Osorakan Snow Park

恐羅漢スノーパーク

Off season

Snow and slopes at Osorakan Snow Park — Photo: As6673 / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons

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

116cm

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: 882–1,274 m
Across: 1.7 km

Hiebatake, a long stretch of moguls, has drawn expert skiers for generations, while the Bunazaka slope is an SAJ-certified race course. Both are on Mount Osorakan, the highest peak in Hiroshima Prefecture. A free shuttle bus, booked in advance, runs up from the bus center at Togouchi IC. Sources: osorakan.co.jp, dive-hiroshima.com (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

116cm

per season

Worst of 12 winters

33cm

The middle winter of the 12: 105 cm. The best: 190 cm.

World rank

2148

of 3,069 worldwide

Rank in country

362

of 397 in Japan

Elevation rank

109

Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,055 m, 289 m above the national median.

Quality rank

352

of 397 in Japan

Temp when snowing

−4.0°C

Japanese median: −3.6°C

Rain days

27%

Japanese median: 16%

Days over 5 cm

Japanese median: 15%

Wind when snowing

26km/h

Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops

Dryness 43

Frequency 15

Freedom from rain 35

Calm when snowing (model grid) 88

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
Yawata Highland 191 Resort	11.0 km	125 cm	2029
Megahiraonsen Megahira Ski Area	11.0 km	74 cm	2633
Osa Ski Resort	18.0 km	125 cm	2029
Utopia Saioto	27.0 km	124 cm	2044
Mizuho Highland	32.0 km	102 cm	2346

Compare side by side with Yawata Highland 191 Resort and Megahiraonsen Megahira 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

Run length

9.6km

Lifts

Vertical

392m

Top 1,274 m · base 882 m

Run map

NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift

North is up. Runs are coloured by difficulty; black lines are lifts.

Slope shape, difficulty and lift types

The shape of the mountain

Longest run on the map1.2 km

Steepest pitch35°measured over at least 30 m

Average gradient of the runs14.5°

Which way the slopes face

North 2%

East 86%

South 11%

West 0%

88% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.

By difficulty

Novice 2 · 0.3 km

Easy 7 · 3.3 km

Intermediate 3 · 1.9 km

Advanced 9 · 4.2 km

Lift types

Chairlift8

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 43% 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. In amount, March brings 17 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.

28cm

Dec

40cm

Jan

32cm

Feb

17cm

Mar

Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 116 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 33 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 190 cm (5.8 times as much).

181

171

123

161

105

190

104

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.

How these figures are made

Live cameras

On the mountain恐羅漢スノーパーク ↗The live stream is paused (checked 9 Nov). Check the official page for when it returns.Roads nearbyWatch live ↗Operated by: 恐羅漢スノーパーク

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Geihoku (Hiroshima) webcams & snow report — all 4 ski areas →

Videos

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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 Osorakan恐羅漢山	Mountain	0.9 km
Sandan-kyō三段峡	Nature	6.3 km
Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park西中国山地国定公園	Nature	8.8 km
Woodone Museum of Artウッドワン美術館	Museum	10.9 km
Nukui Dam温井ダム	Nature	15.3 km
湯来温泉	Hot spring town	16.6 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.

Map

The weather map, and where it sits among nearby ski areas.

Official piste map ↗

Getting there

Get directions ↗ Open in Google Maps ↗

Going with children

Kids’ area: Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Childcare: Not checked
Parking: Not checked
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 on the map

4 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: 7.9 km

Show the nearest places

Nearest first

フルハウス戸河内 7.9 km
戸河内旅館 8.0 km
ikoinoie 11.1 km
やすらぎの湯 11.2 km

Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

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