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Seki Onsen Ski Area

関温泉スキー場
14 / 100 Powder Score
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Official site

Not open yet for 2026/27. We have not yet found an official opening date. The snowfall below is a model figure and does not mean the slopes are skiable.

Base depth
2cm
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
1°C
Max wind
8 km/h
Elevation
914–1,195 m
Across
1.2 km

This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 22 cm, 128% of the average for the same dates. The average is over twelve winters on the same weather model. Across Japan →

Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15

7-day outlook

Date Weather Snow (cm) Low / high (°C) Wind (km/h)
Tue 10 Nov Drizzle 0 0 to 3 9
Wed 11 Nov Cloudy 0 0 to 5 7
Thu 12 Nov Partly cloudy 0 3 to 11 8
Fri 13 Nov Cloudy 0 4 to 13 7
Sat 14 Nov Cloudy 0 6 to 13 7
Sun 15 Nov Rain 0 8 to 14 6
Mon 16 Nov Showers 0 1 to 9 10

Score breakdown

Fresh (48h) 0/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 4/20
Wind 10/10
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

Snow and slopes at Seki Onsen Ski Area
Photo: Tail furry / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Seki Onsen, designated a National Health Resort Hot Spring together with Tsubame Onsen in 1972, has its ski slopes inside the village itself, so the inns and the runs share the same ground. Halfway up the hill, the Taube restaurant stands where the Skyline and Lerch courses meet. Sources: sekionsen.jp, env.go.jp, niigata-kankou.or.jp (sources read 12 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
1
Run length
1.4km
Lifts
2
Vertical
281m
Top 1,195 m · base 914 m

Run map

Easy 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 map1.4 km
Steepest pitch25°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs11.6°

Which way the slopes face

North 1%
East 77%
South 16%
West 6%

78% 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 · 1.4 km

Lift types

  • Chairlift2

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.

Roads nearby国道18号 ↗From the resort: 5.5 kmOperated by: 北陸地方整備局 高田河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道18号 ↗From the resort: 6.4 kmOperated by: 関東地方整備局 長野国道事務所

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Myoko and Joetsu webcams & snow report — all 11 ski areas →

Videos

【関温泉】豪雪メンツルパウダーで優勝！(2025.12.27 スノボー)

By: HAYATE OutdoorLife · 28 Dec

Japow Now Wow Onsen 関温泉 – Deep Powder in Myoko, Japan

By: Japow Now · 5 Nov

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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
689cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
273cm
The middle winter of the 12: 732 cm. The best: 867 cm.
World rank
19
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
14
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
106
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,063 m, 297 m above the national median.
Quality rank
30
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−4.5°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
17%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
38%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
13km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 47
Frequency 100
Freedom from rain 57
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 areaDistanceSeasonal snowfallWorld rank
Kyukamura Myoko1.2 km445 cm117
Akakura Onsen Ski Area1.5 km445 cm117
Akakura Kanko Ski Resort1.7 km445 cm117
Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick Ski Resort3.6 km432 cm129
Myoko Suginohara4.4 km357 cm268

Compare side by side with Kyukamura Myoko and Akakura Onsen Ski Area →

When it falls, and how winters differ

Month by month

The most snow falls in January. March brings 44% 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. For skiing, though, the amount matters more than the share: March brings 103 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.

195cm
Dec
236cm
Jan
156cm
Feb
103cm
Mar
Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 689 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 273 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 867 cm (3.2 times as much).

450
273
769
680
821
626
767
858
780
681
867
697
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

What was actually measured nearby

Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 信濃町 weather station — 11.4 km from this ski area, 314 m below its mid-slope.

Three-season average545 cm
2023/24550 cm
2024/25683 cm
2025/26403 cm

The figure calculated on this page is 748 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

6 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 92 °C).

Show the sources
SourceDistanceTemperaturepHType
関河原湯0.4 km52℃ hot6.7 neutral—
燕北地獄谷1.8 km47.5℃ hot6.7 neutral—
白滝白瀧温泉2.6 km——simple
赤倉・新赤倉元湯2.9 km53.5℃ hot6.4 neutralsimple
妙高・池ノ平南地獄谷A3.9 km92℃ hot5.6 mildly acidic—

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

When we went

Video we shot ourselves, with a note from the day (sound removed).

29 December 2024 · Seki Onsen village (Myoko)

A cold wave brought heavy snow that day. I skied nearby at Myoko Suginohara.

The site operator

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
Tsubame Onsen燕温泉Hot spring town1 km
Mount Myōkō妙高山Mountain4.2 km
Mount Kurohime黒姫山 (長野県)Mountain10.6 km
Lake Nojiri野尻湖Nature10.7 km
Mount Togakushi戸隠山Mountain17.6 km
Togakushi Shrine戸隠神社Shrine19.3 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.

Map

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

Official piste map ↗

Getting there

By train
Sekiyama Station (Echigo TOKImeki Railway Myoko Haneuma Line): 15 minutes by Keinan Bus, or 10 minutes by taxi
By car
15 minutes (12 km) from Nakago IC via Route 18, or 20 minutes (15 km) from Myoko-Kogen IC via Route 18 (Joshin-etsu Expressway)

Source: sekionsen.jp · checked 1 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.

Get directions ↗ Open in Google Maps ↗

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 (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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72 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.)RatingDistanceGetting there
関温泉 登美屋旅館 ¥5,5004.25／5 53 reviews0.4 kmJR 関山駅よりお車にて15分/バスにて25分
上杉謙信の隠し湯 関温泉 朝日屋旅館 ¥11,3504.63／5 130 reviews0.4 kmJR信越本線 関山駅より車で15分
関温泉 中村屋旅館<新潟県> ¥12,100—0.4 km信越線 関山駅/上信越道 妙高高原ICより20分
うぐいすの初音 ¥26,4004.67／5 76 reviews0.4 kmお車の場合 上信越道 妙高高原ICまたは 中郷ICより約20分。電車の場合 関山駅下車 市営バス 関温泉下車
秘湯 花文(旧燕温泉 ホテル花文) ¥9,5504.30／5 210 reviews1.0 km関山駅からバス乗車し20分。妙高高原ICより車で30分(冬季45分)
ホテル岩戸屋 ¥5,0003.75／5 104 reviews1.1 kmえちごトキめき鉄道関山駅からバスで約25分/お車で約20分
休暇村 妙高 ¥10,0004.12／5 294 reviews1.4 km無料送迎有り。妙高はねうまライン関山駅より送迎バスにて15分(要予約、お問い合わせください)
赤倉温泉 旅館 清水屋 ¥5,5004.14／5 89 reviews2.0 kmJR 妙高高原駅から車で10分/上信越道 妙高高原ICより車で10分
赤倉温泉 赤倉ワクイホテル ¥5,5554.63／5 243 reviews2.0 km上信越自動車道 妙高高原ICよりお車にて10分。
赤倉温泉 癒し温泉の宿 遠間旅館 ¥8,950—2.1 km妙高高原駅よりお車にて約10分
赤倉温泉 赤倉ホテル ¥10,4503.93／5 367 reviews2.1 km妙高高原駅より車で10分、妙高高原ICより車で10分。国道18号線の信号「豊橋」より左上に曲がって、赤倉温泉街へ・・
赤倉温泉 スターホテル 赤倉 ¥4,5004.29／5 171 reviews2.2 km妙高高原駅・妙高高原ICより車で10分★
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Places to stay on the map

2 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: 1 km

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Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

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