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By: 信州松本野麦峠スキー場 · 5 Feb
Japan · Nagano
Shinshu-Matsumoto Nomugitoge Ski Resort
信州松本 野麦峠スキー場
23 / 100 Powder Score
No Snow Weather Partly cloudy 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
0cm
Snow 48h
1cm
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
- 1 cm
- Next 24h
- 0 cm
- Temperature
- −2°C
- Max wind
- 7 km/h
- Elevation
- 1,434–2,114 m
- Across
- 2.8 km
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 2 cm. The average for these dates is under 10 cm, so we do not give a percentage yet. 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 | Snow | 1 | −5 to 1 | 7 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | −5 to 5 | 5 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | −2 to 8 | 7 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −1 to 9 | 10 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 1 to 10 | 8 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 3 to 10 | 12 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Fog | 0 | 2 to 10 | 7 |
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 2/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 11/20
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
Mount Norikura, the Hotaka range and Mount Ontake are all in view from the top of the slopes. Two runs, Yuriwari and Minenohara, are kept free of the groomers. Halfway down, the Jukai restaurant serves ramen with house-made broth and sanzoku-yaki, the fried chicken dish Shinshu is known for. Sources: gakutoresort.jp, db.go-nagano.net (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
11
Run length
8.2km
Lifts
4
Vertical
680m
Top 2,114 m · base 1,434 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map1.5 km
Steepest pitch26°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs12.1°
Which way the slopes face
North 14%
East 0%
South 2%
West 85%
Only 14% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is west (85%).
By difficulty
Novice 1 · 0.3 km
Easy 2 · 2.2 km
Intermediate 7 · 5.3 km
Advanced 1 · 0.4 km
Lift types
- Chairlift4
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.
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Norikura and Hida webcams & snow report — all 9 ski areas →
Videos
Videos remain the copyright of whoever filmed them. JAPANSNOWLINE stores no video and plays everything through the standard YouTube player.
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
318cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
152cm
The middle winter of the 12: 319 cm. The best: 399 cm.
World rank
408
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
141
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
8
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,787 m, 1,021 m above the national median.
Quality rank
35
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−7.7°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
13%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
18%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
16km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 69
Frequency 52
Freedom from rain 67
Calm when snowing (model grid) 99
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yabuhara Kogen | 10.0 km | 182 cm | 1298 |
| Kisofukushima Ski Resort | 12.0 km | 231 cm | 865 |
| Asahi Prime Ski Area | 12.0 km | 142 cm | 1775 |
| Blue Resort Norikura | 13.0 km | 317 cm | 421 |
| Hirayu Onsen Ski Area | 21.0 km | 384 cm | 201 |
Compare side by side with Yabuhara Kogen and Kisofukushima Ski Resort →
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in January. March brings 76% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 71 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
79cmDec
94cmJan
74cmFeb
71cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 318 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 152 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 399 cm (2.6 times as much).
315
152
359
394
308
298
380
399
306
328
322
258
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nomugi Pass野麦峠 | Mountain | 10.6 km |
| Narai-juku奈良井宿 | Old streets | 12.1 km |
| Niekawa-juku贄川宿 | Old streets | 12.9 km |
| Yabuhara-juku藪原宿 | Old streets | 13.3 km |
| Shirahone Onsen白骨温泉 | Hot spring town | 14.5 km |
| Mount Norikura乗鞍岳 | Mountain | 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.
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 (26 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Places to stay nearbyPR
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5 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 5 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| みんなのお宿 若草物語 | ¥12,100 | 4.67／5 49 reviews | 1.4 km | R19木祖村薮原より25分 松本 塩尻 伊那ICより50~60分 |
| 奈川渋沢温泉 温泉宿 山荘わたり | ¥7,000 | 3.83／5 48 reviews | 1.9 km | 松本ICより車で約60分、伊那ICより車で70分、塩尻ICより車で60分、路線バスの最寄りのバス停はございません |
| 旅の宿 大石屋 | ¥5,950 | 4.64／5 28 reviews | 2.2 km | 松本駅より車で約1時間 |
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