 48h
10cm
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
- 6 cm
- Next 24h
- 0 cm
- Temperature
- −4°C
- Max wind
- 15 km/h
- Elevation (est.)
- 1,241–1,582 m
- Across
- 1.3 km
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 21 cm, 123% of the average for the same dates. The average is over twelve winters on the same weather model. Across Japan →
Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
7-day outlook
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −5 to −3 | 14 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −5 to −1 | 15 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | −2 to 6 | 13 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 2 to 8 | 19 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 3 to 10 | 10 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 5 to 9 | 16 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | −6 to 5 | 16 |
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 21/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 16/20
Wind 8/10
Base 1/5
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
Snow lies so deep here that the road is cut off in winter; the area opens in spring and runs into summer. From the Ubazawa car park it is about a 15-minute walk to the lift. From the top of the lift, a further 15-minute climb leads to the start of the Large Slope run. Sources: mt-gassan.com, rinya.maff.go.jp (sources read 12 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
Runs and lifts
Counted from the marked runs and lifts on the map, within 2.5 km of the centre of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Marked runs
0
Lifts
1
Lift types
- Chairlift1
Source: OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Difficulty uses the European grades, which do not map onto North American green / blue / black.
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112号 ↗From the resort: 4.5 kmOperated by: 東北地方整備局 酒田河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道112号 ↗From the resort: 4.8 kmOperated by: 東北地方整備局 山形河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道112号 ↗From the resort: 17.4 kmOperated by: 東北地方整備局 酒田河川国道事務所
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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
655cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
370cm
The middle winter of the 12: 673 cm. The best: 833 cm.
World rank
25
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
20
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
45
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,423 m, 657 m above the national median.
Quality rank
22
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−7.4°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
20%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
41%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
22km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 67
Frequency 100
Freedom from rain 47
Calm when snowing (model grid) 92
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hagurosan Ski Area | 19.0 km | 488 cm | 86 |
| Asahi Shizenkan Snow Park | 25.0 km | 419 cm | 149 |
| Hachimoriyama Ski Area | 35.0 km | 213 cm | 1022 |
| Hanagasa Kogen Ski Area | 44.0 km | 321 cm | 401 |
| Kurobushi Kogen Snow Park Jangle Jungle | 48.0 km | 302 cm | 472 |
Compare side by side with Hagurosan Ski Area and Asahi Shizenkan Snow Park →
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in January. March brings 40% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. For skiing, though, the amount matters more than the share: March brings 88 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
207cmDec
219cmJan
141cmFeb
88cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 655 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 370 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 833 cm (2.3 times as much).
543
370
713
833
632
558
599
707
775
639
748
737
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
5 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 50.9 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 湯殿山 | 2.4 km | 50.9℃ hot | 6.6 neutral | — |
| 丹生 | 2.7 km | 19℃ cold | 5.1 mildly acidic | simple |
| 月山志津 | 4.1 km | — | — | — |
| 元笹小屋・笹小屋跡 | 4.4 km | 14.6℃ cold | 5.8 mildly acidic | iron |
| 八紘沢湯殿山ホテル1 | 4.4 km | 16℃ cold | 5.5 mildly acidic | iron |
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 Yudono湯殿山 (山形県) | Mountain | 2.1 km |
| Yudonosan Shrine湯殿山神社 | Shrine | 2.5 km |
| Mount Gassan月山 | Mountain | 2.8 km |
| Sagae Dam寒河江ダム | Nature | 8.5 km |
| Three Mountains of Dewa出羽三山 | Mountain | 19.2 km |
| Mount Haguro羽黒山 (山形県) | Mountain | 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
- Not checked
Checked on the official site (12 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
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