美しいグルーミングバーンでカービング・ふかふかパウダーを独り占めできる独占プランが妙高杉ノ原スキー場にある！ドローン男子空撮
By: ドローン男子 7sky creative · 9 Jan
Japan · Niigata
Myoko Suginohara
妙高杉ノ原スキー場
Off season Opens 19 Dec (resort’s announcement)
Official site Lift tickets (official) 2026/27 adult day ticket ¥9,000 1-day pass (lifts and gondola, 19 Dec – 28 Mar) (checked 19 Oct)
No snow on the ground or falling right now. 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
357cm
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
- 739–1,857 m
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 4 cm. The average for these dates is under 10 cm, so we do not give a percentage yet. The average is over twelve winters on the same weather model. Across Japan →
The ski area is laid out around its gondola, and runs link up from the top station all the way down to the base. From the cabin you can see Yokoteyama in Shiga Kogen and the other mountains of northern Nagano. Since winter 2025 the resort has been on the Ikon Pass. Sources: princehotels.co.jp, niigata-kankou.or.jp, ikonpass.com (sources read 12 Oct 2026; reviewed by the editor)
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
357cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
230cm
The middle winter of the 12: 350 cm. The best: 435 cm.
World rank
268
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
101
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
77
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,200 m, 434 m above the national median.
Quality rank
34
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−5.6°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
12%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
23%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
14km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 54
Frequency 66
Freedom from rain 70
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick Ski Resort | 1.4 km | 432 cm | 129 |
| Akakura Kanko Ski Resort | 2.9 km | 445 cm | 117 |
| Akakura Onsen Ski Area | 4.0 km | 445 cm | 117 |
| Seki Onsen Ski Area | 4.4 km | 689 cm | 19 |
| Kurohime Kogen | 5.1 km | 432 cm | 129 |
Compare side by side with Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick Ski Resort and Akakura Kanko Ski Resort →
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
22
Run length
21km
Lifts
5
Vertical
1,118m
Top 1,857 m · base 739 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map4.2 km
Steepest pitch37°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs11.4°
Which way the slopes face
North 1%
East 50%
South 48%
West 2%
51% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east; plenty of the terrain faces the sun as well, so the lean is modest.
By difficulty
Easy 11 · 13 km
Intermediate 7 · 4.9 km
Advanced 3 · 2.7 km
Other 1 · 0.8 km
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.
Official figures: 16 runs, longest 8,500 m, 1 gondola, 4 chairlifts, 1,124 m vertical, 50% beginner, 38% intermediate, 13% advanced. Source (checked 2 Oct)
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in January. March brings 49% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 58 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
98cmDec
119cmJan
81cmFeb
58cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 357 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 230 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 435 cm (1.9 times as much).
352
230
424
339
386
310
347
435
333
391
413
318
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
On the mountainGondola top and Mitahara No.2 lift top ↗Operated by: プリンススノーリゾート（杉ノ原）Roads nearby国道18号 ↗From the resort: 4.8 kmOperated by: 関東地方整備局 長野国道事務所Roads nearby国道18号 ↗From the resort: 4.9 kmOperated by: 北陸地方整備局 高田河川国道事務所
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Myoko and Joetsu webcams & snow report — all 11 ski areas →
Videos
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Hot springs nearby, as analysed
7 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 92 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 新笹ヶ峰鉱泉新笹ヶ峰 | 1.8 km | 15℃ cold | 6.7 neutral | simple |
| 妙高・池ノ平南地獄谷A | 2.7 km | 92℃ hot | 5.6 mildly acidic | — |
| 赤倉・新赤倉元湯 | 3.3 km | 53.5℃ hot | 6.4 neutral | simple |
| 燕北地獄谷 | 3.6 km | 47.5℃ hot | 6.7 neutral | — |
| 白滝白瀧温泉 | 3.6 km | — | — | 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
When we went
Video we shot ourselves, with a note from the day (sound removed).
8 February 2026
Suginohara never lets me down: powder every time I go, and great snow. I love the long runs.
The site operator
Our own photos
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naena Falls苗名滝 | Nature | 2.6 km |
| Mount Myōkō妙高山 | Mountain | 3.6 km |
| Mount Kurohime黒姫山 (長野県) | Mountain | 6.2 km |
| Lake Nojiri野尻湖 | Nature | 8.7 km |
| Mount Togakushi戸隠山 | Mountain | 13.3 km |
| Togakushi Shrine戸隠神社 | Shrine | 14.9 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: 36.8683, 138.1414
Getting there
- By train
- Myoko-Kogen Station (Echigo Tokimeki Railway / Shinano Railway): since April 2026 the Myoko City bus Suginosawa Line no longer runs via the ski area; check winter services on the Myoko City website
- By car
- about 5 km (about 10 minutes) from Myoko-Kogen IC (Joshin-etsu Expressway)
- Winter roads
- from the 2026/27 season parking is cut to about 370 spaces and charged every day (car park 1 must be booked online for a set date); when full at peak times, a temporary car park with a shuttle bus is used
Source: princehotels.co.jp, city.myoko.niigata.jp · checked 7 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 (12 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.
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodge ぷるーく | ¥6,000 | 5.00／5 7 reviews | 1.6 km | 上信越自動車道 妙高高原ICよりお車で約15分 妙高高原駅よりバスで約15分 |
| 妙高高原のペンション空飛ブウサギ | ¥7,000 | 3.71／5 80 reviews | 2.3 km | JR妙高高原駅/上信越道 妙高高原ICより車で5分 |
| ホテルアルペンブリック | ¥7,650 | 3.98／5 716 reviews | 2.4 km | 北しなの線 妙高高原駅より車で10分/上信越道 妙高高原IC~国道18号線を通過、直進後突き当りを左折し、2.5キロ先 |
| やまいち荘 | ¥5,100 | 4.75／5 6 reviews | 2.5 km | JRきたしなの線妙高高原駅よりお車にて15分 |
| 居酒屋民宿 富士美荘 | ¥7,000 | 3.50／5 11 reviews | 2.7 km | 妙高高原駅よりお車にて約15分 |
| スポーツプラザ四季 原田荘 | ¥5,000 | 4.40／5 5 reviews | 2.8 km | 妙高高原駅からお車で15分 |
| 赤倉温泉 赤倉観光ホテル | ¥38,500 | 4.88／5 654 reviews | 2.9 km | 電車◆しなの鉄道・えちごトキめき鉄道-妙高高原駅から無料送迎バス(予約制)あり/車◆上信越道- 妙高高原ICより10分 |
| 池の平温泉 ロッジ コクハ | ¥7,000 | 3.50／5 9 reviews | 3.0 km | 長野自動車道 妙高高原ICより車で約5分/信越線 妙高高原駅よりバスで約10分 |
| ロッジ オークランド | ¥6,800 | 4.25／5 7 reviews | 3.5 km | 黒姫駅より車で10分 野尻・信濃町インターより車で5分 |
| 赤倉温泉 旅館 清水屋 | ¥5,500 | 4.14／5 89 reviews | 4.2 km | JR 妙高高原駅から車で10分/上信越道 妙高高原ICより車で10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.
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese. · Property data by Rakuten Travel (Supported by Rakuten Developers)
Places to stay on the map
18 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.
Nearest: 2.9 km
Show the nearest places
Nearest first
- petit hotel 2.9 km
- Legend Inn Myoko 3.3 km
- 宿 ブローディア 3.4 km
- ログペンション富夢想野 3.4 km
- ペンション ムーミンパパ 3.4 km
- 森の宿 ビヨルク 3.4 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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