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 →
Skis and snowboards can be rented on the ground floor of Yu-Park Yakushi, the day-use hot spring next door. Its restaurant serves handmade soba made from flour grown on the ski slopes. The children's ski school in winter is taught by volunteer staff. Sources: yakushi-ski.com, city.uonuma.lg.jp, niigata-kankou.or.jp (sources read 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koide Ski Area | 3.9 km | 370 cm | 226 |
| Hakkai Sanroku Ski Area | 8.5 km | 451 cm | 107 |
| Suhara Ski Area | 11.0 km | 538 cm | 71 |
| Muikamachi Hakkaisan | 13.0 km | 728 cm | 5 |
| Koshi Kogen Ski Area | 13.0 km | 433 cm | 127 |
Compare side by side with Koide Ski Area and Hakkai Sanroku Ski Area →
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.
76% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east; plenty of the terrain faces the sun as well, so the lean is modest.
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 30% 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. For skiing, though, the amount matters more than the share: March brings 58 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 532 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 306 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 727 cm (2.4 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.
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Minami-Uonuma webcams & snow report — all 5 ski areas →
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 小出 weather station — 2.8 km from this ski area, 93 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 596 cm |
| 2023/24 | 412 cm |
| 2024/25 | 699 cm |
| 2025/26 | 676 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 586 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
3 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 34 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 葎沢鉱泉なりくら荘 | 2.1 km | 24.5℃ cold | 7.2 neutral | — |
| 芋川芋川入 | 3.7 km | 34℃ warm | 8.5 alkaline | alkaline simple |
| 中子沢鉱泉木ノ葉石の湯 | 4.3 km | 13℃ cold | 6.5 neutral | carbon dioxide |
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
Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Niigata Prefectural Road Route 50新潟県道50号小出奥只見線 | Landmark | 3 km |
| 湯之谷温泉郷 | Hot spring town | 6.7 km |
| Echigo Sanzan-Tadami Quasi-National Park越後三山只見国定公園 | Nature | 11.3 km |
| Hakkaisan Ropeway八海山ロープウェー | Nature | 12.9 km |
| Mount Echigo-Komagatake越後駒ヶ岳 | Mountain | 14.2 km |
| Mount Hakkai八海山 | Mountain | 14.6 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.
Getting there
Source: niigata-kankou.or.jp · checked 2 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.
Checked on the official site (21 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
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1 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 1 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 四季の郷 薬師温泉 やまびこ荘 | ¥7,850 | 4.80／5 12 reviews | 0.6 km | 浦佐駅から車で約20分。魚沼IC(旧小出IC)から車で約7分 |
Prices are the lowest Rakuten Travel lists; a property name, or “Pick dates and guests” above, shows prices and rooms for your dates.
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4 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: 8.3 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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