余呉高原リゾートYAP powder run
By: yap yogo · 23 Feb
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
249cm
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
- 552–737 m
- Across
- 1.2 km
The intermediate Breban course winds down between beech trees. For anyone nervous about chairlifts, there is a snow belt you can ride with your skis on. The official name, written in Japanese with a star, is Yogo Kogen Resort Yap. Sources: yogo45.co.jp, kitabiwako.jp (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
249cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
84cm
The middle winter of the 12: 240 cm. The best: 409 cm.
World rank
743
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
200
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
227
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 645 m, 121 m below the national median.
Quality rank
302
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−1.6°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
43%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
18%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
21km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 26
Frequency 50
Freedom from rain 35
Calm when snowing (model grid) 93
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imajo 365 | 3.0 km | 249 cmsame grid cell | 743 |
| Akoyama Skijo Snowpal | 18.0 km | 142 cm | 1775 |
| Ohana Resort | 19.0 km | 116 cm | 2148 |
| Gransnow Okuibuki | 29.0 km | 194 cm | 1201 |
| Hakodateyama Ski Resort | 33.0 km | 113 cm | 2196 |
Compare side by side with Imajo 365 and Akoyama Skijo Snowpal →
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
6
Run length
3.8km
Lifts
5
Vertical
185m
Top 737 m · base 552 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediate Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map1.2 km
Steepest pitch22°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs10.1°
Which way the slopes face
North 22%
East 67%
South 8%
West 2%
89% 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
Novice 1 · 0.1 km
Easy 3 · 2.2 km
Intermediate 2 · 1.5 km
Lift types
- Chairlift4
- Magic carpet1
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 26% 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 23 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
70cmDec
90cmJan
67cmFeb
23cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 249 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 84 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 409 cm (4.9 times as much).
215
84
294
409
162
104
339
345
233
208
353
247
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.
Live cameras
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
Roads nearby国道8号 ↗From the resort: 6.6 kmOperated by: 近畿地方整備局 福井河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道8号 ↗From the resort: 12.4 kmOperated by: 近畿地方整備局 福井河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道8号 ↗From the resort: 15.8 kmOperated by: 近畿地方整備局 滋賀国道事務所
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Okuibuki and Yogo webcams & snow report — all 5 ski areas →
Videos
Videos remain the copyright of whoever filmed them. JAPANSNOWLINE stores no video and plays everything through the standard YouTube player.
Official YouTube channel
More than we show here.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 栃ノ木峠 | Nature | 0.5 km |
| Kinome Pass木ノ芽峠 | Nature | 2.5 km |
| Kanegasaki Castle金ヶ崎城 | Historic site | 8 km |
| Kanegasaki-gū金崎宮 | Shrine | 8.1 km |
| Kehi Jingū氣比神宮 | Shrine | 8.5 km |
| Lake Yogo余呉湖 | Nature | 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.
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
- Not checked
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 on the map
8 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: 9 km
Show the nearest places
Nearest first
- Manten Hotel 9.0 km
- Dormy Inn Tsuruga 9.0 km
- business hotel yamagata 9.1 km
- ビジネスホテルスイートピー 9.1 km
- Toyoko Inn 9.2 km
- Hotel Route-Inn Tsuruga Ekimae 9.2 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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