Japan · Gifu

WINGHILLS Shiratori Resort

ウィングヒルズ白鳥リゾート
Off season
Official site

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.

Typical snowfall
266cm

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
875–1,339 m
Across
2.4 km

The six-seat gondola climbs to the summit, where the Hakusan range fills the view. The same mountains can be seen from The LOOK, a restaurant halfway up. Next to the slopes is Manten no Yu, a natural hot spring that also has private open-air baths. Sources: winghills.net (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
266cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
157cm
The middle winter of the 12: 259 cm. The best: 405 cm.
World rank
637
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
169
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
102
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,084 m, 318 m above the national median.
Quality rank
223
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−4.2°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
25%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
17%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
17km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 45
Frequency 50
Freedom from rain 35
Calm when snowing (model grid) 98

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 areaDistanceSeasonal snowfallWorld rank
Dynaland5.1 km322 cm393
Takasu Snow Park5.3 km322 cm393
Hirugano Kogen Ski Resort10.0 km220 cm953
Washigatake Ski Area11.0 km220 cm953
Gujo Vacances Mura Ski Area12.0 km220 cm953

Compare side by side with Dynaland and Takasu Snow Park →

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
13
Run length
11km
Lifts
4
Vertical
465m
Top 1,339 m · base 875 m

Run map

NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
North is up. Runs are coloured by difficulty; black lines are lifts.
Run map

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Slope shape, difficulty and lift types

The shape of the mountain

Longest run on the map2.1 km
Steepest pitch25°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs11.7°

Which way the slopes face

North 0%
East 3%
South 80%
West 17%

Only 3% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is south (80%).

By difficulty

Novice 1 · 0.9 km
Easy 4 · 3.8 km
Intermediate 4 · 3.8 km
Advanced 4 · 2.3 km

Lift types

  • Chairlift3
  • 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 33% 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 31 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.

83cm
Dec
95cm
Jan
57cm
Feb
31cm
Mar
Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 266 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 157 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 405 cm (2.6 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.

373
171
266
367
201
157
274
287
251
252
405
190
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

This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.

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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
PlaceTypeDistance
Amidaga Falls阿弥陀ケ滝Nature1.6 km
Mount Dainichi大日ヶ岳Mountain4 km
Itoshiro Cedar石徹白の大杉Nature8.1 km
ひるがの高原Nature8.3 km
Mount Sannomine三ノ峰 (両白山地)Mountain13.8 km
Kuzuryu Dam九頭竜ダムNature14.5 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 ↗

Going with children

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

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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4 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 4 with a listed price.

Property (links to Rakuten Travel)Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.)RatingDistanceGetting there
天然温泉露天風呂全室完備 満天の宿 ¥18,9004.41/5 133 reviews0.9 km東海北陸自動車道 白鳥IC、高鷲ICから約30分(ウイングヒルズ白鳥リゾート第2駐車場内)
ホテル ヴィラウイング ¥8,0003.89/5 65 reviews1.1 km白鳥IC、高鷲ICよりお車で約30分
白鳥高原ホテル ¥21,2503.71/5 155 reviews1.8 km東海北陸自動車道 白鳥IC 又は 高鷲IC(富山方面)より約 17km 25分 長良川鉄道 美濃白鳥駅から車で25分
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Places to stay on the map

2 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: 3.5 km

Show the nearest places

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Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

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