Hirayu Onsen Ski Area is a ski area in Gifu, Japan, on slopes between roughly 1,287 and 1,799 m. Its mapped area is about 1.4 km across, with 3 marked runs and 2 lifts (about 3.4 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 384 cm of snowfall a season, 83rd of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2015/16 (252 cm), reached 66% of the average. January is usually the snowiest month, with about 122 cm. Snowfall days average −5.7 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 40th of 397 in Japan.
The nearest city of any size is Matsumoto, about 37 km away. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honokidaira Ski Area | 6.3 km | 354 cm | 277 |
| Blue Resort Norikura | 8.6 km | 317 cm | 421 |
| Hida Takayama Municipal Ski Resort | 12 km | 354 cm | 277 |
| Shinshu-Matsumoto Nomugitoge Ski Resort | 21 km | 318 cm | 408 |
| Asahi Prime Ski Area | 25 km | 142 cm | 1775 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 57% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 70 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 384 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 252 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 471 cm (1.9 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.
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
Only 17% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift2
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
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Norikura and Hida webcams & snow report — all 9 ski areas →
Official YouTube channel
More than we show here.
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
42 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 98 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 平湯温泉神岡鉱業所 | 0.8 km | 89℃ hot | 7.1 neutral | — | 1961 |
| 平湯温泉おばこ原 | 0.9 km | 77℃ hot | 6.4 neutral | — | 1953 |
| 平湯温泉平湯温泉協同組合 | 0.9 km | 96℃ hot | 8 mildly alkaline | sulphur, chloride, bicarbonate | 1961 |
| 平湯温泉湯上の湯 | 0.9 km | 79℃ hot | 6.8 neutral | — | 1953 |
| 平湯温泉白猿の湯 | 0.9 km | 67.5℃ hot | 7.2 neutral | — | 1980 |
| 福地温泉天皇泉 | 4.3 km | 98℃ hot | 8 mildly alkaline | chloride, bicarbonate | 1966 |
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Yake焼岳 | Mountain | 5.3 km |
| Shirahone Onsen白骨温泉 | Hot spring town | 7.1 km |
| Mount Norikura乗鞍岳 | Mountain | 8.7 km |
| Kamikōchi上高地 | Mountain | 9.6 km |
| Hida Mountains飛騨山脈 | Mountain | 14.1 km |
| Hotaka Mountains穂高岳 | Mountain | 14.1 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
19 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 湯の花ふわり 湯元館 | ¥8,800 | 3.91 39 reviews | 1.0 km | 高山駅より新穂高行きバスに乗車、平湯温泉バス停下車、徒歩にて約５分 |
| 奥飛騨平湯温泉 旅館たなか＜岐阜県＞ | ¥9,900 | 4.72 295 reviews | 1.0 km | 高山駅よりバスで６０分／中央道松本ICより車でR１５８ ６０分／東海北陸道・中部縦貫道高山ＩＣより車で６０分 |
| 平湯温泉 山荘 湯乃里 | ¥9,900 | 4.17 92 reviews | 1.0 km | ＪＲ高山本線 高山駅より車で約６０分／アルプス街道 平湯バス停 |
| 平湯プリンスホテル | ¥9,900 | 3.62 13 reviews | 1.0 km | Ｒ高山駅より新穂高ロープウェイ行きバスで約一時間、平湯温泉下車。 |
| 平湯温泉 KKR平湯たから荘（国家公務員共済組合連合会平湯保養所） | ¥10,000 | 4.31 141 reviews | 0.9 km | ＪＲ 高山本線高山駅より新穂高ロープウェイ行きバスで平湯バスターミナル（下車徒歩４分） |
| 奥飛騨山荘 のりくら一休 | ¥11,000 | 4.13 75 reviews | 0.9 km | 高山駅より新穂高行きバスを利用(約５０分）の後、徒歩にて４～５分 |
| 平湯温泉 中村館 | ¥11,000 | 3.62 318 reviews | 1.0 km | JR高山本線 高山駅よりバス６０分／東海北陸自動車道高山西ｌＣより車７０分／中央高速松本ＩＣより車７０分 |
| Ｔａｂｉｓｔ 風雪 | ¥11,000 | 4.00 32 reviews | 1.1 km | 高山駅より車にて約50分・松本ICより約70分/バス：高山駅より平湯バスターミナルで下車徒歩1分 |
| 平湯温泉 平田館 | ¥13,200 | 4.31 410 reviews | 1.0 km | ＪＲ高山駅よりバスで６０分、 東海北陸道高山ＩＣより６０分、中央道松本ＩＣより車で６５分 |
| 奥飛騨 平湯温泉 湯の平館 | ¥14,000 | 4.49 298 reviews | 1.0 km | ＪＲ高山駅又はＪＲ松本駅よりバスで平湯温泉／東海北陸道高山西ＩＣ、長野自動車道松本ＩＣよりＲ158経由で平湯温泉 |
| 深山桜庵別館 湯めぐりの宿 平湯館（共立リゾート） | ¥14,000 | 4.06 624 reviews | 1.1 km | ■ＪＲ高山駅よりバスで約６０分「平湯温泉」下車、徒歩約５分 ■長野道松本ICよりR158で約６５分。 |
| 無料露天付貸切風呂と岐阜料理師範の宿 お宿 栄太郎 | ¥17,500 | 4.79 295 reviews | 1.0 km | ＪＲ高山線高山駅又はＪＲ中央線松本駅よりバス／東海北陸道清見ＩＣ、長野自動車道松本ＩＣよりＲ158経由で平湯温泉 |
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| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 奥飛騨 平湯温泉 岡田旅館 | ¥18,150 | 4.05 616 reviews | 1.2 km | 平湯温泉方面行きバス乗車、「平湯温泉駅」下車／松本ＩＣより６０分／富山ＩＣより９０分／清見ＩＣより８０分 |
| 匠の宿 深山桜庵（共立リゾート） | ¥18,600 | 4.35 1756 reviews | 1.2 km | ■ＪＲ高山駅よりバスで約６０分「平湯温泉」下車、徒歩約７分 ■長野道松本ICよりR158で約７０分。 |
| 温泉浴と森林浴 ひらゆの森 | — | — | 0.8 km | 新宿より直行バスで４時間３０分／大阪より新幹線６０分→名古屋より高山本線２時間２０分→高山よりバス６０分 |
| 平湯温泉 安房館 | — | — | 0.9 km | 東海北陸道経由中部縦貫道「高山IC」よりR158経由で約45分。平湯バスターミナルより徒歩約1分。 |
| 平湯温泉 愛宝館 | — | — | 1.0 km | ＪＲ 高山駅より新穂高ロープウェイ行きバスにて「平湯温泉」下車、徒歩にて約３分 |
| 旅荘 つゆくさ | — | — | 1.1 km | 松本ＩＣより60分。高山ＩＣより50分。平湯バスターミナルより徒歩3分。 |
| 奥飛騨温泉郷 平湯温泉 もずも | — | — | 1.2 km | 濃飛バス新穂高温泉行き 平湯温泉バスターミナル下車徒歩約8分（平湯ＢＴまで送迎可：電話予約願います） |
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Stay nearby
46 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
What we have measured at Hirayu Onsen Ski Area
- When Is There Snow at Japan's Hot Spring Towns? If you want to sit in an outdoor bath with snow on the ground, the question is when, not just where. We measured the snow depth at 14 Japanese hot spring towns across three winters — arrival, departure, and how many days it is actually deep.
- Ski and Soak in Japan: Which Ski Areas Have a Hot Spring Source Next Door, and How Hot the Water Is We matched 7,203 analysed hot spring sources to Japan's ski areas. 255 of 397 have one within 5 km, 145 of them at 42 °C or hotter, and 54 have one within 1 km. These are the ski areas that pair top snow with hot water close by, and the ones where the water is strongly acidic.
- Shirakawa-go's Snow Falls at Around 0°C. That Is Why the Roofs Are 60 Degrees. Japan has thatched villages all over the country, and only one of them built roofs like praying hands. We measured the snow at four of them: Shirakawa-go gets twelve times Miyama's depth, and it arrives at the heaviest temperature snow can fall.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52