25-26シーズン 無限パウダーの奥利根スノーパーク（2025/12/26）
By: K_ yamanobori · 29 Dec
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.
Typical snowfall
198cm
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
- 561–961 m
- Across
- 1.7 km
True to its name, Okutone centres on the Mukaiyama terrain park, which stays open during night skiing. It is about 10 km from Minakami IC, with a snow-melting road all the way to the entrance and few hills on the way. The car park is open around the clock, so late-night arrivals can park. Sources: okutone.jp (sources read 13 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
198cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
150cm
The middle winter of the 12: 177 cm. The best: 291 cm.
World rank
1164
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
267
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
202
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 747 m, 19 m below the national median.
Quality rank
275
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−2.6°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
16%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
10%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
19km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 33
Frequency 30
Freedom from rain 59
Calm when snowing (model grid) 96
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanigawadake Tenjindaira Ski Area | 5.9 km | 368 cm | 233 |
| Tambara Ski Park | 6.4 km | 423 cm | 144 |
| Hodaigi Ski Resort | 7.5 km | 291 cm | 514 |
| Fujiwara Snow&Spa Resort | 8.0 km | 291 cm | 514 |
| Minakami Kogen Ski Resort | 9.1 km | 291 cm | 514 |
Compare side by side with Tanigawadake Tenjindaira Ski Area and Tambara Ski Park →
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
6
Run length
5.5km
Lifts
6
Vertical
400m
Top 961 m · base 561 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map2.9 km
Steepest pitch31°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs10.9°
Which way the slopes face
North 70%
East 5%
South 3%
West 21%
75% 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 1 · 2.9 km
Intermediate 4 · 2.1 km
Advanced 1 · 0.5 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 49% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 34 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
49cmDec
69cmJan
47cmFeb
34cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 198 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2025/26 with 150 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 291 cm (1.9 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.
291
183
227
167
171
160
155
250
157
207
263
150
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. What follows are nearby cameras, not the pistes themselves.
Roads nearby国道17号 ↗From the resort: 13.6 kmOperated by: 関東地方整備局 高崎河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道17号 ↗From the resort: 20 kmOperated by: 北陸地方整備局 長岡国道事務所
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Some cameras here are provided by Windy.com. Footage plays in Windy’s own player; we do not store it. Windy.com
Minakami webcams & snow report — all 8 ski areas →
Videos
Videos remain the copyright of whoever filmed them. JAPANSNOWLINE stores no video and plays everything through the standard YouTube player.
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the みなかみ weather station — 4.9 km from this ski area, 251 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 511 cm |
| 2023/24 | 410 cm |
| 2024/25 | 708 cm |
| 2025/26 | 415 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 207 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
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 53.5 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 向山宝珠の湯 | 0.7 km | 25.7℃ lukewarm | 9.4 alkaline | alkaline simple |
| 湯桧曽貞任の湯 | 2.5 km | 53.5℃ hot | 8.4 mildly alkaline | simple |
| 大穴1号泉 | 2.7 km | 41.6℃ warm | 8.4 mildly alkaline | simple |
| 水上不動の湯 | 4.7 km | 49℃ hot | 8 mildly alkaline | — |
| 奈女沢鉱泉釈迦の霊泉 | 4.8 km | 24.8℃ cold | 9.8 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doai Station土合駅 | Landmark | 5.4 km |
| Tanigawadake Ropeway谷川岳ロープウェイ | Nature | 6.1 km |
| Mount Tanigawa谷川岳 | Mountain | 8.4 km |
| Nagurumi Castle名胡桃城 | Historic site | 14.3 km |
| Numata Castle沼田城 | Historic site | 16.8 km |
| Marble Village Lockheart Castle大理石村ロックハート城 | Historic site | 18.7 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
- Not checked
- 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 (13 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Places to stay nearbyPR
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21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 民宿つなご | ¥8,200 | — | 0.8 km | 関越自動車道 水上ICから国道291号線を湯檜曽・谷川岳方面へ約5km。大穴の三叉路を湯の小屋・宝川方面へ約2km。 |
| 手造りログペンション 山路 | ¥11,500 | 4.22／5 60 reviews | 0.9 km | 関越自動車道水上ICより車で15分。水上駅よりバスに乗車し、「奥利根スノーパーク入口」下車、徒歩2分 |
| 民宿 まにわ | ¥5,000 | 4.00／5 29 reviews | 1.0 km | 上越線 水上駅より車にて5分 関越 水上インターより車で15分 |
| 水上キャンプ場リバーストーン | ¥12,000 | 4.60／5 27 reviews | 1.0 km | 水上駅/湯檜曽駅よりお車 |
| 水上温泉 別亭やえ野 | ¥35,000 | 4.73／5 154 reviews | 1.0 km | JR水上駅よりバス及びタクシーにて約10分 |
| 料理民宿 三枝 | ¥5,500 | 2.75／5 23 reviews | 1.1 km | 関越自動車道 水上ICより約10分/東京から約1時間15分 |
| 水上温泉 蛍雪の宿 尚文 | ¥31,400 | 4.50／5 202 reviews | 1.1 km | JR上越線水上駅よりタクシー10分・バス15分/関越自動車道水上ICより15分 |
| 水上温泉 ペンション 朝ねぼう | ¥12,540 | 4.85／5 319 reviews | 1.2 km | 水上ICより車で15分、上越線水上駅より湯の小屋、宝川行きバス10分「経塚」で下車 |
| 風木立の川辺 紫明館 | ¥14,900 | 4.43／5 61 reviews | 2.1 km | JR 湯桧曽駅から徒歩1分 関越自動車道 水上ICより15分 |
| 水上温泉郷 湯檜曽温泉 天空の湯 なかや旅館 | ¥6,600 | 4.64／5 511 reviews | 2.2 km | 車:水上ICから約15分 車以外:上越線ゆびそ駅より徒歩5分、又は水上駅よりバス・タクシーで約10分 |
| 福の屋 | ¥7,700 | 3.78／5 45 reviews | 2.3 km | 湯檜曽駅より徒歩で約5分 |
| 湯檜曾(ゆびそ)温泉 清風かおる湯宿 林屋旅館 | ¥7,150 | 4.48／5 151 reviews | 2.4 km | JR上越線 湯檜曽駅下車徒歩5分/関越水上ICより15分/上越新幹線 上毛高原駅よりバス45分 |
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