沼尻スキー場スノーボード大会【JIBりの森カップ】
By: 沼尻スキー場 · 22 Feb
No snow on the ground or falling right now. 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.
Typical snowfall
283cm
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
- 865–1,213 m
- Across
- 2.5 km
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 6 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 operator gives 1915 as the year the area opened. Dogs are allowed only inside Wanwan Hiroba, a dog run built out of snow. Drivers unused to snowy roads are advised to leave the expressway at Inawashiro-Bandaikogen IC and take Route 115, which avoids the winding mountain roads from the other exits. Sources: numajiri-ski.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
283cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
98cm
The middle winter of the 12: 306 cm. The best: 383 cm.
World rank
554
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
164
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
111
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,034 m, 268 m above the national median.
Quality rank
67
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−5.3°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
11%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
20%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
21km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 52
Frequency 56
Freedom from rain 71
Calm when snowing (model grid) 93
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minowa Ski Resort | 3.7 km | 296 cm | 496 |
| Yokomuki Onsen Ski Area | 4.5 km | 296 cm | 496 |
| Adatara Kogen Ski Resort | 7.0 km | 283 cmsame grid cell | 554 |
| Nihonmatsu Shiozawa | 8.3 km | 170 cm | 1416 |
| Listel Ski Fantasia | 11.0 km | 246 cm | 761 |
Compare side by side with Minowa Ski Resort and Yokomuki Onsen 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
18
Run length
9km
Lifts
6
Vertical
348m
Top 1,213 m · base 865 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediate Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map1.0 km
Steepest pitch30°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs8.6°
Which way the slopes face
North 1%
East 0%
South 29%
West 69%
Only 1% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is west (69%).
By difficulty
Novice 9 · 4.9 km
Easy 6 · 2.7 km
Intermediate 3 · 1.4 km
Lift types
- Chairlift6
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 61% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 57 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
73cmDec
93cmJan
61cmFeb
57cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 283 cm, and 3 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 98 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 383 cm (3.9 times as much).
147
98
328
355
283
306
295
341
308
306
383
243
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.
Roads nearby国道49号 ↗From the resort: 14.5 kmOperated by: 東北地方整備局 郡山国道事務所Roads nearby国道49号 ↗From the resort: 19 kmOperated by: 東北地方整備局 郡山国道事務所
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Adatara webcams & snow report — all 5 ski areas →
Videos
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Official YouTube channel
More than we show here.
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
2 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 52.6 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 沼尻中ノ沢元湯 | 1.1 km | 52.6℃ hot | 1.8 acidic | iron |
| 横向ホテルマウント磐梯 | 4 km | 44.9℃ hot | 6.4 neutral | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Adatara安達太良山 | Mountain | 4.2 km |
| Mount Azuma-kofuji吾妻小富士 | Mountain | 12 km |
| Mount Bandai磐梯山 | Mountain | 14.8 km |
| Nihonmatsu Castle二本松城 | Historic site | 17 km |
| Lake Hibara桧原湖 | Nature | 17.2 km |
| Lake Inawashiro猪苗代湖 | Nature | 19.7 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.
Going with children
- Kids’ area
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Childcare
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Parking
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Rental
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Checked on the official site (26 Oct 2026) · Source. Compare with other ski areas →
Places to stay nearbyPR
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13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 猪苗代沼尻温泉 沼尻高原ロッジ | ¥9,900 | 4.61／5 98 reviews | 1.1 km | JR磐越西線「猪苗代駅」から車で約20分 |
| 沼尻温泉 旅館 ひいらぎ | ¥8,240 | 1.00／5 34 reviews | 1.2 km | JR 猪苗代駅より車で20分 |
| 中ノ沢温泉 源泉かけ流し100%貸切風呂のある宿 花見屋旅館 | ¥7,700 | 4.24／5 293 reviews | 2.5 km | 磐越西線 JR猪苗代駅/磐越自動車道(高速) 猪苗代磐梯高原IC |
| しゃくなげ平貸別荘(第2別荘地)スタック株式会社 ^ | ¥5,742 | — | 2.6 km | 川桁駅から車で約22分 |
| 中ノ沢温泉 いろり湯の宿 大阪屋 | ¥7,500 | 4.06／5 131 reviews | 2.6 km | [電車]JR猪苗代駅よりバスで約30分 [車]猪苗代磐梯高原ICより約20分 |
| 中ノ沢温泉 磐梯西村屋 | ¥10,100 | 4.00／5 166 reviews | 2.6 km | JR 猪苗代駅より東都バス 中ノ沢温泉停留所下車 |
| しゃくなげ平貸別荘(第2別荘地) | ¥12,800 | — | 2.6 km | 猪苗代駅よりお車で約30分、磐越自動車道猪苗代・磐梯高原ICより約25分 |
| 中ノ沢温泉 庭園露天風呂の宿 朝日屋旅館 | ¥5,500 | 3.05／5 225 reviews | 2.7 km | JR磐越西線 猪苗代駅より路線バスで30分、又は車で20分 |
| 磐梯名湯リゾート ボナリの森 | ¥8,800 | 3.99／5 1264 reviews | 2.7 km | 猪苗代駅・磐梯高原猪苗代ICより車で約25分。猪苗代駅より送迎あり(14時00分迎え・10時15分送り ※事前電話予約制 |
| 中ノ沢温泉 平澤屋旅館 | ¥9,000 | 4.00／5 204 reviews | 2.7 km | 磐越西線猪苗代駅より路線バス30分「中ノ沢温泉下」/(東京より)東北道磐梯熱海IC→母成グリーンライン経由中ノ沢温泉 |
| 中ノ沢温泉 御宿 万葉亭 | ¥25,850 | 4.50／5 234 reviews | 2.9 km | 猪苗代駅・猪苗代磐梯高原ICから車で約20分 |
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Places to stay on the map
We have no facility list for the 12 km around here yet — search the booking sites below.
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
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