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 →
A torii gate stands on the summit of Tategamine at the top of the area, with views across to Mt Ontake and Kiso-Komagatake. The runs lie in a valley, which the resort says keeps them out of much of the wind. The area opened in 1931 and is run by a third-sector company set up with Kiso village. Sources: yabuhara-kogen.jp, db.go-nagano.net, shinmai.co.jp, vill.kiso.nagano.jp (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kisofukushima Ski Resort | 5.1 km | 231 cm | 865 |
| Shinshu-Matsumoto Nomugitoge Ski Resort | 10.0 km | 318 cm | 408 |
| Mia Ski Resort | 20.0 km | 250 cm | 734 |
| Asahi Prime Ski Area | 20.0 km | 142 cm | 1775 |
| Blue Resort Norikura | 21.0 km | 317 cm | 421 |
Compare side by side with Kisofukushima Ski Resort and Shinshu-Matsumoto Nomugitoge Ski Resort →
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.
96% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
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.
The most snow falls in January. March brings 90% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 47 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 182 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2025/26 with 109 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 315 cm (2.9 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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Norikura and Hida webcams & snow report — all 9 ski areas →
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 開田高原 weather station — 11.9 km from this ski area, 276 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 235 cm |
| 2023/24 | 299 cm |
| 2024/25 | 259 cm |
| 2025/26 | 147 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 166 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Yabuhara-juku藪原宿 | Old streets | 5.2 km |
| Narai-juku奈良井宿 | Old streets | 7.2 km |
| Fukushima-juku福島宿 (中山道) | Old streets | 12.4 km |
| Niekawa-juku贄川宿 | Old streets | 12.8 km |
| Nomugi Pass野麦峠 | Mountain | 15.5 km |
| Mount Kisokoma木曽駒ヶ岳 | Mountain | 19.8 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 (26 Oct 2026) · Source. Compare with other ski areas →
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: 7.3 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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