No snow yet. Not open yet for 2026/27. We have not yet found an official opening date. Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear once snow is on the ground or forecast.
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 →
Southern Cross, Milky Way and Stardust: the runs here are named after the night sky. The hotel looks straight out onto the slopes. On winter evenings, visitors can write a wish on a paper lantern and release it into the sky with everyone else at once. Sources: new-greenpia.com, niigata-kankou.or.jp (sources read 12 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
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).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gala Yuzawa Snow Resort | 8.6 km | 618 cmsame grid cell | 36 |
| Ishiuchi Maruyama Ski Resort | 9.5 km | 695 cm | 12 |
| Yuzawa Kogen Ski Resort | 9.6 km | 618 cmsame grid cell | 36 |
| Ishiuchi Hanaoka Ski Area | 10.0 km | 695 cm | 12 |
| Ippon Sugi Ski Resort | 11.0 km | 695 cm | 12 |
Compare side by side with Gala Yuzawa Snow Resort and Ishiuchi Maruyama Ski Resort →
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.
90% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
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.
The most snow falls in January. March brings 39% 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 85 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 618 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 328 cm; the biggest was 2016/17 with 774 cm (2.4 times as much).
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
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Echigo-Yuzawa webcams & snow report — all 17 ski areas →
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 津南 weather station — 4.9 km from this ski area, 359 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 987 cm |
| 2023/24 | 817 cm |
| 2024/25 | 1240 cm |
| 2025/26 | 903 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 610 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
4 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 39.5 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 秋成(年金保養基地)年金福祉事業団 | 1.1 km | 26.4℃ lukewarm | 8.1 mildly alkaline | simple |
| グリーンピア津南グリーンピア津南 | 1.1 km | 30.5℃ lukewarm | 8.5 alkaline | alkaline simple |
| 穴藤鉱泉穴藤 | 2.7 km | 21.5℃ cold | 7.7 mildly alkaline | — |
| 逆巻蛇の湯 | 3.8 km | 39.5℃ warm | 8 mildly 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
Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kiyotsu Gorge清津峡 | Nature | 5.9 km |
| Ryūgakubo竜ヶ窪 | Nature | 6.1 km |
| Yuzawa Kōgen Ropeway湯沢高原ロープウェイ | Nature | 9.9 km |
| Echigo Yuzawa Onsen越後湯沢温泉 | Hot spring town | 10.8 km |
| Mount Naeba苗場山 | Mountain | 11.9 km |
| Matsunoyama Onsen松之山温泉 | Hot spring town | 14.7 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.
Getting there
Source: new-greenpia.com · checked 1 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.
Checked on the official site (22 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese.
1 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 1 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ニュー・グリーンピア津南 | ¥11,300 | 4.06／5 1058 reviews | 1.2 km | 越後湯沢駅より大自然を楽しみながら送迎バスで約50分(要3日前予約)/関越自動車道塩沢石打ICより約30km |
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)
2 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.
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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