しろっくまんのコース紹介！キッズファンコース！
By: Takayama Blanche · 2019-02-12
Blanche Takayama is a ski area in Nagano, Japan, on slopes between roughly 1,370 and 1,778 m. Its mapped area is about 3.0 km across, with 13 marked runs and 6 lifts (about 9 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 131 cm of snowfall a season, 348th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2015/16 (95 cm), reached 73% of the average. March is usually the snowiest month, with about 45 cm. Snowfall days average −4.9 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 262nd of 397 in Japan.
Below is a link to its official live camera.
Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear here once snow starts to fall. Until then, the long-run record comes first.
Temperature
10.6℃
Max wind
6km/h
Elevation (est.)
1370–1778m
Across
3.0km
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,069 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Seasonal snowfall
131 cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
95 cm
A typical winter: 134 cm. The best: 156 cm.
World rank
1942
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
348
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
34
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,519 m, 753 m above the national median.
Quality rank
262
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-4.9°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
11%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
6%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
18 km/h
Dryness 0.49
Frequency 0.17
Freedom from rain 0.71
Calm when snowing 0.96
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 deliberately excludes how much snow falls — it uses temperature, frequency, rain and wind. Snowing a lot and snowing well are different things.
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km straight line. Measured the same way, so the ranks compare directly. Ski areas a few kilometres apart share a weather grid cell and can return the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echo Valley | 2.1 km | 133 cm | 1909 |
| Kurumayama Kogen SKYPARK | 3.7 km | 133 cm | 1909 |
| Family Gelände Kirigamine Ski Area | 5.5 km | 133 cm | 1909 |
| Shirakabako Royal Hill | 5.8 km | 133 cm | 1909 |
| Shirakaba 2 in 1 | 7.2 km | 133 cm | 1909 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in March. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 45 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.
23cmDec
32cmJan
31cmFeb
45cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 131 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 95 cm; the biggest was 2023/24 with 156 cm (1.6 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan, the leanest winter was the same 2015/16: bad winters tend to hit a whole region at once.
95
156
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.
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
9km
Lifts
6
Vertical
427m
Top 1,799 m · base 1,372 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map2.0 km
Steepest pitch26°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs10.8°
Which way the slopes face
North 84%
East 7%
South 0%
West 9%
91% 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 6
Intermediate 4
Advanced 3
Lift types
- Chairlift6
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.
Live Cameras
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Shirakaba and Kurumayama webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
See the snow in motion
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
Places within 20 km of this ski area, for a day off the slopes or an evening. Chosen from those most read about on Wikipedia, favouring places with an English Wikipedia article, and listed nearest first.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kurumayama車山 | Mountain | 3.8 km |
| Mount Kirigamine霧ヶ峰 | Mountain | 5 km |
| Lake Megami女神湖 | Nature | 6.3 km |
| Mount Tateshina蓼科山 | Mountain | 9.4 km |
| Lake Suwa諏訪湖 | Nature | 14.1 km |
| Suwa taisha諏訪大社 | Shrine | 17 km |
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
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Official piste map ↗ Coordinates: 36.1368, 138.1983
Places to stay nearby
28 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ｒｅｓｏｒｔ Ｇａｒｎｉ ＣＯＲＵ | ¥5,700 | 4.75 27 reviews | 2.4 km | 中央自動車道・諏訪ICより車で40分／上越自動車道佐久ICより車で50分 |
| オーベルジュ・ド・バレブランシュ | ¥5,900 | 4.38 84 reviews | 2.1 km | 中央高速諏訪ＩＣより２３KM |
| 貸切ラジウム鉱石天然温泉宿 ペンションＯｗｌ（アウル）姫木 | ¥7,150 | 4.78 314 reviews | 2.7 km | ＪＲ茅野駅からバスで西白樺湖下車タクシー１０分／中央道・諏訪ＩＣよりお車で４０分／上信越道・佐久ＩＣよりお車で５０分 |
| ペンション ハーモニー | ¥7,500 | — | 2.2 km | ＪＲ中央線 茅野駅より白樺湖行きバスにて５０分、タクシーor送迎 |
| ワンちゃんと泊まれる宿 白樺倶楽部 | ¥7,500 | 3.82 50 reviews | 2.7 km | ＪＲ中央本線 茅野駅よりバスにて白樺湖まで４０分、下車後タクシーで１０分 |
| アルペン フローラ | ¥8,000 | 3.33 56 reviews | 2.2 km | ＪＲ 中央線茅野駅下車、白樺湖行バス４０分 |
| ペンション アンメモリー | ¥8,900 | 4.60 99 reviews | 2.7 km | 中央道諏訪ＩＣより５０分で姫木平ペンション村 または、上信越道佐久ＩＣより６０分 |
| バケーション イン | ¥9,200 | 4.70 80 reviews | 2.7 km | 中央道諏訪ＩＣ、長野道佐久ＩＣより白樺湖方面を目指し４０分位。中央本線茅野・長野新幹線佐久平 |
| 遊びの宿 あーるいん | ¥9,500 | 4.60 19 reviews | 2.2 km | 中央線茅野駅／中央高速諏訪より車で４５分 |
| スペイン料理の宿 ヴィラ・アビエルタ | ¥9,800 | 4.57 142 reviews | 2.4 km | JR中央本線『茅野』駅、バスで『西白樺湖』に、送迎可 ／ 中央自動車道『諏訪』IC R=１５２ |
| リゾートハウス オックス | ¥9,900 | 4.61 129 reviews | 2.2 km | 中央高速諏訪ICより白樺湖経由にて45分 |
| ペンションおはようＰＡＵＲＯ | ¥9,900 | 4.00 15 reviews | 3.0 km | 中央道諏訪ＩＣから３０分 白樺湖から５分です 上信越道佐久ＩＣからは４５分です |
Show the other 16
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ペンションレンガ家 | ¥10,000 | 4.00 12 reviews | 2.4 km | 茅野駅から白樺湖行きバスにて約５０分。西白樺湖バス停下車。 |
| 貸切り露天の宿 リゾートイン ラリー | ¥11,900 | 5.00 378 reviews | 2.2 km | 茅野駅より白樺湖へバスで45分／佐久平駅より白樺湖へバスで５０分／諏訪ＩＣ-Ｒ１５２-姫木平／佐久ＩＣより大門街道経由 |
| リゾートイン ステラ | ¥13,500 | 4.77 412 reviews | 2.4 km | 中央自動車道 諏訪湖ＩＣ・諏訪南ICより約４０分 |
| 和みのペンション ここっと | ¥13,800 | 4.63 34 reviews | 2.5 km | ビーナスライン白樺湖より車で5分で、エコーバレースキー場の手前400m。ブランシュたかやまから車で5分。標高は１４５０ｍ |
| ペンション 海岸物語 | ¥14,300 | 4.60 38 reviews | 2.6 km | ＪＲ 茅野駅から車で５０分／諏訪ＩＣから車で５０分 |
| 温泉山岳ホテル アンデルマット | ¥18,260 | 4.19 338 reviews | 2.3 km | 諏訪ＩＣから４０分、中央線茅野駅からバスで５０分白樺送迎 |
| ペンション ウイング ＜長野県小県郡＞ | — | — | 1.5 km | ＪＲ 芽野駅より３０分（バス）→白樺湖→２０分（タクシー、お車） |
| ペンション ジョイハウス | — | — | 1.5 km | ＪＲ中央本線 茅野駅から車で５０分 |
| オーベルジュ たかやま | — | — | 1.5 km | 中央本線茅野駅より路線バス西白樺湖下車／長野新幹線佐久平駅より路線バス西白樺湖下車 タクシーにて１５分 |
| ペンション サルモニダエ | — | — | 1.6 km | 中央線 茅野駅／諏訪ＩＣから約４０分／岡谷ＩＣからＲ１２４利用で４０分／白樺湖から約１０分 |
| フォレスト イン モーグル | — | — | 2.3 km | 諏訪ＩＣより車で約４０分・岡谷ICより車で約40分・佐久ICより車で約50分 |
| ペンション ラ・ヒュッテ | — | — | 2.4 km | ＪＲ 上田駅または茅野駅よりお車にて約４０～６０分 |
| ペンション スノーラクーン | — | — | 2.5 km | ＪＲ中央本線 茅野駅下車後、白樺湖行きバスで西白樺湖下車、車で１０分 |
| ペンション キング・サーモン | — | — | 2.6 km | 茅野駅（バス）西白樺湖より車で１５分 |
| ペンション 風と旅のアトリエ | — | — | 2.7 km | 中央道諏訪IC（上り）・南諏訪IC（下り）、または長野道佐久ICより白樺湖方面へお車で約40分。 |
| ノスタルジックペンション メルヒェンハイム | — | — | 3.0 km | 中央線 茅野駅よりバス４０分／中央道 諏訪ＩＣより４０分／上信越道 佐久ＩＣより６０分 |
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Stay nearby
4 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
4 Guest house
Nearest: 1.5 km
Nearest first
- ペンションWino Guest house 1.5 km
- ペンションたかやま Guest house 1.5 km
- オーベルジュたかやま１６ Guest house 1.5 km
- Joy House Guest house 1.5 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Guides covering Nagano
- A Historic El Niño Is Forecast. Here Is What the Last Big One Did to Japan's Snow. NOAA gives a very strong El Niño better than a 90% chance this winter. We measured every Japanese ski area across the last 12 winters: El Niño winters ran 88% of normal, and the strongest of the twelve left Japan at 63%. But Hakuba held 92% of its average that winter while Niseko fell to 57%.
- Which Famous Ski Resorts Actually Get the Most Snow? 24 Names, Measured Niseko is 526th in the world for snowfall. Zermatt is 554th, Jackson Hole 924th, Aspen 1,201st. Measured identically across 3,069 ski areas, the names everyone books and the places it actually snows turn out to be two different lists.
- How Japan's Early-Bird Lift Tickets Work: At Hakuba Happo-One, Eight of the Nine Need a Japanese ID Card Hakuba Happo-One opened early-bird sales at 10:00 on 1 October. A day costs ¥6,400 against ¥9,800 at the window, 35% off. But every ticket on the list except one needs a My Number Card and a Japanese phone app. A visitor from abroad can buy exactly one of them, at 15% off.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52