【八千穂高原スキー場】2026シーズン公式PV
By: 八千穂高原スキー場【公式チャンネル】 · 9 Sept
Japan · Nagano
Yachiho Kōgen Ski Resort
八千穂高原スキー場
25 / 100 Powder Score
No Snow Weather Partly cloudy Not open yet for 2026/27. We have not yet found an official opening date. The snowfall below is a model figure and does not mean the slopes are skiable.
Base depth
0cm
Snow 48h
1cm
Next 72h
0cm
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 →
- Snow 24h
- 1 cm
- Next 24h
- 0 cm
- Temperature
- −2°C
- Max wind
- 9 km/h
- Elevation
- 1,643–1,831 m
- Across
- 1.4 km
Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15
7-day outlook
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Snow | 1 | −4 to 1 | 9 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | −4 to 4 | 9 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Clear | 0 | 1 to 9 | 11 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 0 to 11 | 13 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 2 to 12 | 8 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 3 to 13 | 9 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Fog | 0 | 0 to 10 | 9 |
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 4/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 11/20
Wind 10/10
Base 0/5
The five add up to the 100-point Powder Score: more fresh snow, more on the way and colder air all push it up. How we measure
Course 1 is set aside for moguls, with several lines of differing pitch and its own mogul school. Short tree runs on gentle ground branch off the sides of several courses. The area once belonged to the town of Sakuho and passed to a private company in 2019. Sources: yachiho-kogen.com, sp.jorudan.co.jp (sources read 12 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
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
7
Run length
3.8km
Lifts
4
Vertical
188m
Top 1,831 m · base 1,643 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map1.0 km
Steepest pitch23°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs12.2°
Which way the slopes face
North 15%
East 83%
South 2%
West 0%
98% 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 3 · 1.9 km
Intermediate 2 · 1.4 km
Advanced 2 · 0.6 km
Lift types
- Chairlift4
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.
Shirakaba and Kurumayama webcams & snow report — all 9 ski areas →
Videos
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Official YouTube channel
More than we show here.
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
136cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
83cm
The middle winter of the 12: 136 cm. The best: 176 cm.
World rank
1860
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
339
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
12
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,750 m, 984 m above the national median.
Quality rank
241
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−4.7°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
9%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
6%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
12km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 48
Frequency 18
Freedom from rain 76
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chateraise Ski Valley Koumi | 3.1 km | 136 cmsame grid cell | 1860 |
| Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort | 5.8 km | 143 cm | 1761 |
| Tateshina Tokyu Ski Area | 11.0 km | 136 cmsame grid cell | 1860 |
| Shirakaba 2 in 1 | 11.0 km | 133 cm | 1909 |
| Shirakaba Kogen Kokusai Ski | 11.0 km | 140 cm | 1801 |
Compare side by side with Chateraise Ski Valley Koumi and Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort →
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in March. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 49 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.
20cmDec
34cmJan
33cmFeb
49cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 136 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2025/26 with 83 cm; the biggest was 2023/24 with 176 cm (2.1 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.
154
115
149
141
130
149
127
161
121
176
122
83
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.
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 7.6 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 稲子湯温泉 | 3.6 km | 7.6℃ cold | 4.9 mildly acidic | sulphur, carbon dioxide | 1999 |
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 Kitayoko北横岳 | Mountain | 5.4 km |
| Kitayatsugatake Ropeway北八ヶ岳ロープウエイ | Nature | 5.7 km |
| Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group北八ヶ岳 | Mountain | 5.8 km |
| Mount Tateshina蓼科山 | Mountain | 8.2 km |
| Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group八ヶ岳 | Nature | 10.9 km |
| Lake Megami女神湖 | Nature | 12.2 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.
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 (12 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Places to stay nearbyPR
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese.
7 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 7 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ペンション ラ・ルゥ | ¥8,500 | 3.50／5 6 reviews | 0.4 km | JR小海線 八千穂駅 車で25分 |
| 八千穂山荘 | ¥9,900 | 4.20／5 42 reviews | 0.4 km | 上信越自動車道・佐久小諸JCT→中部横断道・八千穂高原I.C経由で約45分/JR小海線八千穂駅バスまたはタクシー約20分 |
| ロッヂ八ヶ嶺 | ¥7,200 | 5.00／5 13 reviews | 1.2 km | 中部横断自動車道佐久穂ICより20分 中央道須玉ICより60分 |
| フォレストリゾート 北八ヶ岳 天空の森 やちほ | ¥8,663 | 4.54／5 24 reviews | 1.6 km | JR 八千穂駅から車で約20分 |
| 白駒荘 | ¥14,500 | 4.63／5 56 reviews | 2.5 km | 茅野駅または佐久平駅より白駒池有料駐車場まで車にて約1時間、そこから山道木道徒歩約15分 |
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.
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese. · Property data by Rakuten Travel (Supported by Rakuten Developers)
Places to stay on the map
1 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: 1.5 km
Show the nearest places
Nearest first
- 府中市民保養所やちほ 1.5 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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