Utopia Saioto is a ski area in Hiroshima, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 715–965 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 1.8 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 6 marked runs and 6 lifts, totalling about 3.5 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. 13 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 | 15.7 / 19.2 | 7.3 |
| 🌧️ 28 Sept | 0 | 13.7 / 18.9 | 6.9 |
| 🌧️ 29 Sept | 0 | 13.7 / 18.4 | 7.4 |
| 🌤️ 30 Sept | 0 | 12.3 / 19.7 | 8.4 |
| 🌦️ 1 Oct | 0 | 9.4 / 18.2 | 17.3 |
| ☁️ 2 Oct | 0 | 6.8 / 15.3 | 20.2 |
| ☁️ 3 Oct | 0 | 6.5 / 15.8 | 7.4 |
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
Only 25% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift6
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizuho Highland | 6.4 km | 112 cm | 2024 |
| Osa Ski Resort | 11 km | 139 cm | 1712 |
| Geihoku Kokusai | 12 km | 139 cm | 1712 |
| Ski Park Kanbiki | 12 km | 111 cm | 2031 |
| Yawata Highland 191 Resort | 18 km | 139 cm | 1712 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 34% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (51%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 16 cm, less than 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 美又温泉 | Hot spring town | 14.8 km |
| 千丈渓 | Nature | 15.4 km |
| Nukui Dam温井ダム | Nature | 16.5 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.
Official piste map ↗Places to stay nearby
2 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 芸北温泉 芸北オークガーデン | ¥7,920 | 4.62 80 reviews | 7.1 km | ＪＲ可部線 可部駅より車で５０分 |
| 瑞穂ゲストハウス | ¥25,000 | — | 7 km | 浜田自動車道 瑞穂ＩＣより車で約８分 |
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Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28