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Palcall Tsumagoi Resort Ski & Hotel

パルコール嬬恋リゾート スキー & ホテル
19 / 100 Powder Score
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The 2026/27 season is planned to open on 5 Dec (the resort’s announcement; it moves with the snow). The snowfall below is a model figure and does not mean the slopes are skiable.

Base depth
0cm
Snow 48h
0cm
Next 72h
0cm

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 →

Snow 24h
0 cm
Next 24h
0 cm
Temperature
−3°C
Max wind
13 km/h
Elevation
1,386–2,089 m
Across
4.0 km

Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15

7-day outlook

Date Weather Snow (cm) Low / high (°C) Wind (km/h)
Tue 10 Nov Snow 0 −5 to −1 12
Wed 11 Nov Cloudy 0 −5 to 2 13
Thu 12 Nov Clear 0 −1 to 8 7
Fri 13 Nov Cloudy 0 1 to 10 7
Sat 14 Nov Cloudy 0 1 to 12 9
Sun 15 Nov Drizzle 0 4 to 13 7
Mon 16 Nov Fog 0 −2 to 7 9

Score breakdown

Fresh (48h) 0/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 11/20
Wind 8/10
Base 0/5

The five add up to the 100-point Powder Score: more fresh snow, more on the way and colder air all push it up. How we measure

Facing east, the hill sends morning skiers straight towards the rising sun. At the top of the gondola, Mount Asama stands to the right and Kusatsu-Shirane to the left, and on some days an early Sunrise Gondola runs for the dawn. A free shuttle, booked ahead, comes up from Manza-Kazawaguchi Station on the JR Agatsuma Line. Sources: tsumagoiskiresort.life (sources read 13 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)

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
16
Run length
16km
Lifts
6
Vertical
703m
Top 2,089 m · base 1,386 m

Run map

EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
North is up. Runs are coloured by difficulty; black lines are lifts.
Run map

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Slope shape, difficulty and lift types

The shape of the mountain

Longest run on the map2.4 km
Steepest pitch17°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs9.5°

Which way the slopes face

North 3%
East 87%
South 9%
West 0%

90% 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

Easy 6 · 6.7 km
Intermediate 9 · 7.8 km
Advanced 1 · 0.9 km

Lift types

  • Chairlift5
  • 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.

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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
178cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
135cm
The middle winter of the 12: 179 cm. The best: 234 cm.
World rank
1335
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
289
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
13
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,731 m, 965 m above the national median.
Quality rank
141
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−7.0°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
9%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
9%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
18km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 65
Frequency 24
Freedom from rain 76
Calm when snowing (model grid) 97

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 areaDistanceSeasonal snowfallWorld rank
Minenohara Kogen8.4 km198 cm1164
Sugadaira Kogen Davos Hill Ski Area8.7 km153 cm1621
Kazawa Snow Area10.0 km136 cm1860
Manza Onsen10.0 km255 cm692
Sugadaira Taro Area10.0 km153 cm1621

Compare side by side with Minenohara Kogen and Sugadaira Kogen Davos Hill Ski Area →

When it falls, and how winters differ

Month by month

The most snow falls in March. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 52 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.

38cm
Dec
51cm
Jan
37cm
Feb
52cm
Mar
Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 178 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2025/26 with 135 cm; the biggest was 2023/24 with 234 cm (1.7 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.

202
138
196
173
165
193
184
192
147
234
173
135
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

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
PlaceTypeDistance
Mount Azumaya四阿山Mountain3.5 km
Mount Neko根子岳 (長野県)Mountain4.8 km
Kanbara Kannondō鎌原観音堂Temple10.1 km
Mount Kusatsu-Shirane草津白根山Nature12.2 km
Kusatsu Onsen草津温泉Hot spring town15.2 km
Mount Asama浅間山Mountain18 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

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Going with children

Kids’ area
Not checked
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 (22 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →

Places to stay nearbyPR

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8 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 8 with a listed price.

Property (links to Rakuten Travel)Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.)RatingDistanceGetting there
パルコール嬬恋リゾートホテル ¥10,8003.13／5 548 reviews1.5 km上越自動車道:碓氷軽井沢ICから約70分・上田菅平ICから約50分 関越自動車道:渋川伊香保ICから約120分
バラギ高原ロッジ ¥11,300—1.9 kmJR万座鹿沢口駅/碓氷・軽井沢ICより70分/渋川・伊香保ICより90分
プチホテル マニトゥー ¥16,8004.71／5 21 reviews2.0 km万座鹿沢口駅~JRバス・タクシー・送迎(※要予約、時間制限あり)
オーベルジュ ドゥ ら・ルーナ ¥5,5004.17／5 46 reviews2.1 kmJR 万座・鹿沢口駅より車で20分碓氷軽井沢IC/60分。渋川伊香保IC/90分。上田管平IC/50分。
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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

5 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

Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗

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