No snow yet. Not open yet for 2026/27. We have not yet found an official opening date. Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear once snow is on the ground or forecast.
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 →
Pine Beak is set up for alpine race training, with an FIS-certified course and two SAJ-certified runs on Omatsuyama, Champion and Grand Prix. The lanes reserved for gate training are booked team by team, and each skier needs a pole-training ticket to use them. Sources: pinebeak.jp, sugadaira-snowresort.com (sources read 12 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
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).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugadaira Taro Area | 2.6 km | 153 cmsame grid cell | 1621 |
| Sugadaira Kogen Davos Hill Ski Area | 4.4 km | 153 cmsame grid cell | 1621 |
| Minenohara Kogen | 5.7 km | 198 cm | 1164 |
| Kazawa Snow Area | 12.0 km | 136 cm | 1860 |
| Palcall Tsumagoi Resort Ski & Hotel | 13.0 km | 178 cm | 1335 |
Compare side by side with Sugadaira Taro Area and Sugadaira Kogen Davos Hill Ski Area →
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.
91% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
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.
The most snow falls in January. March brings 93% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 41 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 153 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2025/26 with 108 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 226 cm (2.1 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
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Sugadaira webcams & snow report — all 4 ski areas →
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 菅平 weather station — 1.8 km from this ski area, 112 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 379 cm |
| 2023/24 | 509 cm |
| 2024/25 | 345 cm |
| 2025/26 | 284 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 156 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
Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Azumaya四阿山 | Mountain | 9.4 km |
| Matsushiro Underground Imperial Headquarters松代大本営跡 | Historic site | 10 km |
| Matsushiro Castle松代城 | Historic site | 11.5 km |
| Ueda Castle上田城 | Historic site | 14.2 km |
| Nagano Olympic Stadium長野オリンピックスタジアム | Leisure | 14.6 km |
| Zenkō-ji Temple善光寺 | Temple | 19.2 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.
Checked on the official site (22 Oct 2026) · Source. Compare with other ski areas →
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31 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.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ウッドラフ | ¥7,500 | 4.33／5 35 reviews | 0.4 km | JR上田駅よりバスにて55分、郵便局前下車バス停から送迎 |
| プチホテル ゾンタック | ¥14,000 | 1.00／5 9 reviews | 0.4 km | JR 上田駅より路線バスにて50分「大松(オオマツ)」下車(送迎有り・要連絡) |
| ロッヂ・ヴィスタ | ¥6,500 | — | 1.2 km | 北陸新幹線 上田駅から車で50分 |
| 菅平高原 ペンション EST(エスト)SUGADAIRA | ¥10,920 | 3.50／5 88 reviews | 1.9 km | 車:上信越道上田菅平ICより25分。電車:長野新幹線・上田駅→菅平高原行きバス・菅平アリーナまたは表太郎下車徒歩5分 |
| 菅平ホテル | ¥7,500 | 4.20／5 67 reviews | 2.0 km | 信越本線上田駅→バス・タクシーにて40分/中央自動車道・長野自動車道「須坂長野東IC」→R406→菅平高原 |
| 菅平高原 プチホテル ちょっと屋ガーデン | ¥6,710 | 4.50／5 14 reviews | 2.3 km | 上信越自動車道「上田菅平IC」または「須坂長野東IC」より30分/長野新幹線・信越本線 上田駅から車で50分 |
| ロッジやまぼうし | ¥10,120 | 4.00／5 7 reviews | 3.5 km | 上田菅平IC・須坂長野東ICからいずれも約30分(約20km)、須坂駅からタクシーで約30分 |
Prices are the lowest Rakuten Travel lists; a property name, or “Pick dates and guests” above, shows prices and rooms for your dates.
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3 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: 10.4 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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