St. Mary is a ski area in Miyagi, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 459–937 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 5 lifts, totalling about 2.9 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 243 cm of snowfall a season, 802nd (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. 55 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 | 14.1 / 18.4 | 7.1 |
| ☁️ 28 Sept | 0 | 15.2 / 21.8 | 14.4 |
| 🌦️ 29 Sept | 0 | 13.3 / 19.7 | 12 |
| ☁️ 30 Sept | 0 | 10 / 19.1 | 7.9 |
| 🌦️ 1 Oct | 0 | 10.7 / 20.5 | 15.2 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 8.1 / 13.3 | 27 |
| 🌦️ 3 Oct | 0 | 7 / 13.4 | 10.6 |
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
100% 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
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.
Zao webcams & snow report — all 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miyagi Zao Sumikawasu Snow Park | 9.9 km | 297 cm | 503 |
| Water Jump Miyagi | 10 km | 106 cm | 2098 |
| Miyagi Zao Eboshi Resort | 10 km | 297 cm | 503 |
| Zao Onsen | 11 km | 297 cm | 503 |
| Zao Liza World | 13 km | 297 cm | 503 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 57% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 42 cm, about the same as the median of 45 cm.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Zaō蔵王連峰 | Mountain | 10.3 km |
| Akiu Great Falls秋保大滝 | Nature | 10.3 km |
| Okama御釜 (蔵王連峰) | Nature | 10.4 km |
| Zaō Ropeway蔵王ロープウェイ | Landmark | 11.5 km |
| Yama-dera Temple立石寺 | Temple | 12.6 km |
| Miyagikyo distillery宮城峡蒸溜所 | Landmark | 15.8 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
9 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 青根温泉 山景の宿 流辿 | ¥11,000 | 4.37 336 reviews | 7.9 km | 送迎要予約 （遠刈田温泉メルキュールホテル前より）時間宿指定 |
| お宿 はなぶさ | ¥19,800 | 4.29 135 reviews | 8 km | 白石蔵王駅より車で40分 送迎要予約（遠刈田温泉メルキュールホテル前より）時間宿指定 |
| 青根温泉 湯元不忘閣 | ¥20,000 | 4.41 174 reviews | 8 km | ＪＲ東北新幹線 白石蔵王駅よりミヤコーパス メリキュール宮城蔵王ゆき メリキュール宮城蔵王バス停下車 無料送迎 要予約 |
| 青根温泉 一棟温泉宿 | ¥25,000 | 4.57 64 reviews | 8.2 km | 宮城川崎ICから車で15分。 |
| 流辿別邸 観山聴月 | ¥29,700 | 3.71 183 reviews | 7.9 km | 仙台より車で60分 送迎要予約（遠刈田温泉メルキュールホテル前より）時間宿指定 |
| ＨＡＮＡＢＵＳＡ ＤＯＧｌａｍｐｉｎｇ ＾ | — | — | 8 km | 東白石駅から車で約３０分 |
| Ｔロッジ青根３ Ｐｉｃｃｏｌｏ | — | — | 8.1 km | 山形自動車道 川崎ＩＣよりお車で約１５分、仙台駅よりお車で約４５分。 |
| 青根温泉 岡崎旅館 | — | — | 8.1 km | 仙台宮城 IC(村田JCT経由→宮城川崎IC経由）車で45分。 |
| 青根温泉 一棟温泉宿 ひとひかり | — | — | 8.2 km | 仙台駅よりお車にて約６０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
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Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28