【長野県】軽井沢プリンスホテルスキー場が本日オープンしたよ！
By: あすかだよ · 31 Oct
Japan · Nagano
Prince Hotels and Resorts Karuizawa
軽井沢プリンスホテルスキー場
Off season
Official site Lift tickets (official) 2026/27 adult day ticket ¥8,000 1-day (adult, window) (checked 19 Oct)
Partly open Running since 31 Oct. two runs and two lifts on machine-made snow (official status at 8 a.m. on 31 October). Confirmed on the resort’s own channels on 31 Oct.
No snow yet. Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear once snow is on the ground or forecast.
Typical snowfall
81cm
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
- 942–1,156 m
- Across
- 1.7 km
Snow-making machines and snow guns supply the cover on these runs. The base is about a 10-minute walk from the South Exit of Karuizawa Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen. Two intermediate courses, Parallel and Panorama, point straight at Mount Asama on the way down. Sources: princehotels.co.jp (sources read 12 Oct 2026; reviewed by the editor)
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
81cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
39cm
The middle winter of the 12: 85 cm. The best: 126 cm.
World rank
2572
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
385
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
120
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,010 m, 244 m above the national median.
Quality rank
349
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−2.0°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
13%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
4%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
15km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 28
Frequency 11
Freedom from rain 67
Calm when snowing (model grid) 100
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karuizawa Snow Park | 9.5 km | 115 cm | 2167 |
| Saku Ski Garden Parada | 13.0 km | 90 cm | 2478 |
| Takamine Mountain Park Ski Area | 18.0 km | 145 cm | 1729 |
| Kazawa Snow Area | 24.0 km | 136 cm | 1860 |
| Palcall Tsumagoi Resort Ski & Hotel | 30.0 km | 178 cm | 1335 |
Compare side by side with Karuizawa Snow Park and Saku Ski Garden Parada →
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
19
Run length
8.8km
Lifts
8
Vertical
214m
Top 1,156 m · base 942 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map1.3 km
Steepest pitch29°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs9.7°
Which way the slopes face
North 39%
East 4%
South 1%
West 57%
Only 43% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is west (57%).
By difficulty
Easy 12 · 5.3 km
Intermediate 3 · 2.1 km
Advanced 4 · 1.4 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 March. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 31 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
9cmDec
24cmJan
17cmFeb
31cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 81 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2025/26 with 39 cm; the biggest was 2015/16 with 126 cm (3.2 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.
114
126
86
80
42
89
48
93
54
111
84
39
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
On the mountain軽井沢プリンスホテルスキー場 ↗Roads nearby国道18号 ↗From the resort: 0.8 kmOperated by: 関東地方整備局 高崎河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道18号 ↗From the resort: 2.3 kmOperated by: 関東地方整備局 長野国道事務所
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Karuizawa and Asama webcams & snow report — all 3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Usui Pass碓氷峠 | Nature | 0.7 km |
| Karuizawa軽井沢町 | Old streets | 4.4 km |
| Usui Bridge No. 3碓氷第三橋梁 | Landmark | 5.5 km |
| Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park碓氷峠鉄道文化むら | Museum | 8.1 km |
| Yokokawa Station横川駅 (群馬県) | Landmark | 8.4 km |
| Mount Asama浅間山 | Mountain | 13.3 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.
Coordinates: 36.3364, 138.6434
Getting there
- By train
- Karuizawa Station (JR, Hokuriku Shinkansen): about 10 minutes on foot from the South Exit of Karuizawa Station; a free shuttle bus runs between the South Exit and the slopes (no booking needed; check the official site for times)
Source: princehotels.co.jp · checked 7 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.
Going with children
- Kids’ area
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- 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 (12 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Places to stay nearbyPR
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57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 軽井沢プリンスホテル イースト | ¥15,082 | 4.33／5 210 reviews | 0.5 km | 軽井沢駅南口より8:00~21:00時の間、約30分間隔にて無料シャトルバスを随時運行☆ |
| ザ・プリンス ヴィラ軽井沢 | ¥33,302 | 4.00／5 10 reviews | 0.6 km | 軽井沢駅南口より8:00~21:00時の間、約30分間隔にて無料シャトルバスを随時運行。 |
| GLAMDAY STYLE HOTEL SUITE 山ノ麓 | ¥17,820 | 5.00／5 6 reviews | 0.7 km | 軽井沢駅よりお車で約2分、軽井沢ICよりお車で約15分 |
| 軽井沢プリンスホテル ウエスト | ¥8,275 | 4.32／5 2941 reviews | 0.8 km | 軽井沢駅南口より8:00~21:00時の間、約30分間隔にて無料シャトルバスを随時運行。 |
| アパホテル〈軽井沢駅前〉軽井沢荘 (2026年5月リニューアル) | ¥9,360 | 3.98／5 1402 reviews | 0.9 km | 北陸新幹線、しなの鉄道 軽井沢駅北口より徒歩2分/上信越自動車道碓氷軽井沢ICより車で約20分(約12km) |
| 東急バケーションズ軽井沢 | ¥10,210 | 4.83／5 37 reviews | 0.9 km | JR長野新幹線 軽井沢駅より車1分、または徒歩15分 |
| ザ・プリンス軽井沢 | ¥15,949 | 4.46／5 319 reviews | 0.9 km | 軽井沢駅南口より8:00~21:00時の間、約30分間隔にて無料シャトルバスを随時運行。 |
| HACIENDA KARUIZAWA HOTEL(ハシェンダ 軽井沢 ホテル) | ¥28,512 | — | 1.0 km | 軽井沢駅より徒歩1分(駅直結) |
| ゲストハウス シャコンヌ軽井沢 | ¥5,316 | 4.80／5 102 reviews | 1.1 km | 軽井沢駅より徒歩にて約15分 |
| DESIGN HOTEL SPACE.K | ¥7,000 | 4.18／5 128 reviews | 1.1 km | 軽井沢駅より徒歩にて約1.2km、15~20分前後(アウトレット内を通り抜けます) |
| 軽井沢フォーシーズホテル | ¥7,800 | — | 1.1 km | 軽井沢駅よりお車で約8分、関越自動車道上信越自動車道「碓氷軽井沢IC」より約40分 |
| The FOREST Retreat Karuizawa | ¥102,000 | — | 1.2 km | 上信越自動車道 碓氷軽井沢ICから約15分 |
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Places to stay on the map
28 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: 0.9 km
Show the nearest places
Nearest first
- APA Hotel 0.9 km
- Karuizawa Prince Hotel West 0.9 km
- Hotel Grand Vert 1.3 km
- キャンディタフト 2.5 km
- ルーラン 2.6 km
- Montague 2.6 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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Guides that cover Prince Hotels and Resorts Karuizawa
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