Japan · Gifu

Takasu Snow Park

高鷲スノーパーク

Off season Opens 11 Dec (resort’s announcement)

Snow and slopes at Takasu Snow Park — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

No snow yet. The 2026/27 season is planned to open on 11 Dec (the resort’s announcement; it moves with the snow). Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear once snow is on the ground or forecast.

Opens

11 Dec

Typical snowfall

322cm

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 →

Elevation: 966–1,520 m
Across: 3.5 km

A single gondola rises from the base to the summit, and from the top you can ride about 4.9 km back down in one go. The TAKASU PARKS terrain park keeps two permanent halfpipes, a superpipe and a regular pipe, and a shared ticket also covers neighbouring Dynaland. Sources: takasu.gr.jp, dynaland.co.jp (sources read 13 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)

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

322cm

per season

Worst of 12 winters

171cm

The middle winter of the 12: 330 cm. The best: 492 cm.

World rank

393

of 3,069 worldwide

Rank in country

134

of 397 in Japan

Elevation rank

Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,252 m, 486 m above the national median.

Quality rank

106

of 397 in Japan

Temp when snowing

−4.2°C

Japanese median: −3.6°C

Rain days

18%

Japanese median: 16%

Days over 5 cm

21%

Japanese median: 15%

Wind when snowing

15km/h

Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops

Dryness 45

Frequency 60

Freedom from rain 53

Calm when snowing (model grid) 100

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
Dynaland	0.5 km	322 cmsame grid cell	393
Hirugano Kogen Ski Resort	4.7 km	220 cm	953
WINGHILLS Shiratori Resort	5.3 km	266 cm	637
Gujo Vacances Mura Ski Area	7.3 km	220 cm	953
WhitePIA Takasu	8.4 km	220 cm	953

Compare side by side with Dynaland and Hirugano Kogen Ski Resort →

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

Run length

30km

Lifts

Vertical

554m

Top 1,520 m · base 966 m

Run map

EasyIntermediateAdvancedOther Lift

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

Slope shape, difficulty and lift types

The shape of the mountain

Longest run on the map3.0 km

Steepest pitch33°measured over at least 30 m

Average gradient of the runs12.3°

Which way the slopes face

North 12%

East 68%

South 19%

West 1%

80% 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

Easy 13 · 13.4 km

Intermediate 10 · 8.6 km

Advanced 11 · 6.1 km

Other 6 · 1.5 km

Lift types

Chairlift8
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.

When it falls, and how winters differ

Month by month

The most snow falls in January. March brings 39% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 43 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.

101cm

Dec

110cm

Jan

68cm

Feb

43cm

Mar

Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 322 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 171 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 492 cm (2.9 times as much).

373

171

302

403

251

246

321

356

339

353

492

254

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.

How these figures are made

Live cameras

On the mountain高鷲スノーパーク ↗Roads nearby国道158号 ↗From the resort: 13.4 kmOperated by: 中部地方整備局岐阜国道事務所

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

Okumino webcams & snow report — all 14 ski areas →

Videos

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Official YouTube channel

More than we show here.

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 13.5 °C).

Show the sources

Source	Distance	Temperature	pH	Analysed
a spring in 郡上市	3.8 km	13.5℃ cold	6.6 neutral	1955

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

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
Mount Dainichi大日ヶ岳	Mountain	2.4 km
ひるがの高原	Nature	3.1 km
Miboro Dam御母衣ダム	Landmark	16.4 km
Hakusan National Park白山国立公園	Nature	19 km
Mount Haku白山	Mountain	19.5 km
Kuzuryu Dam九頭竜ダム	Nature	19.7 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.

Map

The weather map, and where it sits among nearby ski areas.

Official piste map ↗

Getting there

By car: from Takasu IC or Hirugano Kogen Smart IC (ETC only) on the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway, via Route 156
Winter roads: by highway bus, get off at Hirugano Kogen and take the free Takasu Snow Shuttle bus to the slopes; check the official site for this season's operating dates

Source: takasu.gr.jp, kankou-gifu.jp · checked 7 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.

Get directions ↗ Open in Google Maps ↗

Going with children

Kids’ area: Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Childcare: Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Parking: Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Rental: Not checked

Checked on the official site (13 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →

Places to stay nearbyPR

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6 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 6 with a listed price.

Property (links to Rakuten Travel)	Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.)	Rating	Distance	Getting there
North Village Hirugano - Camping Fields ^	¥12,760	3.00／5 5 reviews	1.9 km	北濃駅から車で約21分
大日荘	¥4,800	4.36／5 54 reviews	2.3 km	北濃駅より車で20分/高鷲ICより車で10分
サンメンバーズひるがの	¥5,500	4.47／5 254 reviews	3.0 km	長良川鉄道北濃駅より車で約20分。高速ひるがの高原SAより車で約10分。送迎あり。2日前迄の予約制 9時~17時で運行

Pick dates and guests to check rooms on Rakuten Travel

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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Places to stay on the map

4 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: 1.1 km

Show the nearest places

Nearest first

Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

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