Wakasa Hyonosen Ski Resort is a ski area in Tottori, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 747–1188 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 1.6 km². Within 1.9 km of the centre, the map shows 14 marked runs and 5 lifts, totalling about 4.1 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 247 cm of snowfall a season, 776th (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. 18 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 | 14.7 / 18.2 | 7.2 |
| 🌧️ 28 Sept | 0 | 15.1 / 19.2 | 6.9 |
| 🌧️ 29 Sept | 0 | 12.5 / 15.7 | 5.8 |
| ☁️ 30 Sept | 0 | 9.5 / 20.3 | 5.6 |
| 🌦️ 1 Oct | 0 | 10.1 / 19.3 | 14.8 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 7.6 / 14.1 | 16.5 |
| ☁️ 3 Oct | 0 | 7.4 / 14.9 | 11.5 |
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
64% 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
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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Hyonosen and Hachikita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyounosen Kokusai Ski Resort | 3.7 km | 247 cm | 776 |
| Hachikogen Ski Resort | 5.8 km | 312 cm | 425 |
| Mikata Snow Park | 7.7 km | 308 cm | 449 |
| Banshu Tokura Snow Park | 8.2 km | 247 cm | 776 |
| Sky Valley Ski Area | 8.4 km | 241 cm | 814 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 44% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 31 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Hyōno氷ノ山 | Mountain | 2 km |
| Hachibuse Highlands鉢伏高原 | Nature | 5.5 km |
| Fudō-in Iwaya-dō Temple不動院岩屋堂 | Temple | 7.7 km |
| Ojiro小代区 | Old streets | 12.6 km |
| Mount Myōken妙見山 (養父市・香美町) | Nature | 15.5 km |
| 長楽寺 (兵庫県香美町) | Temple | 18.6 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
3 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ヒュッテ白樺 | ¥4,400 | — | — | 若桜駅からバスで約２０分。氷ノ山ふれあいの里行き 、スキー場前下車 |
| 氷ノ山高原の宿「氷太くん」 | ¥9,500 | 4.00 14 reviews | — | 若桜鉄道「若桜駅」よりバスで約20分／鳥取自動車道「河原ＩＣ」より車で約40分 |
| アルパインヒュッテ | — | — | — | 若桜駅よりバスにて３０分（送迎有り） |
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Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28