Shizukuishi Ski Resort is a ski area in Iwate, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 339–1113 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 4.8 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 23 marked runs and 10 lifts, totalling about 21 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 386 cm of snowfall a season, 196th (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. The nearest city of any size is Morioka, about 20 km away. 4 official live cameras are linked below. 36 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 | 12.2 / 17.3 | 6.2 |
| 🌧️ 28 Sept | 0 | 12.3 / 19.1 | 10.6 |
| 🌤️ 29 Sept | 0 | 9.4 / 16.5 | 10 |
| 🌤️ 30 Sept | 0 | 7.8 / 16.9 | 7.8 |
| 🌧️ 1 Oct | 0 | 8.1 / 14.7 | 18.7 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 6.2 / 9.6 | 26.9 |
| 🌦️ 3 Oct | 0 | 4.8 / 10.5 | 17.3 |
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
76% 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
- Chairlift5
- Gondola1
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
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
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Appi and Hachimantai webcams & snow report — all 11 ski areas →
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amihari Onsen Ski Resort | 5.1 km | 386 cm | 196 |
| Iwate Kogen Snow Park | 5.9 km | 357 cm | 268 |
| Hachimantai Resort Panorama Ski Are | 12 km | 357 cm | 268 |
| Hachimantai Resort Shimokura Ski area | 13 km | 357 cm | 268 |
| Tazawako Ski Resort | 13 km | 325 cm | 379 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 65% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 71 cm, more than the median of 45 cm.
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 54.8 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 雫石高倉高倉の湯 | 1.5 km | 54.8℃ hot | 6.8 neutral | — | — |
| 玄武若返りの湯 | 2.5 km | 28.2℃ lukewarm | 7.4 neutral | — | — |
| 篠崎 | 2.9 km | 15.4℃ cold | 7.7 mildly alkaline | simple | — |
| ぬくもりぬくもりの湯 | 3.4 km | 39.2℃ warm | 8.1 mildly alkaline | simple | — |
| 治山事務所 | 4 km | 51.2℃ hot | 7.7 mildly alkaline | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Koiwai Farm小岩井農場 | Nature | 9.3 km |
| Matsukawa Geothermal Power Plant松川地熱発電所 | Landmark | 9.7 km |
| Akita-Komagatake秋田駒ヶ岳 | Mountain | 10.1 km |
| Mount Iwate岩手山 | Mountain | 10.4 km |
| Nyuto Spa Resort乳頭温泉郷 | Hot spring town | 11.9 km |
| Hachimantai八幡平 | Mountain | 20 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
7 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 民宿 高見荘 | ¥4,900 | 5.00 16 reviews | — | 盛岡駅より田沢湖線・雫石駅下車 車で約20分／東北自動車道・盛岡ICより国道46号線を秋田方面 車で約20分 |
| 雫石プリンスホテル | ¥5,002 | 3.92 1844 reviews | — | 雫石駅～車で約２０分／東北道盛岡ＩＣ～Ｒ４６経由約３０分／盛岡駅又は雫石駅～ホテルまでのシャトルバス予約制有 |
| 温泉ペンション くまさんち | ¥6,100 | 2.25 11 reviews | — | ＪＲ 雫石駅よりお車にて約２０分 |
| 玄武温泉ロッヂたちばな | ¥7,700 | 3.50 34 reviews | — | 盛岡駅よりお車にて約３０分 |
| 雫石南網張ありね温泉 ゆこたんの森 | ¥10,800 | 4.56 329 reviews | — | ＪＲ秋田新幹線 田沢湖線 雫石駅よりお車にて２０分 |
| 玄武温泉 四季の里 | — | — | — | 田沢湖線 雫石駅より車で５分／盛岡駅より車で４０分／盛岡ＩＣより車で２５分 |
| 民宿しらかば | — | — | — | 雫石駅よりお車で１５分 |
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Stay nearby
1 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