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Shirakaba Kogen Kokusai Ski

白樺高原国際スキー場
8 / 100 Powder Score
No Snow 🌤️

Shirakaba Kogen Kokusai Ski is a ski area in Nagano, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 1555–1842 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 1.6 km². Within 2 km of the centre, the map shows 15 marked runs and 4 lifts, totalling about 11 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 137 cm of snowfall a season, 1730th (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. 1 official live camera is linked below. 132 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.

Base depth
0cm
Snow 24h
0cm
Snow 48h
0cm
Next 24h
0cm
Next 72h
0cm
Temperature
14℃
Max wind
13.6km/h
Elevation (est.)
1555–1842m
Area
1.6km²

Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.

Score breakdown

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

Powder Score v1.0.0

7-day outlook

Date Snow Temp Wind
🌦️ 27 Sept 0 11.8 / 15.9 11.7
🌧️ 28 Sept 0 10.8 / 14.9 13.6
🌧️ 29 Sept 0 10.3 / 12.4 9.4
🌤️ 30 Sept 0 8.2 / 18.7 5.9
🌤️ 1 Oct 0 7.7 / 19.3 8.8
🌤️ 2 Oct 0 2.8 / 13.2 8.5
🌤️ 3 Oct 0 2.4 / 12.7 3.5

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
13
Run length
11km
Lifts
4
Vertical
267m
Top 1,825 m · base 1,558 m

Run map

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

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The shape of the mountain

Longest run on the map3.5 km
Steepest pitch19°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs6.7°

Which way the slopes face

North 24%
East 1%
South 9%
West 66%

Only 25% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.

By difficulty

Novice 1
Easy 8
Intermediate 2
Advanced 2

Lift types

  • Chairlift2
  • Gondola1
  • Magic carpet1

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.

Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.

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.

Seasonal snowfall
137 cm
per season
Range over three winters
91 cm
95–186 cm. The best winter was 2.0x the worst.
World rank
1730
of 3,112 worldwide
Rank in country
340
of 395 in Japan
Elevation rank
19
Highest to lowest, of 395 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,691 m, 938 m above the national median.
Quality rank
240
of 395 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-4.5°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
10%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
7%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
15 km/h
Dryness 0.47
Frequency 0.19
Freedom from rain 0.75
Calm when snowing 1.00

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 areaDistanceSeasonal snowfallWorld rank
Shirakaba 2 in 14.0 km129 cm1815
Shirakabako Royal Hill5.0 km129 cm1815
Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort6.6 km137 cm1730
Tateshina Tokyu Ski Area6.7 km128 cm1830
Kurumayama Kogen SKYPARK7.1 km129 cm1815

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 50 cm, about the same as the median of 45 cm.

21cm
Dec
32cm
Jan
38cm
Feb
50cm
Mar
Average snowfall by month, last 11 winters

Hot springs nearby, as analysed

1 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 61.6 °C).

SourceDistanceTemperaturepHTypeAnalysed
白樺湖ビーナス温泉4.5 km61.6℃ hot6.6 neutralchloride, sulphate1992

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.

PlaceTypeDistance
Lake Megami女神湖Nature1.4 km
Mount Tateshina蓼科山Mountain3 km
Mount Kitayoko北横岳Mountain5.8 km
Mount Kirigamine霧ヶ峰Mountain10.5 km
Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group八ヶ岳Nature19.2 km
Lake Suwa諏訪湖Nature19.5 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.

Places to stay nearby

31 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.

Press it and Rakuten Travel shows what is free on those dates across the properties listed here. Picking a property below does the same for that one property.

PropertyFromRatingDistanceGetting there
Picnicbase&Hostel¥3,2504.67 8 reviews—茅野駅よりお車にて約45分
蓼科メドウズ・スポーツドミトリー¥3,5004.78 58 reviews—中央道諏訪インターまたは上信越道佐久インター 白樺湖方面へお車で50分
立科白樺高原ユースホステル¥4,6204.17 19 reviews—中央道諏訪ICより40分/中央線 茅野駅よりバスにて60分(乗換あり)/長野新幹線 佐久平駅よりバス60分
わんわんパラダイス 蓼科(旧:蓼科わんわんパラダイス コテージ)¥5,3203.91 497 reviews—中央自動車道諏訪ICより白樺湖経由の女神湖方面45分。チェックインのお手続きは蓼科レイクリゾートにて承ります。
B&Bsora¥6,0003.86 31 reviews—茅野駅よりお車にて約45分
民宿すずらん荘¥6,0504.67 52 reviews—JR茅野駅・佐久平駅より約60分/中央自動車道諏訪ICより32km/上信越道佐久ICより34km
ペンション すもーくちーふ¥6,3004.83 64 reviews—茅野駅からバスで50分、諏訪・佐久I.Cから40分。
カントリーイン・ザ・コロニアルハウス¥6,5005.00 22 reviews—中央道 諏訪ICよりビーナスライン経由、上信越道 佐久ICより白樺湖方面 各40分。
ペンション ラクゥーン¥6,8004.33 27 reviews—JR・茅野駅/長野新幹線・佐久平駅/中央道・諏訪ICよりそれぞれ40分/上信越道・佐久ICより50分
白樺高原ホテル¥6,9304.01 799 reviews—中央自動車道「諏訪IC」から60分 中央線「茅野駅」からバスで60分(予約制の無料送迎バスで45分)
蓼科レイクリゾート(旧:AMBIENT蓼科ホテル)¥7,0104.08 2457 reviews—中央道:諏訪南ICまたは諏訪IC 上信越道:佐久ICまたは東部湯の丸IC各ICより約50分 電車>茅野または佐久平駅より
One’s home ぼぶてーる¥7,1504.40 46 reviews—中央道諏訪IC・上信越道佐久南ICより45分 JR茅野駅下車バス45分
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ペンション ミルフィーユ<長野県北佐久郡>¥8,0004.50 38 reviews—中央道諏訪IC 白樺湖方面/上信越道佐久IC 白樺湖方面/JR中央線茅野駅
B&Bペンション じゅあん¥8,2505.00 22 reviews—JR中央線茅野駅よりバスにて65分/中央道諏訪ICより約40分/上信越道佐久ICより約40分
ペンション おやまのえんどう¥8,9004.57 345 reviews—中央道諏訪ICより車で約40分、JR中央本線 茅野駅よりバスで約45分、北陸新幹線・小海線 佐久平駅よりバスで約60分
ラ・フォンテーヌ・アルジャンテ¥9,5004.80 231 reviews—JR 茅野駅より白樺湖行きバスで「東白樺湖」下車 (東白樺湖バス停より送迎あり・要連絡)
esola(エソラ)¥11,8005.00 189 reviews—【中央道】諏訪ICから約40分【上信越道】佐久ICから約50分【高速バス】新宿~蓼科牧場バス停より徒歩
Annie Hills アニーヒルズ¥12,0005.00 229 reviews—お車で 中央道諏訪IC、諏訪南ICより約40分。上信越道佐久IC、小諸ICより約45分。
Tabist ホテル コロシアム・イン・蓼科¥14,4004.61 93 reviews—【上信越自動車道】佐久ICより約50分【中部横断自動車道】佐久南ICより約45分【中央自動車道】諏訪南ICより約45分
四季の森ホテル¥15,4004.00 168 reviews—中央自動車道諏訪インター 南諏訪インター下車40分・関越自動車道藤岡JCTより上信越自動車道に入り佐久インター下車40分
ブルーベルコテージ¥16,1705.00 72 reviews—高速/諏訪・諏訪南・佐久・佐久南各IC45~50分 JR/佐久平・茅野車45分 バス/たてしなスマイル交通女神湖停歩2分
アルペン シャトー¥16,3005.00 39 reviews—佐久平駅よりお車にて約45分、東白樺湖バス停より車で約10分
オテル・ド・ミロワール¥19,5004.94 215 reviews—上信越自動車・佐久IC、又は中央自動車道・諏訪ICより約40分。JR中央本線・茅野駅よりバス利用
ロッヂ・グランシャルモ———上信越道佐久南ICから50分  中央道諏訪南ICから50分
蓼科荘—4.50 112 reviews—JR中央線・茅野駅よりお車で約30・40分/中央道・諏訪IC~大門街道経由40分/上信越道・佐久IC~白樺湖方面50分
白樺高原 ペンション る・ぐらん—5.00 31 reviews—JR中央本線 茅野駅/JR長野新幹線 佐久平駅/上信越道 佐久IC(約40分)/中央道 諏訪IC(約40分)
Winds ウインズ—5.00 21 reviews—中央道諏訪IC、上信越道佐久ICより40分。
ペンション 舞留優夢(ぶるうむ)———車なら中央道諏訪ICor上信越道佐久ICから約40km。電車は中央本線茅野駅or長野新幹線佐久平下車でバス。
女神湖ゲストハウス「森の木びと」———北陸新幹線 佐久平駅よりお車にて約40分
ペンション ティータイム<長野県>———茅野駅、佐久平駅から女神湖までバスで70分、バス停から徒歩3分。佐久・諏訪I.Cから車50分。白樺湖から車9分
ペンション ワイルドフラワー—5.00 9 reviews—中央道諏訪IC45分/上信越道佐久IC45分/新宿発高速バス利用、「蓼科牧場」より徒歩3分

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Stay nearby

4 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.

4 Hotel

Nearest: 0.9 km

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Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

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Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28

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