新潟県六日町八海山スキー場【前が見えないくらいのパウダー】ファーストトラック！ドローン男子空撮
By: ドローン男子 7sky creative · 12 Feb
Japan · Niigata
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
八海山スキー場
Off season Opens 19 Dec (resort’s announcement)
Official site Lift tickets (official) 2026/27 adult day ticket ¥7,000 regular price (19 Dec – 28 Mar) (checked 19 Oct)
No snow yet. The 2026/27 season is planned to open on 19 Dec (the resort’s announcement; it moves with the snow). Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear once snow is on the ground or forecast.
Opens
19 Dec
Typical snowfall
728cm
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
- 358–1,168 m
- Across
- 2.6 km
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 0 cm, 0% of the average for the same dates. The average is over twelve winters on the same weather model. Across Japan →
On a clear day the summit looks out across the Sea of Japan to Sado Island. The ropeway gets there from the base in about seven minutes. For the way down, a beginner trail snakes on gentle gradients from the top all the way to the base, so novices can take in the view as well. Sources: princehotels.co.jp, niigata-kankou.or.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
728cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
313cm
The middle winter of the 12: 756 cm. The best: 974 cm.
World rank
5
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
2
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
222
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 683 m, 83 m below the national median.
Quality rank
118
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−3.3°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
30%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
42%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
12km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 38
Frequency 100
Freedom from rain 35
Calm when snowing (model grid) 100
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hakkai Sanroku Ski Area | 4.7 km | 451 cm | 107 |
| Koide Ski Area | 13.0 km | 370 cm | 226 |
| Yakushi Ski Area | 13.0 km | 532 cm | 72 |
| Muica Snow Resort | 14.0 km | 546 cm | 67 |
| Chateau Shiozawa Ski Area Yoshizato | 16.0 km | 546 cm | 67 |
Compare side by side with Hakkai Sanroku Ski Area and Koide Ski Area →
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
11km
Lifts
4
Vertical
810m
Top 1,168 m · base 358 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map2.6 km
Steepest pitch33°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs13.7°
Which way the slopes face
North 3%
East 3%
South 69%
West 25%
Only 6% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is south (69%).
By difficulty
Novice 1 · 0.2 km
Easy 6 · 5.9 km
Intermediate 4 · 3.6 km
Advanced 2 · 1.2 km
Lift types
- Chairlift3
- Cable car1
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 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 100 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
203cmDec
252cmJan
173cmFeb
100cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 728 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 313 cm; the biggest was 2016/17 with 974 cm (3.1 times as much).
546
313
974
779
841
643
770
913
741
634
908
672
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.
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Minami-Uonuma webcams & snow report — all 5 ski areas →
Videos
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Hot springs nearby, as analysed
3 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 27.6 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 城内城内 | 2.7 km | 25.1℃ lukewarm | 8.5 alkaline | alkaline simple |
| 柳古新田 | 4.9 km | 27.6℃ lukewarm | 9 alkaline | alkaline simple |
| 大和町大崎湯咲花源泉 | 4.9 km | 27℃ lukewarm | 9.2 alkaline | alkaline 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hakkaisan Ropeway八海山ロープウェー | Nature | 0.1 km |
| Mount Hakkai八海山 | Mountain | 3.7 km |
| Mount Echigo-Komagatake越後駒ヶ岳 | Mountain | 8.1 km |
| Echigo Sanzan-Tadami Quasi-National Park越後三山只見国定公園 | Nature | 9.6 km |
| 湯之谷温泉郷 | Hot spring town | 12.3 km |
| Mount Makihata巻機山 | Mountain | 15.4 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.
Coordinates: 37.1163, 138.9848
Getting there
- By train
- Muikamachi Station (JR Joetsu Line / Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line): about 13 km; about 30 minutes by local bus (Minami Echigo Kanko Bus) or about 25 minutes by car in normal conditions
- By car
- 12 km (about 20 minutes in normal conditions) from Muikamachi IC (Kan-Etsu Expressway)
- Winter roads
- In winter a bus runs between the east exit of Muikamachi Station and the Hakkaisan ropeway (this season's dates not yet published)
Source: princehotels.co.jp · checked 1 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.
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 (21 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Places to stay nearbyPR
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3 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 3 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ペンション村上 | ¥7,000 | 5.00／5 5 reviews | 2.1 km | JR浦佐駅-上越線 JR五日町駅よりタクシーで約15分 / 六日町ICより車で約20分 |
| ペンション カム | ¥5,300 | 4.43／5 92 reviews | 2.3 km | 車:関越道・六日町ICから車で約20分/電車:上越線六日町駅から八海山スキー場行きバスで約25分 |
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