Saku Ski Garden Parada is a ski area in Nagano, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 751–907 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 2.0 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 7 marked runs and 8 lifts, totalling about 4.6 km of piste. There is no settled snow at the moment — the season has not started here yet. Over the last three winters the ERA5 reanalysis gives it 90 cm of snowfall a season, 2344th (tied) of the 3,112 ski areas we measure worldwide. The model runs well below what resorts report, so the ranking is the meaningful part rather than the centimetre figure. 2 official live cameras are linked below. 137 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
Score breakdown
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌦️ 27 Sept | 0 | 13.6 / 20.9 | 9.7 |
| 🌧️ 28 Sept | 0 | 15.6 / 19.9 | 8.4 |
| 🌧️ 29 Sept | 0 | 12.9 / 15.9 | 6.9 |
| ☁️ 30 Sept | 0 | 10.4 / 19 | 13.6 |
| ☁️ 1 Oct | 0 | 10.8 / 22.3 | 11.7 |
| 🌤️ 2 Oct | 0 | 5.6 / 16.7 | 18.2 |
| ☁️ 3 Oct | 0 | 5.1 / 15 | 7.2 |
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.
Run map
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
50% 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
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.
Live Cameras
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
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How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,112 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
The tick marks the median across the 395 Japanese ski areas. All four bars run the same way — longer is better.
The quality score deliberately excludes how much snow falls — it uses temperature, frequency, rain and wind. Snowing a lot and snowing well are different things.
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km straight line. Measured the same way, so the ranks compare directly. Ski areas a few kilometres apart share a weather grid cell and can return the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Hotels and Resorts Karuizawa | 13 km | 78 cm | 2484 |
| Takamine Mountain Park Ski Area | 14 km | 142 cm | 1673 |
| Karuizawa Snow Park | 18 km | 105 cm | 2115 |
| Kazawa Snow Area | 21 km | 138 cm | 1719 |
| Yachiho Kōgen Ski Resort | 27 km | 127 cm | 1843 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in March. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 29 cm, less than the median of 45 cm.
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 38.4 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a spring in 御代田町(御代田町御代田) | 4.1 km | 19.2℃ cold | 7.3 neutral | bicarbonate | 1965 |
| 一萬里温泉 | 4.7 km | 38.4℃ warm | 6.67 neutral | chloride | — |
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
Places within 20 km of this ski area, for a day off the slopes or an evening. Chosen from those most read about on Wikipedia, favouring places with an English Wikipedia article, and listed nearest first.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Komoro Castle小諸城 | Historic site | 9.8 km |
| Tatsuoka Castle龍岡城 | Historic site | 10.1 km |
| Karuizawa軽井沢町 | Old streets | 10.2 km |
| Mount Asama浅間山 | Mountain | 13.4 km |
| Usui Pass碓氷峠 | Nature | 13.6 km |
| Usui Bridge No. 3碓氷第三橋梁 | Landmark | 18.4 km |
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
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Official piste map ↗Places to stay nearby
6 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ホテルルートインコート軽井沢 | ¥8,100 | 4.13 341 reviews | — | JRしなの鉄道御代田駅から徒歩15分。JR長野新幹線佐久平駅より車で15分。 上信越自動車道佐久インターより車で7分。 |
| Ｐｅｔｔｉｔ Ｆｏｒｅｓｔ Ｃａｂｉｎ ＾ | ¥9,242 | — | — | 御代田駅から車で8分 |
| ＴｉｎｙＣａｂｉｎＴＡＴＥＧＵ＃０１ ＾ | ¥12,760 | — | — | 御代田駅から車で約１２分 |
| ＴｉｎｙＣａｂｉｎＴＡＴＥＧＵ＃０２ ＾ | ¥14,500 | — | — | 御代田駅から車で約１２分 |
| ＳＡＵＮＡ ＦＯＲＥＳＴ ＣＡＢＩＮ 軽井沢 御代田 ＾ | ¥20,880 | — | — | 御代田駅から車で約１２分 |
| 旅人の宿 三輪舎 | — | — | — | 佐久平スマートＩＣからお車で５分佐久ＩＣから１０分 |
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Stay nearby
12 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28