Chuo-do Ina Ski Resort is a ski area in Nagano, Japan, on slopes between roughly 877 and 1,125 m. Its mapped area is about 1.1 km across, with 3 marked runs and 3 lifts (about 1.1 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 106 cm of snowfall a season, 372nd of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2014/15 (222 cm), brought more than 4 times as much as the leanest, 2025/26 (53 cm). March is usually the snowiest month, with about 31 cm. Snowfall days average −1.5 °C at mid-mountain, close to freezing, so the snow is often heavy, and its snow-quality score ranks 363rd of 397 in Japan.
Below are links to 2 official live cameras.
Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear here once snow starts to fall. Until then, the long-run record comes first.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Komagane Ski Resort | 8.8 km | 122 cm | 2067 |
| Yabuhara Kogen | 23 km | 182 cm | 1298 |
| Kisofukushima Ski Resort | 26 km | 231 cm | 865 |
| Fujimi Panorama Resort | 28 km | 134 cm | 1892 |
| Shinshu-Matsumoto Nomugitoge Ski Resort | 31 km | 318 cm | 408 |
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 31 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 106 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2025/26 with 53 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 222 cm (4.2 times as much).
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.
Run map
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
97% 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
Lift types
- Chairlift2
- 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.
Live Cameras
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kōzen-ji Temple光前寺 | Temple | 9.1 km |
| Komagatake Ropeway駒ヶ岳ロープウェイ | Nature | 9.2 km |
| Senjōjiki Cirque千畳敷カール | Mountain | 9.7 km |
| Mount Hōken宝剣岳 | Mountain | 9.9 km |
| Mount Kisokoma木曽駒ヶ岳 | Mountain | 10 km |
| Takatō Castle高遠城 | Historic site | 13.9 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 ↗Places to stay nearby
24 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 大芝高原温泉 道の駅【癒しと健康の森】 信州大芝高原 | ¥3,300 | 4.07 50 reviews | 8.5 km | 伊那北駅よりお車で15分／伊那ICよりお車で約5分 |
| ホテルＷＷＪ | ¥3,500 | 4.07 240 reviews | 4.9 km | 中央道小黒川スマートインターより車で約4分。伊那バスターミナルより徒歩で約8分。ＪＲ伊那市駅より徒歩で約7分。 |
| ＳＡ Ｉｎｎ 伊那ナイスロード | ¥3,530 | 3.64 15 reviews | 4.5 km | JR伊那市駅より車で約6分・徒歩約18分／中央自動車道・小黒川スマートICから車で約7分、伊那ICから同約14分 |
| 島田屋ホテル | ¥4,100 | 4.07 220 reviews | 5.2 km | JR伊那市駅より徒歩1分 |
| 伊那パークホテル | ¥4,150 | 3.80 1056 reviews | 4.5 km | ＪＲ飯田線伊那市駅より徒歩８分／高速バス伊那バスターミナルより徒歩５分/伊那ＩＣ車で10分・小黒川スマートＩＣ車で10分 |
| エビスホテル | ¥4,900 | 4.20 1091 reviews | 4.7 km | 朝食無料サービス！JR伊那市駅より徒歩4分！無料貸出コーナーも常設し、レジャー・ビジネス問わずご利用頂けます。 |
| ホテル青木＜長野県＞ | ¥4,900 | 3.45 318 reviews | 5.1 km | JR伊那市駅・高速バスターミナルより徒歩3分 |
| ホテル伊那 | ¥4,900 | 3.56 133 reviews | 5.1 km | ＪＲ伊那市駅徒歩2分、伊那バスターミナル徒歩2分 |
| ホテル センピア | ¥5,000 | 4.06 886 reviews | 5.3 km | JR飯田線伊那市駅より徒歩３分/中央自動車道伊那ICより８分・小黒川SICより７分/高速バス 伊那市駅より徒歩８分 |
| あいや旅館 | ¥5,000 | 3.74 147 reviews | 5.1 km | ＪＲ飯田線 伊那市駅より徒歩５分／中央自動車道 伊那ＩＣより１０分 小黒川スマートICより5分 |
| 旅館ますみ荘 | ¥5,700 | 4.20 9 reviews | 3.3 km | 中央道小黒川スマートＩＣより４分／駒ヶ根ＩＣより１５分／ＪＲ飯田線伊那市駅より車１０分 |
| 宿屋ＤＯＹＡ | ¥5,890 | — | 6.0 km | ＪＲ飯田線 宮田駅から徒歩３０秒 |
Show the other 12
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 信州 愛和の森ホテル | ¥5,900 | 3.58 262 reviews | 7.5 km | ■信州伊那みはらしファーム隣接■中央自動車道伊那IC 車5分 /伊那市駅下車 車15分 |
| 旅館 花鳥屋 | ¥6,050 | 4.44 52 reviews | 5.2 km | 飯田線伊那市駅下車徒歩３分、中央道伊那Ｉ．Ｃより車で１０分。 |
| ペンション めいぷる | ¥7,800 | 4.70 28 reviews | 7.3 km | 中央自動車道駒ヶ根ICから車10分、JR宮田駅、駒ヶ根駅からタクシー10分 |
| Ｉｎａ Ｓｔａｙ Ｃｅｎｔｒａｌ | ¥8,200 | — | 4.7 km | 伊那市駅より徒歩６分、伊那ＢＴより徒歩５分、伊那ＩＣより車１０分、小黒川スマートＩＣより車６分 |
| 早太郎温泉 山野草の宿 二人静 | ¥9,000 | 4.59 1887 reviews | 8.3 km | 中央自動車道『駒ヶ根ＩＣ』より５分／ＪＲ飯田線『駒ヶ根駅』より車で１０分／高速バスで新宿より３時間半、名古屋より２時間半 |
| ヴィラコモンズ伊那Ｖａｌｌｅｙ／民泊 | ¥10,928 | — | 5.7 km | 伊那北駅から車で10分 |
| お宿 森のたね ＾ | ¥15,196 | — | 7.8 km | 沢渡駅から車で約１５分 |
| １日１組限定 ＢＢＱ！ビリヤード！シアタールーム！暖炉！皆様で最高の滞在を【伊那谷別邸】／民泊 | — | — | 5.7 km | 伊那北駅から車で約１１分 |
| 早太郎温泉 宮田観光ホテル 松雲閣 | — | — | 8.0 km | 車/駒ヶ根ICから約５分 電車/JR飯田線 駒ヶ根駅からバスで１５分 |
| 赤石商店 | — | — | 5.3 km | 伊那市駅より車で約１０分、中央自動車道小黒川スマートＩＣよりお車で約１４分、伊那ＩＣより約１７分 |
| 街宿 ＭＩＬＬＥ | — | — | 4.9 km | ＪＲ伊那市駅より徒歩にて約２分 |
| あいや山荘 | — | — | 5.1 km | 伊那市駅よりお車にて１０分 |
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Stay nearby
9 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 5.3 km
Nearest first
- 赤石商店 Guest house 5.3 km
- ファインデイズホテル Hotel 5.8 km
- 美義屋 Hotel 5.8 km
- ルートイン 伊那インター Hotel 6.1 km
- ホテルルートインコート伊那 Hotel 6.6 km
- 愛和の森ホテル Hotel 7.2 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